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Patent GB-190514482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Heaters and Valves therefor.
Inventor: FENLON HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1905-07-13
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 14,482. Fenlon, H. T. July 13. Actuating valves.-The water valve N of a gas-heated geyser is of the " thimble " type, and rests upon the rod R of the gas valve S, so that both open simultaneously. A stuffing- box W and a rubber tube X prevent leakage of water into the'gas chamber.
Patent GB-190514525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Spreaders for Sea Fishing Lines.
Inventor: PRICE HENRY SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-07-14
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 14,525. Price, H. S. July 14. Paternoster tackle for sea-fishing lines. The wires a, to which the lines are attached, are connected to loops s formed in a t r i - angular ring c carrying a weight e, and are suspended by wires b from a split ring d in such a manner that they are normally in a horizontal position. As soon as a fish is hooked, the wire a is pulled downwards, thus giving a direct pull upon the tackle.
Patent GB-190515745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Operated Brakes for Railway Waggons.
Inventor: HILL EDWARD JACOB
Filed: 1905-08-01
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 15,745. Hill, E. J. Aug. 1. Brakes.-The usual hand-lever A of a railway-wagon brake has pivoted to it at f a triggerlever F carrying a pin D, which is normally held in engagement with one of the elongated holes c of the segmental rack-bar C by a spring. The end of the lever A and the handle g of the trigger-lever are grasped together by the shunter, and the pin thus retracted. The lever A is guided by an arm J extending behind the rack-bar.
Patent GB-190518730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Concrete or Composite Blocks for Fireproof Floors, Ceilings, Columns, Walls or Foundations
Inventor: NISBET JOHN
Filed: 1905-09-16
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 18,730. Nisbet, J. Sept. 16. Columns; beams; floors; walls; ceilings; foundations.-Reinforcements consisting of lengths of light corrugated metal a, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, which are formed with an equal number of ridges on each side to equalize the pressure due to the weight of the concrete &c., are placed in position, Fig. 5, and supported at the ends, and fire-proof blocks, similarly formed at their ends, Fig. 10, are fitted in position. Concrete may be filled in between the supports in the plastic state. Fig. 8 shows the section of a composite beam or column in which the metal sheets a are grouped together to leave cellular spaces b through which tie-bolts care carried.
Patent GB-190519594-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in connection with Steam Boilers.
Inventor: BLAKE JAMES
Filed: 1905-09-28
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 19,594. Blake, J. Sept. 28. Water-tube boilers.-In boilers haying upper and lower headers, connected by groups'of tubes, and particularly in boilers of the kind described in Specification No. 18,791, A.D. 1904, the steam spaces are separately connected by tubes E, which pass through the pipes A connecting the upper headers B and the steam drum C. The pipes A are preferably so placed that they form passages for both steam and water.
Patent GB-190523022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Window Cleaning Appliances.
Inventor: NOBES GEORGE
Filed: 1905-11-09
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 23,022. Nobes, G. Nov. 9. Windows, cleaning. -In apparatus in which a cloth, sponge, or leather is attached to a head on a pole, a number of claws s a approximately of the shape shown are jointed, or resilient claws s are fixed, to a piece b which may be jointed to the handle, and a sliding ring c or other device presses the claws together. The piece b may be a socket in which the shanks of the claws are fixed by a wedge e of triangular or other section.
Patent GB-190600700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Hair-nets.
Inventor: LANZENBERG JULIUS
Filed: 1906-01-10
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 700. Lanzenberg, J., and Harrison, A. B. Jan. 10. Hair-nets are formed with one or more deep serrations a. These serrations may terminate in suitably shaped openings c, Fig. 3. The edge, or a portion of the edge, of the net may be provided with a draw-thread. Reference is made to Specification No. 439, A.D. 1906, to show the class of article to which the invention relates.
Patent GB-190602694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Organs.
Filed: 1906-02-03
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 2694. Soc. C. Marenghi et Cie. Feb. 7, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Automatic instruments.-In a mechanical organ having any number, variable at will, of sounding- pipes brought into action by the movement of a single key of the mechanism, each key 1 controls the valves 6, 7 of the compartment 9, and the compressed-air compartment 10. Each compartment 9 communicates with a chamber 12, having a diaphragm 13 governing the positions of the valves 16, 17 by the lever 15. The reservoir 18 receives wind from the blower and distributes it to the separate compartments 19, from which independent pipes 22 lead to the soundboards, such as that shown at C, the valves 25 in these being normally kept closed by the air-pressure in the pipes 22, and opening quickly when this pressure is lowered by the rise of the valves 16, The pipes 22 are preferably flexible.
Patent GB-190604767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lasts and Last Holders
Inventor: RENDLE THOMAS
Filed: 1906-02-27
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 4767. Rendle, T. Feb. 27. Lasts; last-holders.- Relates to a last and last-holder for use in boot repairing. The last is made in two parts e, f mounted respectively on a fixed support a and a pivoted support b. Attached to the support b is a bell-crank lever c formed with rack teeth adapted to be engaged by a latch d. In operation, a boot is placed on the last, and the pivoted support is then moved outwards until the boot is rigidly held, the support being fixed in its adjusted position by the latch.
Patent GB-190607460-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Applying Liquid to the Scalp.
Inventor: WALLER HECTOR JAMES
Filed: 1906-03-28
Granted: 1907-04-27
Abstract: 7460. Waller, H. J. March 28. Combs, hair.-An appliance for applying liquid to the scalp consists of a hemispherical part A having a number of fine tubes protruding from the flat surface a, and a tubular handle C surrounded by a rubber bulb D. Liquid is sucked in through the end c of the handle, and ejected through the fine tubes.
Patent GB-190610300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filters or Strainers for Oil and other Liquids.
Inventor: PETIT JOSEPH EUGENE
Filed: 1906-05-02
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 10,300. Petit, J. E. May 2. Pressure filters.-Oil or other liquid is supplied under pressure through the tap shown in Fig. 1 to a casing 1, filters into the interior of perforated shells 9, 12, which are bolted together and lined with a filtering-material such as felt covered with wire-gauze, and leaves by a pipe 8. A spring 12<a> presses the felt against the wire-gaaze. The liquid is supplied from a higher reservoir to obtain pressure for working. Fig. 4 shows a supply reservoir 14 moved on vertical guides by means of a cord 17 and connected to the casing 1 by a flexible tube.
Patent GB-190626982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electromagnetic Ignition Devices for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BOSCH ROBERT
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 26,982. Bosch, R., [trading as Bosch (Firm of), R.]. Nov. 28,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines, igniting in. All the fulcra in electro magneticallyoperated sparking - plugs are made in the form of knife-edges, to reduce friction and secure smooth and precise working. The plug is secured by a screwed portion d, Fig. 1, and comprises an insulated flanged sleeve g, preferably of brass, partly filled b the e stationary iron core h and surrounded by the winding c, which is again surrounded by an extension k of the iron core. The movable terminal a turns on the knife-edge e, and one end of it forms the armature of the electro-magnet, while its other end is pressed against the metallic body of the plug by a V-shaped spring b the ends of which rest on knife-edges e', e<2>. Two modified plugs are shown, the modifications residing in the dispositions of the fixed core h, the movable terminal a, and the spring b.
Patent GB-190628908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with, the Driving Gear of Hydrocarbon Engines.
Inventor: ANDERSON LARS
Filed: 1906-12-18
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 28,908. Anderson, L. Dec. 18. Adjusting bearings; removal of parts, facilitating. -Relates to the driving-gear of internal-combustion engines, and consists in a bearing for the connecting-rod big end with means for adjustment, and in a method of connecting the piston to the rod. Upon the ends of a two-part crank-shaft are mounted fly-wheels 3 coupled by the crank-pin 4. Each wheel is formed with an internally-threaded boss 11, Fig. 8, into which is screwed a ring 15 which presses on the flange of a sleeve 12 by means of a ring 14. The sleeve 12 is internally threaded to engage the screwed periphery of the coned ring 17, so that when turned it serves to move the tapered bearing-surface towards or away from the tapered surfaces of the segmental ends 21, Fig. 2, of the connecting-rods. The construction is such that the parts may be readily removed. In a modification, the wheels are formed with externally threaded bosses round the crank-pins to receive the coned adjusting-rings which bear on the ends 21. The rings may be locked by spring- pressed pins. The eye at the other end of the connecting-rod is seated in a bearing 96, Figs. 6 and 7, formed in the ribs 29, 30 of the explosion engine piston.
Patent GB-190701597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Steps.
Inventor: DAVIS GEORGE WASHINGTON
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 1597. Davis, G. W., and Hicks, J. A. May 21, 1906, [date applied tor under Patents Act, 1901]. Footboards and steps.-An auxiliary step 1 hinged to the fixed step 2 is provided with means for lowering it into position, and with a spring for rapidly swinging it upwards out of the way. A shaft 7, mounted in brackets 6 on the fixed step, is formed with a cranked portion 9 connected by a link 10 to the step 1. The shaft 7 is rotated through bevel-wheels 5, 8 from the shaft 3, and lowers the step against the action of a spring 11. Rods 12 pivoted to the lower edge of the step, are formed with shoulders 13 adapted to engage with the brackets 6 and to hold the step in its lowered position. The rods are raised to allow the spring to swing up the step by rotating a shaft 14, formed with cranked portions 15 which engage the rods.
Patent GB-190702812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Stair Rods
Inventor: TRUDGEN SARAH ANN
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 2812. Trudgen, S. A. Feb. 5. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Stair rods.-In an extensible stair rod having its ends B telescoping into a central tube A, the tube A is attached to the back of a flat or other shaped part A<1>.
Patent GB-190708638-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Manufacture of Readily Soluble Gelatine Capsules and Coatings for Pastiles Pills, and the like.
Inventor: LINGNER KARL AUGUST
Filed: 1907-04-13
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 8638. Lake, H. H., [Lingner, K. A.]. April 13. Confectionery or sweetmeats.-Medical pastilles are coated with gelatine containing enzymes such as pepsi, papain, and pyocyanese, which exert a solvent action on the gelatine in the alimentary duct. The premature action of the enzymes may be prevented by hastening the drying of the capsules and by incorporating with the gelatine a little acid or alkali according to the enzyme used.
Patent GB-190711476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dynamo-electric Generators and Motors.
Inventor: KAY CHARLES WARRE
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 11,476. Kay, C. W. May 16. Homopolar machines.-A homopolar machine has a field structure of drum shape, with end poles excited by a cylindrical coil within the inter-polar space, and a ventilated cylindrical armature carrying two sets of slot-sunk conductors connected at their ends to collecting-rings, two sets of which are situated outside the field structure one at each side, and two sets are adjacent within the space between the poles. The bar conductors may be replaced by cylindrical magnetic conductors. The cylindrical armature d, ventilated by radial spaces d<2>, Fig. 1, is mounted upon a hollow shaft and arranged to rotate between the poles N, S of the homopolar field structure, which is excited by the coil c so placed as to present no impediment to the removal of the upper half of the field structure. The armature is provided with conductors e, each a little longer than a pole-face, insulated by mica from the slot in which they are secured by a wedge, and connected at their ends by short connexions to slip-rings e<1>, e<2>, f<1> f<2> upon the rotor. The brushes or collectors may consist of flexible strips g. By means of connectors so placed or shielded in the lower part of the field structure that the field they set up will not affect the armature, the conductors may be connected up, with the aid of switches, in various arrangements of series and parallel. For machines of low voltage, the single conductor or set of conductors connected at each end to a single collector may be replaced by insulated cylindrical conductors i', i', i<3>, F)g. 5, of magnetic material flanged at their adjacent ends and caused to project one over the other step-wise at their remote ends, so that the conductors themselves serve as collectors.
Patent GB-190712907-A (GB)
Title: Electrical Counting and Indicating Gear
Inventor: NEWITT LEONARD
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 12,907. Newitt, L. June 4. Counting- apparatus.-To actuate a number of distant counting-gears, as in a range telegraph, the transmitting and receiving stations are each provided with a constantly-running electric motor which drives a counting-gear through a friction clutch. The motor at the transmitting station drives also a rotary switch, by means of which intermittent current is supplied to solenoid devices which control one member of each clutch in the manner of an electro-magnet escapement, so that all the counting-gears are turned at the same rate and show the same indication. Means are provided for starting all the motors together from the transmitting station, and for reversing them when the counting-gear is to be turned backwards. The motors having been started, the intermittentcurrent circuit is closed by a switch until the counting-gear at the transmitting station indicates the number which is to be signalled. The arrangements at the transmitting station are shown in plan in Fig. 2. A motor A is geared down to a bevel-wheel H which is loose on a shaft N but normally drives it by frictional engagement with a spring-pressed disk F. The shaft N drives the counting-gear Q. The disk F, forming one member of the friction clutch H, F, has a hole or holes on its edge co-operating with a pin J in the manner of an escapement, the wheel H slipping over the disk when the pin J engages a hole in it. The pin J is carried by a spring-controlled solenoid core, and the solenoid E receives intermittent current from a rotary switch B which is geared down from the motor A so that the rate of rotation of the disk allowed by the escapement device is a little less than that of the wheel H. Each reviving station is provided with a similar arrangement of motor, clutch, and counting gear, all the controlling solenoids being in circuit with that at the transmitting station. According to the Provisional Specification, the electric motors may be replaced by clock-work comprising a differential gear for reverse rotation.
Patent GB-190718464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Gears.
Inventor: KUPFERSCHMID HANS
Filed: 1907-08-15
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 18,464. Kupferschmid, H. Aug. 15. Variable-speed gearing.-In a variable-speed and reversing gearing, a driving-disk 2 has a series of recesses 5 and a central depression 14, connected by inclined channels to facilitate traversal of the driven pinion 7 across the face of the disk. This traversal is guided by means of a secondary disk 17 upon the driving-shaft, which is provided with a series of concentric annular channels 24, inclined connecting- channels, &c., corresponding to the recesses &c, in the driving-disk 2, or such guide-channels &c. may be formed upon the back of the driving-disk. The pinion 7 is slidable on or with its shaft 6 and may be controlled by a yoke 21 carrying a bar 20 with a pin 19 engaging the secondary or guide grooves &c. The teeth 8 of the pinion 7 are formed of individual members as shown in Fig. 5, held between a pair of flanged disks 12 bolted together.
Patent GB-190719755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railroad Danger Signals.
Inventor: SUGHROUE EDWARD
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 19,755. Sughroue, E. Sept. 4. Pyrotechnic signals; stopping engines and trains. -A pyrotechnic signal combined with an enginestopping device is actuated electrically by a current derived from the magneto machine of a telephone system. A series of signalling-devices B, Fig. 1, are arranged at intervals along a railway track A. At each station there is a telephone set C comprising a magneto machine 1 for ringing-up and the usual receiving and transmitting apparatus 8. When the magneto is used for ringing-up, it is connected to the line-wire 4 by switches 5, the other linewire being permanently connected to the magneto machine as shown. A wire 2 connects all the signalling-devices B between the two stations in series. When it is desired to operate the signals, the switches 5 are thrown over to connect the wire 2 to the magneto machines, so that on operation of one of the latter a current is sent through the devices B, which are actuated simultaneously. A portable telephone set D is carried on each train, so that when a train is stopped communication with the stations can be established. Each of the signalling-devices B consists of a casing 11, Figs. 2 and 4, which is placed in a box 10 buried between the rails of the track. Each casing contains one or more pyrotechnic signals 12, Fig. 2, each with a fuse 13 carrying a cap or cartridge 14. Firing- pins 15 are mounted upon a hinged armature 16 normally held in the position shown by a tensile spring 21. An electro-magnet 18 is connected to the wire 2 and can be energized by the magnetomachines at the stations. The lid of the casing 11 carries a trip rod 22, and, under the action of a spring 24, has a tendency to assume a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 4. Normally, the lid and trip rod are held down in an horizontal position by the engagement of a flange on the armature 16 with a catch on the underside of the lid. When the magnet 18 is energized, the armature is drawn to the poles, the catch is released, and the trip rod 22 takes up a vertical position. The movement of the armature breaks the circuit, the armature is pulled back by the spring 21, and the pins 15 strike the caps 14, thereby firing the signal. Should the driver of an approaching train overlook the signal and overrun the device B, the throttle valve of the locomotive is automatically closed by the apparatus. shown in Fig. 4. The trip rod 22 engages a lever 28 depending from the cab and actuates a lever 33 through suitable link-work. The end of the lever 33 carries a wedge 35 which releases the latch of the throttle-valve lever. The throttle valve is then closed by a spring 38.
Patent GB-190720814-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electric Cable or Conductor Connecting Devices or Means.
Filed: 1907-09-19
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 20,814. British Insulated & Helsby Cables, Ltd., and Allen, H. Sept. 19. Couplings.-A coupling, more particularly for connexions between branches and multicore supply mains, consists of a metal strip c which is passed around one of the bared cores b of the cable and clamped against it by means of a block d acted on by a screw f. The strip c is held against the block e either by means of a coned sleeve g, Fig. 4, or by means of screws h, Fig. 7. The outer end of the strip k is attached to the branch conductor i by bending its end into tubular form and clamping by a screw clamp j. After jointing, the conductors are insulated.
Patent GB-190724016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Operating the Sliding Doors of Hopper Wagons.
Inventor: ULLMANN EMIL
Filed: 1907-10-30
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 24,016. Ullmann, E. Oct. 30. Door opening and closing apparatus.-The sliding doors v of a hopper wagon are operated by connecting-rods l and a crank k, which is rotated from a transverse shaft w mounted between the hoppers t. The shaft w may be rotated by hand-levers, or automatically by means of rollers a carried by the cranks k<1> adapted to run up suitable rails ; or the shaft w may be driven by a pressure medium through suitable mechanism.
Patent GB-190800184-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Curtain Ring.
Inventor: HARRISON HARRY
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 184. Harrison, H. July 3. Curtains, suspending.- A curtain ring, formed preferably from hardened brass wire, is at one extremity bent backwards in the form of a semicircle a<2> and pointed at a<1>, and at the other extremity is bent downwards and circularly, so as to form a loop a<3> the plane of which is at right-angles to the plane of the ring. The point a<1> and the loop a<3> are disengaged by applying pressure at X, Y, and when the pressure is released are caused by the spring of the metal to grip a curtain placed between them, the point a' entering the fabric and the loop a<3>.
Patent GB-190804598-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Construction of Laundry Ironing Machine.
Inventor: RUSSELL JAMES BRIGGS
Filed: 1908-02-29
Granted: 1909-03-01
Abstract: 4598. Russell, J. B., and Wardrop, T., [trading as Russell, Wardrop, & Co.]. Feb. 29. Ironing-machines.-The articles are subjected to a comlined pressure and friction, both of which gradually increase and decrease in amount, or the friction only may so vary. In the form shown, the iron l is vertically movable, and the table n is given simultaneous vertical and lateral movements by means of its supporting-plate d, which, through concave blocks d', is mounted on eccentrics c secured to rotary shafts b. The iron may normally rest on springs s and is restrained in its movements by links l<1>. In order to vary the pressure effect, the upward motion of the iron may be resisted by springs or weights. By suitably arranging the relative positions of the table and iron or the throw of the eccentrics, there may be obtained a slight frictional effect in one direction, then the main increasing and decreasing action in the other directior, and finally a slight movement again in the first direction. According to the Provisional Specification, the table may be given the requisite motion by mounting it on cranks, or it may only move vertically, the iron receiving a lateral as well as a vertical motion by mounting it in guides or by means of links. In the machine shown, a device is employed for automatically stopping the machine at the completion of one or more cycles of operation. This device comprises a cam x mounted on one of the shafts b, and controlling, through links y, y<2>, the shaft t' connected with the belt-shifting gear. When the machine has been started by operating the hand-lever t, the cam prevents the return of the parts until the cycle has been completed.