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Patent GB-190602300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras
Inventor: BROOKS JOHN BOULTBEE
Filed: 1906-01-30
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 2300. Brooks, J. B. Jan. 30. Cameras; roller slides.-In panoramic cameras or roll-film cameras with a fixed lens, two shields or screens are adapted by their equal separation relative to the vertical centre of the lens to determine the length of film to be exposed, and are actuated and adjusted by the feed movement of the film. The screens g, h, Fig. 7, comprising collapsible parts, are pivoted symmetrically with respect to the lens and are moved by the arms j, k, Fig. 3. The latter pivot on an axis m coincident with the focal plane of the lens, and swing in opposite directions to and from the .centre of the film surface by means of pinion gearing j<3>, k', j<4>, k<4>. At each end of the arms are slides n<1> with clutch pins n' which perforate and grip the film. The slides are connected by the wire extending through the flexible but incompressible tubes p<1>, p<2>, so that either one, but not both at once, may be operated to grip the film at any instant. The arm k is at the extreme end of the picture after an exposure, as shown in Fig. 7. The pin n<2> on the arm k is made to engage the film by moving the pin q round which the wire is looped. The spring o on the arm j disengages the clutch pin on that arm from the film. The film is wound forward, drawing the arm k, and both arms thus move towards the central position. The pin on the arm k is then released, and that on the arm j moved to engage the film, by moving the pin q to the left. As the film is further wound, the arms j, k separate, carrying the screens with them, and a fresh portion of the film is presented for exposure. The length of this portion is adjusted according to the indication on the outside of the camera by a swinging pointer operated in connexion with the swinging arms. For fixed-lens cameras with a straight film surface, the swinging levers j, k may have a telescopic action similar to the screens. Or the levers may be replaced by slides geared together and connected to the swinging screens and carrying the clutch pins, which are alternately coupled to the film. A modification may be made in the transmission mechanism by fixing one end of the wire p to the slides and operating the clutch pins n<2> by the free ends of the flexible tubings p<1>, p<2>.
Patent GB-190603079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Interchangeable Heels for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: TANNAR HARRY
Filed: 1906-02-08
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 3079. Tannar, H. Feb. 8. Heel protectors.-A. metal plate a, having a shoulder a<#>, is attached by screws b to the heel d. A block e of leather, rubber, &c., grooved at f, is slid into position and secured by screws g.
Patent GB-190606277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Finishing Curved Stereotypes.
Inventor: HOPKINS CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1906-03-15
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 6277. Hopkins. C. E., and Bennison, W. E. March 15. Clutches.- Relates to an automatically - disengaging clutch for driving a machine for trimming curved stereotype plate during a cycle of operations. The machine is driven by a worm 182 on the driving-shaft 180, which drives a worm-wheel 183 loose on the shaft 184. The worm-wheel 183 is hollow on its inner side and carries a number of pins 184<a> adapted to engage a driving-pawl 186 on a clutch member fast on the shaft. Next to the clutch member is a ratchet-wheel 155, to which is pivoted by a pin 189 an arm 188 carrying a pin 189<a>, which passes freely through a slot in the ratchet-wheel and through the clutch member and driving-pawl. A pawl 154 pivoted on a stud 154<a> ,is normally kept in engagement with the ratchetwheel 155 by a spring 175, but is adapted to be disengaged by a lug 153 thereon being engaged by a stop 152 on a lever 147, pivoted to the starting- rod 141, which is depressed and then raised to start the machine. A spring 148 tends to retain the long arm of the lever 147 parallel to the rod 141, but in the "at rest" position the lever is held in the position shown in Fig. 15 by a stud 270 on a jointed arm 264, 265 on the shaft 256. On depression of the rod 141, the long arm of the lever 147 assumes a vertical position. On the return of the rod 141, the pawl 154 is disengaged from the wheel 155, permitting the spring 187 to rotate this wheel slightly and swing the pawl 186 on the pivot 189 into the path of the pins 184<a> in the wheel 184. At the end of the operation, the arm 264, 265 returns the lever 147 to its inclined position, causing the' pawl 154 to re-engage the wheel 155 and stop the machine.
Patent GB-190606338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Cords, Ropes, Wires, and the like.
Inventor: GARDNER JAMES
Filed: 1906-03-16
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 6338. Gardner, J. March 16. Cleats or holders for securing cords, ropes, wires, and the like consist of an ordinary hook split down the middle. The cord is wound one or more times around the hook, and the free end is then wedged between the split parts so that the greater the strain on the cord the more tightly it is gripped. Fig. 4 shows a hook formed of a single piece of wire bent double, the extremities a being turned slightly outwards. Fig. 5 shows a modified form in which the two wires are arranged in front of one another instead of being side by side. Figs. 12 and 14 show hooks, having the same characteristic, made from sheet metal. In a modification, shown in Fig. 7, the end of the hook is bent round to form a sort of double ring, between the adjacent coils of which the cord &c. is wedged. The device may be made of any size ; it may be used to secure ships' cables or to fasten heald cords in looms. For securing the string of parcels, a double or S-shaped hook having both ends split may be used. The Provisional Specification also describes an ordinary straight projection or pin having a split down the centre for securing cords &c.
Patent GB-190608045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Artificial Silk from Viscose.
Filed: 1906-04-03
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 8045. Soc. Franþaise de la Viscose. April 3, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cellulose, nonfibrous.-Filaments of viscose are prevented from sticking together either by adding to the viscose before squirting, or by treating the filaments after squirting with salts, such as an alkali aluminate or silicate or an inorganic oxide of a colloidal nature which does not form an insoluble sulphide with sulphuretted by-products. When the viscose is treated before squirting, the second precipitation bath is not required.
Patent GB-190610844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Leaf Turners.
Inventor: PENDRIGH THOMAS GOODFELLOW
Filed: 1906-05-09
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 10,844. Pendrigh, T. G. May 9. Leaf-turners.-The arms B<1>, B<2> of a leaf-turner are mounted on a rod A, washers W being interposed between them. The arms are successively rotated by means of a cord K which is operated by a pedal M and passes over a guide pulley H to a disk E mounted on a sleeve D. The sleeve D is mounted so as to slide but not to rotate on a bar c, and a spring F is interposed between the sleeve and the disk E. A portion of the disk E is cut away to allow it to slide past the bosses of the arms and a stop G. A projection S on the disk E engages the arms successively and turns them over when the pedal is operated, the disk and sleeve dropping to the next arm as each is rotated.
Patent GB-190612718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Processes and Apparatus for Obtaining Fibres from Cotton-seed Hulls and from other Waste Products of a similar kind containing Fibres.
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 12,718. Minck, P., and Bremer Baumwollwerke Ges. May 31. Drawings to Specification. Non - conducting coverings and compositions are made from the amorphous substance obtained by separating, by means of a special opening and sifting apparatus, the fibrous material from cottonseed hulls.
Patent GB-190614815-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Representing Signs, Pictures and the like, particularly applicable for Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 14,815. Justice, P. M., [Mintz, F.]. June 28. Signals, magnetic.-Relates to means for producing letters and the like for advertising purposes by means of a magnetizable powder, such as iron or nickel, which is fed on to a surface and retained there by suitably disposed permanent magnets or electro-magnets. The metallic powder may be mixed with other substances to make it luminous or coloured, and is fed continuously or intermittently from a receptacle 2 through openings 5, whence it falls in front of a display surface 1, and is received in a vessel 3. Permanent magnets 7, arranged in groups on plates 8, 9 carried on levers 6, cause the powder to adhere to the display surface or to a textile or other sheet 13 in front of it. The powder may be received on a pivoted floor 10, which, when a sufficient weight has accumulated, tilts on its pivots and pushes the levers 6 backwards in opposition to a spring thus causing the design to fall off the display surface. The magnets may instead be operated singly or in groups by the levers 6, which may be moved by a shaft carrying cams or the like. Instead of permanent magnets, periodically excited electro-magnets may be employed, Fig. 2, the current from a source 14 being interrupted at intervals by a time switch 15. The magnets may be arranged on plates in the form of letters which may be energized in turn, so that the inscription may be progressively formed. The surface 1 may be provided with a set of uniformly distributed electro-magnets, each of which is placed in an independent circuit, which may be completed by a plug 17 in a switchboard 16. The plugs may be so arranged that the plugs correspond in position with the electro-magnets they energize. The plugs may be operated automatically instead of by hand, in which case the switchboard 16 comprises a fixed plate 18 in which are metal tubes or the like 19 connected with the magnet wires. A plate 20 carrying the plugs 17 is reciprocated by a spring motor or electromotor, which also moves an endless or other band 22 of insulating-material between the plates 18, 20, the plugs making contact with the tubes 19 through suitably arranged perforations in the band 22. The plugs are mounted yieldingly in the plate 20 so that those which come against an unperforated part of the band are simply pressed back. At each actuation, the band is moved a distance equal to the height of the switchboard, so that a fresh arrangement of magnets is energized, a separate time switch being unnecessary. The motor which operates the band and switchboard may also be employed to transport the powder continuously from the collector 3 to the receptacle 2.
Patent GB-190618764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Motors.
Inventor: LANG ADOLPH
Filed: 1906-08-22
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 18,764. Lang, A. Aug. 22. Water-pressure engines.-Relates to water motors of the type in which the piston is controlled by a hollow slide valve which is itself controlled by a throw valve actuated by an arm on the piston-rod striking adjustable stops on the throw valve rod, and consists in the arrangement of the parts together with means for preventing rotation of the slide valve. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the apparatus, Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the throwvalve, and Fig. 10 is a side sectional view of the piston valve. The base comprises a casing 2 provided with an outlet and inlet communicating with an exhaust chamber 7 and feed chamber 6 which communicate with the slide-valve casing by ports 37, 36. The slide-valve casing 10 is adapted to be seated on the casing 2. The piston slide valve 13 has a reduced central portion 14 and two reduced end portions 17, 22, parts of which are faced off to form ports to the central hollow part of the valve. The valve has lugs 26, 27 which contact with lugs 31, 35 on the end covers, the clearance volumes thus formed serving as sediment-collecting chambers. The slide valve is non-rotatably mounted in the casing 10 by fixed plates 38 which engage with the faced portions of the valve. The throw valve 41 has a reduced central portion and a stem or rod 44, upon which are adjustably mounted collars 48, 49. Upon the piston-rod 55 is an adjustable rod 66 to which is attached a rod 68 carrying a block 70. This block slides over the rod 44 and contacts with the collars 48, 49. The operation of the motor is as follows :-Waters passes from the inlet chamber 6 through the port 36, around the annular groove 14, and through the port 52 into the lower part of the cylinder 53. The water above the piston exhausts through the passage 75 and port 77, thence through the port 19 into the chamber 21 of the valve 13, and thence through the port 37 to the exhaust chamber 7. As the piston moves up, the block 70 contacts with the collar 49 and raises the throw valve. When the parts are in the positions shown in Fig. 4, the slide valve is maintained in position by water passing from the inlet 36 to the port 80, passage 81, and port 82 into the throw-valve chamber and thence back through the ports 84, 85 into the chamber at the throw-valve end. As the throw valve moves up, the part 43 uncovers the port 86 and the part 42 moves about the port 83, so that water entering through the opening 36 passes to the other end of the slide valve and shifts it to the other end of the casing 10. The inlet opening 36 then communicates with the top of the piston 54 and the operations are reversed.
Patent GB-190619285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Boots and Shoes and like Wearing Apparel, applicable for other purposes.
Inventor: CROWTHER JOHN ALFRED
Filed: 1906-08-29
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 19,285. Crowther, J. A. Aug. 29. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Stud-and-eye fastenings.-In a fastening for boots, shoes, &c., the slotted fastener A, Fig. 2, made of wire, is pulled over a stud by means of a grip E, a coiled spring F keeping the narrow part C of the slot in engagement with the shank of the stud. When the fastener is made of sheet metal, Fig. 3, it is provided with a shank G on which the spring H fits.
Patent GB-190622441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fluid Pressure Indicating Devices applicable for use with Pneumatic Tyres and the like
Inventor: SLOPER THOMAS
Filed: 1906-10-11
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 22,441. Sloper, T. Oct. 11. Actuating valves.-Pressure gauges are connected to the valve nozzles of pneumatic tyres and the like by a flexible member which, when bent or compressed, causes a plunger to lift the valve from its seat. In one form, the gauge is provided with a nipple A' within which is secured one end of a closely wound wire spiral B. The spiral is carried in a flexible member formed of an inner rubber tube C, longitudinal threads C<4> of practically inextensible material, and an outer covering of fabric or rubber. The plunger B', carried by the free end of the spiral, moves in a socket C<1> threaded to engage the valve nipple. The construction of the connexion is such that, when it is bent into the position shown in Fig. 2, the mean length of the outer tube is decreased and that of the spiral increased, the plunger B' being advanced and the plug D<2> lifted. In a modification, the plunger is carried by a wire braiding or lattice-work H<1> which constitutes a lazy-tongs device when compressed as at G', Fig. 6. A spring may be provided to assist the return of the plunger. The device with a gauge attached may be carried in a tubular holder F, Fig. 4, formed with spring clips F<2>. A fitting F<6> is also provided to connect the socket C<1> to the tyre pump.
Patent GB-190627112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Starting and Regulating Electric Motors.
Inventor: FRICKER GUY CAREY
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 27,112. Fricker, G. C. Nov. 28. Switches. - An automatic starting- switch having opposing shunt and series coils, of the type described in Specification No. 13,673, A.D. 1906, is provided with an additional resistance controlled by an additional switch, which is closed by the first movement of the actuating-core and is afterwards held closed by a subsidiary shunt coil. The extra resistance is automatically thrown into circuit when the motor is stopped or when the current fails. Switch devices are shown similar to those described in Specification No. 14,589, A.D. 1906, but any other construction may be employed. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3, which relate to a motor of the series type, the series actuating-coil b, immediately after the current is turned on, brings the core a and its attached wheel-contacts m to the extreme right, putting in all the starting-resistance k. The core travels horizontally on antifriction rollers d, and at the end of its movement closes the subsidiary switch g against a spring i, which normally Keeps it open The extra resistanee j previously in circuit is tbas cut out. When the current in the shunt coil c increases, the core moves back, cutting out the starting-resistance j. The switch g is held closed by the subsidiary shunt coil f ; when the current fails, or the motor is stopped, it is opened by the spring i, putting back the resistance j into circuit. A modified form of subsidiary switch is shown in Fig. 2. The movable contact is a bent spring-blade, fixed at one end to a terminal h, and adapted to be pressed into contact with a second terminal h ; a cushioning-spring o is interposed between it and the core a. A diagram of the circuits in the case of a shunt motor is given.
Patent GB-190629605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Necklets or Bracelets.
Inventor: MATHEWS HENRY MURRAY
Filed: 1906-12-29
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 29,605. Mathews, H. M. Dec. 29. Jewellery fastenings.-A fastening for bracelets and necklaces comprises two parts a, a<1>, the part a<1> being adapted to enter the part a and engage therewith by a bayonet-joint device b, c. A spring d prevents unintentional disengagement. In a modification, the edge of the part a, instead of being cut through, is bent up to form a channel b<1> as an entrance tc the slot b, thereby preventing any weakening of the parts. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 4558, A.D. 1883.]
Patent GB-190701665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Telephones.
Inventor: KOUNTZ ALBERT GARFIELD
Filed: 1907-01-22
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 1665. Kountz, A. G. Jan. 22, 1906, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Electric bells.-The tapper of a telephone call bell is arranged to close the circuit of a second bell arranged at a distance from the call bell. The rod 6, with which the bell tapper is adapted to engage, is slidingly mounted on a screw 7 on the insulating-shield 5, and has an extension 9, playing between the contacts 17, 18, and provided with adjusting-springs 14, 15. If the second bell 20 is to act as a continuous alarm, the rod 6 is pressed back on the screw 7 and placed within a notched retaining-strap 8. The springs 14, 15 are then adjusted so that, when the rod is released from the straps 8 by the vibration of the tapper, the extension 9 will permanently close the local bell circuit. If the alarm is desired to last only as long as the telephone bell rings, the rod is removed from the strap and the extension 9 adjusted centrally between the contacts 17, 18.
Patent GB-190707791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Transformer Furnaces.
Inventor: GROENWALL EUGEN ASSAR ALEXIS
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 7791. Gr÷nwall, E. A. A., Lindblad, A. R., and StÕlhane, O. April 3. Electric furnaces. -An induction furn a c e is provided with auxiliary coils supplied with alternating current, arranged to counteract magnetic leakage. Fig. 2 shows one of the arrangements described by way of example, in which two equal coils 8, 9 are placed round the transformer legs 1, 2 and are connected so as to be in magnetic opposition. The coils, 8, 9 are supplied with current of phase and frequency corresponding with that in the primary coil 5, either from an external source or, as shown, from the primary coil itself by the Hick system of transformation. In the latter case, one terminal 12 of the auxiliary coils 8, 9 is connected to a terminal 7 of the primary, and the other terminal 13 to a point 14 on the primary. The primary may be arranged differently, and may be subdivided. In another construction, a coil surrounds a face of the transformer core, to counteract leakage therefrom, and any number of such coils may be provided.
Patent GB-190710084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Timing Machines for use in Pigeon Races and the like.
Inventor: MCMILLAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 10,084. McMillan, W., and Osman, A. H. May 1. Timing pigeons. -Relates to the type of apparatus in which the time of one event is recorded by punching a paper disk driven continuously by clock-work and also by stopping auxiliary hands on the clock face. A cylindrical box m, Fig. 4, for the reception of the ring &c. is mounted on a spindle l, in the base of the apparatus, so that an opening in it may be brought into coincidence with an opening m<1> in the base. A slide j is first moved in the direction of the arrow, and, by means of a lever j<1>, rotates a ratchet wheel k through a quarter of a revolution. A wheel g, Fig. 7, mounted on the same spindle as the wheel k and provided with pins x and notches g<1> which engage star-wheels i<1>, i<2>, is thus also rotated to the same extent and causes a similar rotation in the box m, which is fixed to the same spindle l as the wheels i<1>, i<2>. The opening in the box m is thus brought opposite the opening m<1> in the base, and a cam-piece g<2>, Figs. 5 and 6, moves pivoted hooks u<2> so as to lock the upper casing b to the base B. The same movement also causes one of two pins f on the wheel g to strike the inclined end of a slide h and to move it forward, so that two needles e at the end of the slide h perforate the edge d, Fig. 1, of a paper disk d driven continuously by clock-work. A pricker t, Figs. 3 and 5, is fixed to a slide s' working on a square shaft s', which is rocked every time the slide j is moved by the action of the wheel i<1> on a lever s<4> fixed on its lower end. The pricker t is thus made to puncture the disk d every time the slide j is moved. The slide s<2> is drawn by a spring arm s into contact with a small cam r which is continuously driven by the clock. The point of the pricker t is thus moved each day nearer the centre of the disk d, and the position of the resulting puncture will indicate the day by its distance from the centre, as well as the hour in the ordinary way by its angular position. The seconds' hand a<4> of the clock engages the turned-up end of another hand a<5> mounted upon a freely rotating sleeve g<2>, Fig. 6. When the ring is mounted in the box m and the latter is turned, a cam n on the wheel i<2> raises a slide o', the upper end of which acts upon a bent lever q and causes it to withdraw the loose hand a<5> from the clock hand a<4>. The former then remains at rest and indicates the second. Independent hour and minute hands a<3> are also arrested by the movement of the slide o', which lifts the pinions p<2>, p', driving them out of gear with the clock movement. The hour and minute are thus also recorded.