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Patent GB-190501820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electro-dynamic Railway Traction Systems.
Inventor: DULAIT JULIEN
Filed: 1905-01-30
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 1820. Dulait, J., Zelenay, C., and Rosenfeld, L. Jan. 30. Electric railways and tramways.-Relates to a polyphase, sectional-conductor, electro-magnetic system in which means are provided for energizing the particularsection on which a car or train runs, reversing the cars or trains, and blocking the adjacent sections. The invention is an improvement on the system described in Specification No. 22,298, A.D. 1901. Fig. 3 shows a diagram of the arrangement, in which D<1>, D<2>, D3 represent the feeders, O<1>, O<2>, O<3> additional feeders for supplying the switch motors M<1>, M<2>, S<1>, S<2> stators fixed in the permanent way and having the corresponding armatures carried by the cars, R<1> the track rails, R<2>, R<3>, R<4> sectioned conducting- rails insulated at the points J<1>, J<2>, J<3>, and B<1>, B<2> wires connecting the armatures of the switch motors to the rail R<1> and the sectioned conductors R<2>, R<3>. When a train passes on to any section, the armature circuits of the switch motors M<2> are completed through the car wheel E', and the brush or wheel E<2> if the switch A<1> is closed, and the armature circuits of the switch motors M' through the wheel E', and the brush or wheel E<3> if the switch A' is closed. When the switch A' is closed, the motor M' is started and the corresponding switch closed, thus energizing the stators in the particular section in which the car is moving. To reverse the car, the switch A<2> is also closed, when the motor switch M' of this section is reversed. When the section is " dead," the switches M<2> automatically open and the switches M' close the lower contacts I'. For " blocking " purposes, an additional sectioned conductor R4 is used which is electrically connected to the conductor R<3> of the previous section so that, when it is connected to the rail R<1> by the contact E<4>, switch A3, and wheel E<1>, the switch M<1> is reversed and the previous section becomes "blocked." Fig. 1 shows a modification in which a section becomes energized automatically by the vehicle wheels and axle closing the circuit of the motor armature when the vehicle passes on to the track rails of the particular section.
Patent GB-190505054-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Numbering and Recording Machine.
Inventor: SMITH CHARLES BOWTELL
Filed: 1905-03-10
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 5054. Smith, C. B. March 10. Cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces; feeding sheets; inking - apparatus; paging and numbering apparatus; rotary machines.-Numberprinting mechanism, for use either independently or in combination with rotary or reciprocating printing-machines, has all the numbers positively driven from the star-wheel or other prime-mover through spur and Geneva gearing, the toothed wheels being in some cases combined with the numbering-wheels. The paper is fed past guides on a table A', Fig. 2, and, if in sheets, is fed to front stops K, which at the right moment are lifted by the cam K<3>, and simultaneously the rollers K<1> are dropped on the sheet to feed it forward. The numbering-mechanisms are supported between disks D<1>, Figs. 6, 7, and 8, centred on the shaft C. The numbers are inked from an inking- trough N adjustably mounted above a grooved roller M, which is rotated intermittently through a Geneva gear worked from the shaft C, and supplies ink to a roller 0, from which the ink is passed to a roller 0<1>, reciprocated longitudinally by an arm at one end of its shaft engaging a cam on the shaft C. The ink is supplied to the numbers from this roller by one or more rollers 03, 0<5>. The star-wheel or other prime-mover is attached to a shaft in gear with the shaft F, and, in the form described, is actuated by adjustable cam-controlled stops which move it a suitable number of times each revolution or revolutions. The shaft F is driven through one of a number of pairs of spurwheels, giving different velocity-ratios. By this means, the machine can be set to number in series, or to do duplicate, triplicate, or quadruplicate numbering. The units' wheel is preferably moved through a spur-gear F<1> fixed on the shaft F actuating the compound gears G, H, loose on their shafts. The tens' wheel is actuated through the single-toothed Geneva wheel I gearing with a Geneva wheel loose on the shaft C, and this through narrow spur-gearing actuates the tens' wheel, and also a second single-toothed Geneva wheel I<1>, which in turn actuates the hundreds' wheel, &c. The disks D' are provided with circular V-grooves, so that the numbering-sets, one or more, can be adjustably clamped at any position round the circumference, and the clamping-nuts and bearings are slotted to allow the sets to be removed when desired. In a modification, Fig. 8, the numbering-disks themselves are provided with spur teeth between the numbers, so that they act also as spur-wheels and obviate the use of special spur-wheels F', I, I' on the shaft F.
Patent GB-190506294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brushes.
Inventor: PURCELL WILLIAM FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-03-24
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 6294. Purcell, W. F. March 26, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Handles.-Figs. 1 and 2 show alternate methods of attaching handles to brushes in which the bristles are pressed round a core a, either loose or fixed to the stock, by a metal ferrule b contracted at both ends by suitable mechanical means.
Patent GB-190507539-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Flexible Tubing.
Inventor: CROWTHER ALBERT
Filed: 1905-04-10
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 7539. Crowther, A. April 10. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Couplings, attaching pipes to; couplings, disconnectible. - A gas-supply pipe 10 is readily connected to an ordinary flexible tube 2 by the insertion of the pipe end in the central aperture of a rubber disk 6, which is secured between the screwed flanged cap 7 and a flange 5 on a socket 3 cemented to the tube 2. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 2350, A.D. 1879.]
Patent GB-190509038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mantle Supports or Carriers and Gas Burners.
Inventor: HELPS GEORGE
Filed: 1905-04-29
Granted: 1906-04-28
Abstract: 9038. Helps, G. April 29. Incandescent gas lamps.-Burner tubes are provided with annular mantles d, Figs. 1, 4, and 6, secured at the top and bottom to mantle rings e. The gaseous mixture passes through perforations c in the inverted burner tube a and through an annular space h and slots i to the mantles, an ordinary mantle b being employed in addition. Perforations k, Figs. 4 and 6, for the escape of the combustion products, may be formed in the upper mantle rings, or in the upper and lower rings, so that the perforations may be adjusted by rotation of one of the rings. In a second arrangement, Fig. 8, the mantle rings e are arranged above a slotted ring l through which the combustion products pass, and are sometimes surmounted by an unperforated ring, the ring l carrying in some cases an ordinary mantle b. In another arrangement, Fig. 9, the mantle rings are secured to an upright burner by a pin passing centrally through them. The ring mantles may be arranged upon the tubular or conical burners shown in Figs. 15 and 17 of Specification No. 1543, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190509185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Regenerating Breathed Out Air for Respiration Purposes.
Inventor: BAMBERGER MAX
Filed: 1905-05-02
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 9185. Bamberger, M., B÷ck, F., and Wanz, F. May 2. Respirators.-In respirators of the class in which air which has been breathed is regenerated by passage through peroxides, such as that described in Specification No. 8865, A.D. 1904, the peroxides are kept in hermetically closed vessels which can be readily removed from the other parts of the apparatus. Fig. 1 shows a side view. The peroxide is retained between filters E<1>, E<2> in the vessel C, and is subdivided by gauze or perforated partitions 15 to prevent packing. The necks 14 are covered by lead or other metal sheets 1, 3, adapted to be cut away by the teeth 20, 21 when the apparatus is about to be used. The rods 24 of the frame 16 slide in the guides 25 of the frame 17. The pipe F connected to the mask or mouthpiece is connected to the tube 18, and a bag H or other air-tight receptacle is connected to the tube 19. The spring-held pawls 26 permit the frames 16, 17 to be pushed together, but prevent their separation except when the pawls are brought out of engagement by screwing in the thumb-screw 28. In a modification, adapted for carrying a number of peroxide receptacles, valves are provided by which only some of the receptacles are in use at first, and when these are exhausted the others are brought into service. For example, when used for rescue work in mine disasters, if the apparatus carried three receptacle, two would be used during heavy work and the third during retreat when the others were exhausted.
Patent GB-190513208-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Card Indexing Device.
Inventor: WALKER LOUIS CARLISLE
Filed: 1905-06-27
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 13,208. Walker, L. C. June 27. Fastenings, clip. Spring clips of spiral form, either stamped from sheet metal or formed of wire, are attached to the index sheets of card indexes in place of the usual projections. The front part A of the clip may enclose numerals, letters, &c. on the face of the card. Figs. 3 and 4 show different forms of the clip, which is attached to the card by a turning movement.
Patent GB-190514024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Conveyors, more particularly for use in Mines
Inventor: SUTCLIFFE RICHARD
Filed: 1905-07-07
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 14,024. Sutcliffe, R. July 7. Conveyers ; loading.-Relates to conveyer arrangements for use in confined places, such as thin seam coal mines where the coal is conveyed by an endless band from the face of the seam and delivered into corves, by which it is rendered unnecessary to dint or sink the floor of the gates, or the ends of the roadways, where they debouch into the working faces, and to extend the pass-by for the corves beyond the coal face and the end of the conveyer. Bands j feed the coal on to the gate conveyer d from each side of the working face. The bands d, j pass over rollers c, i, mounted in bearings upon a base-plate a, and are driven from an electromotor k. The band d is deflected downwards by a jockey pulley q so that the coal may fall upon it from the bands j. The band d passes in an inclined direction over troughing rollers r of the kind described in Specification No. 11,379, A.D. 1905, which are mounted on standards t and connected by distance-pieces, Fig. 4. The drum v, at the upper end of the run, is mounted on a frame w, so as to dump into a corve C. When the corve C is loaded, the empty corve D is run in behind to push out the laden one and itself receive its charge. During charging of the corves, material is prevented from falling between them by angularlybent shields placed over the near edges of adjacent corves.
Patent GB-190514254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Distributing Cases for Railway Tickets and the like.
Inventor: TURNER SIDNEY MARMADUKE STUART
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 14,254. Turner, S. M. S. July 11. Tickets, issuing.-Cases or boxes for holding tickets or cards, more especially railway tickets, are provided with spring or weight actuated sliding plates for drawing out the tickets and ridges to prevent their return with the slides. In the construction shown, the slide 6 is pushed back by means of the ledge 7 and as the projecting ticket is withdrawn, the slide is pulled outwards by a spring 17. The back of the slide is cut away forming two legs passing one on each side of a bracket 10 and carrying plates 9 to bring forward the next ticket past the edge of a plate 13 adjustably secured to the bracket 10 by a screw 12 in a slot. The slot 22 is deep enough to take two tickets and 'is adjusted to suit the tickets by varying the position of the front plate 5. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the action of the slide is reversed. The grip of the bowls 23, 24 on the ticket draws out the slide and the spring 36 returns it. The slide in this case consists of two slotted side plates sliding on fixed cross-pieces 29, 30 and having lugs 28. The necessary spring grip of the bowls is obtained by means of a slot 26 in the side plate. A fixed bracket 32 carries a raised plate 33 with projecting edge 35. The device may be applied to the ticket cases in railway booking offices by forming the bottoms of the compartments of channel section, leaving an opening in each compartment in which the device is mounted.
Patent GB-190514458-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Strengthening Wire Mattresses.
Inventor: DAY WILLIAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-07-13
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 14,458. Day, W. A. July 13. Mattresses.-Wire mattresses are strengthened by wire-net supports or stays g, attached to strips or bars of metal a fixed at the corners of the mattress, by means of hooks d engaging with holes c therein. Two of the supports g are arranged diagonally, and the other two along the sides of the mattress as shown. The tension of the supports can be regulated by moving the hooks d from one of the holes c to another.
Patent GB-190516575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Phonographs and like Instruments.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1905-08-15
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 16,575. Marks, G. C., [Miscellaneous Machine Co.]. Aug. 15. Brakes.-The speed-regulating mechanism of a phonograph consists of a centrifugal governor 24 serving to draw a disk 21 inwards against an adjustable friction-block 25.
Patent GB-190516994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Thread Tension for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: EAMES GEORGE MANSON
Filed: 1905-08-22
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 16,994. Eames, G. M., and Thomas, C. W. Aug. 22. Drawings to Specification. Cams.-In a thread-clamping device for sewing- machines, a cam of circular periphery is provided with a concentric ring loosely mounted so as to rotate slightly when in contact with the tappet and thus continuously present new surface to the tappet.
Patent GB-190520346-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lap-supporting Bracket applicable to Carding-engines
Inventor: CHARNOCK EDWARD PARKER
Filed: 1905-10-09
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 20,346. Charnock, E. P. Oct. 9. Feeding carding-engines. -Relates to the lap-supporting brackets. In order that the drag on the lap shall not be increased as the lap is unwound, the ends of the lap rod rest against inclined surfaces d on a pair of brackets c, which carry the top roller b. As the lap is unwound, the lap rod descends the inclined surfaces d and ultimately runs into the circular slots e and unwinds a large surface of lap round the roller b, which thus has increased frictional contact for feeding the lap.
Patent GB-190524136-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Making Incandescent Bodies for Inverted Incandescent Gas Lights.
Filed: 1905-11-22
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 24,136. Export - Gasgl³hlicht Ges. May 15, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Inverted incandescent lamps and burners.-Inverted mantles are made from tubes of vegetable fibres by closing the lower end by sewing or crocheting, and attaching the upper end to the support by means of asbestos or like fibres.
Patent GB-190525791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw-down Valves.
Inventor: CROCKER ALFRED JAMES
Filed: 1905-12-12
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 25,791. Crocker, A. J. Dec. 12. Lift valves; seats; casings.-A screw-down valve has the seat B arranged obliquely in the throughway passage G, and the valve is arranged to be withdrawn into an obliquely-arranged part of the casing so as to give a full and unrestricted passage when the valve is open. The seat B is renewable and is secured by a rabbeted screwed ring F. The valve A is secured to the spindle by a screw nut C so as to'allow the spindle to turn relatively to the valve, so as to prevent the scoring of the valve when it makes contact with the seat.
Patent GB-190600175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Decomposition of Oils and other Organic Bodies.
Inventor: HARVEY JOHN
Filed: 1906-01-02
Granted: 1907-01-02
Abstract: 175. Harvey, J., and Simpson, E. T. B. Jan. 2. Fatty acids; glycerine.-Oils and other organic bodies such as glycerides are decomposed by the simultaneous application of electric or galvanic action, heat, free superheated steam, and a reduced pressure. The electric action is obtained either by passing a current through the liquid, or by connecting together electro-positive and electro-negative plates, or the use of a zinc-copper couple immersed in the liquid. In an example, oil is heated to 500‹ F., free superheated steam is then admitted and the oil subjected to a current gradually rising in strength from 100 to 4000 amperes, a vacuum of 27-28 inches being maintained. The glycerine and fatty acids thus obtained distil over and are condensed.
Patent GB-190604110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Submarine Vessels.
Inventor: FISHER HENRY JAMES
Filed: 1906-02-19
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 4110. Fisher, H. J. Feb. 19. Submarine vessels; conning-towers.-In means of escape for the crew of a stranded submarine vessel, the upper portion of the submarine is formed as a detachable and buoyant fitting, and ropes or chains, run out from the detachable section, are used to control its position and stability. A float attached to a lever is also used for shutting the conning-tower hatch to prevent the swamping of the vessel when just a wash. The conning- tower a, Fig. 1, is part of the detachable section c and is provided with a man-hole d in its base. The detachable section c is attached to the vessel by clamps or screw devices e adapted to be released from the interior of the section, the joint being at b<1>. The anchorage chains or ropes f are coiled on drums g and pass through water-tight fittings f<1> to the main part of the vessel, and, by controlling the ropes, the section c may be prevented from capsizing and also anchored to indicate the position of the sunken vessel. To prevent swamping when awash, the conning-tower hatch a' is automatically closed. As shown in Fig. 1, the apparatus used is a float a<3> attached to the cover a<1> and pivoted at a<2>. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 3, water acting on the piston h causes the rack i<1> to rotate the pinion j mounted on the hatch pivot a'. Fig. 4 shows another form in which a flexible connexion l and pulley l<1> replace the rack and pinion. In some cases, the movement of the closing-device is shown by an indicator, such as the electrical device shown in Fig. 3, in which a rod n attached to the piston h is provided with a sliding contact o which operates in conjunction with the leads o<1>, o<2>.
Patent GB-190613314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hand Brakes for Railway, Tramway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: FRAMPTON HENRY SWITHIN
Filed: 1906-06-09
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 13,314. Frampton, H. S. June 9. Brakes.-An either-side wagon brake is arranged to be locked on or off without the use of toothed elements. The tumbler shaft N carries an arm M, the end of which rests upon a collar L' which is adjustably secured on a rod L, suspended from a lever J pivoted at K<1>. A lever B is connected to the lever J and is turned about its fulcrum C to operate the brake either by means of a slide D, Fig. 1, which can be moved along a guide A' and has a pin D<1> engaging the under edge of the lever B, or by means of a screw P', Fig. 2. This screw works in a threaded socket on the lever B or on the wagon, its other end bearing against the wagon or the lever respectively. It can be rotated by means of a rod T connected to flanges S<1> upon it. To allow the brake to be operated from either side of the wagon, the shafts G, G<1>, Fig. 14, which carry handles H at the ends of the wagon, are connected by rods W, W<1> which are in different vertical planes. One end of each rod can move in the stirrup connecting it to an arm on the cross-shaft as the shafts are rotated. For operating the brake by power, the lever J may be elongated to work in conjunction with a cam, or a cam may be arranged to act upon the #-shaped upper end of the rod L. The lever M may have a resilient connexion with the rod L.
Patent GB-190614024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Friction Clutches
Inventor: LAKE SIMON
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 14,024. Lake, S. June 19. Clutches. - Friction clutches of the type described in Specification No. 2585, A.D. 1906, are applied by springs and disengaged by f l u i d pressure. A hub 1 secured to one shaft carries a piston 3, provided with spring piston rings 5 and carrying a cone 44 adapted to engage a cone 4 secured by flexible plates 10, 11 to a boss 67 on the other shaft. A ring 14 fits in a groove in the hub 1 and bears against rings 33, 34 secured to the hub. The ring 14 is secured to a plate 16, which is connected by springs 71, 72 to a vertically-adjustable pivoted piece 21. The parts are normally engaged by springs 7 on bolts 36 in the hub 1, and the cones 44, 4 are moved until wooden blocks 6 in the part 4 bear against the part 1, thus increasing friction. To disengage the parts, fluid under pressure is conveyed through the ring 14 to the space between the hub 1 and piston 3. To keep the parts disengaged when the pressure is withdrawn, cams 26, Fig. 4, may be rotated by a wrench.
Patent GB-190614943-A (GB)
Title: Valve Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1906-06-30
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 14,943. Abel, C. D., [Sulzer, Geb.]. June 30. Gas and like engines, starting and reversing. Relates to the method of reversing described in Specification No. 24,743, A.D. 1905. The starting or reversing valve c is held to its seat by a spring, with a force which is greater than that with which the compressed air from the reservoir h tends to open it. It is opened when the spring is compressed by a cam g through a lever e, at or about the ignition dead centre. The valve spindle c' is formed with a loop, inside which a collar d' slides. This prevents backflash into the compressed-air reservoir.
Patent GB-190615593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle and Jar Closures
Inventor: HAMMER CHARLES
Filed: 1906-07-10
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 15,593. Hammer, C. July 28, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stoppers, bayonet-joint and like.-Cap stoppers for bottles and jars are formed with one or more inpunched projections 7 at their lower edges, to engage partial screw-threads 3 on the vessels. The upper faces 8 of the caps are dished to bear upon washers 9, and the bottle necks are formed with a beading 2 adapted to limit the turning movements of the caps. Fig. 6 shows a stopper adapted for a jar, in which the neck is rabbeted at 12 to receive a flat washer, or a dished disk 13 adapted to be flattened by the cap so as to make a tight joint.