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Patent GB-190418505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Levers for Velocipedes and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: TRIGWELL JAMES RICHARD
Filed: 1904-08-26
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 18,505. Trigwell, J. R. Aug. 26. Brakes ; motor velocipedes.-In order that levers of the inverted type for operating the brake, valve-lifter, &c. of a velocipede or other road vehicle may be affixed to different handle-bars, the socket a of presswork in sheet metal has two semicircular parts a<1>, a<2>, connected by a rib a<3> and adapted to be expanded by the abutment of a screw e upon a cross-bar or ring f. The screw passes through a projection upon the lower part a<2>. The rib receives a screw-threaded slotted guide g which forms a stop for the outer member h and a passage for the inner member i of the Bowden mechanism, the nipple of the inextensible member being received by a slotted stud or roller l freely mounted in an eye k in the operating-lever b. The lever may be flanged as shown at m to form a stop.
Patent GB-190419134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-09-05
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 19,134. Boult, A. J., [Fabrique de Moteurs et de Machines, ancienne Maison Zurcher, Luthi, et Cie.]. Sept. 5. Gas and like engines, valve g e a r for, and igniting in. The inlet and exhaust valves are operated by a pair of concentric cams g, h mounted on a bevel-wheel b, driven by a pinion a on the driving- shaft. Rollers l, m, working in recesses formed in the block n, may be inserted between the cam-faces and the ends of the valve-rods. Fixed to the bevel-wheel b is a shaft b<1> w h i c h transmits motion to the magneto machine f through the ball- and-socket joint b' and the shaft d.
Patent GB-190423825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachable Rockers.
Inventor: GAY ROBERT LOUIS
Filed: 1904-11-03
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 23,825. Gay, R. L. Nov. 3. Chairs &c.-A detachable rocker for chairs or the like consists of a curved tread 2, having a flange 3 and provided with a bolt hole at the forward end and a longitudinal slot at a suitable distance from the hole. The legs of a chair &c. are attached to the rocker by sockets 5, 6 which have inwardly-projecting teeth and a threaded aperture for a clamping-screw 9, preferably pointed. The lower part of the socket consists of lugs 10 having opposite apertures 12, one of which is screw-threaded. The sockets are attached to the rocker by bolts 13 which pass through the bolt holes and slot in the rocker, and screw into the threaded apertures on the inner lugs. In a modification, the clamping-screw and bolt are parallel instead of at right angles as shown.
Patent GB-190425729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dynamo-electric Machines
Filed: 1904-11-25
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 25,729. British Thomson-Houston Co , [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 25. Dynamos, regulating.-In order to change the polarity of self-exciting synchronous m a - chines, e.g., rotary converters, the different windings of the multipolar field are connected to a multipolar reversing - switch, whereby the current through the fields may be changed. The alternating- current mains supplying current to the armature are shown at 2, 3, 4, and the direct-current mains at 5, 8. The field coils 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 are connected to the four-pole change-over switch 13, by which the current through the coils may not only be reversed, but also the circuit between adjacent coils may be interrupted to prevent the generation of unsafe voltages in the field coils. When the switch arms engage the contacts 22 to 25, the field coils are connected in series with each other across the direct-current leads with the resistance box 26 in circuit. In the intermediate position, the circuit of the field coil is opened and at the same time broken up so that, at most, two coils are in series with each other. If starting from the alternating side with the reversing-switch in the position in which the contacts 22 to 25 are engaged, the machine runs into synchronism with a reversed polarity on the direct-current side, the switch is thrown into the position in which the contacts 18 to 21 are engaged, reversing the direction of the current to the field magnets and cutting out the resistance box 26 until the armature takes up a new position of equilibrium, when the switch is again reversed, the polarity of the direct-current side now being changed.
Patent GB-190427079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Springs.
Inventor: TWOMBLY WILLARD IRVING
Filed: 1904-12-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 27,079. Twombly, W. I. Dec. 12. Springs designed to offer an increasing resistance as they are subjected to an increase of pressure are made from tapering single lengths of stock. The spring shown in Fig. 4 tapers from the base end 6 to the other end 7, each succeeding convolution being of decreasing cross - sectional area. A helical spring is also described in the Specification, and the stock may have a circular, square, or other cross-section.
Patent GB-190427263-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Locating Articles in the Dark.
Inventor: HOOLEY COSMO CHARLES
Filed: 1904-12-14
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 27,263. Hooley, C. C. Dec. 14. Lighting, systems of.-A luminous device, which may be readily attached to articles to enable them to be located in the dark, is formed by placing barium sulphide or other luminous substance or composition c in a vessel a of glass or other translucent material. This vessel, when corked, stoppered, or sealed by fusing the neck b, may be readily attached by a wire or loop d to the article to be located.
Patent GB-190428598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hermetic Closures for Receptacles.
Inventor: HONISS WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,598. Houiss, W. H. Dec. 28. Stoppers.-In hermetically closing jars, tumblers, &c. by a vacuum process, a washer a of rhombic or rhomboidal cross-section, is pressed upon the mouth of the vessel by a cap l having a flared rim n. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a tumbler, and Fig. 7 shows it applied to a jar having a locking-shoulder.
Patent GB-190500398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Waggon Weighing Machines.
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 398. Spies Ges., A. April 22, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Relieving-mechanism; vibration, neutralizing. - I n weighing- railway vehicles, the weighbridge is moved up by depressing the pedal A, Fig. 1, thus raising the rod B, pulling back the slide C, Figs. 1 and 3, with the rack D, and disengaging the latter from its pinion P. This allows the weight H to fall and, by a system of levers, raises the weighbridge against the wheels of the vehicle, and by releasing the pedal and turning the pinion by h a n d, the vehicle is raised above the rails for the weighing- operation. It is lowered again to the rails by depressing the pedal and its fall checked by the dash-pot E. A few turns of the pinion then place the bridge in its inoperative position.
Patent GB-190503921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armour-piercing Projectiles.
Inventor: HARVEY WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: F42B10/34
Filed: 1905-02-24
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 3921. Harvey, W. H. Feb. 24. Projectiles, ordnance.-Armour-piercing projectiles are made tubular in form. The hole c, Fig. 2, is closed at the rear end by a number of segments a grouped together in the form of a cone, hemisphere, or pyramid, and a wooden plug e may be fitted to the end of the projectile. In flight, or upon penetrating armour, the segments and cap are displaced and allow a free passage through the projectile. In modifications, (1) a cap carrying one or more flap valves is fitted to the rear of the projectile, or (2) the hole may be wholly or partially filled with lead or other soft metal, or with a wooden plug, or (3) a rear plug may be secured by bolts i, Fig. 7, which on impact are disengaged by the rearward motion of a rod h' passing through a lead or wood plug g.
Patent GB-190505506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Pattern Mechanism or the like of Loom Dobbies, Shuttle Box Motions and the like.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1905-03-16
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 5506. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. March 16. Toothed gearing.-Relates to means for giving an additional rotary movement to a driven part in addition to its ordinary rotary movement, when reversing the direction of the rotary movement. For example, the chain cylinder carrying the pattern mechanism of loom dobbies, change - box motions, &c., may be additionally rotated in a backward direction when picking out, in order to have the pattern indications in proper time with the operating-mechanisms. When the loom is started, the pattern-chain cylinder is correspondingly rotated in a forward direction. The worm shaft 12, Figs. 1 and 3, driven by bevel gearing from the crank or other shaft, has a collar 17 bolted to it, which carries a pin 18 fitting in the inclined slot 16<1> of a sleeve 16 provided with two projections 16<11> and with dwell or mutilated worm threads 15, driving the worm-wheel 13 on the pattern-cylinder shaft. In the position shown in Fig. 1, the lower of two pawls 20, Figs. 1 and 4, held against the surface of the sleeve 18 by a spring 21, is in the path of the projections on the sleeve, and prevents rotation of the latter in a backward direction. The other pawl, however, is clear of the projections, so that the sleeve can rotate in a forward direction under the action of the pin 18, and drive the pattern-chain cylinder. When the loom is turned back by a hand-wheel, the pin 18 moves in the slot 16<1> and thus drives the sleeve and worms 15 to the left. An additional backward motion is thus given to the worm-wheel 13, and the projections 16<11> are moved out of the path of the lower pawl and into the path of the upper pawl, so that the loom can be turned back as many picks as desired, but the sleeve cannot be driven forwards. When the loom is driven forwards again, the pin 18 moves the sleeve 16 and worms to the right into their former positions, giving an additional forward motion to the worm-wheel 13, after which it is driven normally.
Patent GB-190512933-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Spraying Device for Watering Lawns and other places.
Inventor: SPONG JAMES OSBORN
Filed: 1905-06-22
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 12,933. Spong, J. O. June 22. Spray-producers.-A sprayer of the type in which an inverted cone provided with blades is placed over a nozzle is formed with the sides of the cone straight. The base may be also provided with vanes still further to divide the water. Fig. 2 shows one form, the inverted straight-sided cone A being held in position by the bent arm G. Blades B, the width of which increase from a point at the apex of the cone, are attached to the sloping face of the cone and blades C to the base. Fig. 7 shows a modification in which the cone is mounted on a screw J and arranged over a number of perforations L in the nozzle F.
Patent GB-190513267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lanterns for use with Inverted Incandescent Gas Burners.
Filed: 1905-06-27
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 13,267. Duffield & Sons, M., and Worsfold, J. June 27. Inverted incandescent gas lamps; street lamps; lanterns reflectors.-The burner tube of an inverted lamp is surrounded by a tube b arranged in the flue e and connected to lateral air-inlet pipes f. The outer air supply passes between a bell h and the roof of the lantern and thence round the outer periphery of a convex reflector m to the mantle, and the inner air supply passes through the pipes f to the burner. Perforations in the mantle support c allow the combustion products to escape to the flue e from inside the mantle.
Patent GB-190516442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Draught Excluders for Doors.
Inventor: THORNTON THOMAS
Filed: 1905-08-14
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 16,442. Thornton, T. Aug. 14. Draught -e xcluders.-A single or divided lath A is carried at one end by a pin a on the door engaging with a bracket C on the lath, and is raised and lowered by a spring D, which passes through a staple a' on the lath, is attached at ono end to the lath or the door, and is supported at the other by a pin e on a bracket E on the door. The spring takes up the position shown in Fig. 3, on engaging with a striking-plate G, thus forcing down the lath. The device may be housed under a . plinth or in a groove in the door, and, when the lath is formed in more than one piece, the parts are connected by a spring plate H, a trough-shaped brass plate, or by hinges. The pin a may pass directly through the lath or it may be fixed in the lath and carried in a slot in a bracket on the door. Another method of supporting the device is by parallel links. The free end of the spring may pass through an eye or may be attached to a sliding bolt.
Patent GB-190518070-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Vermin Trap
Inventor: PIKE ERNEST JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-09-07
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 18,070. Pike, E. J. Sept. 7. Traps.-Relates to a self-setting trap for animals. The trap is divided into two compartments b, f by a sloping partition a in which a passage or runway o is formed. The front compartment b is fitted with an entrance c closed by a door d sliding vertically on guide-wires, and retained in the raised or set position by arms n attached to a platform k pivoted at and held up by a coiled spring m. The animal, on entering the trap, depresses the platform k, thus releasing the door d, which falls and closes the entrance. The animal then forces its way into the rear chamber f through the passage o, and, in doing so, raises the pivoted gate p, having an arm s which operates a lever t pivoted in brackets v to raise the door d until it engages the arms n and the trap is re-set. A hurdle x is arranged in the passage o to ensure that the animal in forcing its way through the passage shall raise the gate p sufficiently high to cause the trap to be re-set. The rear compartment f is provided with a gate g at the end of the trap.
Patent GB-190602466-A (GB)
Title: Method of Obtaining Saturated Solutions of Salts and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: HERMITE EUGENE
Filed: 1906-01-31
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 2466. Hermite, E. Jan. 31. Electrolytes, charging. - Consists of apparatus for making a saturated solution of a salt such as is required for electrolysis and other purposes. The salt is placed in a conical vessel a having open grate - work b at its lower part so that the solution d in an outer tank c may percolate through the salt. The saturated solution is withdrawn when required by a cock f, and water is added to refill the tank by a pipe e opening into the interior of the salt-containing vessel a. The closing of the cock f may be arranged to allow a ball-cock valve on the pipe e to act to refill the tank. Fresh salt is charged into the vessel a when required.
Patent GB-190603088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Application of Protective Linings to the Banks of Rivers, Torrents and Water Courses in general.
Inventor: JENSEN PETER
Filed: 1906-02-08
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 3088. Jensen, P., [Manfredini, A.]. Feb. 8. Canals; dykes.-Relates to the application of protective linings for the banks of rivers &c. The lining consists of blocks of beton, cement, or the like, rabbeted as shown in Fig. 3, and threaded on wires 1‹, 2‹, 3‹, &c. in a chequered arrangement as shown, alternate rows commencing with blocks which are one and a half times the length of those used at the other parts. The covering is made upon a grid built of a series of wooden slats a fastened to a frame b, c. This grid is supported so that it may turn about a beam d, of which one end is carried on a raft or barge and the other on a carriage g. The lower end of the grid normally floats on the water, but, as the covering is built up, it sinks until the lower pait is on the bottom. As more of the lining is formed on the grid, it is from time to time moved along the course of the stream in the direction shown by the arrow.
Patent GB-190603175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps
Inventor: BOURNE JOHN CHARLES
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 3175. Bourne, J. C., and Rees, G. H. Feb. 9. Steam traps.-Relates to steam traps in which the valve consists of a free ball enclosed in a cage carried by the trap head. In a trap of the Geipel type, as shown in Fig. 1, the valve seating is formed in one extremity of the slotted cage b. The ball d normally closes the seating, disengagement of the ball being effected in the usual manner. The valve-depressing spindle e is caused to bear upon the ball by a pivoted spring-controlled arm f. Fig. 4 shows a trap in which the valve is kept to its seat by the pressure of steam and water below it. The contraction of the pipe i causes the spindle e to be depressed, allowing water to flow to the outlet. The valve seating is formed in the upper part of the cage. The cage is closed below by a plunger n forced upwards by a spring which prevents damage in the event of the valve being unduly depressed.
Patent GB-190605864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saw Clamps.
Inventor: CARDWELL CHARLES WILLIAMS
Filed: 1906-03-10
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 5864. Cardwell, C. W. March 10. Vices.-A clamp for holding saws while being sharpened consists of two U -brackets 2, secured to a work-bench &c. by means such as screws passing through the flanges 4, 5. The fixed jaw or crossbar 8 is secured to the rear faces, and to the front is pivoted a roll 9 provided with a rubber or other resilient non-resonant sheath. This roll, which is of any suitable shape, is eccentrically mounted in concentric journals, or vice versa, the journals in the former case being fixed by nicked screws engaging either the roll or the arms 14, and in the latter case being received by the arms 14 and carrying the threaded stems 11', Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190606232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mounting Fittings and Couplings on Tubing, used for Air Brakes, and other purposes.
Inventor: VALENTINE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-03-15
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 6232. Valentine, W. March 15. Jointing tools and apparatus.- For mounting fittings and couplings on railway vacuum-brake tubing and the like, a cylinder C has hollowed blocks D fitted on the cross-head B of the pistonrod R. On the descent of the piston, the brake tubing A is clamped between the blocks D and similar fixed blocks D<2>. The fittings are carried in hands H, H<1> on the piston-rods of two horizontal cylinders C<2>, C<3>, and are forced into their position on the brake tubing by the operation of the pistons. On either end of the cross-head B<1> of a cylinder C<1> are mounted a pair of jaws J, which close when the piston P<1> is pressed downwards and tighten the clamp F round the tubing. Air or steam may be used for operating the pistons, valves Q being provided so that when the supply is shut off that in the cylinders will escape and allow the springs S to force the pistons back to their original positions.
Patent GB-190609139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Furnaces for Heating Rivets and the like
Inventor: CHRISTIE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-04-18
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 9139. Christie, W., Christie, J., and Christie, M. S. April 18. Rivet-heating furnaces.-A furnace for heating rivets and the like consists of a circular hearth B, above which is suspended a fuel-supply magazine K. The hearth is mounted to rotate upon rollers G, and is provided with openings C for the discharge of ashes. A blast of air is supplied from the pipe E through a downward extension L, and a bored plug F is provided to close partly the opening in the hearth. As an alternative arrangement, air may be supplied downwardly through the fuel magazine, and hydrocarbon vapour or a mixture of hydrocarbon vapour and air may be used for the blast. According to the Provisional Specification, the tube K may project above the hearth and may terminate in a perforated cap; or the tube may be open at the top, a cover-plate being provided to prevent the escape of ashes.
Patent GB-190610817-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Vermin Trap Designed to Facilitate the Removal of the Animal Captured without Handling the Same.
Inventor: PLUMBLEY DANIEL BARNABAS
Filed: 1906-05-09
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 10,817. Plumbley, D. B. May 9. Traps.-To release the dead animal without handling, a lever is pivoted to the base of the trap to raise the frame. As shown the end of the lever A is bent at right-angles and fits into a recess in the base B of the trap. One corner of the base is sawn off and fixed to the lever to form a grip.
Patent GB-190610896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Automatically Regulating the Length of the Recoil of Pieces of Artillery provided with Hydraulic Recoil-brake Devices.
Inventor: HELLBERG HELGE
Filed: 1906-05-09
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 10,896. Hellberg, H. May 9. Field carriages. -Relates to means for adjusting the length of the recoil stroke to suit the elevation of the gun, and consists in a device for rotating the recoil cylinder relatively to the piston-rod or vice versa. In the apparatus shown, the cylinder 1, Fig. 2, recoils with the gun, and is formed with a rib 7 engaged by a slider 8 which is pivoted to a jointed rod 3 passing through the centre of the training-pivot P. At its lower end, the rod is hinged to a forked arm 4 pivoted at 5, Fig. 1, and engaging at its forked extremities with cam-grooves 6 in the sides of the trail, so that as the gun is elevated the rod 3 is caused to rotate the cylinder 1. A swivel joint in one of the parts enables the gun to be trained without the operation of the device'being affected.
Patent GB-190611210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in 'Copy and Object Holders' for Attachment to School Desks Tables and the like.
Inventor: MACEY FREDERICK JOSEPH JAMES
Filed: 1906-05-14
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 11,210. Maoey, F. J. J. May 14. Copy-holders.-A copy-holder for attachment to the edge of school-desks, tables, drawing-boards, &c. consists of a spring clip a of sheet steel, wire, &c., of which the members b, c grip the edge d of the desk &c. and the clip f holds the copy g against the body a. The clip may ba formed for attachment to the back vertical ledge of the desk. In a further modification, Fig. 4, the clip a is formed with members b, c for securing to the ledge of the desk, and is provided with a pivoted carrier i<1>, formed with teeth which are adapted to hold a spring clip h pivoted at h<1> at any desired angle.
Patent GB-190613429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vacuum Cleaning Plant.
Inventor: BOOTH HUBERT CECIL
Filed: 1906-06-11
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 13,429. Booth, H. C. June 11. Washers.-A. combined washer and cooler for use in a vacuum cleaning apparatus, such as described in Specification No. 17,433, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Washing &c.], comprises a cylindrical shell q with conical covers, one of which is provided with feet j for attachment to a stand. A centrally-arranged gas inlet n terminates in a perforated conical plate o which is submerged in water supplied from a pipe g and constintly circulated if necessary. A perforated float s of wood or cork is provided to prevent frothing of the liquid, its downward movement when dirty water is run off being limited by stops t. A fine sieve v abstracts moisture carried in suspension by the washed gas.