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Patent GB-190603377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Continuously Variable Automatic Speed and Differential Gear for Chain Driven Automobiles and like uses
Inventor: PATTISON HENRY
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 3377. Pattison, H., and Scaglia, L. Feb. 12. Variable-speed gearing.-Relates to continuously variable friction disk driving-gear in which the speed is automatically adjusted in accordance with the resistance to be overcome by the driving-wheels, this adjustment taking place in each driving-wheel independently so as to form also a differential gear. Fig. 2 shows a half-sectional plan of the arrangement. The central shaft a, connected to the motor crank-shaft, carries three disks b, c, &c., of which the central disk is free to rotate, while the driving-disks b, c are keyed to the shaft a by means of ball-and-socket joints w, x. The ball-and-socket joint w is free to slide on the shaft a, and the disks b, c are pressed towards one another by means of an elastic cushion z which is tightened up between a washer q connected to the shaft a and a washer connected to the ball and socket w. The idle disks g, h and the driven disks e, f are thus gripped between the driving-disks b, c and the idle disk d. The driven disks are each connected to chain sprockets 1, 2 driving road wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle by mechanism which automatically shifts the disks so that the speed ratio is approximately inversely proportional to the resistance of the road wheels. The disk e, shown in section, is provided with a right-handed screw k which works in a nut l keyed on the shaft of the sprocket-wheel l, so that, when rotating, the disk e tends to approach the shaft a, this tendency being resisted by the compression of the springy, which is held in the tube 5 and bears against lugs u projecting from the screw through helicoidal slots in the tube. The disk f is similarly connected to the sprocket 2 by a left-handed screw. The connexions for the two driven disks being independent of one another, the mechanism acts as a differential gear.
Patent GB-190607249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Station Indicators.
Inventor: BROCQ RICHARD FRANCIS LE
Filed: 1906-03-26
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 7249. Le Brocq, R. F. March 30, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Indicators, station, stopping- place, and like.-Relates to electrical operating and controlling means for station indicators on railway cars. The winding-drum 14 is mounted in a casing 1 and is secured to a clutch 16 which can mesh with the gear-wheel 15 ; another winding- drum 42 is connected by a fixed clutch 41 to the gear-wheel 43 which meshes with the idler 36. The indicating-strip 37 is attached to the drums and passes over a guide 39 and a stop-roller 3 which is integral with the stop-disk 2 ; the wheel 43 is connected by gearing 44 with the motor 55. Continuous current is supplied to the terminals 46, 47. When a station is passed, a track switch 48 is operated by a pin or support on the line and closes the circuit to the electro-magnet 30 ; the armature 32 then draws the setting-lever 33 into the position shown in dotted lines, thus opening the contact 13, while the lug 54 on the arm 21 of the setting-lever throws up the holding-lever 18 into the position shown, in which it bears on the arm 63 of the stop-lever 64. The lever 18 is connected with the holding-latch 25, which is thus raised into contact with the worm cylinder 28, Fig. 2. When the track-switch is no longer closed, the setting-lever 33 is returned to its normal position by the spring 35, and closes the contact 13 ; the latch 25 holds the levers 18, 64 in their raised position and thus the stop contact 62 is closed. The motor circuit being thus closed, the winding- drums and gearing rotate, thus moving the indicating-strip and rotating the roller 3 and disk 2. After one revolution of the worm 28 the latch is pushed off the cylinder by the thread, and falls into the position shown in dotted lines ; the lever 18 is then pulled down by the spring 20, and, as the disk 2 rotates, the recess 4 comes into alinement with the detent 5 ; the detent is pressed into the recess by the action of the spring 17, while the movement of the lever 64 opens the contact 62 and breaks the motor circuit, so that the movement of the indicating-strip is stopped when the next indication is in alinement with the observation-opening in the casing. The above mode of operation of the contact 13 prevents the indicator from running continuously, and so from giving a wrong indication if the car stops upon the operating-contact.
Patent GB-190609630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Devices for Simultaneously Actuating the Controllers of several Railway Vehicles from any one of these Vehicles.
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 9630. Compagnie de L'Industrie Electrique et MÛchanique. April 25, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches.-Several railway motorcontrollers are simultaneously operated from any car of the train. The work of turning is done by a local motor which continually reciprocates a pawl, and the limits of travel of the controller shaft are previously set by an electromagnet with a movable armature on the 'synchro- 'nous motor' principle, the masterswitch being composed of three brushes movable over a ring of contacts connected to respective cells of a battery. Each car is provided with a battery B, the cells of which are connected as shown to the contacts of the masterswitch C. Wires 1, 2, 3, from the three symmetrically placed brushes of the latter, run along the train and lead current to the terminals of a three-phase armature winding of an electro-magnet A, the field winding of which is excited by current in another battery circuit. The movement of the armature is transmitted to a toothed wheel r gearing with a wheel q, which is fixed to a bevelwheel n, both being loose on a shaft k. An opposite bevel wheel m, rigid with a sector i and loosely mounted on the same shaft k, is caused to turn in the opposite direction by means of an interposed wheel o on an axle p rigidly connected to the shaft. While the sector i occupies its initial position, pawls h<1>, h<2>, one on each side of a toothed wheel d on the controller shaft D, are continually oscillated by a motor E without coming into contact with the teeth. When, however, the sector i is moved aside, it comes into the line of stroke of one of the levers i<1>, i<2>, and allows the corresponding pawl to act on the wheel d. This turns the shaft D, which is geared to the shaft k by wheels t, s, and so. causes the axle p to carry the'wheel o round the circumference of the bevelwheels, and bring back the sector i towards its original position, at which point the effective action of the pawl ceases.
Patent GB-190611262-A (GB)
Title: Expansion Joint Device for Steam Piping
Inventor: SEIFFERT FRANZ
Filed: 1906-05-14
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 11,262. Seiffert, F. May 14. Expansion joints; ball- and-socket joints. -Relates to an expansion joint for steam-piping in which an expansion pipe a with ball ends b is arranged transversely to the line of piping. The metallic ball ends are kept in contact with the seating c by the steam pressure without the use of packing. To prevent the joint from breaking in case a partial vacuum should arise, springs f are provided for pressing the joint faces against one another. In the Figure, these springs are shown at right-angles to their real position. To permit the springs f to follow the movement of the pipe a, they are provided with spherical pieces g which abut against corresponding hollow faces in the pipe a and flange c.
Patent GB-190612220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Glass Tiles and the like.
Filed: 1906-05-25
Granted: 1907-02-27
Abstract: 12,220. Rendle, J. E., and Callow, Wright, & Hewlett. May 25. Facing-tiles. - Glass tiles a for facing walls, partitions, ceilings, &c. are provided with an impervious and elastic backing b, which has undercut grooves to facilitate adhesion to cement. The grooves may be of dovetailed shape. The packing is pressed on to the roughened glass plate in a plastic condition, and the grooves are formed by means of dies or rolls. The backing may consist of bitumen, asphalt, resin, &c., or a mixture of two or more of these, together with sand, pumice, or the like, and, if desired, a fibrous material such as asbestos.
Patent GB-190614806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Systems.
Inventor: LOUDON MILTON HOPKINS
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 14,806. Loudon, M. H. June 29, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs; telephone systems.- A normally closed circuit exists between two railway trains on the same track, and when they approach within a predetermined distance, signals are given on the engines, and the brakes are applied on further approach. The circuit is completed by means of a trolly wire 14 and a trolly pole 12 on each train, the circuit also comprising on each train a battery 2, a rheostat 3, lamp signals 4, a bell 5, and a solenoid 7 controlling a brake valve 8- The circuit is completed through the wheels and track rails, and the adjustment of the rheostat 3 determines the distance apart of the trains when the current strength shall be sufficient to actuate the lamp and bell signals and further to operate the brake. The circuit is normally closed at contacts 20, 23 by a telephone receiver 30 resting on its hook 21, but after reception of a signal, the telephone may be used and thus cuts out the lamp and bell signals, switching in telephonic and telegraphic instruments in a local circuit with the main circuit and establishing communication between the trains. A battery 26, a transmitter 24, and an induction coil 28, 32 are employed in the local telephone circuit, while a switch 35 and a Morse telegraphic sounder are provided in a shunt circuit upon this telephone circuit. Telegraphic or telephonic communication can thus be opened with any other train or with any station upon the road.
Patent GB-190615801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Boxes for Ladies' Hats and the like.
Inventor: MOTTERSHEAD GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1906-07-12
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 15,801. Mottershead, G. H., and Mottershead, E. H. July 12. Hat-boxes. - Relates to fittings for hat-boxes by which a number of ladies' hats or the like may be safely stored. A cone C of suitable size is provided for each hat ; this is mounted on a rod R, and the whole is adjusted and held in position by the fastening, shown in section in Fig. 3. This is screwed or otherwise suitably fastened to the box through the holes e'. The rod R presses through the square or rectangular hole k<2> in the piece K, K<1> which can rotate horizontally. By means of the thumb-screw T, an horizontal and a circular adjustment is obtained.
Patent GB-190619639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Operating Electrically Worked Semaphore Signals
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 19,639. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Sept. 3. Switches.-Relates to switches for controlling railway signals. Two switch levers 8, 9, Fig. 1, are mechanically actuated in conjunction with the hand-lever 7 and control the circuits 17, 18, 19. The locking- armature 6 normally prevents movement of the lever 7, but frees it when a circuit 4 containing an electromagnet 5 is completed. The movement of the armature 6 causes a switch-arm 10 to complete the circuits 12, 17. In cases where the magnet 5 is not sufficiently powerful to move over the switch 10, an arrangement as shown in Fig. 7 may be employed, in which the magnet 5 merely moves the armature 28 out of locking relation with the hand-lever 7, and a cam-piece 27, upon actuation of the hand-lever 7, mechanically moves the armature 28 further to move over the connected switch 10 against the action of a spring 31. In this arrangement, the disadvantage of actuation of the armature 28 by the cam 27 upon the return motion of the hand-lever 7 is obviated by employing a pivoted spring-held cam-piece 29, Fig. 8, which yields upon the return motion, the spring 31 being stiffer than the spring of the cam-piece. An alternative arrangement comprises linkwork, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12, attached to the hand lever 7 ; when the hand-lever 7 is moved over while the armature of the control magnet is attracted, the link-work assumes the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 11, and the switch 10 is thereby moved on to the lead 17. Fig. 12 illustrates the position assumed by the link-work when the lever 7 is actuated and the controlmagnet 32 is not energized.
Patent GB-190625826-A (GB)
Title: Suspending Device for Clothing.
Inventor: KASTNER VICTOR
Filed: 1906-11-15
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 25,826. Kastner, V. Nov. 15. Suspenders for articles of dress. - A piece of. cloth 1, sewn to the clothing, carries a loop 2, Fig. 1, to which a hook 4 is attached by means of another loop 3. When not in use, the hook is covered by means of an additional flap of cloth 5 held down by means of press-buttons 6. Fig. 3 shows a form in which the hook 4 is pivoted to the loop 7.
Patent GB-190626452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hammers and Stamps Worked by Elastic Fluids under Pressure.
Inventor: MASSEY LEONARD FLETCHER
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 26,452. Massey, L. F., and Massey, H. F. Nov. 22. Stamps, ore and like.-In a steam or other fluidpressure hammer or stamp, the distributing-valve has two movements, one under the control of the operator, by means of a hand or foot lever, and the other operated from the tup for effecting the cutoff. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 9 the valve d is secured by a key and by a nut to a spindle g connected by a socket j to a hand-lever e. An arm f mounted on the spindle g is oscillated from the tup. A groove w in the valve, shown also in Fig. 10, communicates with the supply passage o through ports n. Inclined ports r in the liner communicating with passages s leading to the ends of the cylinder co-operate with oblique projections x bordering on the groove w. The cut-off is effected by angular motion of the valve, and the point of cut-off is determined by the extent of the axial movement of the valve.
Patent GB-190627010-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Syphon for Water Closet and other Cisterns.
Inventor: BRUCE ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 27,010. Bruce, A. Nov. 28. Water-waste preventers, siphondischarge. The siphon is made of earthenware and with internally screwed sockets f, i for a pipe connexion and an air valve, respectively. The right-hand half of the starting- valve chamber b is moulded separately.
Patent GB-190628394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the use of Esparto Grass for Rubbing, Brushing, Scrubbing, Cleaning and similar purposes.
Inventor: YOCKNEY HUBERT ALINGTON
Filed: 1906-12-12
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 28,394. Yockney, H. A. Dec. 12, No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Bristles, materials for.-Esparto grass for use in the manufacture of articles for brushing, rubbing, &c. is first softened by any well-known process and then separated into its integrant parts. The grass may be simply split, cut into required lengths, and made into brushes ; or it may be hammered and crushed, and then made up ; or it may be further combed before being made up into brushes or bundles. In all cases, the esparto may be used with other grass, fibre, or bristle, and may be dyed or not.
Patent GB-190708046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney Cleaning Apparatus
Inventor: DRABBLE CAROLINE EMMA
Filed: 1907-04-06
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 8046. Drabble, C. E. April 6. Cleaning pipes and tubes.-A chimney-cleaning device comprises a pipe e which is inserted into the chimney. Air is drawn through the pipe by a fan d, mounted in an interior compartment c in a wheeled box a. A sack h for the soot is attached to an oulet pipe g.
Patent GB-190708727-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Telegraphically Transmitting Photographs and the like and System therefor.
Inventor: KORN ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 8727. Korn, A. April 15. Galvanometers of the kind described in Specification No. 1548, A.D. 1907, are used in a special telautograph system. The instrument shown in partly sectional elevation in Fig. 4 and in plan in Fig. 5 comprises an electro-magnet 40 with annular pole-pieces 42, between which is secured a rectangular frame, composed of two long brass pieces connected by short india-rubber pieces. Rectangular metal rods 48, 53 are mounted in similarly shaped holes in the rubber end pieces, and their inner ends are slotted to receive horizontal pins 51, 55. A thin metal wire or strip 57, 58 is looped over the pin 51 and fastened to the pin 55, and carries a thin plate 59 of opaque material such as aluminium. A terminal 49 on the rod 48 bears against a metal plate on the frame and the rod 53, which carries a terminal 62, is screwed to engage a nut 60 which bears against a metal plate and by which the tensiun of the wire can be regulated. The light from a Nernst or other lamp 38 is concentrated by a lens 37 on to the plate 59 and a lens 46 projects an image of the plate through a prism 33 on to a row of cylindrical lenses 34 over a selenium cell 32 in a mirror-lined box 31. This apparatus is used at the transmitting station. At the receiving station a galvanometer of similar construction is used in conjunction with a drum rotated upon a screw and bearing a photographic film upon which an image of the plate 59 is projected.
Patent GB-190711892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corn-poppers.
Inventor: HODGE JAMES
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 11,892. Hodge, J. May 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sifting grain.- A corn-popping machine is provided with a sieve for separating the popped corn from the unpopped and discharging the former. The revolving chamber 1 is provided with a discharging-cone 8 of spiral section as shown containing a discharging-screw. The cone 8 is continued along its edge by a piece of wire net 19 extending to the wall of the drum 1 as to separate the popped corn from the unpopped.
Patent GB-190714215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors and Throttle Valves of Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1907-06-20
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 14,215. Argyll Motors, Ltd., and Coats, A. June 20. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. A carburettor using petrol, paraffin, or the like is combined with a throttle-valve in which the movement of a single lever allows the engine to run firstly on pure air, secondly on automatically-controlled auxiliary air, and thirdly on hand-controlled auxiliary air. The carburettor, consisting of the float chamber B and fuel nozzle C, is connected to the throttle-valve portion by a pipe A. The throttling device consists of a sleeve D with a packing-ring D' sliding in a barrel E and carrying at its upper end an auxiliary air valve G. The sleeve is perforated at d<1>, has an annular recess d, and its lower end H is a perforated cone. When the sleeve is in its lowest position, the supply of mixture to the pipes F is cut off and pure air enters by the holes f, e'. On the sleeve being raised by the bell-crank lever D<3> and link D<2>, the pure air is cut off, and the mixture admitted, and auxiliary air enters by the valve G. When the sleeve is raised farther, air enters in addition through the openings d'.
Patent GB-190716678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Measuring and Printing Devices for Textiles.
Inventor: BRAUCHLIN GOTTLIEB
Filed: 1907-07-20
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 16,678. Brauchlin, G. July 20. Printing fabrics. -Relates to a measuring and printing device for textile fabrics, of the form in which type-wheels rotate round their shafts and also around the shaft of the measuring-w h e e l, the types being f o r c e d outwards from the casing by cam action, and so brought into theworking position. The fabric is passed between the measuring-table and the apparatus, and causes the measuring-wheel 26, Fig. 5, to turn by engaging needles on the edge, the engagement of the needles being adjusted by the screw 76, Figs. 1 and 4. The motion of the measuring-wheel is transmitted by cog-wheels and gives a double motion to the casing 13, 14, the motion consisting of a rotation about the shaft 19 and also a rotation around the pins 17, 18. The ratio of transmission is arranged so that, for example, the shaft 19 rotates once for every two rotations of the measuring-wheel, the casing 13, 14 making a rotation per revolution of the measuring- wheel. As the cog-wheel 30 rotates, the lever 43, Fig. 4, is moved, and the pin 45 engages and retains the ratchet-wheel 47, which consequently makes a part revolution on its shaft, owing to the rotation of the casing 13, 14. This motion of the wheel 47 is transmitted to the wheels 52, 53, and as a result the type-wheel 1 makes a tenth of a revolution. Owing to this motion of the type-wheel, the types are engaged by the cam 9, Fig. 3, and pushed outwards against their springs, being locked momentarily by the shoulder 10 of the cam 9. When the type 9 comes into working position, a cross-pin on it engages and rotates the type-wheel 2 by the projection 12 until the type passes the shoulder 10 and is withdrawn by the spring. By this means, the type-wheel 2 is given a tenth of a revolution, any back movement being prevented by the ratchet-wheel 52. The types are inked by the roller 64, Fig. 1, which is fed from the roller 65 dipping in the reservoir 66, the rollers being rotated by the rubbing of the types. Besides the measurements printed on the fabric by the types, fractions may be read off on the scale 68 on the cog-wheel 28, the reading being effected through openings 69 by means of a pointer 70. The typemechanism is contained in a frame formed of the side walls 22, 25, and mounted so as to slide along a rod 72, supported by plummer blocks 73.
Patent GB-190721558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosion Engines.
Inventor: KESSLER MARTIN CORNWELL
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 21,558. Kessler, M. C. Sept. 28. Gas and like engines.-In a four-stroke-cycle engine, air is compressed in the crank case for scavenging, and also, if desired, for mixing with the charge, the former operation being automatic and the latter under the driver's control. A valve 15 is opened by a cam 24 on a half-speed shaft during the power stroke, so that at the end of that stroke air from the crank case enters the cylinder through a port 13. The cam 24 is arranged to close the valve 15 before the end of the suction stroke, but a wedge 30 may be adjusted by hand so as to prevent the valve from closing fully, air from the crank-case then mixing with the charge.
Patent GB-190724363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switching Devices, specially applicable for use in Controlling the Electric Lamps Employed in Flashing Lights or for Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: PRINCE WILLIAM BELA
Filed: 1907-11-04
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 24,363. Prince, W. B., [Meyer Akt.- Ges., P.]. Nov. 4. Switches.-In an electro-magnetic switch, specially applicable for use in controlling the electric lamps employed in flashing lights for advertising purposes, the armature b of the electro-magnet a is pivotally mounted at c and connected to a tube e containing a substance f, which may consist of a fluid such as mercury, or a solid such as sand or shot. When the armature is attracted to break circuit, the substance f moves to the other end of the tube, thus shifting the centre of gravity of the switching-device and retarding the return movement of the armature. In this way, the period daring which the circuit is broken can be regulated. In a modified arrangement, the circuit is made and broken directly by the means f, which in this case consists of a conducting-substance such as mercury, the circuit leads k, h being introduced into the tube e at the end remote from the pivot c.