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Patent GB-190619012-A (GB)
Title: Spring Wheel
Inventor: NOEL LOUIS ANDRE
Filed: 1906-08-25
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 19,012. NoÙl, L. A. Aug. 25. Spring wheels.- A central web a carrying the wheel rim, and side plates c which are carried by the hub and spaced apart to allow for considerable lateral play of the web, are connected by volute springs r located in housings v distributed over the whole surface of the plates. The outer ends of the springs are secured to the walls of the housing by passing a screw e through an externally-formed loop d, Fig. 3. The inner ends are secured to the web on lateral spindles or by through-bolts f The springs are such that the thickness and width of the blade, and the distance between successive coils, uniformly increase from the centre. Volute springs may be replaced by spiral springs suitably spaced from the web a. The invention may be regarded as a modification of the construction described in Specification No. 15,454, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190622286-A (GB)
Title: Improved Folding Road Trestle and the like.
Inventor: MEREDITH JAMES THOMAS
Filed: 1906-10-09
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 22,286. Meredith, J. T. Oct. 9. Trestles.-A folding road trestle comprises two angle-iron legs A, A<1> connected by a bolt C to which a third leg B is pivoted. The movement of the legs A, A<1> is limited by a stop D secured to the leg A, while the leg B is secured by a hook E passing through holes in an extension B' and the leg A'.
Patent GB-190623240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks.
Inventor: KATZENBERGER OSCAR
Filed: 1906-10-19
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 23,240. Katzenberger, O. Oct. 19. Locks, key and permutation; keys; latches; sliding bolts.-The lock k bolt 32 is operable by an arm 88 on a follower 24, and is locked in the shot and d withdrawn positions by means of a T-shaped lever 40, which engages with a stump 93 on a lever 44 pivoted to the bolt. The lever is moved out of engagement from the outside of the door by means of a pinion key adapted to engage a rack 48 on a bell-crank lever 49, the other arm 52 of which engages with ' a lug 46 on the lever 40 to raise the end 42 of the lever above the lug 93, or by means of the permutation mechanism 66, which can be set so as to allow the lug 47 on the lever 40 to enter notches in the permutation disks, so that the end 42 of the lever falls below the lug 93. From inside, the lever is disengaged by means of a knob on the spindle 50. The permutation disks are connected by a stud-and-slot device, and are set by the backward and forward turning of a knob on a spindle 61, a clicking-device being used to determine the permutation. The disk 66, adjustably secured to the spindle 61, is provided with a flat side 67, to enable the lever 40 to be returned to the normal position. The lock bolt is held in either position by the spring 38, the end 37 of which engages notches 39 in the bolt. A latch bolt 12 is also provided, and is operated, through the lever 19 pivoted to the case, by means of the arm 23 on the follower 24 which, however, can only be turned to operate the latch when the lock bolt is withdrawn. To lock the door from inside, against operation from out. side, the lever 40 is raised by means of the inside knob on the spindle 50 until the lug 42 thereon engages a notch 31 in a downward extension 30 of the latch bolt. In this position, the rack on the arm 48 of the bell-crank.49 is out of the range of any key inserted to operate it. The lock bolt can be held in the withdrawn position by a sliding bolt 83 mounted on the front edge of the casing to engage a slot in the nose of the bolt.
Patent GB-190625935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Couplings for Pipes and Tubes.
Inventor: BRADLY EDWARD JAMES
Filed: 1906-11-16
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 25,935. Bradley, E. J., and Forge, R. Nov. 16. Flexible tubes used as couplings.-A coupling for use with extractor tubes is constructed so that the joint may be made without the use of fastenings or clips. The coupling consists of a rubber tube A having flanged ends A' confined within non-elastic bands A<4> of metal or fibre. Instead of using bands, the outside of the flanges may be vulcanized. The joint is made by pushing the beaded end B' of the tube B past the flange A<2>. In modifications, the band A<4> may extend the whole length of the coupling and a band may be placed round the middle of the coupling. The flanges A' may in some cases be made from layers of rubber.
Patent GB-190700770-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Device for Facilitating the Swimming of Persons.
Inventor: JAKETT MICHEL
Filed: 1907-01-11
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 770. Jakeit, M. Jan. 11. Swimming-appliances.- In apparatus comprising a pair of flaps 2, 3 hinged to a sole-plate 1 attached to the foot, the effective opening out of the flaps at the beginning of the power stroke is produced by means of helical springs 6, 7, arranged as indicated in Fig. 1. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 1461, A.D. 1857, No. 4158, A.D. 1879, and No. 6568, A.D 1891.]
Patent GB-190700937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction and Arrangement of Puzzle Opening Boxes.
Inventor: MORTON THOMAS
Filed: 1907-01-14
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 937. Morton, T., and Fleming, J. M. Jan. 14. Puzzles.-A puzzle box for containing matches, cigars, cigarettes, &c. is shown in its closed position in Fig. 3. In this position, the box or case 8 is held. closed by means of a spring &c. 11, which forces a notch or notches 9'on the box into engagement with a projection 10 an the cover 7. The spring 11 is connected to the box by lugs 12, Fig. 6, on the spring which enter recesses in the box, and by a bent lug 13 on the case which passes through a slot in the spring. The box is opened by pushing its end 8<a> to the left, with reference to Fig. 3, a spring 15 then forcing the box open. To prevent the entire withdrawal of the box 8, it is formed with stops, such as 16, which may contact with extensions of the projection 10 when the box 8 is pulled out.
Patent GB-190708976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Reducing Vulcanized Rubber to Powder.
Inventor: GARE THOMAS
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1908-04-18
Abstract: 8976. Gare, T. April 18. Disk mills; rasping-cylinders.-Waste vulcanized rubber is reduced to powder by means of rotary rasp or grater like surfaces employed in disk or cylinder form. The rubber may be intermittently pressed against the face of a rotary disk or cylinder, or it may rest on a slide which reciprocates across the face of the disk. Fig. 3 shows a rotary horizontal disk a at the bottom of a rasp or grater like casing d containing the rubber, the powdered material escaping either through or between the surfaces a, d. Or disks a<1>, Fig. 4, carried by oppositely-rotating horizontal shafts may work in a grater-like casing e provided with a feed-hopper f. An horizontal rasping-cylinder revolving within a grater-like casing may be used. Fig. 6 shows a vertical rasping-cylinder a<1> working within an oppositely - rotating grater - like casing with a stationary or revolving grater-like bottom a, the material being pressed against the grinding-surfaces by an annular weight h. The frame b of any of the machines described may be hollow to form a chamber k, for the powdered rubber, which may be removed by means of a fan connected to the pipe l. The rasping-surface is preferably formed from stabbed sheet steel, and secured in one or more pieces upon the disk or cylinder, which may be perforated; or pins a, Fig. 14, with bevelled ends may be fixed on or cast with the disk.
Patent GB-190714905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Brakes for use with Tramway and similar Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: LEWRY MARTIN WOOD
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 14,905. Lewry, M. W. June 29. Brakes.-Relates to brakes for tramway vehicles &c., of the type described in Specification No. 6437, A.D. 1906, having a flange on the brake block which can be forced against the side of the rail groove in emergencies, and consists in forming the flange separate from the brake block so that they may be operated separately. The flange or plate c is fitted in a groove in the block a carrying the brake shoe b, and is held in position by a crossplate d. The plate c is raised or lowered by a cam g, carried by the screwed spindle e and working in a slide c<1> in the plate c. In operation, the brake beam h is lowered until the shoe b is almost in contact with the rail i, and the gearing f is turned to cause the flange c to enter the rail groove. At the same time, the screw-thread on the spindle e causes the block a to move downwards and outwards so that the flange c grips the side of the rail groove.
Patent GB-190716010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in School Desks.
Filed: 1907-07-12
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 16,010. North of England School Furnishing Co., and Gray, C. A. July 12. School desks and seats.-The back D of the seat of a school desk is pivoted at d<1> to projections a on the frame A. The position of the pivot d' is such that the back may be folded down upon the seat B to form a higher and wider seat for adults. A pawl d' pivoted to the end iron d of the back keeps the back upright, and its backward movement is prevented by a stop d<3>.
Patent GB-190718046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Torpedo Tubes.
Filed: 1907-08-08
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 18,046. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Lloyd, E. W. Aug. 8. Ejecting-tubes.-An above-water torpedo tube a has a permanently closed rear end and a perfectly cylindrical chamber extending from the rear for a distance equal to the distance between the tail and the suspension tee-piece of the torpedo b. It is loaded from the muzzle, the tail of the torpedo being passed sideways under the snout c. A hole d is provided to accommodate the charging-nozzle for the compressed air.
Patent GB-190718865-A (GB)
Title: Improved Circular Knitting Machine.
Inventor: KLEMM HERMANN ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 18,865. Klemm, H. A., and Leys, J. D. Aug. 21. Circular knitting - machines. - The machine is rendered capable of producing two pieces of fabric simultaneously in various styles of knitting by employing two sets of cams both in the cylinder and in the dial, and causing them to rotate in opposite directions. The cylinder and dial needles are each divided into two equal masses or groups separated by two diametral spaces of sufficient width to allow the cams to pass properly from one group to the other. The needles have upper and lower butts, and are alternately operated by the corresponding cams. The opposite rotation of the cylinder cam-rings 6, 7 is obtained from a common gear-wheel 14 connected by spur and bevel wheels to the driving-shaft B. The opposite rotation of the dial cam-rings 8, 9 is obtained similarly by connecting them with bevel-wheels 16, 15 respectively. Sliding thread-guide blocks 21<b>, 23<b>, each carrying a pair of thread-guides 21, 22 and 23, 24, are picked up by the cam-rings 6, 7 acting in alternation, so that the thread-guides are reciprocated over the needles in action. Pivoted to the cam-rings 6 and 7 are spring latches 26, 27 which draw the threadguide blocks in contrary directions round to the other side of the machine, where the latches are tripped by fixed cams and the thread-guide blocks released. Continuing their rotation, each latch engages the thread-guide block previously released by the other latch. Thus the blocks reverse their movement and arrive at the starting point, where fixed cams again trip the latches and cause them to exchange the thread-guide blocks. The cams employed may be of ordinary design. The draw cams can be adjusted by turning a nut 46 provided with an indicating - pointer and attached to the -centre stud 44 of a crank-disk. The crank-pin works in a slot of the draw-cam which in turn slides in an inclined slot 41 in the cam ring. The up-throw cams can be removed by means of similar mechanism from the path of the needles. The cylinder needles are adjusted circumferentially, relatively to the dial needles by means of a bell-crank lever, one end being provided with a handle and the other being retained between stops on the inside of the cylinder. The invention is also applied to a modified construction of machine in which the cylinder needles are carried on the inner surface of the cylinder, while the dial needles point inwards.
Patent GB-190721106-A (GB)
Title: Improved System of Multiplex Telegraphy.
Inventor: EISENSTEIN SIMON
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1908-09-23
Abstract: 21,106. Eisenstein, S. Sept. 23. Radiations, electro - magnetic, con - trolling and actuating apparatus by.-In a system of multiplex telegraphy, a number of oscillation circuits with different frequencies are vibrated at different times,.and are coupled inductively or conductively to a single line-wire which is coupled in the same way to similar circuits at the distant station. The transmitting circuits may be vibrated by the different phases of a polyphase current, or may be coupled inductively to a series of circuits which are connected successively by a commutator to a continuous current source. Otherwise, an ordinary alternating current may be used, and the circuits may have capacities and inductances so adjusted that the current maxima in the circuits occur at different times. Fig. 1 shows the connexions with a polyphase source of current 1 connected to vibration circuits 3 which are connected inductively to the line-wire 2, which is also connected to the receiving circuits 4. In multiplex telegraphy in opposite directions, it is ensured by synchronous operation of the two generators that the discharges on to the line-wire do not occur at the same time. Damped or undamped oscillations may be used. Specification No. 16,435, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190726550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Edging Stamped Sheet Metal Waiters.
Inventor: GROVES HENRY
Filed: 1907-12-02
Granted: 1908-12-02
Abstract: 26,550. Groves, H. Dec. 2. Metal, sheet, beading and curling edges of.- Stamped-out sheet-metal waiters have a false wired edge formed on them by a single operation. The waiter is inverted and placed on a block 5, Figs. 4 and 6, and is clamped by a plate 7 attached to a sliding spindle 9 jointed to a lever 10, to which is connected a hand-operated cord 14. The cord and its hand-lever are maintained in their lowered positions by a catch, a weight being attached to the lever 10 for counterbalancing. The edge of the waiter is acted on by rollers 38 mounted to revolve in blocks 25, which are spring-pressed and slide in slots in a plate 23. A guard-ring 35 maintains the blocks in position. The plate 23 is attached at its centre to a spindle 8 driven by bevel-gearing 19, 20, the bevel, 20 being feathered on the spindle which is capable of being lowered by a screw 51 and hand-wheel 52. The spindle 8 is raised again by means of springs 42. Specifications No. 20,464, A.D. 1900, and No. 20,989, A.D. 1905, are referred to.
Patent GB-190728295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fare-indicators.
Inventor: SCHOELZEL PAUL
Filed: 1907-12-23
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 28,295. Sch÷lzel, P., and D³nh÷lter, H., [trading as D³nh÷lter & Sch÷lzel]. March 28, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fares, registering.-In fare indicators provided with locking means between the flag and the setting-shaft, the flag is mounted on a hollow shaft b, Fig. 3, through which the setting-shaft e passes. The shaft b bears a ratchet-wheel d, and the shaft e carries a cam g, which is pressed against the wheel d by a spring f<1>. Engaging with the cam and the wheel, and pivoted to the casing, are two pawls h<1>, h<2>, the latter being forked as shown in Fig. 1<b>. The cam is constructed with a recess g<3> and a slope g<5>, and has secured to it a curved piece g<4> in the position shown in Fig. 1. To lower the flag, the wheel f is rotated in the direction of. the arrow until a stop g' on the cam meets a projection on a pivoted arm r. The pawl h<1> is raised by the slope g<5>, the part k' of the pawl h<2> falling from the piece g<4> and preventing backward movement of the flag. The lowering of the flag rotates a wheel o bearing a cam m, which allows the arm r to fall. To disengage the flag, the cam is further rotated until a second stop g<2> on the cam meets the arm r, the pawl h<2> being raised by the part g<4> to allow the flag to be returned to its original position. The cam g is provided with a detent device.
Patent GB-190728503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Soles and Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: PORTER GEORGE LEONARD
Filed: 1907-12-27
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 28,503. Porter, G. L. Dec. 27. Sole and heel protectors.-Indiarubber and like soles, heels, or pads, such as are usually employed supplementary to the ordinary soles and heels, are bevelled or chamfered along the edges 3 of the wearing- surface, and are reduced in thickness at other parts, such as the extremities 5. This construction is intended to reduce the frictional resistance, and to prevent the pad from being torn off or detached by contact with obstacles.
Patent GB-190728524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Paper Cutting Machines and the like.
Inventor: HENDERSON JOHN
Filed: 1907-12-28
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 28,524. Henderson, J., Henderson, A., and Henderson, D. Dec. 28. Feeding apparatus for webs.-In paper-cutting machines &c., the paper, as the web is unwound, is passed over a surface which is adapted to be gradually reduced as the curl in the paper becomes more pronounced. To this end, the uncurling roller A may be fitted with smaller rollers B and projections C, the position of the roller A, in operation, being adapted to be adjusted.
Patent GB-190808746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Incandescent Filaments.
Inventor: AUGER GASTON
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 8746. Auger, G. April 21. Incandescent gas lamps. - Filaments for incandescent lamps, formed by an extrusion press C, are calcined by an oxyhydrogen or like annular burner A arranged beneath the press and provided on its underside with inclined apertures, so that the flame jets converge to a point, the filaments passing centrally through the burner. The extrusion aperture B of the press may be formed in a detachable piece, so that different apertures may be employed.
Patent GB-190809096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Making Soap.
Inventor: PRITCHARD ALFRED HOLMES
Filed: 1908-04-27
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 9096. Pritchard, A. H. April 27. Soaps. - Soap - boiling apparatus is fitted with cylindrical heaters through which the soap mixture is constantly lifted by screws and agitators. It comprises a steam-jacketed pan A containing the annular headers D, from which extend vertical steam-pipes E closed at the top. Shafts F carry lifting-screws I and scrapers J formed of one or more arms preferably inclined so as to lift the soap from the bottom. Between the headers are agitators made of inclined slats secured to bars L, which are reciprocated on a track M by bell - crank levers operated from the shaft H.
Patent GB-190812590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Consuming Smoke in Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1909-09-13
Abstract: 12,590. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. June 11. Smoke-consuming; firebridges.-Combustible gas and air are delivered into the flue in separate jets, through passages in the fire-bridge crown. In the arrangement shown gas is supplied from a producer g through the pipe f and channels e, and air by a fan j through the pipe i and channels h. Regulating-valves k, l are provided.
Patent GB-190813032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Covers for Pneumatic Tyres.
Filed: 1908-06-18
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 13,032. Michelin et Cie. July 25, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Moulding parts of wheels for vehicles. -The covers of pneumatic tyres are moulded on a ring-shaped core a of ovoid or elliptic cross - section, the inner and outer arcs of the cover being concentric while on the core.
Patent GB-190813318-A (GB)
Title: Air Cushions for Printing Presses.
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
Filed: 1908-06-23
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 13,318. Barker, G., [Dittman, S. E.]. June 23. Cylinder-machines with plane printing-surfaces.- Relates to cushioning-mechanism for the reciprocating beds of printing - machines in which the valves controlling the pressure in the air cylinders are actuated in part by the air pressure and in part by a centrifugal governor. The reciprocating bed 8 carries two pistons 4 adapted to enter cylinders 1 at the ends of the stroke. The cylinders are connected by pipes 3* to chambers 9 in which are located valves 11 connected by means of universal joints 14, 21 and rods 15 to the arms 17, 18 of a lever mounted on a pivot 19 in a stationary bracket 20. The valves 11 are normally held off their seats by a spring 23. The lever 17, 18 is formed with two lugs 30 supporting a shaft on which is loosely mounted a flanged roller 32 adapted to engage a cam 34 of varying section, Fig. 6. The roller 32 is moved along the cam 34 by a disk 33 on the movable collar 27 of a governor consisting of fixed and movable collars 26, 27, four weights 24 carried by links 25, and spring 28, all mounted on a shaft 29 driven by gearing 37 from the shaft 35 which is driven in synchronism with the bed of the press. The valves 11 are so connected that they have a lost motion or freedom of movement through a limited range independent of the governor. In operation during the inward motion of the piston, the valve is brought nearly to its seat at a point in the travel of the bed depending on the speed of the latter, so that the increase in air pressure due to the further movement of the bed causes the valve to close. During the return movement the valve is opened by external pressure as soon as the pres. sure in the cylinder decreases below atmospheric pressure.
Patent GB-190815193-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Floating Basket.
Inventor: LEHMANN ADOLF
Filed: 1908-07-17
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 15,193. Lehmann, A. July 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Baskets.-In a floating basket of the kind comprising a collapsible metal framework having a covering of waterproof material attached thereto, the framework comprises a bottom formed of radial spokes a, Fig. 2, having their inner ends inserted through holes in a central plate k ; the sides are formed of longitudinal rods b. Fig. 1, connected together at their extremities by members c, the parts of which are jointed at d and are normally held in line by clasps i. To give a greater resistance to the water pressure, the rods b are bent into arcs by cords n or the like. The rods &c. are connected at the joints by suitable bolts and anglepieces. When set up, the sides and, if desired, the bottom of the framework are covered by netting o to relieve the strain caused by the pressure of the water upon the covering-fabric m, which is circular when spread out and is fixed to the upper ends of the rods b by strips, hooks, or the like. In collapsing the framework, the upper members c are first bent downwards and the lower members c upwards. The plate k is then lifted taking up the inner ends of the arms a, the rods b coming together and forming a compact bundle.
Patent GB-190816247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Method and Means for Producing Firelighters.
Inventor: SHARP WILLIAM DILLY
Filed: 1908-07-31
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 16,247. Sharp, W. D. July 31. Casting fire-lighters. A layer of sawdust is placed at the bottom of shallow tin or tinned trays 1, which are afterwards filled with melted naphthalene, with a facing of sawdust on the top. The filled trays are provided with covers 6, and are stacked one above the other in a closed compartment. Heat is thus retained for a sufficient time to allow the naphthalene to soak into the sawdust before solidifying. The trays are provided with attached or integral ribs 3, to produce grooves in the fire-lighter mass so that it may be readily divided.