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Patent GB-190513198-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bearings for Spindles of Spinning, Twisting, and like Frames
Inventor: SCOTT WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-27
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 13,198. Scott, W., and Phillips, D. June 27. Ball bearings for spinning, twisting, and like machines. The neck and footstep bearings are provided with ball-races so constructed as to diminish friction and take up lateral or other strains incidental to spinning, while means are provided for the efficient lubrication of the bearings. Fig. 1 shows a neck bearing in which an oil-cup A is secured to the spindle and forms or contains the lower ball-race A', while the upper ball-race is formed by an inverted tube C' fitting loosely over the spindle B. The bearing is adjusted by a cup C' which may be screwed on, formed with, or pressed by, the tube C', and which may be adjustably secured in the neck rail C by any suitable means. Lubrication is effected by means of an annular recess C' formed on the tube C'. Fig. 3 shows a footstep bearing in which, instead of the usual conical step, one ball-race is formed by, or consists of a ring carried by, the upper end of the reduced part B<1> of the spindle B, while the other ball-races D<2>, D<3> are carried by a shell D and held in place by a screwed cap D<5>. The bearing is stated to assist the neck bearing in resisting the upward strains incidental to spinning.
Patent GB-190513551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transmission, Change Speed and Reversing Gear for Automobile Vehicles.
Inventor: STROUD JOHN STROUD GWYER WILLI
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 13,551. Stroud, J. S. G. W. July 1. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to change-speed and reversing gear in which the changes of speed are effected by operating a system of sliding rods. Fig. 1 shows a plan and Fig. 2 an elevation of the operating-devices. The spindle b, mounted in bearings 14, 15, is moved longitudinally to select any one of the sliding rods 9, 10, 11, and is then rotated so that the arm f fixed to it operates by a longitudinal movement the particular rod selected. The movement of the spindle b is constrained by the hand operating-lever a which moves in the suitably-shaped sector c. The arm f engages in notches in the sliding rods, and the rods which are not selected for operation are locked in their neutral positions by a sliding frame e, which is guided so as to follow the longitudinal adjustments of the spindle b. In a modification, the sliding frame e is disposed horizontally.
Patent GB-190515194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and Means or Apparatus for the Manufacture of Gas suitable for Heating and Illuminating Purposes.
Inventor: TULLY CORNELIUS BRITTHFFEE
Filed: 1905-07-24
Granted: 1906-07-24
Abstract: 15,194. Tully, C. B. July 24. Generators or producers; carburetting; fixing illuminating constituents.-In a carburetted water-gas plant working on the intermittent system, the gas produced during the blowing period passes only through the lower part of the fuel column, and is used to heat the fuel in the upper part. The producer a is provided with a series of intermediate apertures c, and the upper part is constructed with an annular jacket d which communicates with carburetting and fixing chambers e, t, by means of a valve g. The gas outlet at the top of the fuel column also communicates with these chambers by means of a valve q, or the separate valves g, q, may be replaced by a single two-way valve. During the blowing period, air is supplied to the base of the producer, and tar is injected at the top. The gases escape through the apertures c into the jacket d, where they are supplied with a limited quantity of air, and the products proceed through the valve g, heat the chambers e, t, which are also supplied with air, and escape by way of a valve 3 to the atmosphere. The valve g is then closed, steam and tar are injected into the incandescent fuel, and the gases pass through the valve q to the chamber e, which is supplied with oil at an injector spray w. The mixture is then superheated in the chamber t and passes through purifiers to a gas holder. Instead of separate carburetting and fixing chambers being used, an annular carburettor may be arranged round a tubular fixer.
Patent GB-190517002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatically Moving Figures or Toys.
Inventor: EISEN MAXIMILIAN
Filed: 1905-08-22
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 17,002. Eisen, M. Aug. 22. Mechanical toys.- Relates to means for making a clock-work walking or running toy or figure advance with its foot and knee joints moving simultaneously. Levers f, g, which correspond to the part of the figure from the knee to the foot joint, are pivoted about pins h, i fastened in the feet, and also about pins forming part of hinges k at the knees. The feet are connected by pivoted connecting-rods b, c to a double crank a supported in bearings in the body of the figure. As this crank revolves, the figure advances, the necessary resistance being obtained by providing the feet with spikes &c. m. The figure may be supported by a vehicle of any suitable kind.
Patent GB-190517801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Writing Pens.
Inventor: MOSELEY WALKER
Filed: 1905-09-02
Granted: 1906-10-02
Abstract: 17,801. Moseley, W. Sept. 2. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Ruling-pens-A pen based on an ordinary drawing-pen consists of a wire bent like a hairpin, the ends C, C', Figs. 3 and 4, being flattened, pointed, and closed together. The pen is held in an indiarubber socket E, in which also is secured a plate D situated under the pen. A V-shaped cam-piece A causes the points to separate under the pressure of writing so as to vary the thickness of the strokes. The wire may have various sectional shapes. The V-shaped cam piece and the two pen limbs may be stamped in one piece of sheet metal and . afterwards suitably shaped, so as to fit an ordinary holder. The device shown in Fig. 11 may be fitted to the holder so as to form a drawing-pen. The part B rests on the V-shaped cam, and the thick-' ness of line can be adjusted by means of the screw C. Two holes G, H are provided in the holder shown in Fig. 3, so as to regulate the amount of ink taken up at one dip. The Provisional Specification describes a modification of the means shown in Fig. 11 for regulating the thickness of the line produced by a drawing-pen ; it also describes a multiple ruling and drawing-pen constructed with the V-cam action, modifications of the pen described in Specification No. 2678, A.D. 1859, [Abridgment Class Writing-instruments &c.], adapting it to the pen described herein, and a pen in which a hollow inverted cam rests between the two limb s ' of the rib.
Patent GB-190520257-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Suspending and Drawing Curtains and similar 'Hangings'.
Inventor: DONKIN JOHN
Filed: 1905-10-06
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 20,257. Donkin, J. Oct. 6. Curtains, drawing and suspending; brackets.- Curtains are suspended from hooks or runners mounted on a pole in the form of a flat bar, capable of being readily bent, and supported by brackets in such a manner as not to interrupt the passage of the runners. As shown in Fig. 1, curtain poles a, ax are supported on ledges c, c<4> of a bracket b. The outer pole a, for supporting heavy curtains, is provided with hooks d having rollers d', and connected to a cord e which passes through holes d<3>. Hooks a<1> are provided to support the sagging portion of the cord e when the curtains are drawn back. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the rod a is supported between flanges c<1>, c<2> on the bracket, a second rod bx x being supported as shown and retained in place by a catch c<0>. The hook shown in this case has two upper rollers and a guide-roller below. In conjunction with the form of hooks here shown, simpler hooks without rollers may be employed.
Patent GB-190520580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Optical Recording Apparatus.
Filed: 1905-10-11
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 2 0 , 5 8 0 . Siemens - Schuckertwerke Ges. Oct. 11, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Optical pointers.-In recording- apparatus in which the movements of a beam of light are recorded photographically, an auxiliary surface is provided, upon which the beam of light may be turned by suitably-placed mirrors, in order that preliminary observations may be made to ensure that accidental disturbances have not deranged the apparatus. In the form shown, the beam of light, when recording, is reflected from the galvanometer mirror m directly on to the recording-drum t, but on interposing the mirror s<1> the movement of the spot of light may be actually observed on the auxiliary drum b. In a modification, the drums are mounted upon separate axes, and the change is made by turning the mirror through a small angle. If convenient, the galvanometer &c. can be turned as a whole, thus rendering the mirrors unnecessary.
Patent GB-190524092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed or Variable Change Gear for Motor Road Vehicles
Inventor: EDMONDSON JAMES HOGG
Filed: 1905-11-22
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 24,092. Edmondson, J. H. Nov. 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Motor road vehicles.-Relates to variable-speed and reversing gearing of the toothed-disk and pinion type for motor road vehicles. The disk a, secured to a driven shaft b, is provided with pairs of bevel toothed annuli c', c<2>, c<3>, c<4>, the components of each pair facing one another with a space between. Into these spaces project the edges of double pinions d<1>, d' which are slidable separately upon a driving- shaft e and operated by forks f, h and rods g, i, respectively. A reverse may be obtained by means of a bevel-wheel k, shown in dotted lines, slidable on the shaft b.
Patent GB-190603746-A (GB)
Title: Method for Printing Ignition Strips for Safety Mining Lamps.
Inventor: KOEHLER ERNEST FELIX
Filed: 1906-02-15
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 3746. Koehler, E. F. Feb. 15. Miners' and like safety lamps.-In a machine for printing ignition strips, the strips are printed on both sides simultaneously by passing between two rollers e, e', Fig. 5, formed with a number of raised grooved rings f dipping into troughs g containing the fulminating substance. The strips are wound on a frame fitted within a second frame i, adapted to be raised or lowered by a rack and pinion k on rotation of the rollers. At one end the rollers are connected by cog-wheels m, while at the other end the axles r, Fig. 2, project into eccentric slots o formed in a disk n, so that by rotation of the disk the rollers can be separated for the insertion of the frame, and then brought together again. The frames may be arranged to move horizontally.
Patent GB-190604067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Machines.
Inventor: MILLS CLAUDE KENNEDY
Filed: 1906-02-19
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 4067. Mills, C. R., [Dick Co., A. B.]. Feb. 19. Cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces; delivery apparatus; inking-apparatus; stopping and starting arrangements; chases, securing in machines; leads; chases; feeding sheets.-Relates to printing- machines, more particularly to the type provided with a hand-reciprocated type-bed and inverted forme,the impression cylinder being below the bed. The type is set up loosely in inverted position between channelled leads, and is pressed down by a rubber &c. backing. A wide inking - ribbon is passed below the type, and above the paper to be printed, which is fed by feed-rolls actuated by cam and friction mechanism. The impression roll is automatically tripped and untripped by stops on the bed. The carriage, having side frames C, C', Fig. 4, and reciprocated by a handle L, Fig. 1, supports the forme or chase on brackets c<4>, c<8>. The leads n<1> and other furniture are supported on internal ridges on the chase, and the type n<3> fits loosely into recessed channels in the leads, and is presented from dropping through by being formed with thickened backs resting on the leads. The type is held in position by a back-plate O with a rubber face n<4>, clamped by screws o<1> to the chase, which is held in the bed by ears P and screws P<1>. The lines of type are placed longitudinally with the bed. Suitable inking-devices, such as an ink ribbon J passing transversely underneath the forme, and shifted automatically by ratchet mechanism actuated by levers k and fixed cams k<1> turning the rolls J<1>, J<2>, are provided. The paper is fed in single sheets to feed-rolls G, D, mounted in spring-controlled bearings F, F<1>. The upper one is preferably rubber-covered and driven from the lower by spur gearing. The lower one is driven by a wheel d, preferably of rubber, through a ratchet d<2>. At the commencement of the return stroke of the bed, the wheel d engages frictionally with the lower surface c<7> of a slot in a bracket fixed to the bed, and the paper is therefore fed forward until the front end is sufficiently over the tripped impression roller. A polygonal wheel d<3> then engages with an incline on the slide d<5>, thus lifting the roller d and stopping the paper feed. The impression roller, mounted on the shaft h, journaled in pivoted levers h<1>, Fig 1, is meanwhile held away from the type by springs f<5>, until at the end of the return stroke stop i<4> engage with levers i' and cause the cams i to lift the levers h<1>. A wheelh<8>, Fig. 4, preferably rubber-covered, mounted near one end of the shaft h, then comes into contact with a ledge h<7>, and drives the impression roller on the forward motion of the bed, the paper being pulled by the forme and impression roller through the feed-rolls, and delivered on a removable delivery board supported below the bed. At the end of the forward movement of the bed, stops i<5> cause the cams i to trip the impression roller, and the previously described operations are repeated.
Patent GB-190609213-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Blind Rod or Roller.
Inventor: GRUPE FRIEDRICH AUGUST
Filed: 1906-04-18
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 9213. Grupe, F. A. April 18. Window blinds.-The top rollers of roller blinds are made of a split metal tube m, the slit s therein being so narrow that, when the end of the blind is folded over and the fold inserted in the tube, the blind is securely held. A cord pulley r is provided, and the tube is supported on pins z carried by side brackets, one or both of which consists of two parts a, b, Figs. 4 and 5, pivoted together so as to allow the blind to be put up and taken down.
Patent GB-190611497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Block Signal Systems for Railways and the like.
Filed: 1906-05-16
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 11,497. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 16. Automatic systems for electric railways, in which alternating signalling current is supplied to the insulated track rail sections which are bonded to allow the track-rails to be used also as return conductors for the power current, are modified for preventing interference by leakage current across imperfect section insulation joints between adjacent sections supplied from different sources of signalling current not in parallel. In the known system, the sections A, A', A<2> are formed by insulation joints in the track rails, which are bonded by the connexion of equipotential points in the windings of the transformers D, E', &c. to provide a continuous path along the track rails for the return power current supplied by the lead B. One coil of each of the transformers D, D<1>, D<2> is connected to the signalling- current supply lead C or C', the other coil being connected across the track rails, and one coil of each of the transformers E', E' is connected to one pbase coil F<1> or F<2> of a polyphase induction relay G' or G<2>, of which the other coil is connected to the signalling-supply lead. The armature H<1> or H' of each relay breaks the semaphore operating circuit I<1>, say, to signal 'danger' in case of reversal of phase of the current in either relay coil. Thus since the windings of the adjacent relays D, D<1> are oppositely connected to the same signalling-current supply lead C, any leakage between the sections A, A<1> merely reverses the phase in the coil F', and retains the signal J<1> at 'danger.' The present invention relates to the case when a different signalling- current supply lead C' is used for the section A', and, if the supply sources are not run in parallel, the relative phases of the currents in the sections A', A<2> are indeterminate. In this case, a short section a' with similar bondings &c. is inserted between the sections A', A<2>, but the armature contacts of the relay g<2> corresponding to this section are connected in series with those of the relay G<2>. Both relay contacts must therefore be closed before the corresponding signal J' indicates safety.' One coil of the transformer d' is connected to the supply lead C' oppositely to the coil of the transformer D', so that, as before, leakage across the section a', A' causes the signal to indicate danger.' Leakage across the sections a<2>, A<1> does not cause the signal J' to indicate 'safety' when a train has left the section A<1> to enter the section A', because the section a' may be made so short that the train has entered the section A', before it has finally left the section A'. Therefore even if the relay contacts h' are closed by leakage current from the section A' not of reversed phase to the signalling- current in section a<2>, the contacts H<2> in series therewith are opened as the train enters the section A<2> in the ordinary way, and the signal J<2> indicates 'danger.'
Patent GB-190611966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Carrier Apparatuses.
Inventor: CHISM DAVID ELLERY
Filed: 1906-05-22
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 11,966. Chism, D. E. May 22. Rope railways.- Consists of a number of improvements incashcarrying apparatus of the kind in which the cash-box is guided along a tubular or doublerod trackway and is proplled by an endless cable, generally as described in Specification No. 6862, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment. Class Shop &c. accessories]. At the home station, the terminals B, C, Fig. 2, of the trackways B3, C<3> and the cable-guiding wheels 10, 11, Fig. 5, are mounted on bracket frames D made with lower and upper opposite yokes e, f between alined collars 16, 17, 18 which are secured to the post by set-screws. There may be two or more such double brackets on a single post. The guiding-wheels are set obliquely to the trackway, the one for the sending track being in a vertical plane, and are provided with double or single guards 20, 21, adjustably secured by set-screws in slots. A terminal is made of cast halves forming a slotted tube which grips a tubular trackway on burrs 48 or has the rod trackways secured to it by clips 55. Track rods are united at intervals by arch-like ties, and two tracks are connected at intervals by bridge-pieces. The receiving - terminals C extend back beyond the sending terminals B, and have lateral and bottom openings 42, 43 against a buffer 41, for allowing the removal of the cylindrical head 39 of the cash-box 44, Fig. 4. The slotway 45 of a tubular trackway has lips 80 to guide the neck 38 of the cash-box. The cash-box head 39, Figs. 16 and 17, is formed with a sinuous channel 40, wherein the outer protuberances 86 have an inward inclination. Each station - branch of the sending - trackway, being tubular, has a widening provided with jaws 63, Fig. 11, which allow the removal of the cashbox by a pull. A corner frame, Fig. 12, for a tubular trackway consists of a quadrant 72 which is reduced to a channel 70 and bears a strap 73 containing a guiding-wheel L for the cable ; in the quadrant the cash-box runs free of the cable. The branch J, Fig. 19, at a station has its origin at a frame 136, Fig. 21, bearing a switching-blade 145 adjustable laterally and vertically to engage corresponding fingers 150 or 151 on the bottom of the cash-box H. To make the switching occur without shock, a pivoted frame 140 is provided bearing guiding-blades 155, 160 for the body and neck of the cash-box respectively. An opening 120 in the branch allows the cable to be bent aside till the cash-box is switched.
Patent GB-190618080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Precipitating Metals Electrolytically.
Inventor: RAMEN ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-08-11
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 18,080. RamÚn, A. Aug. 11. Metals, obtaining.-In the electrolytic precipitation of metals from the solutions obtained from calcined ores, a portion of the solution, or a solution of analogous composition, is taken and the more negative metals, copper, silver, gold, &c., are precipitated by means of iron. The resulting solution, which consists substantially of ferrous salts, is then used as the depolarizing-medium in the anode chambers of a cell, the rest of the original'solution being introduced into the cathode chamber, where the more negative metals are first precipitated, and then the more positive metals, cobalt, nickel, zinc, &c.
Patent GB-190618266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks for Trunks, Dress-suit Cases and similar Receptacles.
Inventor: RANSOM LOUIS
Filed: 1906-08-14
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 18,266. Lake, H. H., [Ransom, L.]. Aug. 14. Locks, key; fastenings, hasp. A hasp lock for a trunk &c. is provided with a lever to allow of the easy closing and fastening of the trunk. The casing 16, containing the locking-mechanism, is hinged in a recess 12 in the trunk body and is provided with a pivoted hook piece 27 which, when the hasp 16 is raised, engages a recess 29 in the lid of the trunk. When engagement is thus made, the lid of the trunk can be closed and fastened by pressing down the hasp 16 into its recess, within which it wholly lies, spring catch pieces 19, Fig. 4, in the hasp, engaging automatically with slots in the sides of the recess 12. The catches 19 can be released by means of a key engaging projections 23 thereon. The hook plate 27 is retained in position against the hasp plate 16 when the trunk is open by means of a spring 31.
Patent GB-190618904-A (GB)
Title: A Webbed Glove for the use of Swimmers and others.
Inventor: AUDIGIER JULES
Filed: 1906-08-23
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 18,904. Audtgier, J. Aug. 23. Swimming-appliances.-Webbed gloves for facilitating swimming have thimble pieces h of aluminium or celluloid sewn inside them so as to extend the effective length of the fingers.
Patent GB-190624500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Tramway Cars.
Inventor: HOWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 24,500. Howard, W. Nov. 2. Brakes.-A track brake for tramcars can be operated in conjunction with the wheel brakes, or independently. The blocks A slide in brackets B, and can be depressed, against the action of springs a, by wedges or rollers C acting on their inclined upper surfaces. The wedges or rollerslare mounted oh, or actuated by, a lever D, pivoted at its centre and carrying rollers d' which bear on brackets C<1>. The lever D is connected by rods d<2> to levers E at each end of the car. When a lever E is operated through a rod E', the blocks A are depressed, and shoes G are applied to the wheels by means of a cam F on the lever working between beams F<1>, F<3>.