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Patent GB-190415560-A (GB)
Title: Improved Driving Mechanism for Inking Devices of Platen Printing Presses.
Inventor: JOISTEN ALBERT
Filed: 1904-07-12
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 15,560. Joisten, A., and May, J. Nov. 2, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Inking-apparatus; platen presses.-Relates to driving-mechanism for the inking-apparatus of machines of the type described in Specification No. 25,207, A.D. 1902. In Figs. 1 and 3, b represents the shaft which reciprocates horizontally with the type-bed, and c the spur-wheel rotating upon it with the arms carrying the inking-rollers. The wheel c is geared to a wheel f on a driven shaft a by wheels g, i. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the shaft h of the wheel g is stationary, while that of the wheel i is carried by two pairs of links k, m, jointed together and pivoted on the shafts h, b, so that the wheel i can move around the wheel g as the shaft b and wheel c reciprocate. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, both wheels i, g are carried by a pair of links o, pivoted on the shaft b and jointed to links p pivoted on the shaft a, so that the wheel g can move round the wheel f.
Patent GB-190418435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Turbines Actuated by Combustion Gases of High Temperature.
Filed: 1904-08-25
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 18,435. Aktieselskabet Elling Compressor Co. Aug. 26, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas turbines.-Fig. 1 shows a generating-chamber B from which combustion products, or steam and combustion products, are supplied to operate the turbine A. Air, passiag in through the pipe p, Fig. 10, is compressed in stages by four watercooled centrifugal fans l, m, n, o and passes to the generating-chamber through the pipe q and the opening k<2>, Fig. 1, at which point it meets an ignited jet of liquid fuel supplied through the passage k. To regulate the supply of fuel, a tube or vessel containing air is situated in the turbine exhaust pipe and actuates a diaphragm which controls by suitable means the fuel supply passages. The contents of the chamber B are led through the passages C, a and the guide-blades b to the turbine, the passage a having an external cooling- jacket in which water or other liquid is circulated. Any steam produced in the reservoir leading to the water jacket may be passed into the generating- chamber. To regulate the supply of motive fluid to the turbine, spindles b<1>, Fig. 4, are interposed in passages b<8> between the guide-blades, and are actuated by fluid-operated pistons, one of which is shown at b<2> communicating with a chamber in which work over a series of ports b<3>, a pair of slide valves b<4>, b<5>, b<5> being operated by a fluid-actuated piston b<6>, and b<4> by a governor.
Patent GB-190420498-A (GB)
Title: A Smoke Preventer and Fuel Economizer for Domestic Fire Grates.
Inventor: SHAW JAMES
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1905-09-23
Abstract: 20,498. Shaw, J. Sept. 23. Fireplaces; baffles; smoke-consuming.-A baffle of fireclay or asbestos, somewhat wider than the register opening, is placed in the position of the register-plate in an ordinary fireplace at such an angle as to leave room for draught and to allow the impinging flame to heat it, thereby increasing the heat and abating the smoke from the stove. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a fireplace with the baffle in position, and Fig. 2 is a front view, to an enlarged scale, of the baffle, which is preferably provided with holes as shown.
Patent GB-190425126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Venetian Blinds
Inventor: WELLS DAVID WILFRID
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 25,126. Wells, D. W. Nov. 18. W i n d o w blinds.- Venetian blinds are constructed with V- shaped laths a of any suitable material, the uppermost lath being fixed to the top board b by nails, screws, &c., and the remaining laths supported by cross-wiresf carried by tapes c. The tapes may be attached at both ends to a bottom piece d and passed over rollers e at the top, the wires f being sewn between the tapes, or, as in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 4, one end of each tape may be fixed to the bottom piece and the wires f sewn to each side of the tape alternately. By pulling the bottom piece downwards when the blind is lowered, one side of the tape is lowered and the other raised, causing the laths to come together as shown in Fig. 4, leaving spaces through which light may pass. The laths are brought back to position by pulling on loops k, wires f<1> being provided to stop the laths in the correct position. The blind is raised and lowered by cords l passing over rollers m. In a modification, the tapes may be of elastic material to allow of the opening out of the laths. The laths may be of any suitable material, and may be painted a light colour inside and outside for the purpose of transmitting diffused light.
Patent GB-190509246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Plates and Films.
Filed: 1905-05-02
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 9246. Sandell Films & Plates, Ltd., and Smith, L. May 2. Sensitized plates and films.-A photographic film is formed of successively superimposed layers of colour-sensitive emulsion which are sensitive to different colours and in progressively varying degrees. The topmost layer of the most highly sensitive emulsion reproduces the least actinic rays, while the most powerful rays producing the extreme high lights penetrate to the less highly sensitized layers.
Patent GB-190512297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Increasing the Adhesion between the Supporting Wheels of a Truck and the Rails upon which they Roll.
Inventor: LOWRY ROBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1905-06-13
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 12,297. Lowry, R. C. June 13. Grip of wheels, increasing.-The adhesion between the running wheels 2, Fig. 1, of a truck and the rails on which it runs is increased by means of an electro-magnet 3, the magnetic circuit of which is completed through the wheels and the rail. The magnet cores 1 form bars of the truck frame and are so wound as to have consequent poles at magnetic blocks 15, which contain non-magnetic bearings for auxiliary wheels 18. These are carried by springs which normally raise them out of contact with the rails. When the magnet is excited, the flux passes from the blocks 15 across the narrow air gaps, shown in Fig. 5, to the wheels 18, the circuits being completed through the rail. The ends of the magnet have pole-pieces 4, Fig. 3, formed integrally with or separably from the core and so shaped as to come close to the running wheels 2. The hangers 5 and the transverse distance-pieces which connect the magnets on opposite sides of the car are preferably of non-magnetic metal. In a modification shown in Fig. 8, the magnet is suspended directly from the axles by non- magnetic hangers 23, which bear on the inner surfaces of the wheel hubs. The blocks 15<a> forming the consequent poles are formed integrally with the core, and only one auxiliary wheel 18a is employed, this being mounted on the outer side of the magnet.
Patent GB-190517237-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Signalling Flags.
Inventor: SCHERB CARL AUGUST GUIDO
Filed: 1905-08-25
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 17,237. Scherb, G. A. G. Aug. 25. Drawings to Specifications. Flags.-The edges of flags for signalling purposes are stiffened with a frame made of a single metal strip or several such strips riveted together so that the flag will be fully extended even in a calm.
Patent GB-190517359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Folding Collar or like Studs.
Inventor: BAUMGARTNER OTTO
Filed: 1905-08-28
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 17,359. Baumgartner, O. Aug. 28. Studs and solitaires constructed with one or two hinged flaps are provided with means for preventing the accidental upturning of the flaps when the stud is in use. In the case of a stud with a single flap H, Fig. 1, the latter is formed with a projection V, which, when the flap is turned down, fits into an aperture X in the spring F. When the spring is withdrawn to the position shown in dotted lines, the flap H is caused to take up a vertical position by the action of the bent spring G. When the stud head consists of two flaps H, K, Fig. 5, the flap K is further furnished with projections Z, Fig. 9, at such a distance apart that the projection V can pass between them. When the flap K is vertical, these projections separate the spring F from the shank, and, on the flap being lowered, the spring F falls in, receiving the part Y when the flap H is turned down.
Patent GB-190520559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Game Apparatus employed with Projectiles and Targets
Inventor: AYRES FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1905-10-11
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 20,559. Ayres, F. H., and Moore, E. Oct. 11. Games played with projectiles, model guns and animals, and targets; toy targets.-A game apparatus comprises a box a in which is mounted upon a spindle d a number of targets g, g<1>, g<2>, &c., adapted to be rotated by a belt and pulley from clock-work c, which preferably drives the pulley by frictional engagement. The targets g are made to represent animals &c., and their top parts are hinged so that when struck they fall over, exposing a number, which may be scored by the player. The lid b of the box is marked with a representation of a forest or the like. The lid is held open by means of stays 2, and loops l for hanging the apparatus up by may be attached to it. As the targets rotate, they are fired at by spring or other guns, and darts having robber heads, which are dished, or have pins embedded in them, to cause them to adhere to the part struck. The bottom of the box can be opened to facilitate removal of the darts.
Patent GB-190526909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Firing Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: WASMUTH AUGUST
Filed: 1905-12-23
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 26,909. Wasmuth, A. Dec. 23. Incandescent gas lamps.-In machines for firing mantles, burners 3 are first turned on for incinerating the mantles 1, then burners 3, 5, and then the burners 5 only, these being raised and lowered several times ; the burners 3 are then again turned on and finally all the operations ended. These operations are effected by means of cams 23, 22, 21, 24, which actuate, through the intermediary of levers, cocks 15, 16, 17 and cause the oscillation of the burners 5, respectively. The machine is started by pressing down a foot-lever 40, whereby a screw gear 36, 38 is engaged. The cam 23 rotates and opens and then closes the cock 15 ; a pin 41 then comes in contact with and depresses a lever 42, and thus causes a gear 37, 39 to be engaged by means of a lever 44. The cams 22, 21, 24 then work as above stated. The cams 23, 24 are disengaged by pins 51 dropping into recesses 49. The motion is derived by means of step pulleys 32, 33 and 34, 35 from a main shaft 31. The cams have pieces 52, 53 adjustable by eccentrics 57, 58 and secured by screws 55, 56.
Patent GB-190609133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Chain Cables and Open Link Chains.
Inventor: HUXHAM SAMUEL FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-04-18
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 9133. Huxham, S. F. April 18. Making chains.-In making large chain cables, a length of bar is bent into a link, its scarfed ends being left apart sufficiently to permit of the link being threaded on the finished part of the chain, the opening is partly closed, the ends are heated in a furnace without coming in contact with the solid fuel, and the link is closed and welded in the grooves p of dies o, n. The joint may be heated by a furnace such as is shown in Fig. 1, and having a mouth a adjustable in size by means of loose bricks e, a hinged grate f, and an adjustable air supply. The dies have recesses for shaping the link and fixing a stud as shown in Fig. 6, and are cut away to facilitate the insertion and holding of the stud during the operation, the last completed link being supported by a prop w. The scarfed opening may be widened by means of a wedgeshaped tool t, the link being supported on the tool r which has a projection s to engage the groove p of the die n, and a link may be widened to permit of the insertion of a stud by means of the upturned tool r and the die o, the work resting in the groove p of the die n. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2736, A.D. 1869, No. 3016, A.D. 1883, No. 1454, A.D. 1885, No. 12,583, A.D. 1889, No. 21,373, A.D. 1894, and No. 3498, A,D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Furnaces &c.].]
Patent GB-190610496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HEDGELAND FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-04
Granted: 1907-05-04
Abstract: 10,496. Hedgeland, F. W. May 4. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to friction-clutch driving-gear of the kind described in Specification No. 1149, A.D. 1905, for driving the vehicle in either direction, by means of which, when the vehicle is rounding a curve, the outer wheel is automatically declutched as a result of the wheel revolving faster than the driving-axle. The present invention comprises an arrangement of such gear whereby the wheels may drive the motor, which may thus be employed as a brake. The road wheels are mounted upon the separate axles 10, 22, Fig. 2, which are driven from a chain engaging the sprocket-wheel 23 through the gearing enclosed in the casing 2, 3. A disk 12, clamped between the two halves of the casing, is formed at its centre with a square opening in which engage the square ends of longitudinally-movable short shafts 8, 20 which drive the axles 10, 22, respectively, through friction gearing. The gearing for driving the axle 10 comprises a double cone nut 7 mounted on a screwed part of the short shaft 8, and having a slight amount of play, so that it can engage either of two disks 5, 6. The disks are connected by pins 50, so that both rotate together but can separate slightly, the disk 5 being formed with a hub 51 which is keyed to the axle 10. The clutch in the other half of the drum driving the axle 22 is similar. When driving forward, the disk 12 rotates the short shafts 8, 20, which move outwards as far as the collars 9, 21 permit, while the coned nuts 7, 19 move inwards and press the disks 6, 17 against the spider 12, so that the drive is transmitted to both axles. If the vehicle is turned to the left, the shaft 22 drives, and the shaft 10 overruns. The nut 7 is thereby released and the shaft 8 is moved inwards, but not far enough to contact with shaft 20. If, however, the engine runs more slowly than the wheels so that the shafts 10, 22 tend to over-run, both the short shafts 8, 20 move inwards until their ends abut against one another. This causes the nuts 7, 19 to engage the outer disks 5, 18, so that the engine acts as a brake.
Patent GB-190610517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Centrifugal Machines for Removing Oil from Cleaning Wool, Cotton Waste and the like.
Inventor: FISCHER ERNST
Filed: 1906-05-04
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 10,517. Fischer, E., Arnold, P., and Illig, E. May 4. Washing.-In centrifugal machines for removing oil from cleaning - wool, cotton waste, or like materials, by the use of steam, particularly those in which the material is placed in removable gauze or openwork containers or cases inserted in the drum, to enable the steam to act on the material fromall sides, a space is provided between the containers and between them and the periphery and the bottom of the drum. Thus, a centrifugal drum with a perforated periphery f is, as usual, pivotally mounted in a closed casing a, and receives the material to be treated in the usual containers g. These cases g are not in contact with each other, nor with the periphery f, nor with the bottom e of the drum, but they are held in position by distance-pieces or projections m. In this way, there is a free passage through the spaces k, so that steam entering through an opening i in the top of the casing a is better able to force its way into the interior of the material, and so more thoroughly to effect the removal of the oily matter.
Patent GB-190610630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Gear for Electric Cranes and like Hoisting Apparatus.
Inventor: DIXON WALTER
Filed: 1906-05-07
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 10,630. Dixon, W. May 7. Electrically-actuated apparatus.-In an electrical equipment for cranes and the like in which the winding-drum is free during lowering, an operating- lever is provided, so mechanically connected to the controller and to the brake that, when moved in one direction, it operates the motor to raise the load and, in the other, releases the brake to control the lowering of the load, with or without a trigger for releasing an opened circuit breaker only when the lever is in the ' off ' or mid-position. The shaft B of the motor A carries the drum 0 and the brake wheel D. When a controller handle K is moved to the right, the clutch and brake solenoids F, G are energized, the brake is released, and the power circuits of the motor are made. If the handle is moved to the left, the weighted lever H of the brake is raised by a slotted link M, which actuates a bell-crank N. The " maximum " and " no< >volt- " age " coils R, S are of the usual type, but the latter has an independent short-circuit V which may be closed, to stop the motor, by a switch operated by hand or mechanically, e.g. by an arm Z travelling along a screw on the motor shaft. The means for retaining the motor circuit open until the controller handle is moved to the ' off' position comprises a rotating pawl P' which locks the arm P by a lever C', thrown out of action by a trigger B<1> on the controller handle, or any other convenient means may be employed.
Patent GB-190619824-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Advertising Envelope.
Inventor: RIGNALL WILLIAM BLAKE
Filed: 1906-09-06
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 19,824. Rignall, W. B. Sept. 6. Advertising. - An env e l o p e for advertising purposes is folded in the usual manner, but the bottom flap is extended to reach to the top of, and to fold inside, the envelope. Advertisements or pictures are so placed that they are only seen when the envelope is opened. The portions e,f, Fig. 1, are the extended portions of the bottom flap d, the part e being shaped to correspond with the top flap. The portion f is folded inside the envelope, and the side flaps c, c<1> are folded between the portions of the extended flap, as in Fig. 2. Projecting pieces g, g<1>, formed on the extended flap, may be attached by gum to the side flaps, and to facilitate the opening out of the envelope lines of perforations y, y' may be made along the bases of these projecting pieces. As shown m Fig. 3, the portions e, f are separate from the bottom flap and afterwards gummed thereto.
Patent GB-190622395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Refining Mineral Oil by Fractional Distillation.
Inventor: NOAD JAMES
Filed: 1906-10-10
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 22,395. Noad, J., and Townsend, E. J. Oct. 10. Drawings to Specification. Distilling oils.-Mineral oils are fractionated by heating them to a temperature insufficient to cause the required distillations, and blowing air at atmospheric temperature and in abundant quantity through the liquid so as to air-wash evenly the whole mass of the heated oil, the air being preferably directed on to the still bottom. The resulting vapours are passed through separators containing water, oil, &c. maintained at suitable temperatures, the residual vapours being separated out in an ordinary condenser.
Patent GB-190626997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mitre-shooters.
Inventor: GUY FRANK GRAHAM
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 26,997. Guy, F. G. Nov. 27. Mitreing.-A mitre-shooter which has a coarse and fine adjustment for the angle of cut consists of an angle-plate a, b, secured through holes c to a bench &c. and having guide-grooves for a plane e. A mitre-box g is hinged to the plate at h and is connected to a bracket i carrying a set-screw and arranged to slide in a curved slot k, so as to fix the box at any angle. To obtain the fine adjustment after fixing the bracket i, the box is connected to the bracket by a spring n, a second set-screw l engaging a lug m on the bracket i and pressing against the mitre box.
Patent GB-190628532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Worm and similar Gearing.
Inventor: GRAUL ERNST
Filed: 1907-02-04
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 28,532. Graul, E. Feb. 4, 1907. Adjustments. -Relates to a checking-device for determining a definite mid-position of a wheel which may carry, for instance, an optical instrument. As applied to worm gearing, a spring- pressed pin f, Fig. 1, is moved longitudinally by a half-nut d engaging the worm a<o>. The conical tip of the pin f describes a helical line on the worm shaft until, when the wheel sector b is in the required position, it engages a corresponding hole a' in the shaft. In another arrangement, a spring-pressed pin k, Fig. 3, is mounted to engage a hole i<1> in the worm shaft i. An arm k<1> attached to the pin k rests on an annular surface h<o> on the worm-wheel h, thus holding the pin out of action until the arm k<1> falls into a notch made in the surface h at the required point.
Patent GB-190628823-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Puzzle or Toy.
Inventor: BIRLEY STEPHEN
Filed: 1906-12-18
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 28,823. Birley, S. Dec. 18. Puzzles.-A puzzle or toy comprises a closed cylinder or tube A made of glass, celluloid, or other transparent material, containing two or more movable figures D with hooks or shackles E attached. The object is to so manipulate the transparent cylinder that the hooks on the figure engage with similar hooks F fixed in the cylinder.
Patent GB-190704016-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Non-ballasted Balloon
Inventor: WALLACE GEORGE
Filed: 1907-02-18
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 4016. Wallace, G. Feb. 18. Aerostats; cars.-In order to dispense with ballast in a balloon, the car is provided with chambers adapted to contain gas for inflating the balloon to cause it to rise, and one of the chambers is normally evacuated so that, when the gas in the balloon expands, the excess of gas may be passed into this chamber. The car is preferably formed with three chambers, namely r the reservoir, p containing compressed gas, and v the vacuum chamber. The balloon is connected by a pipe g and a two-way cock a with the chambers v, p, and by a pipe h with the chamber r. In use, all of the chambers are at first filled with compressed hydrogen, and the balloon is filled from the chambers r, v through the pipes h, i. The chamber v is then emptied by a pump f, the gas passing into the balloon through the pipe l, the well w of the compressor, and pipes n, h. When the balloon ascends, the expanding gas is allowed to pass through the cock a and pipe i into the vacuum chamber v, and is pumped into the chamber r. If the gas in the balloon is cooled and the balloon falls, gas is passed into the balloon from the chamber p to restore equilibrium.
Patent GB-190708225-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Blouse or Bodice and Skirt Clip and Grip Combination Fastener
Inventor: LONGLAND LAURA
Filed: 1907-04-09
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 8225. Longland, L. April 9. Skirt and blouse grips.-A fastener for clipping the back of a skirt and blouse consists of a frame-A carrying bars G, hooks B for suspending the skirt, and sliding pieces C, D with serrated edges to which separate parts E, F of the belt are attached. When the belt is pulled tight, the sliding pieces are drawn together; gripping the material of the blouse.
Patent GB-190708520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Binding or Shrouding the Blades of Turbines or Compressors.
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 8520. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, et Cie. Dec. 10, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-The blades of a turbine or compressor are bound together by soldering, brazing, or welding to them a wire, strip, or the like of any desired section, having a core of material (iron, steel, or the like) of sufficient strength and of approximately the same coefficient of expansion as the turbine wheel, which core is covered with a layer of a material (copper) which permits of intimate soldering &c. with the blades and affords protection against oxidization.