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Patent GB-190429307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Switches for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: FREY ARMAND
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 29,307. Frey, A. Dec. 31. Incandescent lamps, adapters for, containing thermal switches for the purpose of making and breaking the circuit periodically. The adapter, Fig. 1, is made in two parts, an upper part a similar to the socket, and a lower part c like the cap of an ordinary lamp. The switch l in the lower part c is composed of a bent compound metal strip, usually iron and brass, attached to the pin i, and with a contact-screw n through one end of the strip, a heating-coil o insulated from the strip, and a metal contact-plate m, likewise insulated. When the strip is cold, the end of the screw n is in contact with the plate m, and current passes from one contact-pin g of the lamp through the pin i, bent strip, contact-screw n, contact-plate m, and beating-coil o to a terminal. The bent strip unbends as it grows hot and breaks circuit, which is restored as it coo's down, and a periodic make-and-break is kept up.
Patent GB-190500573-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Shear Cutter Frames.
Inventor: HEYDEN CARL VON DER
Filed: 1905-01-11
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 573. Heyden, C. von der, and Heyden, W. von der. Jan. 11. Shearing; making parts of metal-shearing apparatus.-Frames for band-operated shearing-machines are made of the special form shown in Fig. 4 from angle-iron, by slightly increasing the angle between the flanges, making saw or other cuts r, q in each flange near the angle and parallel to the opposite flange, and then the cuts m, n. The parts a carry the fixed blades, and the parts b the pivoted blades and the operating-levers. The cut r need not be made, the cut n being made completely through the angle-iron.
Patent GB-190500820-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coat or Garment for Motoring, Travelling and the like.
Inventor: VALLACK ELIZA JANE
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 820. VallÓck, E. J., and VallÓck, W. E. Jan. 16. Coats.-A travelling coat is extended upwards t o form a hood, integral with the coat, and having flaps c, e, fastened down by studs to cover the hair, mouth, and neck.
Patent GB-190506963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Operated Locks.
Inventor: SIDEBOTHAM CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1905-04-03
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 6963. Sidebotham, C. H. April 3. Indicators, " engaged" a n d like.-In locks for doors &c., adapted to be opened after prepayment, on turning an external handle on the spindle b to withdraw the latch E by means of the pivoted lever D, the tail d<1> of that lever r engages a projection m on the shutter M, turning the latter to close the coin slit and to lower the indicator to the ' engaged' position. When the door is opened from within, by turning a knob on the spindle g, the finger 9<1> turns the shutter and moves the indicator to 'vacant.'
Patent GB-190507130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Forming Saggars and the like
Inventor: POLK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-04-04
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 7130. Polk, W. April 4. Moulding saggers and bowls.-Relates to a machine in which the plunger 20 passes into the mould 24. In operation, the lever 62 is released from the shoulder 62<b>, allowing it to rise to the position shown in dotted lines, thus raising the false bottom 40 of the plunger 20 from the depressed position shown in Fig. 1, to that shown in Fig. 4, the clutch 6 is thrown in, and the cross-head 14 on the crank-disk 13 then reciprocates the slide 16, to which is attached the yoke 19 of the plunger. As this descends into the mould 24, which is simultaneously raised by the arrangement o f levers 27, 32, 33, the trip-lever 72 attached to the rod 71 on it contacts with the trip-lever 76 and throws the arm 74 over into the path of the arm 53. This, being slightly rotated, turns the spindle 42 till the piece 52 on it can pass through an opening in the horizontal plate shown in Fig. 4, allowing the inner plunger to descend into the position shown in dotted lines and force the clay up at the sides, till the pressure forces it back again, when the spring 55 pulls the arm 53, and therefore the piece 52, round to the first position. As the mould and plunger separate, the false bottom of the mould is raised by means of a weight 85 on a lever 83 attached to a yoke 81 on the bottom, or by a rod 89 attached to the plunger 20 engaging the lip of a bent piece 86 on the yoke 81. The bottom with the form on it is thus raised till the descending mould contacts with a projection 82<a> on the yoke or disengages the arm 89 from the bent arm 86. The lever 62 then engaging with the shoulder 62<b> holds the stripper 68 and keeps the inner plunger down till the form is stripped from the plunger, when, on the lever being released, the form can be removed.
Patent GB-190507338-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Trouser Presser and Stretcher.
Inventor: BROWN ERNEST ALBERT
Filed: 1905-04-07
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 7338. Brown, E. A., and Brown, H. S. April 7. Trouser presses ; trouser stretchers.-A roller b is mounted at each end of the lower board aE on spring supports, and is prevented from lateral displacement by stops a<4>. The upper board c is hinged at its centre and provided with plate stops d over which clips e are sprung. The hinges are constructed with stops so that when the upper board is lifted by the handle f the parts only partially collapse. To insert a pair of trousers, they are laid over the rollers, and the hinged board c is placed over them and pressed downwards into its flat position, where it is clipped. During this operation, the ends of the board c grip the trousers against the rollers and stretch them. Screws and nuts may be used instead of spring clips.
Patent GB-190507484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braces or Body-supporting Devices for Personal Wear
Inventor: STINTON ANNIE
Filed: 1905-04-08
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 7484. Stinton, A. April 12, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Corsets; chest-expanders; belts; back coverings and supports straps and d bands. - Shoulder braces that may be used to supplement or replace corsets consist of a vertical back strap B, Fig. 2, provided at the bottom with a loop B'. The loop is adjustable on the strap by means of a buckle b. A waistbelt C is passed through the loop and tied in the front by means of strings &c. attached to the ends. At the top of the back strap is attached a band A, which is passed over the the shoulders and under the arms, and then crossed over the back and tied in the front similarly to the waistbelt. The strap A is narrowed where it passes under the arms, and is provided with protecting-pads E.
Patent GB-190510037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Damaged Grain or Seed and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: CAUDRELIER MAXIME AUGUSTE LOUI
Filed: 1905-05-12
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 10,037. Caudrelier, M. A. L. May 12. Coffee.-A material such as coffee which has been damaged by sea-water &c. is separated from foreign matter, washed, dried, heated to about 90‹ C., and finally cooled to 0‹ C., in order to pasteurize it, destroy insects and germs, and restore it to a good condition. It is shot into a hopper-shaped receiver a and then passed through an elevator b, a centrifugal bolting-machine or other separating-apparatus c, a washer d, a screw washer or rinser e, a drainer and elevator f, a rotary drying-cylinder or separator g, an elevator h, a hot-air chamber i, an elevator l, and a cooling- chamber m, all on one floor. In the chambers i m, the material may be agitated while passing through series of inclined cylinders. The chamber i is heated by a hot-air stove k, and the chamber m is cooled by an air-exhauster or other means.
Patent GB-190515523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CARLSON CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-07-28
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 15,523. Carlson, C. A. July 28. Connecting - rods. -Two rods 16, 17 drive the same crank-pin 4, and the cap 19 of one embraces a segment of a sleeve 18 on the other.
Patent GB-190516074-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Multiple-expansion Reversing Steam Turbine or Rotary Engine.
Inventor: GARDINER WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 16,074. Gardiner. W. C. Aug. 5. Impact-wheels. - A multiple-expansion impact wheel of the kind described in Specification No 15,635, A.D. 1902, is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The shaft A carries a series of wheels C' of progressively increasing diameter, or breadth, or both. Each wheel is divided into sections c<1> by partitions d<1>. The buckets E may be of uniform width, or the bucket may have inclined, curved, or zigzag sides E<1>, Fig. 6, projecting regularly or irregularly towards the centre and forming there one or more nozzle-like constrictions. The lower part of the casing encloses the wheels loosely so as to form a channel H connecting the exhaust passages G and so increasing the action of the steam on the wheel. The channel may have constrictions h or be of uniform width. The steam passages F are wide and are controlled by rocking sector admission and reversing valves J on a common shaft K. The valves and steam passages are divided into sections corresponding to the wheels. The wheel chambers are connected up in series by duplicate exhaust passages G, and the passages not in use act as eddy chambers. The valves are fitted with removable shoes o which are renewed when worn.
Patent GB-190519068-A (GB)
Title: Improved Composition, Compound or Mixture of Substances for use in the Glossing of Linen or the like.
Inventor: LONGSDON HENRY CROFTS
Filed: 1905-09-21
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 19,068. Longsdon, H. C. Sept. 21. Sizes.-Half a pound of dry or white curd soap is dissolved in a. gallon of boiling water, and 2 oz. of Japan wax and glycerine are added to it while still hot. This mixture is then stirred with 1 gallon of cold water and 20 oz. of French chalk, the whole forming a paste which is applied to the surface of the linen before ironing.
Patent GB-190519804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Grinding Polishing and the like.
Inventor: WARNE MAURICE CUTHBERT
Filed: 1905-09-30
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 19,804. Warne, M. C. Sept. 30. Surfacing and polishing; sand - papering. - A portable tool for preparing, paint-receiving and other surfaces, such as the bodies of carriages &c., comprises a roller or disk J of suitable abrading or polishing material which is mounted in bearings E in connected side frames A and which works through a hole in a guard or face plate C. The face-plate is either hinged to the frame and secured in position by a spring catch or it is fixed by screws. The roller is adjustable in the frame, to regulate the depth of the cut, by screws G which move the blocks E directly in suitable guideways, or springs may be inserted between the blocks E and blocks moved by the screws so that. the roller may give if necessary. In order that the adjustment may be made without removing the hands from the handles, the screws G are made right and left handed and are provided with milled heads G<1>. One end of the spindle F on which the roller is mounted is screwed to receive a removable head J' which may be of any desired form ; the other end is attached to a flexible driving-shaft K. A small motor may be mounted on the tool and the power supplied through flexible connexions. Handles L which can be screwed on at various points in the frame are provided for holding the tool up to the work. Instead of having two adjusting-screws G, the frame may be made in the' form of a yoke adjusted by one screw or by a spring. A clutch &c. for throwing the tool into and out of connexion with the source of power may be provided.
Patent GB-190604218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Men's Garments suitable for use on Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: GOAD GERTRUDE
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 4218. Goad, G. Feb. 20. Coats; gaiters; trousers; waterproof coats and trousers.-Relates to trousers with toe pockets or gaiter-like extensions to be worn by automobilists over the ordinary clothing. The trousers may be made of waterproof material or be lined with fur, a waterproof material, or dust-proof cloth. They may be made in one with or buttoned on to a jacket portion. Fig. 3 shows the trousers alone. They are buttoned in front at f, and have a row of buttons i to secure the front flap h. Buttons m at the top fasten to the braces or to button-holes in a waistcoat. The trousers may also be cut so as to hang on the person without separate suspending- appliances, or a belt, straps and buckles, or braces may be used. Gaiter extensions a are made integral with the leg parts, and these may be formed into complete toe pockets by the addition of short soles b. Retaining-straps e of the ordinary material, or steel and whalebone strips, hold the trousers down, and the toe pocket may be held on by a strap c passing behind the leg to a hook d. Fig. 5 shows coat and trousers combined.
Patent GB-190604345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Saddle Trees.
Inventor: WRIGHT CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1906-02-22
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 4345. Wright, C. E., and Leckie, J. Feb. 22. Saddles.-In a wooden saddle-tree which is strengthened by metal plates riveted together with the wooden part between them, distance-pieces serving as short struts between the two metal plates are let into the intervening wooden part. Fig. 2 shows the tree of a riding-saddle in which the head plate a and gullet plate c are separated by tubular distance-pieces d consisting of tubes filled with wooden plugs through which the rivets pass. The rivets may fit the tubular distancepieces closely, the wooden plugs being dispensed with, or the distance-pieces may be solid and reduced at their ends to form the rivets.
Patent GB-190607800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Amusement Apparatus.
Inventor: CARLSON CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-03-31
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 7800. Carlson, C. A. March 31. Roundabouts ; railways for recreation.-An amusement device comprises two or more:endless trains of electricallydriven cars 14, 15, Fig. 1, which move over concentric rails 12,13 arranged in a structure 10, within which rotates a Jrame 21 provided with a wall 20, which may be marked with scenic effects. The shaft 24 of the frame 21, and its motor 25, are arranged inside a tube 28. The wall 20 is arranged to rotate in a direction opposite to the cars, so that the occupants appear to move at a high speed. Ball-bearings 27 or other antifriction bearings are arranged between the wall 20 and the structure 10. The cars 14, 15, of automobile type, are driven by electric motors, which are preferably provided with a controller, so as to allow the current to the motor to be gradually increased. A motor control with but a single wire to the motor is shown in Fig. 3. In this, the motors receive their current from a dynamo 40, which is earthed at one pole, the other pole being connected through rails 44, 45, and brushes at ends of wires 46, 52 connected to controllers 47, 53 on the respective cars, to the motors 49, 55, and the current returns through an earthed wire 51. Each car may carry a motor, in which case, adjacent cars are connected by ordinary cables 57, Fig. 6. The cars 15, 14 may be used for races, by suitably manipulating the controllers 47, 53. The car 15 also contains controllers for lights 34 attached to the cars, the motor 25, and electric lights 33 attached to the frame. The motors for the cars 14, 15 may all be controlled from one car. The cars are connected to each other by couplings which comprise ball-and-socket joints 17, Fig. 6, and adjustable members 18. The cars are also connected by safety chains 19. The entrance to the structure passes through a vestibule 11 and an underground passage 29, which leads to a space inside the inner rails or between the two rails. In the latter case, a trap-door is provided for the stairway.
Patent GB-190607832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Signalling Systems for Railways, and the like.
Filed: 1906-03-31
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 7832. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 31. Switches, electro-magnetic. In an automatic electric system for operating signals on electric railways &c., a polyphase alternating-current relay is used in which one coil is energized from the linewires for the signalling current directly, and the other coil is energized through transformers which are connected to the ends of the track sections and which serve also as bonds for the return circuit of the power current, which may be either direct or alternating. The moving armature of the relay is a short-circuited conductor in the form of a plate D pivoted to move between two pairs of laminated poles energized by two coils C<1> connected to the line-wires, and also between a pair of laminated pole-pieces energized by the coil C so long as no train is on the track rails to which the transformer from which it derives its energy is connected. The cores of these magnets are in the form of a C, and the single pair is arranged between the two pairs. By this arrangement, the armature is actuated to close the required circuits only when both sets of coils are energized by currents of approximately the same frequency, and not when that connected to the track through a transformer receives a current of different frequency, as by leakage, or an intermittent one such as would result from sudden changes in magnitude of a direct current on the track.
Patent GB-190607849-A (GB)
Title: Dark-lanterns for use with Incandescent Electric Lamps
Inventor: BERTALOT GIACOMO AUGUSTO
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 7849. Bertalot, G. A., [Bonino, T.]. April 2. Electric-lamp lanterns.-A dark lantern suitable for use in reading the elevation of a gun is arranged to have an induced circulation of air for cooling, and is provided with a cap to obscure the light when not required. An inner casing A carries the obscuring-cap E, provided with a hinge b and a spring b<1> for holding it open or shut, and also with studs Z to rest on the rim of the casing A. The inner casing A has three holes k<1> arranged between two channel-sectioned rings K, K<1>, by means of which a 'concentric outer casing B is secured. Holes are provided in the rings K, K', the holes in one being obscured by the solid parts of the other. The outer casing B is provided with holes 0, and at its lower end is fitted a coupling- socket N having holes m<4> in its flange. A terminal box, provided with holes Q, screws into the socket N and supports an insulating-piece carrying the lamp holder T' and a central tube T and contact-spring. The cable is protected by a stuffing-box R and spiral armouring R'. The lamp-holder T' has holes to increase the radiating surface, and is provided with a flange x to prevent light escaping through the holes m<4>. The lantern is suspended nearly vertically by a hook F when out of use, so that air passes up through it. According to the Provisional Specification, coloured glass may be fitted to adapt the lamp for use in a photographic dark-room. Specification No. 10,480, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Ordnance &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190608595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER SYLVESTER DAVIDSON
Filed: 1906-04-10
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 8595. Fairweather, S. D., and Fairweather, D. W. April 10. Spring wheels.-The periphery of a disk A is enclosed between plates B<1> secured to the rim. Helical compression springs D are interposed, and tension springs C, sufficient to maintain the wheel normally concentric, connect the rim to hooks on the disk. The Specification contains a disclaiming reference to Specifications No. 1857, A.D. 1893, No. 12,157, A.D. 1896, No. 22,430, A.D. 1897, No. 18,922, A.D. 1900, and No. 761, A.D. 1905.
Patent GB-190609557-A (GB)
Title: Weft-feeler Device for Automatic and other Looms
Inventor: PORTER GEORGE
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 9557. Porter, G., and Entwisle, E. J. April 24. Loom weft-replenishing mechanism; stop-motions ; shuttles.-To enable the loom to be stupped or weft-replenishing mechanism to be actuated when the weft is nearly exhausted, a stud A is carried by a spring B or a spring-controlled lever in the shuttle, and normally is depressed by the weft. As the weft is withdrawn, the stu rises in a slot in the side of the shuttle, until it comes opposite an adjustable slide H, which normally is free to enter the slot in the shuttle as the lay beats up. The slide H is mounted on a lever E, which is pivoted on a pivoted lever C and has one end engaged in a slot in a bell-crank lever F, which is pivoted on the lever C. When the stud A strikes the slide H, the lever E is moved against the action of a spring J, and depresses the lower edge of the lever F, and the latter is engaged and moved forwards by the weft-fork hammer. The lever C is thereupon moved to stop the loom or to actuate weft-replenishing mechanism. It is stated that the invention is applicable to linen, woollen, carpet, or cotton looms, with any form of shuttle with or without skewers or pegs.
Patent GB-190620331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spring Roller Blinds.
Inventor: BAUMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1906-09-12
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 20,331. Baumann, W. Feb. 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Window blinds.-Spring roller blinds are made with a fixed shaft 3 upon which is mounted the tubular roller 1, the two being connected by a spring 8, Fig. 2, in such a manner that the spring tends to wind the blind up. The bearings between the fixed shaft and the roller consist of two castiron disks 2, through which the shaft 3 runs and which are fixed to the roller by means of lugs 4 and notches 5. One end of the roller carries a pulley 10 made of a single disk of metal, divided at its circumference by a number of radial slits so as to produce teeth 11, which are bent alternately to one side and the other, as indicated in Fig. 6, so as to produce a V-pulley ; the teeth are preferably ribbed as shown, and, if a tape or belt is to be used instead of a cord, the bottom of the V is made flat. The other end of the roller carries a metal plate 16, Figs. 3 and 4, which can slide at right-angles to the axis of the roller, but is always compelled to turn with it, on account of the lugs 15 and slots 18. A central elongated hole 17 in the plate, and the axis 3, are both made with catches 19, 20, Fig. 4, so that, when the plate 16 is placed symmetrically about the axle 3, as shown in Fig. 3, the roller can turn freely, but when it is displaced as shown in Fig. 4, the catches 19, 20 engage and lock the roller with the shaft 3. The blind is mounted on the roller so as to overlap the plate 16, and so long as the blind is not fully unwound, the roller is free to turn, but when the last convolution leaves the end of the plate, it allows the plate to fall and lock the roller in position.