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Patent GB-190424664-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or relating to Firegrates and Ranges.
Inventor: MOUAT BARBARA JOANNA
Filed: 1904-11-14
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 24,664. Mouat, B. J. Nov. 14. Grates;draught, regulating..-A loose box A' is placed on the bottom bars A of grate, partly covering the bars- and in contact with the back. The front, sides, and top of the box are perforated, or the top may be plain A damper B slides in grooves C, under the open bottoms of the box and hearth, for the purpose of regulating the draught. In another form, Figs. 4 and 6, the damper is provided with a valve B<3>, which may be turned by means of a knob at the front, and is transversely perforated, the arrangement of the bottom bars being also altered, so that a smaller movement of the damper will close or open the air passages.
Patent GB-190427098-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bracket for Automobile Lamps.
Inventor: WARD FRANK HERBERT HOARE
Filed: 1904-12-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 27,098. Ward, F. H. H., Ward, W. F. Hoare-, and BlÚriot, L. Dec. 12. Lamp brackets.- Two cranked, upright arms E, D are pivoted in a cross-bar A so as to accommodate motor lamps of different widths. The arms can be locked in position by nuts H.
Patent GB-190502478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Concrete Wall Forming Machines
Inventor: TRUXELL GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1905-02-07
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 2478. Truxell, G. H., and Burget, J. M. Feb. 7. Walls.-Relates to apparatus for the construction of hollow concrete walls and to means for constructing walls in different planes. Themoulding-boxes are suspended on track sections 3, Figs. 1 and 2, supported on brackets 2 carried by standards 1 to which are attached horizontal bracing-strips 4. To enable different angles to be constructed, sections of the track are carried by turntables 10 moving between guides 16 and supported by a bracket 8, on a rod 7 carried by a rail 5 or by a brace 17. The mechanism for forming the wall sections is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Wheels 20 running on the track 3 are carried by a hanger 18, from which is suspended a screwed rod 23 provided at both ends with guide-wheels 24 engaging supports 27. A bracket 31, carried on the screwed shaft by a hand-wheel 29 and two boxes 32, is raised by means of a ratchet-wheel 35 and a fixed chain 36. The lower end of the bracket carries a screw 41<1> from which the mould box 47<1> is suspended and on which it is adjustable transversely. The screw carries a block through which pass racks 44<1> carrying the cores and gearing with pinions 44 on a shaft 43. The hinged ends 48 of the mould box are locked on the rear side of the box by a screw 53. The mould box is guided against supports 1 by a plate 56 adjustably attached to the arms 47. Seams in the wall are imitated by the apparatus shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11, consisting of vertical grooved dies 61, attached by a spring 63, and horizontal dies 65 placed in slots 64. During construction, one or both of the end-walls of the box may be removed ; in the latter case, the sides are connected by a yoke 68, Fig. 2<a>.
Patent GB-190506674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Internal-combustion Engines.
Inventor: DAVIS SAMUEL LEONARD BRUTON
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 6674. Davis, S. L. B. March 29. Pistons. - The heat of an explosion in the chamber a of an internal-combustion engine is imparted to a body of cold compressed air in the chamber f through an annular space e between the wall of the chamber a and a ram d on the piston c. According to the Provisional Specification, t h e ram may be on the cylinder cover and work in a recess in the piston.
Patent GB-190509238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Opening and Closing Apparatus.
Inventor: IVES LOUIS
Filed: 1905-05-02
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 9238. Ives, L., and Gregory, F. E. May 2. Door and gate opening and closing apparatus.- Relates to a device applicable to gates, and the doors of hotels, restaurants, &c., by which they are opened automatically when pressure is applied to a yielding platform. As applied to a door a hinged to the casing b, the platform h rests on bracket arms g supported by rocking arms e journaled at f to side-bars. Preferably, the front bracket arms are secured underneath, and those in the rear upon the upper surface of, the platform, and their lower ends are connected by connecting-rods. When the platform is depressed, the door is forced open through levers l, m connected to one of the crank-arms e and the door respectively. The door closes by means of springs n located at each side of the platform, each spring being secured to a side-bar and a rod and provided with a tensioning-device. The apparatus is journaled at its forward end to the door casings, the rod s telescoping to adapt the device to doors of different widths. The rocking arms e are connected by a rocking bar k, and the platform is formed with a hinged tail-board i. The device may be sunk level with the floor, and be adapted to open double doors.
Patent GB-190512446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ship-steering Apparatus.
Filed: 1905-06-15
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 12,446. Clarke, Chapman, & Co., and Walker, H. June 15. Switches.-The apparatus for controlling the motor in an electrically -operated steering-gear consists of the ordinary hand steering-wheel 16, operating the rotatable contact-maker 17, which is kept against the contact-plate 19 by a spring 18. The contact-plate 19 is attached to the case 20, which rotates on the fixed case 22, being driven by the motor 23 in the same direction as the contactmaker 17, thereby bringing the motor 1 to rest upon stoppage of the handle 16. A pointer 25 indicates the relative position of the contact-maker 17 and the case 22. The contact-plate 19 is made up of two series of contact-pieces 26, 26<a> and insulated metal strips 28, 28<a>, 29, 29<a>, arranged opposite to each other. Grid resistances 40 are connected with the contact-pieces 26, and the contact-pieces 26, 26<a> are connected in pairs, so that the one set of resistances may suffice. The armature of the motor 1 is in circuit with the strips 28, 28<a>, and the strips 29, 29<a> are connected, through the safety switch 37, 37<a>, with the field-magnet windings 38. For controlling the motor 23, the contact-maker 17 is provided with brushes 41, 42 in contact with metal strips 43, 44, 44<a>, 45. Strips 46 , 46<a> are connected together in annular alinement with the strip 43, and one of them is connected through a resistance 47 to the strip 43. The strips 44, 44<a> are connected to opposite ends of the armature winding of the motor 23, and the field-magnet winding 51 is connected to the switch 34. In the position of the contact-maker 17 shown in full lines in Fig. 4, the current flows from the switch 34 through the terminal 32, brush 30, the armature of the motor 1, brush 31, safety switch 37, winding 52 of a magnetic brake for braking the motor 1, and the field-magnet winding 38, back to the switch 34. Current also flows round the armature and field-magnet winding as indicated. When the contact-maker is placed in the position shown in dotted lines, the direction of rotation of the motors 1, 23 is reversed. To allow for rotation of the contactplate 19, the connexions from it are carried to brushes 57 ... 62 which bear against insulated rings 157 ... 162 attached to the casing 22. An arm 66 is attached to the rudder post which opens the switches 37 or 37<a>, through which current is passing, when the rudder has reached its extreme position, thus stopping the motor 1. When the current is stopped, a brake, normally held out of action by the winding 52, is applied by a spring or weight, and, when re-starting, it is necessary to run the motor slowly until the brake is removed, for which purpose the resistance 47 is included in the armature circuit. A tiller indicator 67 is arranged near the steering-wheel 16. The contactplate may be fixed instead of movable, dispensing with the motor 23 and rendering it necessary to return the steering-wheel continually to its neutral position.
Patent GB-190526702-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device to Prevent Side-slip of Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HARRIS SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-12-21
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 26,702. Harris, S. Dec. 21. Slipping of wheels, preventing.-Wheels A for preventing lateral slipping of the wheels of a motor or other road vehicle are carried by inclined struts B at the rear of the back axle Y. The struts pass through collars b<2>, which are pivotally connected to radius rods C carried by the rear axle Y. The wheels A are pressed into contact with the road by a spring D, which is attached to lugs on the collars b<2>, and the tension of which may be adjusted by a screw and nut d<1>. The wheels A rotate with their axes inclined to the surface of the road so that the operative edges of the wheels are kept sharp. A channel may be formed in the periphery of the wheels so as to produce more than one operative edge. The wheels may be lifted from the ground by any convenient means when not required for use.
Patent GB-190600095-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Weighing and Measuring Grain and Pulverulent Material.
Inventor: GARDNER RICHARD CORE
Filed: 1906-01-01
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 95. Gardner, R. C., [Goodwin, W.]. Jan. 1. Measured quantities, delivering; measures of capacity.-Relates to apparatus for weighing and measuring grain, means being also provided forsampling. The measuring-vessel 1 has an inlet 13 which closely fits the outlet 6 of a feed - hopper 5. After grain has been supplied to the vessel 1, the valve 8 is closed and a valve 9 opened to allow some of the grain to flow down a shoot 10 into a sampling-box 11. This withdrawal of the grain relieves the vessel from the binding; action produced by some of the grain between the hopper and the vessel, and the grain can then be weighed in the ordinary manner. Discharge is effected by a rod 4 and gate 3. If samples are not required, the tube 10 is placed within the vessel 1 ; the grain contained in it is then weighed with the bulk in the vessel and is discharged with it..
Patent GB-190601042-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stuffing Box Packing
Inventor: KOENIG WALTER
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 1042. K÷nig, W. Jan. 15. Stuffing- boxes.- Relates to packing allowing lateral motion and suitable for resisting high temperatures and pressures, e.g. in a gas engine or an engine using superheated steam. The packing is held in boxes a, d, &c. The lowest packing-ring is a split ring c, undue expansion of which is prevented by a solid flanged ring b. The next packing-ring is a segmental ring e pressed on to the rod by radial springs h or a circumferential spring f. In order to prevent over-heating of the spring , it rests on two edges as shown. A solid ring i for receiving lubricant is placed in the middle of the stuffing-box, and above it are two pairs of rings k, l, each pair arranged to break joint and prevented from relative rotation by a pin u. Each ring consists of triangular segments v, Fig. 5, and segments r with tangential edges. The circumferential springs near the cylinder are stronger and under greater tension than those in the outer part of the stuffing-box. [Reference has been directed under- Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 16,651, A.D. 1887, Nos. 8250, 15,171, and 27,847, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190601055-A (GB)
Title: A Quick-setting Device for Theodolites, Levelling Instruments, and the like.
Inventor: BLOCHIUS ROBERT
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 1055. Blochius, R. Jan. 15. Theodolites, levels, &c.-In a quicksetting device for theodolites, levels, &c., coarse-pitched sleeves d screw into tapped holes in the standard tribrach a and are internally threaded to engage with the fine-adjustment screws e. The screws are operated by milled heads f, g. In a modification, the locking-plate a, Fig. 2<b>, which screws on the tripod head is provided with coarse-pitched screws d having recessed heads' e to engage with the rounded extremities of the fine adjustment screws m. The screws d may screw into threaded holes cut into the locking-plate, or may slide through the same and be operated by a nut f. In another form, the coarse screws d terminate in rounded heads f, Fig. 3<b>, which take into recesses cut in an inverted locking-plate g, provided with a central bush on which screws the upper locking-plate.
Patent GB-190603036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Appertaining to the Taking-up of the Cloth or Woven Fabric in Looms.
Inventor: SLATER JOHN
Filed: 1906-02-08
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 3036. Slater, J., and Ickringill, A. J. Feb. 8. Cam mechanism. -In a take-up device for looms, to prevent the antifriction bowl r<1>, which is forced against its operating-cam q, from forcing the latter round when its highest point is in action, a second cam q<1> is used, engaged by a spring- actuated levers v which opposes this motion.
Patent GB-190605841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fat Melting Pans or Digesters, applicable also to Oil Boiling and Distilling Apparatus.
Filed: 1906-03-10
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 5841. Fullerton, Hodgrart, & Barclay, and Liversedge, A. J. March 10. Digesters; boiling-pans.-Fat-melting pans or digesters and oil-boiling and distilling apparatus are mounted with their axes at a considerable angle, preferably between 30 and 40 degrees to the vertical. The form shown in Fig. 2 is provided with a jacket E to which steam is admitted by a plurality of inlets J. The apparatus is charged at F and the fat is run off at N, the exhausted tissues being removed by means of a door G. A pipe L serves for the exhaustion of the vapours which are evolved. Internal heating-pipes running parallel to the axis of the cylinder may also be employed.
Patent GB-190605975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Furnaces.
Inventor: ANTONIO DUCCO
Filed: 1906-03-12
Abstract: 5975. Ducco, A. April 18, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Rotary furnaces.-A furnace for the combustion of sulphurous ores and any other combustible substances, including coal dust, lignite, peat, and sawdust, consists of a cylinder a, Fig. 1, open at both ends and provided with spiral grooves i which serve to mix and aerate the materials as the cylinder is rotated by friction wheels b, c, Fig. 2, the former set of wheels being driven by a belt passing round a pulley d, Fig. 1, on the shaft e. Ore is fed into the cylinder by a shoot g, and the residue is delivered at j. The products of combustion pass into a chamber h, where such as are condensable fall past the shoot into the lower part k. In a modification, the cylinder a is slightly inclined and the grooves are then straight and parallel to the axis.
Patent GB-190613049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Siren or like Alarm Devices for use on Road Vehicles
Inventor: STEWART JOHN KERWIN
Filed: 1906-06-05
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 13,049. Stewart, J. K. June 5. Clutches.-(1) The driven pinion 7d is provided with two ratchet teeth 7<e> which engage a spring- pressed pin 7<f> on the hub of the siren wheel 4, thus enabling the pinion to rotate the siren wheel in one direction, while permitting the siren wheel to run faster than the pinion in the same direction. (2) The first gear-wheel 15 has on one side a ratchet crown 15<a>, with which engages a spring- pressed segmental rack 14<a> mounted on the pedal lever 14.
Patent GB-190615592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Gearing.
Inventor: FAUST JOHN GOTTFRIED
Filed: 1906-07-10
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 15,592. Faust, J. G. July 10. Worm gearing.-Relates to screw gearing of the type in which parallel shafts have interengaging screw-threaded elements, stated to be especially useful for boat propulsion. The driving-element 1 is twice the diameter, and its thread 2 is spaced to include two of the threads 5, of each of the driven elements 3, 4. The driving and driven elements are arranged with their threads in reverse inclinations, a frame 10 preventing end movement.
Patent GB-190618600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for use in the Treatment of Gases by Arc Discharges.
Inventor: PAULING HARRY
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 18,600. Pauling, H. Aug. 20. Electric furnaces.-The electrodes used in the electrical treatment of air or gases containing oxygen, in the manufacture of nitrogen oxides or nitric acid, are made of oxidizable metals, such as iron, so that, when the arc is passing between the electrodes e, a layer of melted oxide is formed and maintained thereon. The electrodes may be provided with ribs k for cooling purposes.
Patent GB-190618713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: SCRYMGOUR WILLIAM HARRINGTON
Filed: 1906-08-21
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 18,713. Scrymgour, W. H. Aug. 21. Spring wheels.-In a wheel in which hub and rim are connected by a coiled or spiral spring as described in Specification No. 26,382, A.D. 1905, metal springs are used in combination with the main spring. The inner end of the laminated spiral spring 1 is secured by means of a bolt 3 and clamp 4, the latter held by bolts 5 which attach the side frames 7, providing lateral stability. The inner end of the spring at 10 is continued to bear against the outer part which may also be continued to engage similarly the inner part and is attached to the rim portion by a clamp 8, Fig. 2, in two parts. The laminations are progressively recessed as shown to allow of some freedom. A carriage spring 11 co-operates with the main spring and is held by a bolt and clamp 13, the latter tightened by cotters 15. Rope packing-rings 17, Fig. 2, adjusted at 18, are fitted into the peripheral parts of the frames 7, and a driving-rim 22 is attached.
Patent GB-190620286-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Air Compressor.
Inventor: SIMPSON JOSEPH THOMPSON
Filed: 1906-09-12
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 20,286. Simpson, J. T., and Lishman, T. Sept. 12. Oscillating-vane type of air-compressors. A cylindrical casing is provided with a suction port n and a valve-controlled discharge port o. A fixed partition b is provided with eight ports, situated in pairs, which connect the working chambers with a chamber c formed in the partition. Each port is controlled by a check valve e, which is telescopically connected to the opposite valve, the two valves being pressed to their seats by a spring f. A diametral vane m oscillates about the partition b and is packed by spring-pressed packing-bars. The vane is not provided with check valves, so that the new charge of air is not admitted to the working chamber until the end of the discharge stroke. This arrangement is stated to keep the apparatus cool. A cover-plate m<3> attached by screws &c. m<4> may be fitted to the vane. A modification is described consisting of two compressors working independently and discharging into a common delivery pipe. The vane may be made radial instead of diametral.
Patent GB-190620985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Revolving Fire-places.
Inventor: TREGONING WILLIAM HERCULES
Filed: 1906-09-21
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 20,985. Tregoning, W. H., and Ruddick, E. J. Sept. 21. Fire-places; grates.-Two fire-places A, A<1>, which may be used in separate rooms, are secured by lugs to arms C, D, which at their inner ends form the straps of the eccentric sheaves E, E<1>, F, F' secured to a shaft B. The arms are supported by rollers G on forked brackets g, which fit loosely on the shaft. The top bracket is supported by a collar H, and the lower one by a footstep bearing I. Collars J prevent the arms from tipping forward. On turning the handle R, the shaft B is rotated by means of the wheels N, O, and the eccentrics draw the fire-places inwards until the ends of the carriers D and the joggles on the carriers C come together. Further movement of the handle causes the fireplaces to rotate with the shaft, the brackets g being also rotated by flanges on the arms C, D which fit over the rollers G, or over the brackets. When in position, the fire-places are again forced outwards against the fronts by a reverse motion of the handle, the shaft being prevented from back rotation by two spring pawls W which work over inclined grooves in the footstep I. Lugs X cast on the fire-places keep the front grates U in position, and plates T prevent ashes from getting between the fire-places and the chimney. Preferably a double chimney is provided, but a single central chimney may be used.
Patent GB-190624547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machine Jacks for Boot and Shoe Machinery.
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 24,547. Pride, J. P., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Nov. 2. Soles; lastholders. - Relates to machine jacks, and particularly to jacks for levelling- machines of the type described in Specification No. 22,155, A.D. 1903. The jack-post A carries a last which is provided with a separate heel piece A<1> removably secured to a lever B. This lever is pivoted at B<1> to the jack-post, and its lower end engages a spring- pressed plunger C adjustably mounted in a casing A<3>. The other end of the plunger may extend through the front of the jack-post ; or it may have screwed to it an extension piece C', which is adapted to be engaged by a stop E. A set-screw C<3> prevents rotary movement of the extension C'. The stop E is mounted to slide in a bracket F, so that it can be moved into a position to engage the plunger C or its extension as the jack swings. forward; or, it is moved out of the way when it is desired not to collapse the last. The stop is controlled by a toggle H<1>, J actuated by a handle G secured on a rook-shaft H. A spring catch K engages a notch in a curved part H<2> of the handle, when the latter has been turned sufficiently far to remove the stop from its operative position. Instead of, or in addition to, the hand-lever G, the stop E may be actuated from the starting-treadle of the machine. The treadle M is connected by a rod L to a cam N adapted to engage a stud on a lever H<3>, which is fixed to the rock-shaft H. A spring H' straightens the toggle H<1>, J, and moves the stop E into operative position when permitted to do so by a movement of the cam N. Preferably, a lost. motion device, consisting of a ball L' and springs L', is provided so that the machine can be started before the stop E is actuated. The plunger C normally holds the last expanded ; but when the work is ready to be removed, the stop E is actuated so that, when the jack next swings forwards, the plunger C is engaged by the stop and pushed backwards, thus contracting the last. The machine is then stopped. When the contraction of the last is not to be effected by means of the hand-lever B, the catch K can be turned into an inoperative position.
Patent GB-190625126-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Automatically Adjusting the Tension or Controlling the Unwinding of the Yarn from Cheeses or Bobbins in Warping and Winding Machines
Inventor: GELDER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 25,126. Gelder, F. W. Nov. 8. Yarns, warping.-To prevent the overrunning of the cheese or bobbin when unwinding in a warping or weft-winding machine, a loose bar h, slidably secured in vertical or inclined slots in brackets f, bears on the periphery of the cheese or on the flanges of the bobbin. The bobbin or cheese rotates in open - ended bearings in the brackets, or, when the latter are not fitted, in bearings in the creel frame, the bar h then sliding in slots in the frame. The bar h may have its ends flattened to prevent rotation, or it may be allowed to rotate, and its weight may be varied to vary the tension.
Patent GB-190706112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flushing Closets.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 6112. Thompson, W. P., [Webster, E. T.]. March 13. Closet basins.-To conceal the flush-pipe connexions, a sleeve 5 is formed on the basin and extends to the wall 3. The metallic connexions are water-tight so that a hand-hole 11 may be provided for making the joints. Where, however, they may be reached through the wall, the sleeve is complete.