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Patent GB-190503147-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Trousers Stretcher
Inventor: COOK HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1905-02-15
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 3147. Cook, H. T. Feb. 15. Trouser stretchers.-A frame A is hinged at B and provided with two clamps E. A roller C is situated as shown in Fig. 1. In use, the trousers are clamped when the frame is extended. The frame is then doubled back, and fastened by any suitable device G. Instead of the roller, the centre parts of the frame may be made thicker and rounded off to a semicircular section to avoid creasing the trousers at the bend. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, tb Specifications No. 4304, A.D. 1886, and No. 17,749, A.D. 1887.]
Patent GB-190504306-A (GB)
Title: A Gas-heated Iron with Directly Heated Bottom-plate.
Inventor: FELDMEYER JOSEF
Filed: 1905-03-01
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 4306. Feldmeyer, J. March 1. Ironing.-Toheat the bottom of a gas-iron directly, a channel c is formed in the sole-plate or in a rib formed on it. The gas passes through and is burned at horizontal orifices in its walls. The roof of the channel may be either integral with the walls or consist of a separate plate e. The bottom plate may be provided with ribs or flanges f which serve to absorb some of the waste heat and conduct it downwards. The body and the bottom plate are preferably made separate and screwed together, and are prevented from actual contact by asbestos. In the apparatus shown, a spirit-gas generator h is used. This may be replaced by a flexible pipe conveying gas.
Patent GB-190506893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flannel and like Collars
Filed: 1905-04-01
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 6893. Brown, Tran, & Co., and Brown, T.. April 1. Collars.-Flannel and like collars, and particularly roll or double collars, have the inner fold A stiffened or strengthened by extra lines of stitching a, which may run in a horizontal or other direction. The part A may be made of a double thickness of material with a lining of calico or the like.
Patent GB-190507577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Milking Machinery
Inventor: HUTCHINSON GEORGE
Filed: 1905-04-10
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 7577. Hutchinson, G. April 10. Ball-and-socket joints. -The delivery pipe of the collecting vessel of a cow-milker has a spherical end 172, over which a tapering pipe 173 fits, being secured in position by a wire loop 174 and hook 175.
Patent GB-190511055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Fittings for Displaying Goods.
Inventor: NICHOLAS JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-05-26
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 11,055. Nicholas, J., and Nicholas, H., [trading as Nicholas & Sons]. May 26. Window fittings.-Bosses e, f, of either globular or barrel shape, are mounted adjustably on standards h, being secured in position by set-screws g. The bosses are provided with sockets d, in which fit pins c, carried by a shelf or bridge a, which may be either straight or curved, and is provided with rings b to receive melons, pine-apples, or the like. Other goods, such as grapes, may be hung from the bridge.
Patent GB-190515001-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Picking Mechanism for Looms for Weaving
Inventor: PRINGLE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-07-21
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 15,001. Pringle, A. July 21. Loom picking-motions ; shuttles.-Stamped metal blades B are mounted in a casing C, which is carr.ed by the lay-swords a and forms the bed of the lay. The blades B have two legs b, embracing a helical shaft D, and their upper bevelled ends project through slots e by which they are guided as they are rocked backwards and forwards by the rotation of the shaft. This shaft is journaled in ball or antifriction bearings, and is rotated in opposite directions, alternately, by means of bands F, which are coiled upon its ends and are connected to pivoted levers G oscillated by pins g on arms on a shaft geared to the crank-shaft H. The ends of the blades B projecting above the lay engage a shuttle, and propel it backwards and forwards across the lay. The shuttle may have a frame of steel, wood, &c., and may have on its underside two or three horizontal wheels e, Fig. 2, with which the blades engage. The shuttle may otherwise be constructed of wire and have projections with which the blades engage. The blades may be arranged to slide instead of oscillate, or they may consist of single legs having their lower fixed ends formed as springs, the blades being in this case oscillated by two twisted bars of rectangular crosssection, which are rotated in opposite directions and act on opposite sides of the blades, or by one such bar and the springs. In a modified arrangement, the blades B, Fig. 14, are oscillated by straps d and eccentrics D<1>, and act upon a conical shuttle E to which a rolling motion is impaited. This shuttle may be made of leather or other suitable material, and the weft is wound upon the central conical part. More than one shuttle may be employed in looms for weaving a number of fabrics simultaneously.
Patent GB-190518554-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Means for Engaging Friction Clutches for Motor Cars and for Giving a Rigid Connection between the Two Parts when Required.
Inventor: SAINSBURY WILLIAM DRAPER
Filed: 1905-09-14
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 18,554. Sainsbury, W. D. Sept. 14. Clutches. - Relates to combined friction and positive clutches for motor-cars &c., the positive device being external and open to inspection. The outer part d, Figs. 1 and 2, of the conical clutch a, d is provided with a plate e kept in position by springs f on bolts g and having a bentdown tongue e' which enters a recessed groove in, and finally meets the projection b on, the part a. The part a may be provided with a spring pressed radial bolt adapted to engage a recess in the outer edge of the part d. As shown in Fig. 5, a pin k in the part a bears on a hinged pin b<1>, adapted to enter a recess l in the outer part d after the conical clutch is engaged.
Patent GB-190521731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BROWNE TOM BOUSQUET
Filed: 1905-10-25
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 21,731. Browne, T. B. Oct. 25. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the mounting of the differential countershaft of motor road vehicles driven by side chains, and consists in supporting the same on a sleeve which is mounted in a spherical bearing in the frame of the vehicle, the object being to facilitate the assembling and the lining up of the shaft. The two parts of the differential countershaft A carry sprocket-wheels B at their outer ends, and are mounted in a sleeve C provided with an oil box c, and having a spherical enlargement fitting a corresponding recess in a bracket D attached to the frame X of the vehicle. A separate liner c<2> may be provided. On each side of the gear box Y is fixed a bracket E having a tubular extension e which fits over and engages the inner end of the sleeve bearing c.
Patent GB-190521762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Roasting or Desulphurizing Furnaces.
Inventor: HOWARD HENRY
Filed: 1905-10-26
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 21,762. Howard, H. Oct. 26. Furnaces.-In a roasting or desulphurizing furnace having superposed shelves and a central, vertical air-cooled shaft carrying stirring-arms, a chamber is provided above the furnace so that ores, such as " washed Spanish fines," containing a large amount of moisture maybe dried by radiant heat and hot air from the shaft before being introduced into the furnace. To prevent hot gases from escaping from the furnace, the central shaft 6 is formed with a flange 10 entering a concentric gutter 11 in the top arch 2. The upper end of the shaft passes into the drying-chamber 12, and is provided with a split collar 16 having a grooved flange 18, in which rests the lower end of a dampered stack 19. Each half of the collar 16 has an extension to which is bolted an arm 22, Fig. 3, carrying stirrers 23. The material, which is fed from a hopper 15 to the drying-chamber 1, is discharged therefrom by a screw 27 working within a duct 24 arranged below the stirrers. By closing a damper 20, hot air from the shaft 6 may be passed through a blast fan or blower 29 and introduced into the drying-chamber. Gas from the furnace is discharged through an opening 42 in the side wall to the main outlet flue 44.
Patent GB-190524021-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chimney-top or Ventilator.
Inventor: BROWN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-21
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 24,021. Brown, W., and Pike, W. G. Nov. 21. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.-To prevent down-draughts, a cone b is mounted above the shafta,the space between the two being surrounded by an annular wind guard c. A flange d is provided to direct wind currents entering the space between the wind guard c and the shaft, and the inclined upper surface a' may be prolonged to form an inwardly-projecting lip to prevent rain from entering the shaft. The cone b may be hinged to the wind guard c to facilitate the sweeping of the chimney, spurs b<1> being provided to engage the brush upon its withdrawal from the shaft.
Patent GB-190525771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Transformer Furnaces.
Inventor: FRICK OTTO
Filed: 1905-12-11
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 25,771. Frick, O. Dec. 11. Electric furnaces.-An induction furnace has an annular crucible and cover relatively rotatable to secure uniform charging and consequent uniform wear, and to allow each part of the crucible to be observed. In the form shown, the crucible is fixed and the cover rotatable, but the cover may be fixed and the crucible rotatable. The crucible 3, surrounding a core 5 with a primary winding 4, is shown provided with an arched cover 2, supported by rollers 7 on which it can be rotated. The cover may be a cupola, supported by an outer ring with rollers beneath, or by a central pillar. The cover is provided with one or more charging-openings 6, hinged, or secured, to a small car running on a track and movable to the side. Air-tight working may be secured by a water or sand seal between the moving parts, the charging-hopper having an upper and a lower valve or a screw or the like. In automatic charging, the furnace may be rotatable and supported by rollers on an annular track, the charging-apparatus and the furnace being driven by connected devices. Insulating joints are provided in the tracks and other metal parts to avoid annular circuits.
Patent GB-190600515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Measuring Apparatus.
Filed: 1906-01-08
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 515. British Thomson - Houston Co., and Holden, F. Jan. 8. Electro magnetic meters of the type described in Specification No. 22,620, A.D. 1905, in which mercury, carrying a current, is forced up a tube by a magnetic field, are prevented from overheating by causing some of the mercury to circulate in a path provided with means for dissipating heat. The indicating-tube D, and the tube C leading to a mercury reservoir, communicate with opposite ends of one arm of a cruciform aperture in a piece of mica c, between two blocks a, b, each carrying a magnetic pole piece. A U-tube F connects the tubes C, D. Current is led in by wires h, g, and, in conjunction with the magnetic field, causes the mercury to rise in the tube D, and also to circulate in the tube F, which is made to offer a large resistance to the fiow of the mercury in order not to affect the indications of the instrument. The apparatus may be sealed and exhausted of air, or a wire or glass filament may dip in the mercury to prevent air from being caught in the mercury.
Patent GB-190605425-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Suspending Hats.
Inventor: JOHNSTONE-HALL CHARLES
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 5425. Hall, C. Johnstone-. March 6. Hats fitted with means for suspending.-A hook, revolubly mounted on a plate attached to the inside of a hat, is used for suspending the hat from chair backs, seats, tables, &c. A plate B, Fig. 1, stamped out of aluminium alloy, celluloid, &c. is provided with a central tongue E, to which is hinged a ribbed hook C. The plate is fixed to the inside of the hat by screwed pins and nuts H, I, by sewing, or by other convenient means. When the hat is provided with a sweat band, the tongues G are slipped behind the band and the pin I only is used. A stop F limits the motion of the hook in one direction. A kink K enables the hook to pass over the pins. When not in use, the hook is folded back into the crown of the hat.
Patent GB-190609533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Projection Apparatus.
Inventor: BALL MARTIN
Filed: 1906-04-23
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 9533. Ball, M. April 23. Magic-lantern apparatus.-Relates to means for automatically changing pictures in projection apparatus, whereby the picture is changed in a short time relatively to the time allowed for projection. The pictures are mounted on an endless chain 3 provided with teeth 4. A pair of levers 8, 11 are pivotally mounted on a bearing-block 10, and are connected by a spring 39 secured to an arm 38 on the lever 11. The lever 8 is connected at one end to a lever 25 mounted on the same shaft as a ratchet-wheel 27 and provided with a pawl 35. The ratchet-wheel is constructed like a commutator with metal strips 32, and, when a locking-pawl 33 is in contact with one of these, an electric circuit is completed and the solenoid is energized. The armature 6 is thus drawn up rapidly, and causes a pawl 21 pivoted to the lever 11 to move the chain on by one tooth. During this movement, a spring 18 has been put into tension, and the lever 25 moved down to bring the pawl 35 under the next tooth. The return movement takes place under the action of the spring 32, and is damped by a fan 31 having adjustable vanes and driven from the ratchet-wheel; as soon as the metal strip is moved off the pawl 33, the current is cut off. In case the chain becomes jammed, the lever 8 still oscillates, and in its downward movement puts the spring 39, into tension, and on its return stroke moves the lever 11 positively through the stop 16. The chain is prevented from overrunning by a pawl 48, which is moved into its path, at the end of the downward stroke of the levers, by a two-armed, spring controlled lever 43 having a pin 45 which takes over the upper edge of the lever 8.
Patent GB-190611412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Threading Shuttles for Looms for Weaving
Filed: 1906-05-16
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 11,412. British Northrop Loom Co., [Northrop Loom Co.]. May 16. Loom shuttles. - Selfthreading shuttles are provided with wearresisting block, which obviates the use of the usual eye-pins and threadguiding prong, the invention being described as applied to the shuttle described in Specification No. 19,368, A.D. 1904. A glazed porcelain or vitreous block 30 is secured in the shuttle in front of the metal threading- device, and is provided with a prong 35, which extends up into a pocket 20 formed into the threading-device. Projections 31, 32 on the block form the sides of a slot 34 and eye 33, in alinement with the threading-slot in the shuttle wall and the delivery eye, respectively. The weft, when it has been threaded, passes round the prong 35 and through the eye 33, and as the bearing-surfaces of these parts are rounded and are hard and smooth, the wear of the thread is minimized. The thread is prevented from passing over the prong 35 by the end of the prong being located in the pocket 20, and the thread is kept down in proper position partly by the shape of the eye 33, and partly by the overhanging edge 21 at the bottom of the pocket 20 extending rearwardly from the heel 22 of the horn 12 of the threading-device.
Patent GB-190613889-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Treating Closet Seat Guards with Disinfectant.
Inventor: CORBITT CHARLES EDWIN
Filed: 1906-06-18
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 13,889. Corbitt, C. E. June 18. Disinfecting closet seat guards, more particularly such as are described in Specification No. 22,975, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Closets &c.]. The upper side, or, preferably, the lower side, or both are coated with disinfectant in one of the following ways:-(1) Powdered disinfectant such as, for example, naphthol is applied to the guard which has been coated previously with adhesive. (2) The disinfectant is melted and applied in a semi-fluid state, with or without adhesive. (3) A layer of disinfectant is placed between two guards and the whole compressed.
Patent GB-190624198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Luminous Advertisement Devices.
Inventor: LEVY JULIUS
Filed: 1906-10-30
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 24,198. Levy, J. Oct. 30. Advertising.-Relates to illuminated advertisements of the type in which letters &c. are mounted concentrically on wires on a central support, adapted in some cases to rotate, and are illuminated by a source of light centrally in front, and consists in detachably mounting the letters in a double disk or conical support such as d, Figs. 3 and 6. The letters may be arranged to oscillate or rotate, as in Fig. 3, or the separate rings may be oscillated or rotated independently, as in Fig. 6. In some cases, the letters &c. of an advertisement may be on different rings. The source of light may consist of a number of different coloured lamps adapted to be successively illuminated ; or one or more colour disks such as i may be arranged in front of the letters, or more shade disks such as l may successively obscure the letters &c., the disks being either stationary or rotatable.
Patent GB-190626077-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of a Fatty Substance from Micro-organisms.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-17
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 26,077. Johnson, G. W., [Kalle & Co. Akt.-Ges.]. Nov. 17. Injections; anti-toxines.-A fatty ester, useful as a therapeutic agent, especially for curing or preventing leprosy and tuberculosis, is prepared from acid-resisting micro-organisms, such as Streptothrix leproides and tuberculosis bacilli, by wasbing pure cultures of the organisms, grinding to a pulp with ammonia, treating with Adam's solution, washing again, drying in vacuo, macerating the dried mass repeatedly with ether or other solvent of fat, filtering, distilling off the solvent, dissolving the residue in hot alcohol or acetone, filtering, and cooling, when the ester separates from the solution. It is administered as an injection.
Patent GB-190626503-A (GB)
Inventor: LEDERER LEONHARD
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 26,503. Lederer, L. Nov. 22. Cellulose etc.; acetates.-Any acetyl-cellulose, in solution in acetic acid is used for photographic emulsion with or without the addition of one or more volatile media.
Patent GB-190627831-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Locking Nuts to Bolts.
Inventor: HUGHES ALBERT THOMAS
Filed: 1906-12-06
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 27,831. Hughes, A. T. Dec. 6. Locking nuts.-A nut A is locked by a screwthreaded pin E inserted in a threaded or plain hole C in the nut in such a manner as to intersect and mutilate the screwthread of the belt B. One or more grooves F are formed on the pin enabling it to tap a thread on the bolt at right-angles to the original thread. The pin may be further secured by burring the part G of the nut over a collar H, which may be enlarged and seated in a recess in the nut.
Patent GB-190704143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Hammers.
Inventor: SCOTT-KING THOMAS
Filed: 1907-02-19
Granted: 1908-02-19
Abstract: 4143. King, T. Scott-, and Norris, W. Feb. 19. Steam &c. hammers.-In a hammer worked by an air-compressor contained in the hammer framing and delivering the air to a receiver, the valve-gear is so arranged that the supply of air to the hammer may be controlled automatically or by hand without any disconnexion being necessary. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the pump piston y draws in air through a valve c and discharges it through a valve d into the receiver e. If the pressure in the receiver becomes excessive; the valve c is opened by a piston 7, to which compressed air is admitted by a passage 9 controlled by a loaded valve 10. The rod w of the distributing-valve is jointed at the point x to a link v, jointed at the other end to one arm n of a bell-crank s, n. The arm s of the bell-crank is connected by a link t to an eccentric j on a shaft b. The pivot r of the bell-crank s, n is carried by one arm q of a lever q, o, pivoted at the point m to a lever k turning on a pivot p. In the position shown, the valve-rod w receives a maximum movement from the eccentric j. When the lever k is lowered against the stop 5, the pivot r is brought over the pivot x. The eccentric then imparts no movement to the valve, which can then be hand-operated by means of the lever o. Fig. 8 shows a modified valve-gear, in which the bell-crank s, u is carried by the valve-rod w, and the arm q of the lever q, o carries a sleeve 12 sliding on the arm u. Recesses 13 are formed in the sleeve in order that the pivot r may be brought over the pivot x.
Patent GB-190705349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Concrete and Metal Constructions.
Inventor: FLAD EDWARD
Filed: 1907-03-05
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 5349. Flad, E. March 5. Reinforced concrete; arches ; bridges.-Bars of uniform section for reinforcing concrete are formed with ribs arranged as a single or double helix, making with a plane perpendicular to the bars an angle less than the angle of repose between metal and concrete, the width of the depressions being greater than that of the ribs. Figs. 3 and 6 show respectively a round and a square bar with a single helix 12. When the ribs are formed by rolling, the projections are liable to be displaced ; a second helix 13, Fig. 7, is therefore formed so that the cross sectional area remains constant. The application to an arch for a bridge &c. is described.
Patent GB-190705648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Shed Opening Mechanism for Looms.
Inventor: HAJOS BELA
Filed: 1907-03-08
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 5648. Haj¾s, B., and Hegyi, E. March 8. Loom shedding-motions; dobbies; shedding-levers.-In shed-opening devices, the warp threads are actuated by levers 6, Fig. 1, on a shaft 8, all the levers being periodically raised by means of a rail or roller 5 operated by cam - and - lever mechanism. Pins 3 on a chain card 1, which may be reciprocated in the direction of the arrows II by a lever 13, act on levers 10 having weighted arms 12, to place them in position to support the shorter ends of certain of the levers 6. The remaining levers 6 may then fall, and a shed is formed. The levers 6 are mounted in a chamber 9 divided into compartments by means of partitions, for guiding purposes. The weighted ends 12 keep the levers 10 clear of the levers 6 until the levers 10 are acted upon by the pattern pins. In order that the card chain may be rotated retractively without pushing it back, in case faults in weaving occur, a rail or bar 33, running transversely under the arms 12, is used to raise the levers 10 by means of links 34, arms 35, and a shaft 36. In a modification, two rows of levers 6, Fig. 3, and corresponding levers 10 are used. The levers 10 in the two rows are weighted at the bottom and top respectively, and the cards 1 are each provided with two pins. In another modification, having several rows of levers 6, Fig. 4, with corresponding rails or rollers 5 carried by two rails 19 guided in vertical guides 18, the chamber 9 is divided into compartments by horizontal walls 17. The levers 10 are not acted upon directly by means of the pins 3, but are connected by means of rigid members 20 alone, or by the intermediary of double levers 21, with pins 23. When the pins 3 strike the pins 23, the supporting-levers 10 are displaced into positions to rest on the corresponding raised ends of the levers 6. When the levers 6 are raised a second time, the supporting-levers return to their normal inoperative positions under the action of springs 24.