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Patent GB-190416509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Directories or Indicators for Telephones
Inventor: DROWNS FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-07-26
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 16,509. Drowns, F. Jan. 29, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Telephone-s t a t i o n apparatus f o r indicating subscribers' names.-Surrounding the mouthpiece b of a telephone is a cardboard or metal plate a formed with slits to receive sector-shaped cards or strips c which bear the names or numbers of subscribers. A movable ring and pointer h are provided. A celluloid cover may protect the cards from dust. The edge of the disc a may bear advertising-matter.
Patent GB-190417642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Postal and other Wrappers.
Inventor: BENNET JOHN FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-08-13
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 17,642. Bennet, J. F. Aug. 13. Wrappers, postal. Relates to wrappers for sending account, invoice, or other printed forms through the post &c. The part a, a gummed at e is folded at d and gummed down upon the part f so as to form a pocket into which the invoice &c. folded along the lines d, may be put after being first passed through the slot b. The gummed part a, a may be dispensed with, and the folded invoice &c. simply inserted through two slots in the portion f; or, again, the portion f may be provided with a lateral extension adapted to be slipped into a slot on the ad iressed front of the wrapper and secured therein by the stamp being affixed over the slot. The invoice is in all cases perforated along a line c, so as to be readily detached.
Patent GB-190418607-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Cooling the Cylinders and other Parts of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: REAUGH FRANK
Filed: 1904-08-27
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 18,607. Reaugh, F. Aug. 27. Pistons for internal - combustion engines are cooled by air drawn in on the up-stroke through a passage formed in a stationary chamber f situated at the bottom of the cylinder, the air being expelled on the succeeding stroke through a passage h and valve i<1> opening into the chamber c'. The air entering the stationary chamber passes in from a chamber b, which communicates with the chamber c through a valve-controlled orifice shown in Fig. 3. Dust and grit carried forward by the cooling-air are prevented from reaching the surface of the cylinder owing to the piston always remaining in contact with the cooling-chamber, If preferred, swinging levers m<2>, Fig. 7, may be used to prevent communication between the interior of the piston and the crank chamber. Flywheels.-Fan blades are attached to the flywheels for cooling purposes.
Patent GB-190419320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus
Inventor: FOXALL JOHN
Filed: 1904-09-07
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 19,320. Foxall, J. Sept. 7. Gas meters ; electricity, supplying in general; coin action.-The coin protruding from the pocket d in the periphery of a disc c lifts a straddling detent g from a ratchet-wheel f attached to the disc, so that it can be turned through an angle determined by an adjustable stop tor the handle. A pointer moving over a dial is attached to the handle, and shows the amount of gas &c. delivered for one coin. The wings e keep the detent from re-engagement while the disc is turning, but, on stoppage, allow it to sink to the ratchet teeth. The disc must accordingly be reversed to take another coin. The Provisional Specification mentions the application to measuring-apparatus in general. Fraud, preventing.-A stop h on the disc overlying a branch o of the pawl prevents the latter from being lifted except by the coin.
Patent GB-190419527-A (GB)
Title: Accentuating Mechanisms for Mechanical Musical Apparatus.
Inventor: PAIN ROBERT WILLIARD
Filed: 1904-09-10
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 19,527. Pain, R. W. Oct. 26, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Automatic instruments.-For accentuating notes in a piano-player, the passage S is in communication with the higher wind tension of the apparatus, and the switch valves R operated by the pneumatic R<1> serve to shut off the communication between the chamber Q and the duct K, and open communication between the duct K and the chamber S, and cause the pneumatic H to operate more strongly when the valves J are raised. The pneumatic R<1> is controlled by the separate trackerduct F<1>, the diaphragm X, and the valves in the chamber T. The switch valves R are moved to their normal position by the spring Y. The chambers P, T, S, Q are connected with the higher and lower wind chambers of the instrument by an upright box provided with vertical wind passages. The tracker-holes F<1> for accentuating are not in line with the ordinary holes E, so that the tunesheet perforation is merely doubled in width when the note has to be accentuated.
Patent GB-190422950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash-tills or Apparatus for Receiving and Delivering Coins and for Indicating, Checking and Recording such Receipt and Delivery.
Inventor: GORDELIER FRANK HEWARD
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1905-10-25
Abstract: 22,950. Gordelier, F. H. Oct. 25. Receipts, checking and recording.-In apparatus for receiving coins in separate receptacles according to denomination and for issuing therefrom, means are provided for preventing wrong coins from entering the tubes, preventing operation of an issue-key when its tube is empty, registering the balance of receipts and issues for each tube on a counter, and recording each transaction by perforations on record and check strips associated with feeding and cutting appliances. There is a coin tube b, Fig. 2, for each denomination, and an entering coin is first slid forwards between gauging-pieces upon the top-plate a, is pressed down over the head h of a lever i, and, if of sufficient size, rests upon a fixed plate over which it may be slid backwards until the hole in the slide e in which it is seated comes over the shoot m. A pivoted escapement piece o operated from the lever ensures that one coin only will enter the tube for each movement of the slide and that the last coin inserted will be visible through the window a. Delivery into the open receptacle 56 is effected one coin at a time by a similar slide t controlled from the key 3 and locked by the counterweighted lever shown when the tube is empty. Pins 8, 9 upon linkwork connected with the upper and lower slides actuate the counter 5 in forward and reverse directions respective]y, other pins engaging with crown-wheels moving the links laterally to prevent actuation during the .return movements. The entering slides and discharge keys also move the punches 25, 26, Fig. 4, to perforate in prescribed positions record and check strips which pass from the rolls 14, 16 over and above a transverse copying-ribbon 20, for the purpose of autographic registration, and against a feed-roller 23, which is moved by pawl-andratchet means from a swinging plate 30 when any punch is operated and also by gearing from the check-delivering handle 35. The record strip is wound upon a drum 33, while the check strip passes by a cutter likewise driven from the handle, which rotates the threaded spindle 44, Fig. 5, in opposite directions and traverses a nut 45 thereon across the paper. As this nut is connected to a slider by a pin and a slot in the pivoted knife 48, the check strip 15 is only cut during the non- feeding stroke.
Patent GB-190428066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Hubs of Bassinette, Perambulator and like Wheels.
Inventor: ASHTON WILLIAM ERNEST
Filed: 1904-12-22
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 28,066. Ashton, W. E., Ashton, J., Ashton, G., and Phillips, W. H. Dec. 22. Hubs.-In wheels for perambulators, bassinettes, &c., the hub a is bored to a diameter greater than that of the axle b, to receive split, flanged, or other tightly-fitting bushes c, the space between the bushes forming a receptacle for lubricant. The wheel is secured on the axle by means of the ordinary washer d and lock-nut e, and closed by a cap f adapted to be sprung into or over a groove in the hub. The bushes may be joined, but are preferably formed separate.
Patent GB-190502482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Machine or Apparatus for Compressing Air.
Inventor: WHEATLEY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Filed: 1905-02-07
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 2482. Wheatley, W. H., [Boston Vibrator Co.]. Feb. 7. Compressing; storing under pressure.-Relates to flexible-diaphragm pumps for compressing air to actuate small pneumatic machines such as massage vibrators. Diaphragm chambers are arranged radially round a central crank chamber supported by standards ; the inner part L<2> of the chambers is cast with a screw-threaded extension L and with a boss d for guiding the diaphragm-rod. The conical outer part N of the chambers is provided with an inlet passage i, and with an outlet passage j leading by angular pipes R to an annular reservoir P. Rigid conical shells T are mounted behind the diaphragms to enable the pumps to work without clearance. The diaphragm-rods M are connected to a single crank on a shaft which is carried by the inwardly-extending hubs of spider frames Band is driven from a countershaft through spur gearing. The valves are arranged in enlargements of the air passages. The inlet-valve seatings are formed by hollow screw plugs k. The pipes R are secured in position by nuts n pressing, through an interposed elastic washer, against flanges formed by soldering small rings on the ends of the pipes. The reservoir is provided with a pressurerelieving device.
Patent GB-190508748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cycle and like Brakes.
Inventor: MUNRO ROBERT MAGNUS AUGUSTUS B
Filed: 1905-04-25
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 8748. Munro, R. M. A. B. April 25. Brakes.-To provide a bridge for cycle brakes that may be applied to different machines, overlapping links e, pivoted at c upon extensions of the clips a upon the rear forks, are connected by a screw f holding the stop g for the outer member of the Bowden or like operating-mechanism, so that the links may be more or less extended according to the distance between the fork members. The links are curved inwards to bring the stop into alinement with the operating- mechanism. If desired, the links may be mounted upon the screws which secure the clips, the screws being arranged on the inner faces of the fork members or on the outside, the links in the latter case being suitably cranked. The links may point upwards.
Patent GB-190510029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marine Propulsion
Inventor: APOSTOLOFF SERGE BERDITSCHEWSK
Filed: 1905-05-12
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 10,029. Apostoloff, S. B. May 12. Hulls.-The hull is flat bottomed and broad proportionally to the depth, and the bottom of the main part a is curved upwards at the bow, to cause the vessel to rise and surmount the waves, the lower part below the water line being of clipper form at the bow c.
Patent GB-190512954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Gas Burners for Incandescent Lighting.
Inventor: SMITH WARREN BODEN
Filed: 1905-06-22
Granted: 1906-06-22
Abstract: 12,954. Smith, W. B. June 22. Inverted incandescent gas lamps.-Air uncontaminated by the escaping products of combustion is supplied to the mixing-tube, or to a chamber communicating with the mixing-tube, by means of radial troughs or tubes C', C<2> which, to minimize the obstruction to the escaping products of combustion, may have their sides flattened, and their cross-sectional area increased as they approach the burner. The gas-supply tube is provided with a known form of gravity dust trap T, and with a screw-closed or valve-controlled opening L, through which air at a greater pressure than that of the gas can be supplied to clear out the gas nozzle.
Patent GB-190519691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley Wheels or Collectors for Electricity
Inventor: RICHARDSON WILLIAM KING
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 19,691. Richardson, W. K. Oct. 17, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Collectors.- Trolly wheels are constructed so.that the portions which are subjected to wear can be renewed. The wheel comprises a pair of steel or iron disks 6, a grooved soft-metal annulus 9, and a soft-steel tubular bushing 12 free to revolve on.the fixed spindle 2. The bushing fits snugly in the openings 10 in the disks, and is expanded at its ends to fit the flaring portions 11 and thus bold the disks together. Oil is supplied to the bushing through the passage 3, 4 from the oil cup 14, which is screwed on the fixed spindle 2. The oil cup is provided with a screw-cap 16 to exclude dust.
Patent GB-190522499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Banjoes and similar Musical Instruments
Inventor: BACON FREDERICK JAMES
Filed: 1905-11-03
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 22,499. Bacon, F. J., and Bacon, R. B. Nov. 3. Banjoes and like instruments. - An annular sounding-chamber 6 is formed round the rim, opening towards the head 10, by the inner rim 5 spaced from and connected by the wall shown to the outer rim 1. This wall is perforated, and the upper band 4 is bent inwardly and downwardly to form a flange 8 over the chamber 6.
Patent GB-190604139-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Support for Mail Carts, Perambulators and the like.
Inventor: SILLERS HAROLD DAVID
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 4139. Sillers, H. D. Feb. 20. Springs.- A support to be applied to the main or rear axles of mail-carts, perambulators, and the like comprises a pair of helical springs arranged so as to act in tension and connected to levers, one at each end of the axle, which serve to equalize the load upon them and so to prevent tilting of the body. Each spring g is connected at one end to a hook i fixed to the rear upright b of the vehicle, and at the other end to a hook h at one end of a lever c pivoted at d to the upright and bolted to the axle a. The spring g may be attached to the lever c at a point to the rear of the pivot d, in which case it extends downwards below the pivot. The springs may be arranged so as to act in compression. A similar arrangement may be applied to the front axle.
Patent GB-190606934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Driving Devices for Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: ROTH HUGO
Filed: 1906-03-22
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 6934. Roth, H. March 22. Motor road vehicles.-The differential countershaft of a motor-vehicle employing side driving- chains is mounted in brackets pivoted to the frame, and connected by hinged rods to the front and rear axle, the object being to prevent the starting shocks from being transmitted through the vehicle frame. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement in elevation. The shaft b is driven from a shaft b<1> by a chain c, and is mounted in brackets d hinged to the frame a. A rod g of adjustable length is hinged to the bracket d and rear axle f, and an elastic rod h is pivotally connected at its ends to the bracket d and the front axle i respectively.
Patent GB-190607157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means arranged in Bearings for Producing Automatic Forced Lubrication.
Inventor: TILSTON EDWARD
Filed: 1906-03-24
Granted: 1907-03-23
Abstract: 7157. Tilston, E. March 24. Lubricating-pumps.-Relates to lubricators for shaft bearings such as are described in Specifications Nos. 23,859 and 23,859A, A.D. 1905. The pump barrel, which contains a thimble-shaped piston g actuated by an eccentric i on the shaft a, is formed as a hollow plug n screwed into and projecting within the bearing casing c. Admission holes n' are placed in the upper part of the plug so that dirt settling in the lowest part of the casing does not enter the pump. Oil is forced through a pipe j to a chamber k containing a strainer l, and thence passes through a passage m to the bearing. The pipe and chamber k may be dispensed with, the oil being forced through a passage z in the bearing. Packings y of leather, white metal, &c. are arranged at each end of the bearing to prevent the escape of oil. The pump may be arranged at a convenient point above the lowest part of the bearing casing. A pressure-tight joint may be formed between the piston and the barrel by means of packing and suitable grooves.
Patent GB-190608102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drawing and Roving Frames, or similar Machines for Preparing Flax, Jute, Hemp, and other Fibres for Spinning.
Inventor: HARDISTY FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-04-04
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 8102. Hardisty, F., and Macpherson, W. W. April 4. Gill boxes or frames. - In push-bar drawing and roving .frames &c., for flax, jute, hemp, &c., means are provided for controlling and quickly operating the drop of -the gill bars. A toothed wheel A, Fig. 1,.mounted on the drawing-roller shaft, but rotating.in the-opposite direction, engages the gill bar C, and pushes it down on to the wheel F, which then traverses the bar as shown. The backs of the teeth of the wheel A are so shaped as to control the speed and displacement of the approaching gill bar. The gill bars may have cranked ends H working in grooves J, or the ends may be twisted and acted on by cams to control the angle of the; gill pins.
Patent GB-190612162-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Breaking Up and Screening Coal, and other Materials, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: DUPUY GUSTAVE
Filed: 1906-05-24
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 12,162. Dupuy, G. May 25, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Apparatus for breaking coal &c. by means of spikes reciprocating through the walls of a trough, and for grading the broken pieces by means of a series of reciprocating sieves, the top one of which forms the bottom of the trough. A travelling band feeds the coal to a board projecting from the top sieve a, and the motion of the sieve carries it forward through the trough A<1>. The slightlyinclined sieves or perforated plates a, b, c, d are fixed in a casing A supported by springs B, and are periodically jerked by a special cam on the driving-shaft D. The spikes h, h<1> pass through conical holes in the walls f, f and are carried by cross-bars connected with eccentrics k, k<1> on shafts l, l<1> driven by spur gearing m, m', n. The distances between consecutive spikes and between the spikes and the perforated plate a gradually decrease from one end of the trough to the other.
Patent GB-190614113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Locks
Inventor: EWART JOHN STURTON
Filed: 1906-06-20
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 14,113. Ewart, J. S. June 20. Electrically-controlled fastenings.-A lockfor safes, doors, and the like, which can be operated from a distance, has a sliding bolt b, Fig. 1, shot by means of the lever d operated by hand. To withdraw the bolt, the electro-magnet f attracts the lever g so that the bar k passes through a hole in the bolt and comes behind the lever d, which can then act on the bolt. The circuit is completed by inserting the key n in the switch l. The non- conducting surfaces n<1>, n<2> on the key rest against the contact bars o<2>, o<4> of. the, switch, while the metallic parts of the key complete the circuit through the bars o', o<3>. If a wrong key is used, the battery is short-circuited. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the electro-magnet lifts a pivoted piece t against a guide s, preventing the bolt from being moved when in its locked position. In a second modification, the bar k, Fig. 1, is arranged to come into position behind the lever d when the circuit is broken. The modified forms are suitable for railway-carriage and other doors which are fastened simultaneously.
Patent GB-190619332-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of and Apparatus for Manufacturing Air Gas.
Inventor: MOORES WALTER
Filed: 1906-08-29
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 19,332. Moores, W., and Petrides, G. Aug. 29. Carburetting ; purifying gas. - A carburettor comprises a tank C containing hydrocarbon and fitted with a series of specially prepared wood pulp or like sheets C' placed vertically, the two middle sheets B enclosing a layer of manganese dioxide A. The sheets are prepared by soaking wood or other pulp sheets in a preparation of chloride of lime, ammonium chloride, glycerine, and hot water, drying the sheets, dipping them in benzoline, and again drying. Air enters the tank by a pipe E having a downward projection G, and the gas passes out at F. The presence of the chloride of lime is stated to purify the gas.
Patent GB-190619997-A (GB)
Inventor: HARGREAVES JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-09-08
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 19,997. Hargreaves, J. W. Sept. 8. Pipes and tubes of fibrous material; flexible pipes. - Spinning-machine rollers are covered with a tube of leather-cloth or imitation leather, which may be composed of a suitable rollercloth prepared in the sheet by coating or enamelling it on one side to imitate leather by any well-known means.Two pieces of leather-cloth are cemented together so as to leave projecting ends a, b of single thickness so that the combined sheet may be formed into a tube of uniform thickness for application to the roller. Material of two-ply texture may be thinned at opposite edges for the same purpose. The material may be cut rectangularly or obliquely to form a straight or inclined joint.
Patent GB-190620590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspension Devices for Gas Lamps.
Inventor: ZIRNSTEIN WILHELM ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-09-17
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 20,590. Zirnstein, W. A. Sept. 17. Street and like lamps; shop - front and like lamps; gaseliers; lamp and gas brackets.-Outdoor and like hanging lamps e are carried by a crosspiece k connected by two parallel swivelled arms n to a cross-piece p at the end of the gas supply fixture a. An arm b extends forward and is provided with pulleys c, over which rides the cord d which supports the lamp.
Patent GB-190624274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Knitting Healds as used in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: SMITH SARAH HANNAH
Filed: 1906-10-31
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 24,274. Smith, S. H. Oct. 31. Heald knitting machines are constructed and arranged in such a manner that the taking - up of the work produced may be effected while certain other parts of the machines remain stationary, in order that the production of " spaced- " healds" used for leno and other weaving is facilitated. In a handpower machine, a shaft c, Fig. 3, is rotated by a handle x, and drives a shaft c'through spurwheel gearing. A crank c<4> on this shaft imparts an oscillatory motion to a hub f, which is loosely mounted on a shaft f<1>, by means of a chain f<2>, which passes round the hub and has its ends connected to the crank and to a weighted lever f<3>. A disk g, fast on the shaft f<1>, is provided with a spring-pressed ratchettooth g<1>, and a projection f on the hub f acts upon the tooth to impart an intermittent rotary movement in one direction to the shaft f<1>, from which the take-up rollers a are driven through worm, bevel, and spur-wheel gearing. The shaft f<1> carries the wheels k, k<1>, which actuate the devices m, m<1> for winding the binding-cords round the rigbands d in the usual manner. When the knitting operation is stopped, the shaft f' may be rotated independently of the other parts of the machine operated by the handle x, by means of a handle p, which is secured to the shaft f<1> or to a wheel p<1> gearing therewith, so that the rig-bands may be taken up quickly to form the desired spaces. In a power-driven machine, the driving-shaft q<1>, Fig. 5, is provided with a sliding clutch q<2>, by means of which the shaft may be clutched to adwheel r geared to the shaft f<1>, or to a wheel geared to the shaft c. The clutch lever t<1> is connected to a lever t, which is acted upon by peg-lags on a barrel s, so that the movements of the take-up and knitting devices may be controlled automatically. The barrel s is driven by star-wheel gearing from the shaft q<1>.