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Patent GB-190604262-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Hand Worked Embroidery Machine Actuated from a Sewing Machine or the like.
Inventor: STRAKER PERCY WILFRID
Filed: 1906-02-21
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 4262. Straker, P. W., [trading as Express Manufacturing Co.], and Kuestner, F. Feb. 21. Tufting - machines driving; governing needle thread.-A hand-worked embroidery machine is driven from any source through a pulley a and a flexible shaft d. The pulley is supported by a bracket b. The flexible shaft is secured to the spindle of the pulley by a screw e. The other end of the shaft d fits into a square socket in the spindle of the needle-driving crank, and is secured there by a threaded sleeve l. The shaft is enclosed by a stationary tube h attached to a bracket i. The needle-holder p slides between guides s and is attached to the needle-bar n, so as to permit relative movement, by a pin v which passes through a slot in the needle-bar. The thread is passed through this slot and through a second hole in the needle-bar so that the thread will be clamped between the pin v and the top of the slot during the up-stroke and be perfectly free on the downstroke.
Patent GB-190604934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Bands or Ropes.
Inventor: ZEUS WILHELM
Filed: 1906-02-28
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 4934. Zeus, W., and B³chner, R. Feb. 28. Driving-ropes; flat and flat-sided.-Driving-ropes having a tapered cross-section are made from several hands fastened one upon the other as shown in Fig. 1, the warp of each band being formed of an equal number of right and left handed twisted strings a. The wire weft b, Figs. 1 and 3, is protected at the sides of the belt by twisted cords c. After the bands have been formed, they are stretched and sewn, riveted, or vulcanized together with india-rubber while lying in the groove of the rope pulley. The rope is preferably made of cotton, hemp, camel-hair, horsehair, wool, &c., and the zinc or other suitable wire is coated with fat to prevent oxidation.
Patent GB-190606215-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Feeding Sheets of Metal and other Material to a Punching or like Machine.
Inventor: WILZIN ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-03-14
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 6215. Wilzin, A. March 27, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cutting, punching, and perforating machines.- Apparatus for feeding sheets to punching &c. machines with minimum wastage of material is designed so that the operator remains in the same position relatively to the machine. The machine has a carriage a, which is provided with clamps or grippers a<1> for the sheet and is longitudinally displaceable upon a guide b mounted on carriers c connected by a bar c<1> and is moved by a handwheel e, which drives through gearing a pinion k engaging a rack l on the carrier. The spacing along the guide b is obtained from a rack m formed on it, the bottom being formed with a rack of different pitch. The carriage a carries pawls n, n<1>, Fig. 4, which can be lifted by a flexible wire r to shift the carriage and which will stagger the spacing when the direction of motion is changed. Stops b<1>, b<2> limit the longitudinal movement, and the pawls may be lifted automatically once every stroke of the punch. The transverse movement that takes place at the end of each row is regulated by a bolt 1 engaging holes in a bar 4, the bolt being lifted by a flexible wire 3, and is controlled by a band-wheel u driving a shaft x<1>, which carries pinions y engaging the underside of the machine table.
Patent GB-190607503-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cake of Soap.
Inventor: SHAVER GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-03-28
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 7503. Shaver, G. F. March 28. Soap holders.-Soap tablets 1, for use in soap granulating or flaking machines, are formed with ends 11, Fig. 4, so shaped that when the cake is inserted into the machine it will interlock with the end of a previously inserted cake. The usual means for preventing the rotation of the tablet, namely, a slotted, flat, or other part engaging with a corresponding part 5 of the container, are also provided, together with a central aperture 3 for the passage of the spindles 8, if necessary.
Patent GB-190607733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Coin Freed Mechanism.
Inventor: BEALE BERTRAM ROBERT
Filed: 1906-03-30
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 7733. Beale, B. R. March 30. Electricity, supplying; gas and liquid meters; sale apparatus.-A device for ensuring the discharge of the coin, which is applicable generally, is shown in connexion with the invention described in Specifi cation No. 18,034, A.D. 1903. Coin action; coin-discharging mechanism; fraud, preventing.-The inserted coin 16 falls into the slot 2 in the carrier 1, which is loose on the axle 3, the latter then being turned by an external handle, when a spring 8 on the arm 7, which is fast on the axle, bears on a pin 6 on the carrier. The carrier is thereby rotated, the arm 7 coming into contact with a second pin 5 on the carrier, the spring 8 bending until its hooked end 9 engages the pin 6, and the coin pressing down the pivoted pawl 17 until the driving-tooth 18 engages the ratchetwheel. Directly the air escapes from the lever 17 after rotating the ratchet-wheel, the spring rapidly rotates the drum, dragging the coin down the track 13 until a stop on the drum engages the framework, when the coin is thrown out.
Patent GB-190609154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Machines for Jennying or Winding Lace and other Materials.
Inventor: SUTTON ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1906-04-18
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 9154. Sutton, A. E. April 18. Winding.-In machines for jennying or winding lace &c., means are provided for preventing the winding of more than a measured length of material. The axle e of the indicating-disk a is carried by the arm b, fixed to a support c attached to the base-plate. The axle e carries the pointer f and the worm-wheel g driven by the worm h on the shaft i, which carries a handle j and a winding- frame with adjustable arms k. For checking the operation when a measured length has been wound on to the card or bundle, the shaft i has a cam l with two square noses which act against a spring lever m. Loose on the axle e is an arm o carrying a worm p, which may be locked in position by a screw r. In the operation of the device, a measured length of material is first wound upon a card, the final position of the pointer f being noted. The worm p is then released and rotated on the arm o until the lever m engages the noses on the cam l, when the screw r is tightened to grip the worm axle. The wheel is next drawn forward clear of the worm h and the pointer &c. turned back to the starting position. The winding of another card or bundle is then started, the lever m falling and checking the motion when the required length is wound. In a modification, the worm p has a groove parallel to the worm axis to allow the arm o to be more readily turned round the wheel g, the final adjustment being made by the worm p. In a further modification, the worm p is dispensed with and the arm o adjustably fixed in the desired position on the wheel g by a screw or spring pin, the wheel being suitably drilled, or the arm o may be fitted with a toothed part which can be cammed to engage with the toothed wheel g. The end of the arm o may be fitted with an adjusting-screw or lock-nut. The stop lever may further be replaced by a slide, the stop cam being fixed in some other position on the shaft i, and the other parts of the stop-mechanism being modified accordingly, or the slide or lever may act on the frame carrying the arms k or upon a cam attached thereto.
Patent GB-190621125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Liquid Fuel Furnaces.
Inventor: BURDON JOHN
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 21,125. Burdon, J., Burdon, W. M., and Burdon, M. M. Sept. 21. Atmospheric spray burners.- The burner of a portable furnace for heating rivets and like articles consists of a spraying - nozzle g<2> and a vaporizing and mixing tube o, which is gradually tapered and flattened to end in a long narrow orifice q. Oil from the reservoir j is sprayed by compressed air or steam supplied through the tube m, and the spray is vaporized in the tube o by heat from the portion of the products of combustion that passes through the openings s. The vapour is mixed with air supplied at the orifice through the damper-controlled opening n, and the mixture burns at the orifice q.
Patent GB-190624658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Protective Devices for Tyres for Wheels.
Inventor: ZELL HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 24.658. Zell, H. July 16, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Relates to tyre protectors consisting of shoes threaded on wires. Metal shoes a, Fig. 3, with lateral flanges d, are held upon wire cords b and are fitted to the tyre, either when deflated or by fastening the two ends together by tightening means. Each shoe is opened at the interior and formed with a seating for a bolt c, threaded upon two wire cords b and secured by pins. The seating and bolt are closed in by a plate e, and the apertures in each shoe are tapered, as shown in Fig. 1. the shoes carry treads g, and are shaped so as always to register and give a continuous tread.
Patent GB-190700012-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for the Treatment of Slags from Tin-smelting Furnaces.
Inventor: HOLLOWAY GEORGE THOMAS
Filed: 1907-01-01
Granted: 1908-02-29
Abstract: 12. Holloway, G. T. Jan. 1. Tin or tin compounds, obtaining.-Tin or tin compounds are produced electrolytically from an alloy obtained by smelting tin slags in a blast furnace. The alloy consists principally of tin and iron, but may contain propitious of tungsten, nickel, cobalt, or other reducible metal contained in the slag.
Patent GB-190702413-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electrical Block Signalling System for Railways.
Inventor: BROWN GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1907-01-31
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 2413. Brown, G. H. Jan. 31. Signalling - systems ; automatic c systems; signalling to cabins; hand-levers; c o n t a c t s, electric.-Modifications in the apparatus described in Specification No. 28,522, A.D. 1904, comprise means whereby signals are operated on the train and in the cabins of the section occupied by the train, and in the sections in advance and in the rear, from a source of energy carried by the train. The section a, Fig. 1, is occupied and section a' is clear. The lamps g in the cabin A, g<1> in the engine, and g<2> in the guard's van are energized from a dynamo o, one pole of which is connected to the trolly q and the other earthed. The lamps g<1>, g' on the train receive current from the trolly u while the train is over the auxiliary rail a. The lamp corresponding to w in the rear cabin is lighted by current conveyed by the wire m<1>. If the lever in the quadrant Q is pulled to line clear position, i.e. to close the contacts s', s<5>, the driver is able to signal by code, by means of his switch j to the cabins A, B, the circuit being from the trolly u, wire t, switch j, and trolly v by a wire h to a lamp r in the cabin A, and from a wire h, contacts s<5>, s', wire m, rail a<1>, and lamp 93 in the cabin B. Lamps r<1>, r<2> on the train are also lighted. The switch s enables the man at cabin A to reply, and serves to light lamps r, r', r<2>. The ' danger ' signal is given by the closing of contacts on the quadrant when the lever is thrown back. These contacts, being in parallel with the switch s, close the same circuits. Audible signals may be used, as indicated, in addition to the lamp signals.
Patent GB-190702579-A (GB)
Title: Dust Collector for Dust Extracting Apparatus
Inventor: ULLENDORFF PAUL
Filed: 1907-02-01
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 2579. Ullendorff, P. Sept. 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-The dust collector, which is arranged over suction apparatus consisting, for instance, of double-acting bellows actuated by a treadle 1, is made in the form of a stool and is characterized by its inclined base 6 and the curved form of its inlet passage 12, whereby the air is caused to traverse the path indicated by arrows, and the dust is deposited and slides down to the corner 18, where it is removed through an opening 19. The finer dust particles are retained by a tain filter cloth 15 clamped to the cover 3 and weighted by a frame 16 resting on the curved top of the dust-collector.
Patent GB-190708587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads and Cots.
Filed: 1907-04-13
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 8587. Evered & Co., and Freeman, R. G. B. April 13. Bedsteads &c.-Projecting tubes or rods c, carrying rubber-covered buffers f, are fastened to the portions b<2> of the corner blocks attached to the side rails or mattresi frame of a hospital or other metallic bedstead, and project through cored holes b<1> in the portions b of the corner blocks attached to the pillars a. The tubes or rods c may be chill-cast into the blocks b<2>, or nuts, into which the tubes c screw, may be chillcast into the blocks b<2>. The tube or rod c may be externally threaded and provided with a nut for holding together the halves b<1>, b<2> of the corner block ; or the block b may carry a screw with a nut g to engage a slotted part of the block b<2>. Each pillar a may consist of two parts as shown, or may be continuous ; in the latter case the cored hole b<1> in the block b is made continuous by drilling through the pillar a.
Patent GB-190713101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Inner Tubes of Cycle and like Tyres.
Inventor: JENKINS WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 13,101. Jenkins, W. June 6. Tyres, pneumatic.-A double-ended air-tube has one end H formed with a flange G to engage with a grooved neck F near the other closed end C. The engaging surfaces of the parts C, H may be roughened or threaded. The end H may be fitted with a closing-diaphragm E, in which case a hole is provided in the part H for escape of air on inflation. In a modification, the valve is attached to a short length of the tube which has both its ends formed as members of the type C. In place of the flange or flanges G, external detached rings, of smaller diameter than the grooves in the neck F, may be used to press the tubular part H into the groove or grooves.
Patent GB-190716918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Floats and Leads of Fishing Lines.
Inventor: WYERS CHARLES
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 1 6 , 9 1 8. Wyers, C.,) and Wyers, O., [trading as Wyers frÞres]. July 24. Line floats; leads. - Floats and sinkers are provided with a tube 10, Fig. 6, upon which the body may revolve, and the line 13 passes through the tube and is detachably secured thereto by a wedge 14 on a rod 11, which also passes through the tube and is provided with a line guide and stop 12 at its upper end. When the line is wound in, the stop comes in contact with the end of the rod, and the tension on the line draws the tube 10 from the wedge 14 to detach the line from the float or sinker and enable it to be fully wound in. The body of the sinker is made in detachable sections 17 threaded on a rod 19 rotatably connected to the tube 10 by hooks and rings 20, 21, 22. The. body of the float is made in detachable sections of any kind, two forms being shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The former are attached directly to the central tube, the sections being clamped between a complete circular section and a rubber or spring clip washer ; the latter are provided with eccentric apertures 23 for attachment to a rod 19 as in Fig. 6, and with radial slots for sliding them on to the tube 10.
Patent GB-190721945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
Filed: 1907-10-04
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 21,945. Roberts, D. Oct. 4. Gas and like engines, valves for. The arrangement of valves described in Specification No. 2380, A.D. 1907, in conjunction with a vaporizer connected to the cylinder by a contracted neck, is now described in connexion with any engine in which the combustion chamber forms a continuation of the cylinder, as, for example, in a gas engine. A single valve acts as inlet and exhaust valve, and the passages for inlet and exhaust are each controlled by a separate valve. The inlet and exhaust valve is shown at e, and the separate valves controlling the inlet and exhaust passages at i,j respectively. The valve e is of the mushroom type, but the valves i, j may be beat valves, as shown, or piston valves and are placed one above the other. The three valves may be actuated by any well-known means. Air enters by a pipe k, gas by a pipe l, and exhaust takes place through a pipe h, Fig. 2. A cock n and valve m control the gas supply. Access to the valve e may be had through an opening o, Fig. 1, closed by the water-cooled cover p, which may contain the ignition plug or tube.
Patent GB-190724712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Brake Mechanism of Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: BOND EDWARD SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-05-02
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 24,712. Bond, E. S. May 2, 1908. Brakes.-Relates to brakes for motor-cycles and the like, of the kind in which the brake-stirrup is made in sections which may be turned out of the way of the wheel to facilitate its detachment. The stirrup is made in two parts g slidingly mounted by means of lugs g<1> on guides g<2>, which are detachably secured to projections g<3> on the frame. Pull-off springs o are placed between the lugs g<1> and the heads g<5> of the guides. The parts g may be disconnected and swung into the position shown in dotted lines.
Patent GB-190724923-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Apparatus for Telephonic Communication between Railway Trains and Stations
Inventor: DUGASZ VILHELM
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 24,923. Dugßsz, V., Kßldor, S., and Szende, B. Nov. 11. Signalling - s y stems; signalling to cabins and stations; contacts, electric.-Relates to means for placing a train in telephonic communication with stations on the track or with another train. Two line conductors a, b, Fig. 1, which may be arranged as overhead or underground lines, contact with collectors c on the train, which is fitted with two telephones d, e, one to call up each of the stations I, II, Fig. 2. The calling-circuit of the telephone includes an inductor, a wire a, collector c, line a, the bell of the telephone f, and the earth line k, so that this telephone can only call up the telephone f of the station I. Similarly the telephone e can only call the telephone g of the station II. When the call is accepted, by the lifting off of the receiver of the called telephone f as well as that of the calling one d, the earth line k is cut out and a circuit is established through connexions d, a<1>, c, a,f, b, c, a<2>, d. A similar circuit will be closed between the telephones e, g when a call is accepted. When another train is on the section, its car telephones will take the place of the station instruments. The lines a, b are broken at the stations, thus preventing the station telephones h, i of the adjacent sections from being called by a train on the section between the stations I, II By providing switches in the cabins, through communication can be established to any other stations or centres.
Patent GB-190801013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chains and Method of Making the same.
Inventor: NEWHALL HENRY BORDEN
Filed: 1908-01-15
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 1013. Newhall, H. B. Jan. 15. Oval-link chains.-Welded links of loading and other chains are formed substantially rectangular in cross-section at one end and substantially round at the other, and of such diameters that all portions of the link have the same resisting capacity. The links are made preferably from square stock, but any non-circular stock may be used. After scarfing, the ends are welded at 4. The welded end 5 is then rounded, and during this operation, the sides 6 are somewhat shortened, the metal from them being worked into the round end. The resulting link is of greatest diameter at the portion 7, from which it tapers to the square portion 9, 8.
Patent GB-190805046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Waistcoats
Inventor: NECKER ADOLF
Filed: 1908-03-05
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 5046. Necker, A. Aug. 27, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Wearing-apparel, buoyant.-Relates to waistcoats of the life-preserver type provided with an inflatable member in one or more sections disposed between the lining and the cloth. The buoyant member 1 is constructed from a single sheet of soft rubber, to which is secured at intervals an overlaying layer, so as to form a number of separate compartments 2, 3, 4, 5, each provided with an inflation tube 6 closed by a screw cap or provided with a valve. The inflation member is formed with folds 7 to allow of expansion, and is provided with a band 9 for attaching to the vest 10, the lining of which is also formed with folds 13 corresponding with the folds 7 and provided with fastenings 14. The inflation member has reinforcing-bands 8, and is attached to the vest along the vertical front by fastenings. The vest is provided with attachments for a belt.
Patent GB-190808673-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Locating Metalliferous Soils or Subterranean Deposits.
Inventor: MANSFIELD WALTER
IPC: G01V3/08
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 8673. Mansfield, W. April 21. Indicating presence of minerals &c.-An apparatus for use in locating metalliferous soils or subterranean deposits comprises a coil of iron or other magnetizable wire 2 on an open-ended insulating tube 1, the successive cylindrical layers being separated by sheets of tin or lead foil 3 preferably coated with mercury ; or the coil may be made of magnetizable wire previously tinned, the successive coils in such case being separated by insulating material. Magnetic needles 8, 11 are mounted on the coil so as to swing in horizontal and vertical planes respectively. The tube 1 contains a removable core consisting of a silver tube 15 filled with mercury, or a helical coil of iron wire or a bunch of straight iron wires 'with or without a helical winding of fine wire. Trailing wires may be attached to the coil or cores, the other ends of the wires being connected directly to the ground or trailed over the surface. In use, the apparatus is placed. with the axis of the coil horizontal and in the magnetic meridian. The presence of metalliferous deposits or water-bearing strata is stated to cause deflexions of the needles 8, 11.
Patent GB-190809695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Production of Electrotypes and for Electroplating.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
Filed: 1908-05-04
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 9695. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. May 4. Chucks.-In an apparatus for electro-deposition, each piece of work b is held in the holder in any suitable manner, for example by being held below a circular plate v having three radial arms v', between which slide segments w having downwardly extending ends or flanges w<1>. The work b is held by the roughened or spiked inner surface of the jaws w<1> by means of a ring x passed over the tapered outer surface and secured in position by slotted pins x<1>, which are provided on the arms v<1> and pass through holes in lugs x' on the ring x. Wedges or cotters y are driven through the slots below the lugs x<2>. The plates w are adjustably secured to the plate v by screws w' passing loosely through slots w<3>; or the jaws w<1> may be held against the work b by means of a tapered ring z, say of wood fibre, which is forced over the tapered jaws w<1>.