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Patent GB-190420087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tentering Machines.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1904-09-17
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 20,087. Mills, B. J. B., [Renaud, J. M. Clerc-]. Sept. 17. Stretching and tentering; steaming.-The fabric is let off from a roller mounted in a swivelling frame directed by hand to maintain the wefts perpendicular to the axis of the machine, and is taken over a tenter frame, consisting of two pivoted rocking levers connected by two links, by tenter chains, which hang loosely in loops from both ends of the frame and permit a reciprocating motion of the latter without ceasing to draw the fabric at a uniform rate through the rest of the machine. The links a, Fig. 2, of the chain are connected up by alternate vertical and horizontal knuckle-joints, and are driven by vertical or horizontal toothed wheels taking into cavities p, q. The chain is guided by grooves n, Fig. 3, in the framing. The upper hinged gripping-jaw i of each link is closed on the lower fixed jaw, at the entry of the fabric into the machine, by projections acting on arms attached to shafts l which carry inclines o. To prevent abnormal local tension of the fabric, the jaws i are arranged so that the line of the selvage is intersected by the axes of the pins h, j connecting the links. The tenter-chain pulleys d are mounted on the connecting-links f<1>, Fig. 5, pivoted on carriages sliding on the transverse rocking bars f of the tenter frame. The distance apart of the carriages may be regulated, during the working of the machine, by horizontal power-driven screw shafts at the back of the bars f, without the chains shifting laterally at other parts of the machine. The joints 14 which unite the links f<1> with the carriages are situated within the selvages, in order to reduce the risk of tearing. The pulleys d are driven uniformly, whatever the position of the tenter frame, by driving-chains (shown in dotted lines) from separate shafts 2, driven by other chains from pulleys z. The reciprocating motion of the two tenter chains may be varied relatively, during the working, by means of a cam-groove in a sleeve 12, Fig. 7, carrying the pulleys z and feathered on the driving-shaft y. Rotation of the screw shaft 13 moves the sleeve longitudinally and rotates the pulleys z in opposite directions. The tentered fabric proceeds to drying and stretching rollers provided with brakes. Light fabrics are steamed on entering the machine, while being tentered, and during the drying operation.
Patent GB-190423384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Lifts and Hoists.
Filed: 1904-10-29
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 23,384. Waygood & Co., R., and Walker, H. C. Oct. 29. Lifts.-Relates to means for preventing the cage of a hydraulic lift from creeping away from an open door in the event of there being any leakage of water, and consists in providing means operated by such movement of the cage to actuate an auxiliary valve to restore equilibrium. Figs.1 and 2 show the invention as applied to an electrically-controlled lift. The plunger 2 of the solenoid 1, the circuit of which is only completed when all the doors are closed, is pivotally connected at 2<a> to an arm 3 fast on a revoluble spindle 4. Moving with the spindle 4 is an arm 5 operating the movable member 7 of a clutch. The other member 8 is loose on its shaft 10 and is integral with a sprocketwheel 11 connected by a chain with the lifting-gear of the cage. Movement of the cage when the clutch members are in engagement causes rotation of the shaft 10 and, through the link 14, operation of an auxiliary hydraulic valve 17, the ports of which communicate by any suitable connections with the main controlling-valve 18. The action above described is arranged to take place only in the 'off' or central position of the valve 18. In the 'on' positions, a roller 22 on a pivoted lever 21 attached to the main valve-rod 19 prevents the engagement of the clutch members 7, 8 by being in contact with a guard-plate 25 and an arm 23 fixed to the spindle 4. In the `off' position, the roller 22 is opposite a depression 26, Fig. 1, in the arm 23, allowing upward motion of the latter on the descent of the plunger 2 of the solenoid. A mechanically - controlled application of the invention is also described, in which the clutch is operated directly from the main valve when in its 'off' position. The valve-rod is caused to operate, through an eccentric, a disc with a depression therein into which the spring-controlled clutchactuating member drops when in the 'off' position. The sprocket-wheel also gives motion to the auxiliary valve through an eccentric.
Patent GB-190502844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Boot Polishers.
Inventor: SOMMERS William
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 2844. Sommers, W. Feb. 11. Boots and shoes, cleaning and polishing.-A boot-cleaning appliance consists of a polishing - pad a, which may, if desired, be in the form of a glove, and d an attached finger holder or shield c by means ''jf which the paste is applied.
Patent GB-190505322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method or Art of Lining Shafts Sunk through Water-bearing Strata.
Inventor: RIEMER JULIUS
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 5322. Reimer, J. March 14. Shafts.-Relates to means, in which a balancing-bottom is dispensed with, for assembling shaft tubbing in vertical position. The lowest ring of tubbing r is suspended from the boring - rods near the shaft bottom and embedded in concrete a, rings of tubbing- being superposed when the concrete has sot. To ensure a central position of the rings in the shaft, the rings are provided with guides h. The upper flange of each ring of tubbing is formed with an annular groove in which is placed an india-rubber ring g, the usual lead packing b also being used. One flange of each ring is left undrilled and the bolts are inserted when the shaft has been pumped out. When the tubbing has been built up, concrete may be used to fill the space between the tubbing and the side of the shaft.
Patent GB-190509070-A (GB)
Title: Process for Uniting Pieces of Wood especially Veneers.
Inventor: WITTKOWSKY CARL
Filed: 1905-04-29
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 9070. Wittkowsky, C. April 29. Glueing; veneering.-A doughy cement or glue is applied by rollers to veneers or pieces of wood which are then glued together by being subjected to pressure and heat. The veneer or a piece of wood moves under pressure between two rollers, and the dough is placed in bulk on the entering side. The veneer is thus drawn through, and thinly coated on both sides with the dough, which does not soak into the wood owing to its consistency. The veneer is then put between two other sheets of veneer and the whole put into a hot press to cause the inner to unite with the outer veneers. The cement in its best form consists of a mixture of 15-30 per cent of casein, 20-40 per cent of water-glass, 1-4 per cent of lime, and whey containing 25-35 per cent of curds. Instead of curds being used, the cement may be made with swollen casein,' and, instead of casein or curds, albumen, from blood or plants, in combination with lime or with lime and water-glass, may be used.
Patent GB-190509922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Machinery for Breaking Cattle Feeding Cakes.
Inventor: BIBBY WILLIAM BARNETT
Filed: 1905-05-11
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 9922. Bibby, W. B. May 11. Roller mills; feeding-devices.-" Breakable " oilcake is broken along one set of grooves by passing it in a curved course between a large roller a and a set of smaller ones b, the strips thus produced being broken into squares by repeating the operation in a second set of rolls. The rollers bare arranged as shown, equidistant from the roller a, and have triangular bars e between them to support the cake in passing from one roller to the next. The rollers are geared together by spur-wheels so that all have the same peripheral speed. The bearings of the roller a are pressed down by a spring h. Fig. 4 shows a combination of two such apparatus for effecting the double breakage mentioned above. The bars from the first machine X pass to a table o and thence to a table p hinged at q so that it can be lowered by means of the lever s to form a shoot which delivers the bars to the second machine Y. The bars may also be fed to the second machine by hand, with or without the aid of a tray, or may be turned through a right-angle as described in Specification No. 11,796, A.D. 1904, and the two sets of rollers placed parallel.
Patent GB-190510552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Purifying, Humidifying or Cooling Air or other Gaseous Fluids.
Inventor: SHILLINGTON THOMAS FOULKES
Filed: 1905-05-19
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 10,552. Shillington, T. F., and Hanna, J. A. May 19. Air, cooling, moistening, and purifying. - The air &c. enters the casing c by the opening c<2>, passing through spray produced by one or more rotary wheels b, each comprising a hub b<4> and concentric hoops b<1>, which may be perforated and may overlap slightly. The spraying-liquid is supplied to the hub of the wheel by a pipe d, but, as shown in Fig. 3, tubular scoops b<5> on the wheel may be arranged to dip into liquid which is forced by them into the hub. After passing the spray, the air &c. is conducted between corrugated or like plates c<3>, or it may be caused to pass between longitudinal blades of a rotary drum, which may be in sections and contain baffling diaphragms or partitions and which is enlarged at the end near the spray to dip into liquid contained in the casing c.
Patent GB-190513063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Clock and Alarm Systems.
Inventor: RANSCH WILHELM
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 13,063. Rausch, W., and Gondolf, H. June 24. Alarms. - Relates to time-alarm signalling- systems for use in hotels, means being provided by which all the alarms may be sounded at once in case of fire. In the time-alarm system, the arm D, Fig. 5, on the hour-spindle of the clock is connected to the battery H, and moves over a number of contacts F, connected to plates N<2> on the switchboard N. The alarm bells J in the various rooms are connected to sockets L<1>, on a second switchboard, and can be connected by a cord M and plugs to the plates N<2> as shown. The sockets L<1> are also connected to pins P on the board R, so that in case of fire all the pins can be connected to the battery by means of the crosspieces R' and the connexion G<1>. This is effected by means of a catch which allows the spring R<2> to act. Electric clocks.-Fig. 3 shows the method of keeping the clock wound up, and the system of controlling the other clocks. The driving-weight U is connected to the clock-work proper by a pawl lever V and a ratchet-wheel W, and is carried by the armature X of the magnet Y in circuit with the battery H<1> and the contacts a, a<1>, which are periodically closed by a pin d on the lever e. This lever is raised by pins g on the wheel h, and falls every five or ten minutes to close the contacts a, a<1> and raise the weight V. A similar lever e<1> normally rests on pins on the other side of the wheel h and when released causes the pin d' to close contacts a', a<3> in circuit with the battery H<1> and the magnet i of the secondary clock j, the hands o of which are driven by ratchet mechanism m, n.
Patent GB-190513853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Nozzles or Burners for Furnaces Burning Gaseous or Liquid Fuel.
Filed: 1905-07-05
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 13,853. Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co., and Nicholson, A. July 5. Blowpipe burners; spray burners.-A burner for furnaces using gaseous or liquid fuel consists of a double casing a, a<2>, having inlets a<3>, a' for air and gas, vapour, or oil respectively. The supply of air can be regulated by the needle valve b, and the supply of gas, oil, or vapour by adjusting the mouthpiece c, which is secured in position by a locking-nut d. The conical front end of the rod b is made to project beyond the mouthpiece c.
Patent GB-190515923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Apparatus for the Interior of Foot-wear.
Inventor: VILLACAMPA MIGUEL VILLACAMPA Y
Filed: 1905-08-03
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 15,923. Villacampa y Villacampa, M. Aug. 3. Ventilating.-Relates to means for mechanically ventilating foot-wear. A closed box D, placed in the heel &c., is fitted with an elastic membrane E or equivalent device, which is actuated through a multiplying system of levers T, L, J and a pushpiece F by the movement of the foot in walking. The box is provided with two tubes H, I, the former extending along one side of the boot and being perforated, and the latter communicating with the air. A perforated tube H<1>, communicating with the air at H<111> and closed at H<11>, allows air to enter the boot. The pipes H, I are fitted with valves arranged so that air is drawn into the box through the pipe H and escapes through the pipe I. The membrane may be replaced by or actuated by a plunger which bears on the ground.
Patent GB-190520664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Centrifugal Pumps.
Filed: 1905-10-12
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 20,664. Hathorn, Davey, & Co., and Heseldin, F. G. Oct. 12. Centrifugal pumps.-Relates to that class of centrifugal pump in which the liquid passes from the impellers through an annular channel of constant width into a surrounding chamber having an increasing capacity which is just sufficient at any point to receive the whole of the water delivered by the blades up to that point, assuming that the velocity of the water remains constant throughout the chamber. The invention consists in connecting the annular channel to the delivery chamber by walls which are tangential to the sides of the said chamber for the purpose of avoiding eddy currents. The tangential surfaces are shown in Fig. 1 connecting the channel 4 to the chamber 5. Fig. 4 shows a pump casing constructed in the manner described but in which the delivery chamber 5 is provided with three discharge openings 7.
Patent GB-190525259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pencil Sharpeners.
Inventor: BAINES FREDERICK EDWARD VESEY
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 25,259. Baines, F. E. V. Dec. 5. Pencil-sharpeners.-Relates to pencil-sharpeners and more particularly to means for obviating cutting against the grain of the wood and preventing breaking the lead. The device comprises a block A, Fig. 3, formed with a conical hole a for the reception of the pencil, and a blade B secured over a slot a<2>. The blade B is provided with an under-cut edge b<1>, and is so formed that the end remote from the point is in advance of the other. The blade B rests against a projection such as a<3>, and is secured by the head of a screw C. The knife may be used to cut both the wood and the lead, but a separate sharpener for the lead is preferably provided. In this case, a block D, with a series of radiating V-shaped grooves d, serves as a sharpener for the lead. It is screwed into a recess in the block A and serves as a stop for the pencil when inserted in the hole a for the purpose of sharpening the wood. Fig. 9 shows a pencil sharpened by means of this device. For sharpening pencils of larger diameters, two or more blades are preferably employed, and in the latter case the blades are arranged in two sets, those of one set cutting between those of the other and thus producing an approximately continuous cut, as shown in Fig. 24.
Patent GB-190600691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seats for Motor Raod Vehicles.
Filed: 1906-01-10
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 691. Wellington, F. F., and British Automobile Commercial Syndicate. Jan. 10. Seats and seat backs, arrangement of. -Relates to an extra seat for motorcars, being specially adapted for cars having side entrances. A seat 1 is fixed to the upper end of legs 3, the lower ends of which are pivoted at 4 to brackets 5 connected to the underframe 6 so that they may be folded into the position shown by dotted lines. When in the position for use, the seat rests with its rear edge upon brackets 7 secured to the body. A back-rest 8 may be hinged to the rear of the seat by knuckle joints, so that it may be folded on to the seat before the legs 3 are turned down. In order that the legs 3 shall not project above the floor when folded down, the upper end 10 of the legs extends slightly forward from the front of the seat 1, while the pivots 4 are placed just below the floor, slots being provided in the floor to receive the legs. The backrest 8 may consist of a metal frame covered with leather. The arrangement may be removed from the car by disconnecting the pivots 4.
Patent GB-190602741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Opening and Closing Ventilator or Ventilators in Railway and Tramway Vehicles.
Inventor: RICHARDS FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1906-02-05
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 2741. Richards, F. G. Feb. 5. Window opening and closing apparatus. -- To enable windows, fitted in the clerestory roof of railway carriages, to be opened in the direction most suitable for ventilation, the light c is hinged at c' to an intermediate frame b which is hinged at b<1> to the main frame a. An operating-rod e', working in brackets e fixed to the roof of the vehicle, carries two slotted plates f, g, in one f of which slides a pin d<1> attached to an arm d secured to the frame b, and in the other g a frame d<3> attached to an arm d' secured to the light c. When the operating-rod is moved from its mid-position, in which light and frame are both closed, in one direction, the intermediate frame b opens as shown in Fig. 4, the light remaining closed in the frame. A similar movement in the opposite direction opens the window light c, while the frame b remains closed. The slots in the plates f, g are continued at f<3>, g<3> a short distance parallel to the operating- rod, to prevent the window from slipping back into the closed position. In a modification, shown in Fig. 7, the arms d, d<2> are replaced by slotted plates, in which work pins attached to arms secured to the operating-rod.
Patent GB-190603568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Casting Metals
Filed: 1906-02-13
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 3568. Lake, W. R., [Goss Printing Press Co.]. Feb. 13. Stereotype.-A multiple mould for sterotype plates &c. is arranged in connexion with a single opening and closing apparatus so that a cast can be conducted at one section while another section is being made ready. A core 31, Figs. 2, 3,'and 5, provided with ribs 38, 39, is mounted to rotate with a vertical hollow shaft 15, jointed to stationary pipes at 24<a>, 24<b>, for the supply of cooling-liquid, which circulates in the core due to holes 24, a plug 22, and a hole 23. A cross-bar 17 connecting fixed side frames forms an upper bearing for the core, which is supported below on a ball race 21 Notches in the disk 20 are engaged by a lever on a shaft 52 rocked by a treadle 55 or 56 to enable the core to be located with either mould at the casting station. The mould parts are hinged to the core at 28, 29, and are locked in the closed position by catches 49 engaging pins 50 on the ribs 38, 39. At the make-ready position, a frame 33, pivoted at 34 to the side frames and connected to balance weights 35, provides for the easy opening and closing of the mould. The matrix is secured by rotatable side strips 40, which also pack the joints between the mould and core, and by a strip 46 held in place by a pin 48, and which closes the lower part of the mould. To assist in the removal of the matrix, a lever 61 on the rock-shaft 52 presses the pin 48 farther into the mould against the action of a spring 62. In another construction, four moulds are employed.
Patent GB-190604348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Swing Radiators for Heating Buildings.
Inventor: SAUNDERS SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-02-22
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 4348. Saunders, S. Feb. 22. Hinge or swivelling joints. - In a swing radiator constructed of sections connected with push or screw nipples, one section (preferably the end one a) contains a divided waterway which forms part of the vertical pivoted support. In Fig. 1, the end section is shown supported by a trunnion d<2> at the top and rests at the bottom upon the shoulder b<2> of the tubular waterway b, which is divided into two by the web c. A gland a<1> is provided to make the joint water-tight. In a modification, Fig. 2, the end section rests upon a footstep bearing b<3> contained in a box divided into two chambers by a partition b<4> and a web C' upon the tubular extension of the end column.
Patent GB-190618329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Conductors.
Inventor: FULLER JOHN CRISP
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 18,329. Fuller, J. C., and Fuller, G. Aug. 15. Drawings to Specification. Conductors, preserving.-Conductors are rendered flame-proof by coating either the conductor, or the insulating-covering, or both with one or more layers of paper or paper pulp, which may be parchmentized and which has been rendered fire-proof with, for instance, sodium or ammonium chloride or sodium tungstate. The surface may then be treated with some well-known fire-proofing composition, and a braiding of fire-proofed cotton may be applied after the conductor or cable has been coated with glue or wheat-flour paste. The paper may be rendered fire-proof either before or after its application to the conductor.
Patent GB-190622472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinners for Fishing Bait
Inventor: GEEN PHILIP
Filed: 1906-10-11
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 22,472. Geen, P. Oct. 11. Spinning-tackle.-A heavy head a is furnished with inclined wings c and a swivel b at its nose end, a wire loop being attached to the head for the purpose of carrying a flight of hooks. At the base of the head is a screw.f which is attached to the natural bait g ; the bait may be further held by barbs h.
Patent GB-190622782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Vacuum Brakes.
Inventor: LINDEMANN OTTOCAR
Filed: 1906-10-15
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 22,782. Lindemann, O., [K÷rting Akt.- Ges., Geb.]. Oct. 15. Brakes.-In vacuum brakes in which the driver's valve.shuts off the train-pipe from the ejector when it opens it to the atmosphere to apply the brakes, the ejector, while the brakes are on, exhausting a reservoir to which the train-pipe is vented when the brakes are to be released, the reservoir is either cut off from the ejector when the latter is exhausting the train-pipe, or is in communication with the ejector only through a narrow passage. The handle m, which has no fixed fulcrum, is pivoted to a valve f, controlling the communication between the train-pipe c and the atmosphere, and a valve g, which controls the communication between the train-pipe and a pipe h leading to the ejector. The reservoir p is connected to the vacuum pipe h through a check valve o, and also through a channel w and valve u. When the brakes are off, the valve g is held open by a spring x and the valve u is closed, so that the trainpipe is in communication with the ejector, while the reservoir is cut off therefrom. To apply the brakes, the handle m is depressed ; this first opens the valve u, allowing some of the air in the reservoir to escape into the train-pipe c through the valve g, and then closes the valve g ; on the handle being further depressed, it turns about the spindle of this valve and opens the valve f. When the braking pressure in the train-pipe is sufficient, the valve f is closed without opening the valve g. While the brakes are on, the reservoir p is exhausted through the passage w, and when the valve g is opened to release the brakes, train-pipe air flows into the reservoir through the check valve o. To prevent leakage to the train-pipe from increasing the brake pressure when both valves f, g are seated, there is preferably provided, between the valve casing and the vacuum pipe h, a channel which can be throttled, as by a needle valve t, in accordance with the degree of leakage. In a modification, the valve u is dispensed with, the reservoir p being in permanent communication with the vacuum pipe h through a restricted channel in the check valve o.