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Patent GB-190524248-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Crimping Machines for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: LEGGE ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 24,248. Legge, A. G. May 15, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Uppers.-Relates to the crimping-jaws of the type of crimping- machine in which duplicate crimping- heads are bolted to a slotted bed-plate, while the form plate is secured to a slide which is reciprocated by a crank and train of wheels from the main shaft of the machine. One of the crimping-beads 17 is shown in Figs. 4, 6, and 7. It is bored and recessed to received a plunger 24, the shank 23 of which has an annular projection 25, which has a more or less tight fit in the bore of the boss 22. The head of the plunger, however, has a loose fit in a recess 21 in the face of the crimping-bead, and on its upper and at its two sides are fitted, respectively, an adjustable stop plate 28, and spring-controlled, adjustable plungers 29, 30. The crimping-jaw 34 is held up to the face of the plunger 24 by a headed bolt 31 and nut 35, but pressing against its rear face are two strong, steel springs 38, 39, which also act against pins, 41, 42 and force them against the cam-faces 45 of a nut 44 on the boss 22. The pressure of the springs is adjusted by turning the nut 44, while to ensure that the pressure of each spring is the same, the pin 42 is also adjustable. The plunger 24 thus has a substantially universal adjustment or movement to adapt the position of the jaw 34 to the stock being acted upon. The stock is laid on the upper sides of the top flange of the jaws, and is acted upon by the form plate to carry it completely below the jaws. As the form plate meets the stock, the pressure of the latter on the jaws tends to cause the head of the plunger to rise, so that the space between the tops of the jaws is momentarily increased. This allows the form plate to embrace the stock between the jaws easily before the full force of the latter is exerted. This relief of pressure may be adjusted to suit the requirements of the stock by means of the stop plate 28. The gibs 29, 30 are provided to ensure a proper amount of pressure on the vamp part of an upper, and to avoid excessive pressure on the heel part, when crimping-vamps of considerable length, such as so-called seamless vamps. When crimping vamps other than for seamless work, these gibs also allow a limited amount of lateral movement of the plunger 24, to provide for differences in thickness of stock.
Patent GB-190605361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Worm Gearing for the Transmission of Power.
Inventor: COLLIER ARTHUR THOMAS
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1907-03-05
Abstract: 5361. Collier, A. T. March 5. Worm gearing.- Relates to worm gearing in which the worm - wheel has ball teeth. One or more rows of balls h are mounted in sockets m the rim of the wheel f and engage the worm k, Fig. 1. When not in engagement with the worm, the balls h are held in their sockets by means of a concentric guide j or by projections m arranged at the sides of the wheel f, Fig. 3. The gearing may work in an oil bath, and the worm may have one or more threads. The " globoid " worm shown is described in Specification No. 8054, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190608577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Jointing of Lead Pipes.
Inventor: ACTON SAM
Filed: 1906-04-10
Granted: 1907-04-10
Abstract: 8577. Acton, S. April 10. Screw couplings ; jointing with internal ferrules ; butt and flange joints.- Relates to jointing lead pipes for general plumbing purposes without the use of solder. A flanged tightly-fitting copper or like ferrule e is placed on the lead pipe a, which is then flanged outwards. A tightly - fitting internal ferrule or liner d is inserted in the pipe a, so as to project into the fixed member b of the union when the parts are placed together, and the joint is completed by screwing up the usual coupling-nut c. A soft metal washer f is used to ensure a sound joint. When connecting two lead pipes, a loose double-ended union with two nuts is employed, and there may be a single inner tube common to both pipes, or one for each pipe. Specifications No. 18,699, A.D. 1893, No. 15,507, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Lamps &c.], and No. 568, A.D. 1901, are referred to.
Patent GB-190608840-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Incandescence Bodies for Electric Lighting.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 8840. Imray, O., [Siemens & Halske Akt.- Ges.]. April 12. Incandescent lamps.-Filaments consisting of metallic compounds are made by treating rolled or drawn metal wires with substances which combine with the metal. Metallic cores may sometimes be left in the filaments. The wires are preferably stretched on frames which afterwards support the filaments during use. A carbide filament may be made by electrically heating a tantalum or other wire in a carbonaceous medium, preferably a liquid such as benzene or petroleum.
Patent GB-190611253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Bracing and Supporting Stove Pipes and similar Flues
Inventor: CLIFTON WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON
Filed: 1906-05-14
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 11,253. Clifton, W. H. J., and Hollander, F. May 14. Metal pipes.-A stove pipe 10 or like metal pipe leading from a furnace &c. is braced by a rod 13, which is made up of a number with oppositely screwed ends connected by turn pieces or nuts, and carries several clamps 21 embracing the pipe 10. The lower ends of the brace and of the pipe are respectively screwed and fitted into a fillet 15 on the stove 11, and the upper ends are supported by a pair of hook-ended rods 26, 26<1>, the hooked ends of which engage with the sides of the chimney breast 12. The straight parts of the rods 26, 26<1> pass through and are clamped by screws 27 in a fillet 23, which is fitted with screws for securing the end of the pipe 10. A chain supports the bend of the pipe &c, The turn-pieces facilitate the adjustment of the joint x<111>.
Patent GB-190614137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding Magazines, Newspapers, Circulars or like Articles to Wrapping, Addressing or other Machines.
Inventor: OWENS CHARLES
Filed: 1906-06-20
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 14,137. Owens, C., and Montague, D. P. June 20. Addressing - machines; feeding sheets.-In an apparatus for feeding magazines, n e w s p apers, circulars, &c. to wrapping, addressing, or other machines, the magazines &c. are withdrawn separately f r o m a storage receptacle by a. rotating carrier having side fingers which pass between the leaves of the magazine. In one form of the apparatus, the upper magazines in the storage receptacle are prevented by a ratchet escapement from pressing upon those about to be withdrawn.. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 6, the magazines to be operated upon stand with their backs uppermost in a storage receptacle having adjustable sides 1. The magazines are pressed up to the grooved disks 23, 40<x> by wheels 18 carried by the shaft 19, which has toothed wheels 20 engaging with racks 21 and is pressed forward by the weight 70 hanging from a rope passing round the grooved pulley 22. The lower edges of the magazines rest upon the intermittentlymoving ratchet-driven chain 5. The foremost magazine is raised from the storage receptacle and transferred to the conveyer belt 25 by one of a number of pairs of fingers 26, which pass through slots 27, Fig. 4, in the flanges 23<1> of the rotating disks 23 and are carried by radially-adjustable arms 28. The arms 28 are carried by spring-pressed slides 29 which are moved longitudinally by the fixed camsurfaces 34, to cause the fingers 26 to enter between the leaves of the magazine. The disks 35, Figs. 4 and 6, upon which the cam-surface 34 is formed, are loosely mounted on the shaft 16 and are adjustably fixed in position by locking-plates 37 adapted to engage in notches 36 out in the rims of the disks. A pressure-roller 44 may be employed for preventing loose leaves from dropping out of the magazines. The admission of the magazines to the wrapping &c. machine may be controlled by means of stops 41 raised by a pivoted lever 42. In the device shown in Fig. 8, the magazines are stored in the receptacle 52, the bottom one resting with one end upon the adjustable bar 53 and the other end upon the side disks 23, which are.similar to those already described. When the bottom magazine has been carried to the left by the engaging fingers 26, a pair of ratchet-wheels 59, the teeth of which serve to support the upper magazines in the receptacle 52. are turned by pawls, 64. This action allows another magazine to slip past the releasers 60 and rest upon the disks 23. The releasers 60 are adjustably fixed by set-crews 62 and carry adjustable pieces which positively separate the magazines to prevent more than one from being released at each movement of the ratchet.
Patent GB-190614359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electromagnets
Filed: 1906-06-22
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 14,359. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 22. Relays. - Electro - magnets for track relays in railway signalling have spools made with insulating end flanges K, which project outside the coils to carry terminal binding-posts L. In the usual construction, in which two spools A are mounted side by side, the end flanges engage as shown, and support between them a binding-post M for connecting the coils, and each flange is made symmetrical so that the spools are interchangeable. The pivoted armature, to which current is led by a flexible spiral, is placed between two horizontal plates, and enclosed by glass.
Patent GB-190615411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips for Mounting Brakes Mud Guards and other Attachments upon Cycles.
Inventor: OSMOND GEORGE ERNEST
Filed: 1906-07-06
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 15,411. Osmond, G. E. July 6. Fastenings, clip. Relates to bridges such as are used to form the stop for Bowden mechanism in connexion with cycle brakes or for attaching mud guards or other articles. In such a bridge of the type wherein each member b and clip a are formed by bending a strip of sheet metal into a loop and folding the strip upon itself on the inner side of the loop, the parts a<1>, a<2> are secured together by a lip g pressed out of one part and passed through a slot in the other. A sliding piece c enables the bridge to be adapted to forks of varying widths in the usual manner. One clip and member b may be used alone.
Patent GB-190617896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frames used in Bee-hives.
Inventor: SLADEN FREDERICK WILLIAM LAMBA
Filed: 1906-08-09
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 17,896. Sladen, F. W. L. Aug. 9. Hinges.-Frames for full-sized and nucleus beehives are constructed in two or more sections a hinged together. The hinges used are such that the frames are the correct distance apart when folded together, and about one quarter of an inch apart when opened out. Instead of ordinary hinges, the form shown in Fig. 3, to prevent the bees from being crushed when the frames are opened out, or two plates b, Fig. 4. pivoted to each of the sections a, may be used. In the last case, the plates may be of elastic material and have a rib d or projections at the centre fitting into slots e in the sections to keep them in a straight line, and springing out of the slots when they are folded.
Patent GB-190618118-A (GB)
Title: Means for Producing Compressed Hot Air.
Inventor: HEINRICH HILDEBRAND
Filed: 1906-08-13
Abstract: 18,118. Hildebrand, H. Aug. 12, 1905, date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Compressing.-The invention is shown in connexion with a motor-car, but the air may be used in marine engines, pneumatic tools, &c. Air is compressed by a compressor B, driven by an internal-combustion engine A, and is expanded in an air-engine E. The air is circulated in such a way as to absorb and utilize the greater part of the heat of the engine which is usually wasted. The air from the compressor B is cooled in pipes g, and thence passed through the jacket of the cylinder A and a chamber D heated by the exhaust. The compressor is water-jacketed.
Patent GB-190620516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters specially applicable to Locomotive Boilers.
Inventor: VERLOOP JAN WILLEM
Filed: 1906-09-15
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 20,516. Verloop, J. W., and Pennink, J. J. F. Sept. 15. Superheaters, steamÀ-The upper part of the smokebox of a locomotive is fitted with a superheater c o m - posed of looped tubes J, which are connected to a central header or headers G and to side headers K. A space for the blast nozzle P is left between the rear ends of the headers G. The furnace gases thus pass upwards amongst the tubes J before mixing with the exhaust steam. Pipes L connect the headers K with the cylinders.
Patent GB-190620818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Turbines.
Inventor: WISE WILLIAM LLYOD
Filed: 1906-09-19
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 20,818. Wise, Sir W. L., [Skodawerke Akt.-Ges.]. Sept. 19. Elastic-fluid turbines.-A blade-attaching device for steam turbines is shown in Figs. 1, 3, 6, and 7. The blade is stamped out of a sheet-metal blank and is pressed into shape so that projections b, c form a U-shaped root, the tongue c being adapted to enter an inclined slot in the edge of the wheel disk and the wings c being adapted to engage the sides of the disk. Rings f are placed over the wings and the whole is secured by rivets e. Circumferential projections a fit against the edge of the disk and stiffen the blades. The edge of the disk may have ridges i, Fig. 8, which are flattened out against the wings of the blades to stiffen the blades, and the wings may then be shortened and may be secured by only one rivet. The back c may be in a line with the blade, or it may be inclined thereto as shown in Figs. 3 and 6.
Patent GB-190622920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Cells.
Inventor: HATFIELD HENRY STAFFORD
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1908-01-17
Abstract: 22,920. Hatfield, H. S. Oct. 17. Bromine ; chlorine, sulphur. - In electrolytic cells for the deposition of insulating substances, particularly adapted for use as electrolytic meters or for the purification of gases, liquids, or solids, the substance to be deposited at one electrode is dissolved to saturation in the electrolyte, which is kept in contact with a reserve supply of this substance, polarization of the second electrode being thereby prevented. Fig. 3 shows a cell for the deposition of bromine arranged for use as a meter. The cell is of glass and is divided by the partition H ; the electrolyte is a dilute solution of hydrobromic acid saturated with bromine ; a pool of bromine C lies at the bottom of the cell and is in connexion by the hole F with more bromine E. Bromine is deposited at the platinum anode A' and drops into the measuring tube D. At the iridium cathode B<1> hydrobromic acid is formed and the electrolyte takes up more bromine and becomes resaturated. Fig. 4 shows a meter in which chlorine is deposited ; the electrolyte is a solution of ferric chloride saturated with chlorine of which there is a reserve supply in the space C ; the chlorine liberated at the anode A is collected in the tube D. Fig. 5 shows a cell adapted for purifying a solid ; a supply C of the impure solid is contained in the cell between the electrodes ; the solid deposited at the electrode A falls into the tube E or may be scraped away from the electrode ; fresh solid may be introduced as desired through the opening D. For the purification of sulphur, the electrolyte used is a strong solution of sodium sulphide saturated with sulphur. another construction is described suitable for purifying a liquid or solid, in which the electrodes are perforated and arranged close together, circulation of the electrolyte being effected by a pump. Fig. 7 shows a cell adapted for the deposition of a gas from a mixture of gases ; the electrode A consists of bars or is of grating form so that the gas deposited thereat can escape upwards ; the liquid percolates through the porous electrode B and absorbs fresh gas in the chamber C, into which a supply of crude gas enters. The electrolyte is pumped back to the upper part of the cell. When such an apparatus is used for the purification of a gas such as chlorine, the solubility of which varies with the pressure, the cell proper is connected with the absorption chamber by a long pipe so that the pressure of the pure gas on the liquid near the electrode at which it is given off can be kept equal to, or less than, the partial pressure of this gas in the mixture in the absorption chamber.
Patent GB-190625081-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Starting Explosion Motors.
Filed: 1906-11-07
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 25,081. Daimler Motoren Ges. Nov. 9, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, starting in. In a multi-cylinder explosion engine, air which has been compressed by the engine is used to generate an explosive mixture, which is admitted to all the cylinders and is fired electrically by means of contacts on the governor shaft in that cylinder in which the piston is in the most favourable starting position. Compressed air from the reservoir a generates an explosive mixture in the benzene vessel c. This mixture passes by way of .the pipe n to all the cylinders, in this case four. A hand inductor is shown at f and the circuit-closing strips at h on the governor shaft d. The strips h are so arranged that current is not conveyed to the ignition apparatus in the cylinder until the piston p is in its best position for starting i.e. a little above the middle position.
Patent GB-190629392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Finger Rings.
Inventor: ALLPORT RUSSELL
Filed: 1906-12-24
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 29,392. Allport, R., and Normoyle, T. Dec. 24. Magnetic jewellery.- Relates to rings for curative purposes of the kind consisting of a permanent magnet joined by non- magnetic material. Steel bands or wires a, placed side by side or wound spirally, are joined at the ends N, S by copper or like material, the space between the bands or convolutions being also filled in with non-magnetic material. The ring is magnetized after it is made up.
Patent GB-190704337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Horseshoes.
Inventor: CROSS WALTER
Filed: 1907-02-21
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 4337. Cross, W., and Teagle, H. G. Feb. 21. Treads; hoof pads.-A hoof-pad b of the form shown in Specification No. 1702, A.D. 1907, is secured to the shoe by a tapering bar or key d, which passes through an opening in the pad and engages with slots c, c<1> in the upper or lower faces of the heels of the shoe. Two or more keys may be employed, and they may engage with openings in the shoe instead of with slots in the face of the shoe.
Patent GB-190706581-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Attachment of Racking Apparatus in Bung Holes of Casks.
Inventor: BRANDE LOUIS VANDEN
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 6581. Brande, L. V. March 19. Plates, securing tubes to.-Relates to a method of attachment of racking-apparatus to casks. A collar c, Figs. 2 and 4, with a sloping upper surface d, is cast on the end of the tube b, on which is also a loose sleeve e with a sloping under surface g. The studs i, k are passed through the opening l, Fig. 7, of the bung, and the stud j through a diametrically-opposite opening. The sleeve e is then turned, its studs i, j engaging the horizontal groove n. The stud k engaging the groove p prevents the collar c from turning, and thus it is forced to descend to clamp the rubber joint h on the seating q. The studs i, k are preferably larger than the stud j.
Patent GB-190711163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lighting Arresters.
Inventor: GIFFORD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-13
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 11,163. Gifford, W., and Dixon, E. M. May 13. Lightning-arresters. - A lightning-arrester comprises a number of suitable resistance rods which are connected to a metal cross-piece for supporting the rods o n a insulating- base. The base 1, of slate or the like, carries a metallic rack 4 in which are ioserted resistance sticks 2 of suitable material, such as graphite provided with slotted metal caps 3. The rack may be secured to the base by screws, and is provided with a terminal 6 connected to line. The lower ends of the resistances are inserted in openings 9 of the insulating- rack 7. Below the resistances are two sets of terminals forming spark-gaps 11, the upper terminals 12 being secured to the resistances by caps which spring over the ends of the latter. The terminals are of metal and smaller than the caps, forming shoulders 13 which engage shoulders 8 of the rack. The lower terminals are mounted in a rack 15 and are secured in place by screws 16, so that they can be readily adjusted. A conductor from the terminal 17 is connected to earth. In a modification, the spark-gap terminals are provided at their ends with carbon plugs.
Patent GB-190713739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Reactances and the like.
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 13,739. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 13. Resistances, inductive. A continuously variable reactance consists of a coil on a closed iron core of varying cross - section, the two being relatively movable. Part of the core may be highly saturated by the normal current in the coil. In the arrangement shown, the coil B is rigidly connected to a base A and passes through an eccentric circular hole in the laminated core C, the outer edge of which is also circular. The core is riveted to an arm D carried by an horizontal lever E, which is pivoted in line with the axis of the hole in the core. A clamping-screw on the lever travels in a semicircular slot in the base. Such a reactance may be used for regulating the pressure of current supplied to a small induction motor.
Patent GB-190716284-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Heater for Dining Table and similar use.
Inventor: TOWNSHEND CHARLES
Filed: 1907-07-16
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 16,284. Townshend, C. July 16. Supports for articles heated; plate and dish warmers.-Relates to food and dining-utensil heating apparatus for table use in conjunction with a spirit lamp or the like. The opening in the top plate, through which the flame of the lamp may play, is closed by a plate, which is moved horizontally till it is beneath this opening and is then raised vertically and pressed tightly into position. The apparatus comprises a hollow casing c<3> supported by legs or a framework d carrying the lamp, the flame of which plays through an opening c' in the bottom c, and either passes through the second opening a<2> or; when this is closed by the plate e, spreads into the interior of the casing. The plate e for closing the opening a<2> is loosely connected to an arm e<3> pivoted at e<4> in such a way as to admit of the raising and lowering of the plate, and a rotatable bar g is secured by a swivelling piece g<2> to the arm e<3>, the end of the bar g carrying a handle g<4>. The bar g carries a cam f which is flattened at f<2>, and by bearing against the bottom c causes the vertical motion of the plate e on rotating the bar g, a flat portion f<2> keeping the plate e in the closed position. The plate e may be slightly coned at e<2> to fit tightly in the opening a<2>, and carries a little distance beneath it a disk h, which, according to the Provisional Specification, is of heat-resisting material. To provide a loose connexion between the plate e and the arm e<3>, the disk h carries a lug h<3> which projects freely through a slot in the arm e<3> and is retained in position by a cross-pin h<5>.