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Patent GB-190510485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing and Drying Photographic Prints.
Inventor: PEASE CHARLES FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-05-18
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 10,485. Pease, C. F. June 25,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Washing; drying.-In apparatus for washing and drying photographic prints, more especially blueprints, the prints are first washed under a spray pipe, then hung over rods which. are carried by sprocket chains from and over the tray, and automatically deposited upon drying - brackets. The print 32, Fig. 3, is held against the side of the washing-tray 20 under the spray pipe 25 by spring fingers 27. These are mounted on a rod 26 counterbalanced by a weight, and released by the lever 28, Fig. 2. After washing, the prints are hung on rods 12, which are placed in spring clips 11 on sprocket chains 8 and carried round to the drying-bracket 13, the curved ends 15 of which disengage the rods. The other curved end 14a of the bracket prevents the rods from falling off.
Patent GB-190512148-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Carrying Umbrellas, Parasols, Walking Sticks, or the like.
Inventor: PROCTER ANNIE LOUISA
Filed: 1905-06-10
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 12,148. Proctor, A. L. June 10. Attaching articles to wearing,apparel. -Relates to means for suspending an umbrella, parasol, walking - stick, or the like from the wearer's wrist or arm. To a rigid strip a are secured a chain c or flexible band attached to eyes b, and clips, straps, &c. d to engage the umbrella &c. handle. The parts d may engage and slide in slots e. Rings may be placed on the chain for the attachment of other articles. A heart-shaped clip f with a slit part at f<1> may be used and may be made to engage any part of the chain to shorten its effective length.
Patent GB-190519196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Operating Levers for Change Speed Gears.
Inventor: HERISSON ALBERT
Filed: 1905-09-22
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 19,196. HÚrisson, A. Oct. 10, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-In an operating-lever for change - speed gearing of motor - vehicles &c., a locking-pawl is arranged to engage automatically in successive notches. The locking-pawl 3, Figs. 1 and 2, of the lever 2 is normally spring-pressed into engagement with the notches 4 of the sector 5. By depression of the stud 7, carried by the movable rod 18, the bottom of its pivoted pin 8 bears upon a heel 10 of the pawl 3 and forces it out of its notch, and, at the same time, engages in a notch 11 of the upper sector 12. When the lever is rocked either way, the pin 8 rotates against the action of a spring 9 until the pawl 3 is released and engages with the succeeding notch. In the form shown, the stud is depressed by the camshaped lower part 15 of the pivoted handle 13. When the handle is moved, the cam bears upon the rollers 17 of the rod 18 and depresses them against the action of a spring 16. In a modification, the stud 7 is carried by a sliding rod which terminates in a knob extending above the upper part of the lever. The stud 7 is depressed by depression of the knob against the action of a spring.
Patent GB-190521039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-controlled Selling-apparatus for Stamps.
Inventor: WEDELIN CARL ROBERT
Filed: 1905-10-17
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 21,039. Wedelin, C. R. Oct. 24, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Tickets, issuing.- In apparatus for selling stamps &c., in which the latter' are stored in the form of a ribbon, devices are provided for keeping the ribbon in position and ensuring the exact forward feed at each operation. The ribbon 5, wound on the roller 4, passes through the slot 6 in the fixed guide-block 7. The apparatus being in the position shown, the upper set of needles 12, carried by the plate 13, have perforated, or are in engagement with, the perforations of the stamp strip, so that when the rod 3 is pulled out after the insertion of a coin, the plate 13 is drawn forwards, the needles working in guides 11 in the block 7 and feeding the ribbon forwards the distance of one stamp. The'plate 13 has lateral projections 15, 16, Fig.. 6, which, as it travels along guides in the pivoted lever 8 enveloping the block 7, move along the lower sides of the guide-slots 23 formed in fixed lateral blocks 24, and depress the spring-actuated levers 25. At the end of the movement, these levers raise the plate 13 and lever 8, two sets of needles 19, 20 on that lever, which are separated by the distance of a stamp, rising through slots in the block 7 to perforate or engage the perforations of the ribbon, as the upper needles 12 are simultaneously lifted free. When the pull-bar is released, the spring 36 draws back the plate 13, the projections 15, 16 then moving along the upper sides of the guide-slots 23 and thus pressing up the spring-actuated levers 26. At the end of the movement, these levers depress the plate 13 and lever 8, thus lowering the needles 19, 20 and putting the needles 12 into engagement with the ribbon in readiness for'the next operation. Any suitable knife, scissors, &c. may be used for severing the projecting strip. The stamp falls into a drawer 33, which is provided with a projecting roof 34. The Specification in the original form, as published under the Act of 1901, comprises also the following:-The apparatus may serve for the sale of tickets and the like as well as of stamps, and the cutting-device may consist of a knife moving vertically in guides on the wall 30 and connected by an arm &c. to the lever 8. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190521937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dyeing Vats
Inventor: LEONTIEFF JACQUES
Filed: 1905-10-27
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 2 1 , 9 3 7 . Lake, H. H., [Leontieff, J.]. Oct. 27. Dyeing.-In jigger machines, in order that dyed fabric may pass immediately into a bath of water upon leaving the dye-vat, as is particularly necessary in the case of sulphur colours, such a bath i s combined with the jigger itself. The bath takes the form of a trough t, which may be heated, underneath the vat v. While being dyed, the fabric passes from the roll on one arm through the vat and on to another roll on the other arm, as usual. On finally leaving the vat, the fabric, after being squeezed between a pair of rollers a, b<1>, passes over guide-rollers r, through the trough t, and between jet pipes s, and is finally wound on a roller c after passing over a roller c' driven by a cross belt from the roller b<1>. When the device is used for cleaning or treating the fabric, after dyeing, with chromates, copper salts, &c., the trough t may be larger, as shown in dotted lines, so that liquid driven off from the roller c may fall back into the trough.
Patent GB-190522220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Mechanism for the Transmission of Power.
Inventor: LEA WILLIAM CHATER
Filed: 1905-10-31
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 22,220. Lea, W. E. Oct. 31. Actuating valves and cocks.-Relates to mechanism of the Bowden type for the transmission of power, which may be applied to operate a plurality of valves or cocks. The arrangement consists of a hollow sleeve a, in the ends of which are brazed metal-tube plugs c, d. One end c is connected by a flexible connexion e to one of the objects to be operated. An inextensible member f passes through the other end d and is attached in the directions of the arrows 1, 2 to the second object to be operated and to the actuating-lever, respectively. An incompressible member g, preferably capped at its ends as shown at h, surrounds the member f and extends from an abutment near the actuating - lever to the end d, through a slot in the sleeve a. It is essential that there should be, normally, a certain amount of slack in the outer member g, and a degree of tension in the flexible connexion e and the inner member f. When the tension of the member f is increased by operating the actuating-lever, the object attached to it will tend to be drawn in the direction of the arrow 2. The member g will thus tend to be compressed so that the sleeve a with the connexion e and its object will be moved or operated to an amount equal to that at the end of the member f. The various parts will be returned by suitable springs.
Patent GB-190526877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Purses
Inventor: CONNOR JAMES
Filed: 1905-12-23
Granted: 1906-12-22
Abstract: 26,877. Connor, J., and Connor, E. M. Dec. 23. Purses.-A purse a is provided with flaps b having a ledge d to be opened out by means of a tab e on the former and a projection f on the latter. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 9440, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Books].]
Patent GB-190601083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Motive Power Engines applicable also to Rotary Pumps, Air or Gas Blowers, Compressors or Exhausters, Meters, and the like.
Inventor: GILL JOHN
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 1083. Gill, J. Jan. 15. Gas engines.-Relates to rotary engines of the type in which a drum, rotating in an eccentric casing, is provided with sliding vanes. A cylindrical drum a, Figs. 1 and 2, is secured to a shaft b and rotates in a casing d. The drum is always in contact with the casing along the arc f f<1>. Inlet or exhaust ports are situated on opposite sides of this arc. One or more pairs of sliding vanes t slide in the drum and make contact with the casing. Each pair is connected by a series of rods u, the length of which may be made adjustable. The internal surface of the cylinder must be.so formed that diametrical lines passing through the axis of the shaft b and extending each way to the interior wall of the cylinder are equal in length. This internal surface comprises two circular arcs. f f<1> and g g<1> joined. by curves which are approximately involutes. The method of describing these curves is shown in Fig. 4. A disk k is fixed concentrically with regard to the shaft b, and is preferably of such -a diameter that onequarter of its circumference is nearly equal to the greatest distance between the drum and the casing. An extensible cord l is fixed to the disk at m, carried round the periphery of the disk counterclockwise, and is passed round a pencil or scribing- point o at f and then back to a pin p at the centre of the disk. The pencil o is then moved clockwise, and the string unwinds from the disk and slips to a certain extent round the pencil. The opposite curve is described in the same way, the cord being wound round the disk in the reverse direction. The edges of the vanes t that bear against the casing are preferably so shaped that one side corresponds as nearly as possible with the curve at the upper part of the casing and the other side with the lower part of the casing. In this manner, the edge of the plate that bears against any particular part of the casing will have approximately the same curve as the casing at that point. The engine may be used as an explosion engine. Engines and pumps of, this type may be combined and mounted on the same shaft. If desired, when the engine comprises more than one cylinder, the casings may be oppositely arranged so that the part ff of one cylinder may be at the lower part of the casing, thereby equalizing the pressure on the shaft.
Patent GB-190601629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Revolving Tooth-brush.
Inventor: PENKALA EDUARD
Filed: 1906-01-22
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 1629. Penkala, E. Jan. 22. Handles.-Apparatus disposed in the handle of a rotary toothbrush for revolving the brush is described. The brush is mounted on a spindle 2 enclosed in the sheath 13 and supported on centres. It is rotated by the friction against the spindle of arms 7, 8, which are integral with springs 5, 6, and are actuated by pressing the springs together. The arms pass through the sheath at an enlargement at 14.
Patent GB-190604585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wireless Telephony.
Inventor: WESSELIUS HERMANUS
Filed: 1906-02-24
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 4585. Wesselius, H. Feb. 24. Telephone systems.-A system of wireless telephony is based upon the fact that, by shortening or lengthening the distance between the electrodes of an arc lamp by means of sound-waves, corresponding fluctuations are produced in the strength of the current in the arc-lamp circuit. An electrode of the arc lamp B, receiving continuous current at normal voltage from the mains G, is attached by a holder H to the diaphragm of a microphone M. A high-capacity condenser C and an induction coil J are connected in parallel with the arc lamp, so that any fluctuations in the length of the arc and in its current cause fluctuations in the primary circuit of the coil. A sparking-gap F imparts the electric vibrations to the transmitter wire S either directly or indirectly. A choking- coil D in series with the arc lamp is used to prevent the impulses of current of high frequency from passing into the continuous-current feeders G.
Patent GB-190609235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Interest Bearing Instruments of Obligation, such as Bonds, Certificates of Deposit and the like.
Inventor: DAVIS CHARLES HALL
Filed: 1906-04-19
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 9235. Davis, C. H. April 19. Cheques mercantile forms. - Interest - bearing certificates 1 are combined with coupons 4 for the amount of interest payable at given periods, the amount of the principal and interest being indicated on the coupons 4 by punching the desired figures from columns arranged to register throughout the set in order that the whole may be punched at one operation. In the form shown in Fig. 3, a counterfoil 2 is added to the certificate 1 to serve as a record, and the certificate is bound to a set of sheets of quarterly coupons 4, arranged four on each sheet and each bearing columns of figures 5 for indicating the amount of interest payable quarterly and columns 7 for the total value of the certificate 1.
Patent GB-190609397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Rail Joints.
Inventor: BARSCHALL MAX
Filed: 1906-04-21
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 9397. Barschall, M. April 21. Rail joints of the type in which fish-plates have bearing-surfaces to bridge the gap between the adjacent rail ends, are constructed to allow relative vertical movement between the rail ends and the tread fish-plate. Fig. 1 shows one construction in which the tread fish-plate b is approximately of rail-section, and is secured rigidly by bolts d to the main rails a immediately above the adjacent sleepers. A metal packing-piece c, shown separately in Fig. 3, fits closely against the heads and feet of the rails immediately above the sleepers e, but has part of the intermediate portion g cut away, so that it only bears against the webs of the rails near their extreme ends, and thus allows the rail-ends to move relatively to the fish-plates b. Other short packing-pieces f are fitted at each end of the packing-piece c. In some cases, the packing-piece f may be made the same length as the piece c. Fig. 7 shows a joint on the same principle with a tread fish-plate band packing-piece c of modified section, interposed between the fishplate b and an ordinary fish-plate. In this case, the rail a and both the ordinary fish-plates move relatively, to the tread fish-plate. Fig. 9 shows a tread fish-plate b, of railsection, which has a lateral extension b<1> extending over the feet of the rails. Short packing-pieces c' are interposed between the foot of each rail and the extension b<1>, immediately above the adjacent sleepers. The packing-pieces c<1> may be omitted, in which case the tread fishplate is arched or recessed at the centre of its lower surface and the ends of the flange b<1> bear directly upon the feet of the rails. Any one of the sections of tread fish-plate shown may be used in any of the joints, and other slight modifications in the arrangement and form of the packing-pieces are shown in the Specification.
Patent GB-190610207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Furnaces of Steam Boilers.
Inventor: STRATTON JAMES MACDONALD
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 10,207. Stratton, J. M. May 1. Forced-draught steamgenerator furnaces; air, supplying ; air supply, heating; fire-bars and grates.-Relates to means for heating and distributing air for combustion in a steamboiler furnace of the kind described in Specifications No. 23,059, A.D. 1904, and No. 5074, A.D. 1905. The air is heated in a chamber e in the uptake, flue, or funnel by the waste gases, which pass through tubes e', the air being caused to pursue a circuitous path by horizontal and vertical partitions e<3>. The hot air passes into a chamber f; with a central partion f<2>, through openings controlled by valves e<4>, and passes from the chamber through openings controlled by valves d<3>, g<3>, gx<3> to a perforated distributing-box d' above the doorway, and to a distributing-box under the grate. The furnace front at the sides of the door opening may be protected by removable fire-brick slabs d<6>, Fig. 2, or perforated distributing-boxes may be arranged as shown in- Fig. 13. The distributing-box beneath the grate is divided by a partition g<x1> into two unequal sections g, g<x>, of which the former supplies air to a trough-shaped channel h extending beneath the fire-bars, and the latter to the ashpit through an opening g<x4>. The trough h may occupy the whole or part of the length and width of the furnace, and has a bevelled seating for ordinary fire-bars or for a perforated webbed plate h<3>. The fire-bars at the sides of the trough h are supported on dead-plates which may be formed in ore with, or bolted to, the distributing- box g, g<x>. Doors h<5>, g<4x> are provided for the removal of ashes &c. from the trough, and an ashpit door i<1> is fitted so that forced draught may be used. In a modified arrangement, the trough h is formed with a cylindrical neck, which fits into a similarly-shaped flange bolted on to or wedged into contact with the distributing-box g, and in another arrangement, the connexion between the trough and box is formed by a dovetail. joint. In the form in which the fire-clay blocks are replaced by perforated distributing-boxes d<6>, Figs. 12 and 13, the chambers g, g<x> are arranged symmetrically, and two troughs are provided. The trough. the covering grate, and the fire-bars between the trough and the fire-bridge may be formed in one piece. In applying the invention to a water-tube boiler, as shown in Fig. 22, the hot air is led from the casing e to chambers at the front and back of the furnace, from which it is distributed both above and below the grate by arrangements similar to those described above. When applied to a Lancashire boiler, Fig. 24, the air-heating casings e are arranged with the smoke-tubes horizontal, in side flues, and each casing is supported on rollers e<G> so that it may be withdrawn for inspection. The invention is also shown applied to a marine-type boiler with three internal furnace flues.
Patent GB-190610554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Telephone Switch-boards.
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1907-05-04
Abstract: 10,554. Lake, H. H., [Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Co.]. May 5. Telephone systems.-The front and rear walls of jack strips are joined together by specially formed springs, made in one piece stamped from sheet metal, which also serve as conductors. The front supporting-bar 1, preferably of insulating-material, such as hard rubber, has holes 3 for the thimbles 4 of the springs 5, the thimbles and springs being stamped in one piece from sheet metal. The other end of the spring 5, which has a terminal 12, passes through slots 15 in the bar 2, also preferably of insulating-material, and is held in position by an insulating-strip 17 and a metallic reinforcing plate 18, drawn by screws 19 to the bar 2. The tip springs 24 and sleeve springs 25, which are shaped at the ends similarly to the thimble springs 5, and are secured in the same manner, are prevented from contact with the spring 5 by insulating- studs 26. The springs are strengthened by a lug 30 on the bar 2 and by insulating-strips 31 of the same shape as the ends of the springs 5. The thimble springs may be shaped as in Figs. 6 and 7. The bar 1 may be provided with springs 32 and the bar 2 with spring contacts 33, similar at the ends to the thimble springs, for signal lamps 34. The adjacent front bars 1 meet on end and each has semi-cylindrical openings for screws 22 which engage ribs 20 joining the front and rear bars 1, 2.
Patent GB-190613114-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Milling Filing or Grinding and Polishing Apparatus.
Inventor: CZAPIEWSKI WACLAW
Filed: 1906-06-06
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 13,114. Czapiewski, W. June 6. Surfacing and polishing. - In a portable apparatus for cleaning off castings &c. a grinding or polishing disk, or a filing or milling tool, is secured on a spindle g and is driven by bevel gearing f from a crankhandle or a motor o. An adjustable breast-plate m and two handles are provided, and a lever c<1>, near to one handle c, for controlling the supply of water through the pipe k to the tool.
Patent GB-190614565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Printing from Engraved Surfaces.
Inventor: MORGAN STEPHEN LINCOLN
Filed: 1906-06-26
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 14,565. Morgan, S. L. June 26. Printing from engraved plates.-The engraved plate M, Fig. 1, is curved and mounted on a segmental or D roller C<3>. Before making the impression, it is inked by inking-mechanism having a special form of ductor F<3>, travelling rollers F<8>, and distributing-disks F<1>, F<2>, all actuated by the reciprocation of the table. The engraved plate then passes automatic wiping- devices G, H, &c. and cleaning - devices J &c. therefor, and the polishing-band K. The card or other surface to be printed on is laid on the table B, running on rollers s B', passed u n d e r the segmental plate-carrying roller, the presssure of which is adjusted by springs and studs, and is taken by a roller B<3>. The table is fed out by the pressure of the revolving segmental roller, and is returned by a weight B'. The inking-tables F<1>, F<2> are actuated, through ratchet-and-pawl and tappet mechanism, by the reciprocation of the table, and obtain their ink from a longitudinally-placed ductor F3 with suitable roll F<4>. The above-mentioned parts of the inking-apparatus are mounted on a bar F, extending from a transverse brace A<4> to the spring support A<5>. Travelling rollers F<8>, one or more of which are preferably made only the width of the engraved portion of the plate so as to economize ink and wiping material, convey the ink from the disks F<2>, F<1> to rollers by which the surface M is inked. The wiping is effected by a strip of muslin or similar fabric D wound on two rollers D<1>, D<2>, carried by a drum G which gets an intermittent reciprocating movement through the adjustable crank C<8>, the slotted connecting-rod, and the gearing shown. The fabric D is supported by a web of stronger fabric H and passes over guide-rollers H<2> &c., wiping the plate in a direction contrary to its motion. The return movement is effected when the plate is not in contact with the wiping-band D. Tappet and ratchet mechanism gradually move the web D from the roller D<1> to the roll D<2>. A spring-controlled pad H<4> presses a slowly moving ratchet-operated band J against the web D to remove partly and to spread the ink on the strip D. After the wiping operation, the plate M passes the quickly-moving polishing-band K, moved by a roller K<1> in a direction contrary to the plate and passing round the rollers K<7>, K<6> mounted on the swinging frame K<8>. The band is fed occasionally with whiting from the mass L<4> on the spring-supported plate L<5>, by a roller L actuated by a stop G<10> on the drum G. A distributing-pad L<7> and tensioning-roller K<10> are provided. The whole machine is driven by a pulley E<1> through a clutch E<2> actuated by a handle N'.