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Patent GB-190426492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Bedsteads.
Inventor: BAHR JOSEPH CHARLES
Filed: 1904-12-05
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 26,492. Bahr, J. C. Dec. 5. Bedsteads and cots; mattresses; curtains, suspending.-Relates to metallic bedsteads which can be swung into the vertical position and concealed by a curtain when not in use. The bed is supported by trunnions 5, Fig. 2, having heads 4 which enter sockets 3 in standards 1 screwed to the floor. The trunnions 5 project inwardly from the side bars 6, which consist of metal tubes curved at each end and having flattened extremities 7 pierced with holes. By means of these holes, the side bars are connected to an angle-iron 9 and halfround piece 10 at each end of the bar, the mattress being secured between these parts by rivets. Corner pieces 12, connected together by cross-bars 13, are secured to the parts 9 and serve to carry hinged head and foot pieces 15, 16. The side bars 6 are curved in the centre as shown in Fig. 5, so that, on then being straightened out by the attachment of the mattress, a tension is exerted on the latter. Legs 19, connected by a cross-bar 20, are hinged to plates 17 projecting from the side bars. When the bed is in the vertical position as shown, it is concealed by a curtain 21 suspended from a rod 22, which is carried by arms 23 having slots which pass over the plates 17. The bed is kept vertical by a hook'25 which is pivoted to the head of the bed frame, engages a cross-bar 27, and is retained in position by a latch 28 which can be moved by a handle 29, Fig. 8. To retain the bedclothes, the head and foot pieces 15, 16 are folded down and secured by straps 24 or the like, as shown in Fig. 1. In a modification, the standards 1 are extended upwards to form pillars connected at the top by a cross-bar and a curtain rod which is bent round behind the posts so that the curtain when drawn entirely conceals the bed. A mosquito curtain may also be suspended from a rod supported between the posts by hooks. In this modification, the bed may be retained vertically by forked holders pivoted to lugs on the posts. In either modification, a trunk for bedclothing may be suspended by trunnions from hooks attached near the head end of the side bars.
Patent GB-190428130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Two-thread Over-edge Sewing Machines.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1904-12-22
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 28,130. Imray, O., [Rowley, A. V.]. Dec. 22. Overedge-stitching machines ; double-loop stitching- machines ; knitted fabric sewing-machines.-Relates to improvements in the stitch-forming mechanism of a knitted-fabric or other overedge-stitching machine, by which the needle-thread loop is always kept below the work, thereby dispensing with the usual presser-foot. The work is placed on a toothed or spiked cloth-plate so that the edges are under the needle. The needle-bar is driven by a common elbow lever, and the machine frame is traversed in the line of feed by a rack and pinion. A circular looper 13 carrying a thread is oscillated in front of the work-edge by an eccentric through segmental toothed gearing, and a loop-spreader 14 is pivoted on the machine frame and suitably actuated in a horizontal direction by a cam. The looper enters the needle-thread loop, which passes over the looper until it reaches a horn 13<a>, Fig. 5, where it is retained while the looper thread is being placed by the spreader 14 in position to be threaded by the needie on its next descent. The loop is retained by the looper until nearly the end of its stroke, as in Fig. 7, when it is cast off prior to entering the succeeding needle loop. In this way the tension of the thread is always towards the work-support, thereby holding the work in position. Governing needle thread; governing under thread. -The needle thread, after being passed through a tension device and an equalizer, is passed through a thread-clamp, which is closed by a cam-lever to hold the thread as the needle commences to rise, and so to facilitate the formation of a needle-thread loop. The under thread passes from the reel on the machine frame through an equalizer, and thence straight to the looper.
Patent GB-190428424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vaporising Apparatus.
Inventor: VIAL LOUIS EMILE
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 28,424. Vial, L. E. Dec. 27. Concentrating saccharine liquids &c. - The heated liquid is exposed in thin films under reduced pressure in close proximity to a condensing- surface. The sugar, gelatin, or other solution is admitted by a float valve to the gutter 6, is heated by the winged pipes 20, and d allowed to evaporate from the moving chains 23. The vapours are condensed by means of cold water, which, entering by the perforated pipe 28, flows over the plates 29 into the gutters 31, 32, 33, and down the walls 7 of the tank, into the canal 9. The remaining vapours are carried off by an exhauster 14, and may be used to reduce the pressure in the tank by means of the injector apparatus 17. The pipes 24, 25 are shown as used for cooling the lower portion of the liquid in the tank, and so aiding in the production of crystals, which are removed by the conveyer 38. Alternatively, the pipes 24, 25 may be used for heating purposes.
Patent GB-190429214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SCOTT ARTHUR FORBES
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 29,214. Scott, A. F. Dec. 31. Gas and like engines. - In two-stroke-cycle engines, a charge of air is drawn into the crank chamber at the end of the in-stroke through a long passage T, and simultaneously explosive mixture enters through a separate passage L. At the end of the out-stroke, the motor piston D uncovers the exhaust port E, and first the air in the passage T sweeps through the cylinder and is followed by the explosive mixture. The displacement of the charging-piston B is greater than that of the motor piston D, and the ports for the passage of fluid are controlled by them. Several ways of carrying out the invention are described. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the air enters the passage T through ports K, J, 0, and the annulus Z is inoperative, mixture being drawn into it through the port L and expelled again into the admission pipe. In that shown in Fig. 5, the space Z forma the combustion chamber, and the trunk of the piston the passage T. In two-cylinder engines with opposite cranks, the space Z of one cylinder communicates with the crank chamber of the other, and in three-cylinder engines the spaces and crank chamber may also be suitably connected in rotation. The exhaust and admission passages E, L may also be in common for two cylinders. The explosive mixture may enter through a port in the piston D so as to avoid the space Z. The passage T may be a flat coil instead of a helix as shown. The jacket may form part of a shell which contains the ports E, K and is shrunk on to the cylinder.
Patent GB-190429462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Post Marking Machines.
Inventor: ROBERTSON DONALD
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 29,462. Robertson, D. Dec. 31. Postmarking- machines. - In a postmarking - machine, the letters &c. are fed by feeding and separating devices to a timing- stop, actuated by a cam to allow the letters to pass at the right time only to continuously-revolving printing or marking and impression rollers. Thence the letters pass to a stacking-wheel and travelling tray, on which they are piled. The apparatus is carried on a stand, containing the fast and loose pulleys and driving-gear, or an electric motor, surmounted by a gear box, through the top of which the spindles carrying the operating devices project vertically, being driven by suitable spur gearing in the box. The pile of letters is placed on edge against a fence 1, Fig. 2, on the table top u, and is gently pressed against a revolving rubbercovered feed-roller v, by which the letters are taken one by one past spring-controlled separating- fingers, and past an adjustably spring-controlled pivoted guide or finger 31, by which the letters are guided against a stop 27. This stop is held in the path of the envelope &c. by a spring, until it is withdrawn by a cam 5, at the right time to allow the letter to engage with the printing-devices. The printing-devices are removably attached to the printing-roller 4, the remaining part of the circumference of which is recessed, so as not to come in contact with the inking-roller 23, held in an adjustable pivoted bracket 25, and inked occasionally by a brush. In an alternative inking-device, the inking-roller 48, Fig. 8, receives ink from a roller 44, revolving horizontally in an ink bath through a conical roller 46, on a pivot 47. The impression roller 9 is mounted in a pivoted frame, the innermost portion of which is determined by an adjustable nut 18, and the pressure on the roller is adjusted by a spring 20. The surface of the roller 9 is preferably of rubber, and grooved circumferentially; its shaft is driven by the gearing below through a universal joint. The axis of the roller 9 is placed somewhat forward of the axis of the roller 4, so that the letters after postmarking are delivered against a fence 38. Both rollers 4, 9 revolve at a higher speed than the feed-roller v. A revolving stacker, with arms 36<a>, which pass through a slot in the fence 38, piles the envelopes against an adjustable stop 39, and they are then gradually pushed out to one side as a pile on a tray, formed of rods 40 running on rollers 41 recessed into the table, and having an upright support at the front end to hold the pile.
Patent GB-190500547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators, Coolers, and the like and the Manufacture thereof.
Inventor: LIVESEY JAMES BOYLE
Filed: 1905-01-11
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 547. Livesey, J. B. Jan. 11. Stamping; making apparatus for cooling water &c.-In a method of producing a radiator tube by placing fins &c. upon the tube and applying hydraulic expanding pressure within that part of the tube which is surrounded by the fins, the space within which the pressure is applied is bounded at its ends by plugs fitted with cup-leathers. Dividing clamps f may be placed between the fius, and the fins and the tubes may be secured in place within a press G. The hydraulic pressure is applied by means of the implement described in Specification No. 7987, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Pipes &c.], or its equivalent. As shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the ends of the tubes are closed by plugs K provided with cup-leathers. The fluid is admitted through a perforated pipe which passes through one plug. The bent part of the tube shown in Fig. 2 is also enclosed in a die to prevent expansion thereof. As shown in Fig. 4, one plug K is placed within the tube so that the bent part of the tube is not subject to any pressure. Fig. 7 shows a tube secured to a wall by having its end expanded within an opening in the wall. Recesses 0, into which the end of the tube is expanded, may also be formed in the interior of the opening in the wall.
Patent GB-190503377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ticket Issuing and Recording Machines.
Inventor: OHMER JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-02-17
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 3377. Obmer, J. F. Feb. 19, 1904, [date .applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Receipts, checking and recording.-Ticketand sales-slip issuing machines are provided with means for storing duplicate tickets, for recording the number issued, and for ringing a bell at each issue. The tickets, in the form of strips 6, 7, Fig. 4, are wound from rolls 6<1>, 7<1> over guide-rollers 13 and between plates 10, 14 and feed-rollers 17, 18 ; the strip 6 then passes out, through a slot 5, and the strip 7 is wound on a roll 7<11>. Holes in the plates 10, 14 allow the tickets to be punched by a separate punch of ordinary type. The tickets are perforated upon an inking-pad 45 by means of a wheel 43, carrying pins 44, adapted to form the numbers 0-9. The wheel 43 is mounted in bearings on a pivoted arm 37, and on the same shaft is an index-wheel (not shown) and also a pawl-retarded notched wheel 49. In order to perforate the ticket, the lever 37 is depressed against the action of a spring 39, Fig. 8, and the strips are simultaneously fed forward, in order to space out the numbers, by means of a stud and roller 35, a lever 32, Fig. 5, pawl 31. and a ratchetwheel 30 on the shaft of the feed-roller 18, Figs. 3 and 4. The main feeding of the strips is effected by means of a handle 20 on the shaft 19 of the feed-roller 18, which also drives the feedroller 17 by means of toothed wheels 18<1>, 17<1>. The roller 7<11>, Fig. 4, can be removed from the case 1 by withdrawing a spring head which forms a point bearing for one end of the shaft 23, the other end of the shaft being mounted to turn with friction in a cup attached to the centre of a toothed wheel, Fig. 5. This wheel is driven from the shaft 19 by means of wheels 21, 22. A wheel 26, gearing with a wheel 29 on the shaft 19, has on its face a pin 27, working in a slot in an arm which actuates a consecutive counter 24 of ordinary form. The pin 27 also strikes the hammer-shank 55 of a bell 54 once in each revolution. The casing 1 has a hinged front 2 and a lock 4.
Patent GB-190504218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Roofs for Portable Houses.
Inventor: DUCKER WILLIAM MATTHEW
Filed: 1905-03-01
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 4218. Ducker, W. M. March 1. Shafts.-In portable houses, the ceiling 18 is carried by beams 15, 16, which, together with. the wall plate 2, are provided with holes 19 to allow air to circulate.
Patent GB-190506407-A (GB)
Title: Brush in Separable Sections
Inventor: FETTERS CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 6407. Fetters, C. A. March 27. Stocks.-A brush stock is divided into straight longitudinal strips a, Fig. 2, perforated at d for bristles and held together by a bolt and nut b. The strips a are kept in alinement by being grooved as shown in section in Fig. 4, tongues c being made integral with the sections a. If a handle H, Fig. 2, is used, it is made in one with the middle strip.
Patent GB-190509468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Means for Fixing Handles to Stocks such as Broom Handles to Broom Heads and the like
Inventor: MARSHALL DALE
Filed: 1905-05-05
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 9468. Marshall, D. May 5. Handles.-Broom handles and the like are fastened to stocks by means of a helix A of square or other crosssection wire, fluted and adapted for stretching to fit holes of different size. The outer end of the helix is turned outwards so as to grip the sides of the hole and prevent rotation. The handle, which is tapered at the end, is screwed into its place.
Patent GB-190517016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Phonographs and the like.
Inventor: GOMBER GEORGE WINFIELD
Filed: 1905-08-22
Granted: 1906-08-22
Abstract: 17,016. Gomber, G. W. Aug. 22. Phonographs.-Relates to a phonograph multiple - record carrier whereby any one of a plurality of cylindrical records may be readily brought into position, and to a mandrel for holding cylindrical records. The multiple record machine is illustrated in Fig. 2, and an enlarged view of one of the parts 9 is shown in Fig. 4. The carrier consists of a piece 6 of sheet metal in the form of a wheel pivoted at 7 so that it may be readily rotated into any desired position. The circumference is cut away, forming radially-disposed arms 9, which consist of turned-up pieces 10, 11 adapted to hold the prolongation of the axis of the mandrel. Mandrels and records being attached to these arms, it is only necessary to rotate the wheel to bring the gear 16 of the desired record into mesh with a driving-wheel (not shown) to set the machine going ; one record with the sound-box 24 is shown in this position. The mandrel for holding the cylindrical record is shown in Fig. 5. It consists of two disks 2<1>, 3<1> firmly fastened together by rods 4<1> and the whole attached to the axis 1<1> by some convenient method such as a spring 13', 14<1> so that it may be longitudinally adjusted on the axis 1<1>. These disks 2<1>, 3<1> possess slots 8<1> through which are passed the spring members 7<1>. These are firmly attached to the disk 3<1>, e.g. by the method shown in Fig. 9. The other ends of these spring members are curved round and pass freely through the slots in the disk 2<1>. It will be seen that in this way a cylindrical record can be gripped on the mandrel. Several other modified methods of connecting and curving the spring members 7<1> are illustrated.
Patent GB-190517472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Step Ladders.
Inventor: RUSH HARRY CLAY
Filed: 1905-08-29
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 17,472. Rush, H. C., and Moore, P. C. Aug. 29. Ladders. - Consists of a step-ladder having a leg which can be adjusted in length when the ladder is being used on sloping ground, a shelf and stays being also provided. The leg consists of two parts, slidably connected, the upper part comprising parallel side bars 7, braced by crossed bars 11, and hinged at their upper ends to the ladder 1 by means of a pintle 8. The lower section of the leg comprises parallel bars 13 and upwardly-converging bars 12, the lower ends of the latter resting on the ground. Rectangular guides 15 are secured to the bars 13 of the lower sliding section, and rectangular guides 16 to the bars 7 of the upper section. The guides 16 are provided with perforations for receiving pins 17, which engage perforations 18 in the bars 13 and thus secure the sections after adjustment. To a cross-bar 19 are pivoted folding braces 21, provided with lugs 22 for preventing the downward movement of the brace when horizontal. A shelf 23, hinged to a cross-bar 25, is supported in an horizontal position when required by a triangular flap 26, which extends outward from a rod 27, turning in bearings. The rod 27 is bent at the ends to form arms for limiting the movement of the support, and the lower bearing for the rod consists of an L-shaped bracket, secured at the junction of the bars 11.
Patent GB-190518241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fenders or Curbs for Fireplaces
Inventor: ADSHEAD THOMAS WILLETTS
Filed: 1905-09-09
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 18,241. Adshead, T. W. Sept. 9. Fenders. - The corner piece B of a fender or kerb is cast in one with the side or cheek A of the fire-dog, or with the cheek A and the leg A<1>, A'. The other pieces A<2>, A<3> of the dog are made separately, and are attached as desired.
Patent GB-190518646-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Universal Ball Joint or Socket suitable for Supporting Electric Light Fittings, and for other purposes.
Inventor: HIRST HUGO
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 18,646. Hirst, H., and Collings, J. H. Sept. 15. Pendants. - A hollow ball A, attached to an electric-light fitting or other object, is pressed against a cup B by rollers H attached to a tube F preferably of an oval or oblong section, which passes through a slot in the ball and receives the thrust of a spring M by means of a pin K and a washer L. A second washer Q, against which the spring M bears, may have attached to it pins (not shown) which project through slots in a tubular piece B<1> and are engaged by a nut, so that the pressure of the spring may be adjusted. The cup B may be faced with leather. A stop 0 may be provided to limit rotation of the tube F.
Patent GB-190521369-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Producing a Combustible Gaseous Mixture
Inventor: HARDING CHARLES KNOX
Filed: 1905-10-20
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 21,369. Harding, C. K. Oct. 20. Drawings to Specification. Gas and like engines.-A gaseous mixture for explosion motors is made by vaporizing liquid fuel, particularly hydrocarbons of different boiling- points, in proxienity to a heated catalytic agent, mixing the vapour with air, and passing the mixture over the catalytic agent, in order to modify chemically the gaseous mixture and to maintain the temperature of the catalytic agent.
Patent GB-190525046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: MCRAE JAMES
Filed: 1905-12-02
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 25,046. McRae, J., and Ingram, H. Dec. 2. Drawings to Specification. Acetylene.-The after-generation of acetylene is prevented in apparatus in which the water is in intermittent contact with the carbide, such as is described in Specification No. 18,765, A.D. 1905, by the water in the carbide chamber having a layer of oil prepared from horse fat. The oil seal may be added at any time during the charging process. The to carbide lumps may also be treated with the oil to protect them during storage or transit as well as to form the seal in the apparatus during the times of non-generation.
Patent GB-190603062-A (GB)
Title: Improved Pipe Joint.
Inventor: MARTIN JAMES ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-02-08
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 3062. Martin, J. A. Feb. 8. Butt and flange joints. - The ends of the pipes A are thickened by welding on pieces B. Coupling - rings E are passed over these ends, which are afterwards flanged as shown at C. The joint is made tight by means of a packing-ring D and the rings E.
Patent GB-190612516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Washing Dishes and the like.
Inventor: BODELL ALLEN WADE
Filed: 1906-05-29
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 12,516. Bodell, A. W. May 29. Norias.-Fig. 3 shows a bucket-wheel apparatus for use in dish-washing which lifts water from the bottom of a chamber 4 and throws it over the dishes &c. as they pass along in carriers sliding on rails 16. The bucket-wheels 6 are formed from a single sheet of metal as shown, to which end disks carrying bearing-pieces are secured.
Patent GB-190613455-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cutting Implement for use in Tapping Rubber and other Latex Yielding Trees.
Inventor: BOUSTEAD LAWRENCE TWENTYMAN
Filed: 1906-06-12
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 13,455. Boustead, L. T. June 12. Horticultural knives.- A knife used in tapping india - rubber and like latex-yielding trees to cut a fresh channel in the outer bark comprises a suitable holder A, Fig. 1, carrying two parallel knives E, Fig. 3, a little way in advance of an adjustable grooving cutter or chisel D. The knives E may be in one piece as illustrated, or they may be two separate blades or circular cutters detachably secured to the holder A.
Patent GB-190618632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Liquid Level Indicators.
Inventor: COHN JACOB
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1907-08-20
Abstract: 18,632. Cohn, J. Aug. 20. Liquid levels, indicating. -For indicating the level of liquids, a chain s connected to a float actuates, through a wheel handsuitable spur gearing i k l m, a spindle g carrying at one end the pointer r and, at the other, a coiled spring o protected by a plate. The spring is wound up by the descent of the float, so that when the level rises the clockwork motion is reversed and the slack of the chain s taken up. The movements of the float may also be transmitted by means of a pinion and rack to a vertically moving pointer. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 1239, A.D.1867, No.14,491, A.D. 1885, No. 7496, A.D. 1893, and No. 3511, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190627221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portmanteus
Inventor: BULLAS STEPHEN WALTON
Filed: 1906-11-29
Granted: 1907-11-29
Abstract: 27,221. Bullas, S. W., Bullas, F. J., and Bullas, P. H. Nov. 30. Portmanteaux.- A metal portmanteau has two half lids C, D, which are hinged to the sides B and are secured in their closed position by two leather s t r o p s having buckles E. The half lids are so arranged that the edge of one closes over the edge of the other, and one or more locks may be provided. The portmanteau is japanned and covered with leather, cloth, or japanned canvas. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the portmanteau may have partitions or trays.