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Patent GB-190600973-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved System and Means for Charging Secondary Batteries.
Inventor: MCINDOE JOHN BROWN
Filed: 1906-01-13
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 973. McIndoe, J. B. Jan. 13. - Distributing; switches; couplings.-To charge small secondary batteries, such as are used for motor-car ignition, they are connected in a distributing main in series with lamps or other household electric appliances through which a limited current flows, the connexions being made by a special fitting comprising a plug-socket, two-way switch, and locking-device. Figs. 1 and 2 show the distributing mains A, the lamps B, the battery C, and the two way switch D, D<1>, which excludes the battery in Fig. 1, and includes it in Fig. 2. The construction of the fitting is shown in Figs. 4, 6, 8, and 9. The plug terminals G, G receive the wires from the battery, and pass through holes in a casing E. The plug has a pin H serving to prevent the reversal of the plug contacts, and also to depress, when inserted, a lever J, by which the handle F of the two-way switch was previously locked in the position shown in Fig. 6 corresponding to the circuits of Fig. 1. The switch can now be thrown over to bring the circuits to the condition of Fig. 2. In this movement, its pin F' actuates a spring lever K, and locks 'the plug in its socket till the original condition is restored. In a slightly modified arrangement, three switches are used, all worked by the single hand-lever.
Patent GB-190603591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Apparatus.
Inventor: KNIGHT ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-02-13
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 3591. Knight, A. Feb. 13. Valves.-A hit-and-miss ventilator for preventing the condensation of moisture on shop windows consists of a perforated board A fitted with a correspondingly perforated slide B, which is retained by guides c and by pins D fitting into slots b<1>. The valve is opened by a cord F and closed by springs.
Patent GB-190604284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Billiard Cue Rests
Inventor: BARR HARRY
Filed: 1906-02-21
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 4284. Barr, H. Feb. 21. Billiards.-A billiard cue rest, which may be used in the ordinary way or as a cushion rest, bas one or more of its arms A provided with grooves or channels B parallel with the handle C. The parts E of the cue are plain, and form the ordinary V-shaped support for the cue.
Patent GB-190606890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lamps, particularly applicable for Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: DUCELLIER GABRIEL
Filed: 1906-03-22
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 6890. Ducellier, G. Oct. 30, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Carriage and vehicular lamps; reflectors and holders therefor.-For reducing at will the emitted light, an opaque or semi-opaque screen n of the same shape as the back reflector a is provided inside or outside that reflector and arranged on pins e, f so as to enable the screen to be interposed at will in front of the source of light. Suitable catches i are provided to retain the screen in the 'on' and 'off ' positions.
Patent GB-190608044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Repulsion Electric Motors.
Filed: 1906-04-03
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 8044. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, & Co. April 7, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motors, controlling.-In order that the variation in speed due to variation in load of the repulsion motor described in Specification No. 374, A.D. 1905, shall remain constant both above and below synchronism, the two sets of brushes A, B, Fig. 2, are automatically connected with each other either directly or through a resistance W when the motor reaches the synchronous speed by means of a centrifugal switch C acting in opposition to a spring F.
Patent GB-190610561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Mixing Pulverulent and Granular Materials.
Inventor: PORTEUS GEORGE
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 10,561. Porteus, G. May 5. Moving-beater apparatus.-Two or more mixing- machines for flour, grain, grist, or other granular or pulverulent substances, of the type in which the materials are mixed by moving arms and discharged by rotating worms, are combined, and the materials discharged to a single worm and mixer. Fig. 2 shows two such machines with beaters 3, mounted on the same shaft 2, and discharged by a right and left handed worm 5 to an opening 7, beneath which is a worm 8, which drives the material past mixing- arms 12, on the same shaft 11 as the worm 8, to the opening 14. The shaft 11 may be disposed vertically and may lead to a bagging-shoot. A combination of four machines is also described in the Specification.
Patent GB-190611346-A (GB)
Title: Improved Photographic Films for Film Packs, Change Boxes, Cameras, and the like
Inventor: THORNTON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 11,346. Thornton, J. E. May 15. Falm packs. - Relates to film packs of the type in which the films are carried in or attached to the folds of a pleated band, each pleat having a manipulating - tab and with or without a retaining-tab. The pack is constructed so that the films may be developed in a band without being detached. The tabs are attached so as to be torn away. The films are made integral with the band either by attaching them to the alternate pleats by insoluble cement, or the alternate lengths of the bands may be sensitized. In the latter case, an opaque coating or film a', Fig 5, is combined with one of the folds, or the alternate unsensitized parts A<2> may be opaque. The films B may be mounted behind the band A, Fig. 7, and combined with an opaque back A<1>. The alternate pleats may be of extended length for use in change-boxes in which the front film is pulled round to the rear after exposure. The composition of the pack may be specially modified for particular processes of colour photography, for example, Smith's. multiple-film process, the LumiÞre starch-grain process, or the Joly ruled-screen process. Colour filters may be arranged so as to lie in front of each film. These filters may for example form a second band A<3>, Fig. 8, with separate tags D', either projecting with the tags D and drawn together, or attached at the opposite ends of the pleats. Specifications No. 4955, A.D. 1898, and No. 29,631, A.D. 1904, of the same applicant are referred to. The pleated strip may be made more flexible by making a series of fine and close corrugations across its width, which also stiffens it in the other direction.
Patent GB-190613424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Cardboard and like Figures.
Inventor: HILDESHEIMER ALBERT
Filed: 1906-06-11
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 13,424. Hildesheimer, A. June 11. Toy animals.-Relates to life-size human and other figures of cardboard &c., chiefly for advertising purposes. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 4, two parts a, b, suitably jointed, or hinged together, e.g. by a strip of fabric cemented to them, are connected rigidly by inserting a rod e in loops d. A collapsible stand j, attached to the card, is kept rigid, when in use, by a cardboard piece g. A cardboard tray i, hinged to the front of the part a, is supported by a box support j, which can be collapsed by motion in an horizontal direction. The support j is cemented to the tray i. A flap k hides the support j. Detachable arms, or other parts, may be provided.
Patent GB-190618313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversible Window Sashes.
Inventor: MILLER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 18,313. Miller, A. Aug. 15. Hinges for reversible windows. Each pivot consists of a plate a<2>, attached to the sliding stile, having a pear-shaped boss a<3> and an axle a<4> which fits loosely in a circular hole a<5> in a boss on a plate a, attached to the sash stile.
Patent GB-190622155-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Magnetising the Edge of the Blade of a Razor or like Cutting Instrument.
Inventor: HILLIARD JOSEPH BANKS
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 22,155. Hilliard, J. B. Oct. 8. Razors.-The edges of razors and like cutting- instruments are kept sharp and in good condition by allowing them to rest at their ends on the poles of a permanent magnet, the remainder of the cutting-edge lying close to, but out of contact with, the magnet. The magnet b, Fig. 2, may be arranged in the handle as shown, the blade d resting on it at the points f, or it may be fitted in a case or stand to hold the instrument.
Patent GB-190625121-A (GB)
Title: Rubber Washers for Water Taps
Inventor: RHODES ERNEST
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 25,121. Rhodes, E. Nov. 8. Packing-materials; packing, special methods of. -A washer for water and other taps and the like is made of india-rubber. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 230, A.D. 1859, No. 2933, A.D. 1869, No. 11,545, A.D. 1889, No. 23,550, A.D. 1892, No. 13,929, A.D. 1893, No. 22,037, A.D. 1900, and No. 13,484, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190625569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Block Signals.
Inventor: FINNIGAN GEORGE PATRICK
Filed: 1906-11-13
Granted: 1907-11-13
Abstract: 25,569. Finnigan, G. P. Nov. 13. Ratchet gearing; clutches.-An electromotor for operating railway signals includes a frame which is oscillated electrically and carries a spring pawl 12, Fig. 3, having a square head 13 which binds in the sides of a groove 14 in a disk 15 when it is moved upwards, but slips freely downwards. A similar pawl serves as a detent to prevent any return motion. The disk 15 is therefore continuously rotated by the oscillations of the armature. The two members of a clutch through which motion is transmitted from the motor are held in mesh by solenoids 51, 52, Fig. 8. Should the rails or wires break, or the batteries fail, the clutch is released by the action of a spring 56 allowing the signal to rise to 'danger.'
Patent GB-190628579-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lid Bolt for Storage Battery Boxes and the like.
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1907-12-14
Abstract: 28,579. Chloride Electrical Storage Co., and Heap, B. Dec. 14. Bolting, methods of; bushes, bolt-hole.-The lids of boxes, such as those for holding secondary batteries carried by boats, vehicles, &c., are secured by means of bolts a of any suitable shouldered form. The head of the bolt is placed in a recess b in a side or end c of the box, the recess being preferably deeper than the width of the stems and head of the bolt. The recess is filled in with wax d or the like to protect the embedded part of the bolt.
Patent GB-190700116-A (GB)
Title: A Flexible Form for Holding and Assembling Type.
Inventor: BROWN SUMMERS
Filed: 1907-01-02
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 116. Brown, S. Jan. 2. Type.-A flexible type forme, adapted to be secured on a cylinder, comprises two or more chains c<11> composed of links of the form shown in Fig. 1, provided with dovetail or T-sbaped slots d for the reception of type-bars f, between each adjacent pair of which the types g are held. Each link is' formed with a shoulder which locks against the adjacent link when the forme is flat. In a modification, the type-holding bars f may be secured to the links a by screws, and in a further modification the bars are screwed or riveted to a flexible metal strip instead of being held by the chain c<11>.
Patent GB-190706317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Incinerating Furnaces or Refuse Destructors.
Inventor: WOUDT CORNELIS VAN T
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 6317. Woudt, C. van 't. March 15. Refuse-consuming furnaces; grates.- In a refuse destructor having a steam boiler directly above the grate, the waste gases are use for heating the feed-water and the primary air supply, and for drying the refuse, the gases evolved in the drying being afterwards burned in the furnace. From a hopper 2, the refuse is conveyed by a screw 6 working in a trough 4 to an endless grate 7, each link of which, Figs. 10 and 13, has a curved perforated surface 33 with a central rib 32 to engage the guide-rollers. The grate is placed above a trolly, which runs on rails, and can be easily removed and replaced. The layer of refuse in the grate may be regulated by a verticallyadjustable plate 9. Ashes are removed from the front of the furnace by a trolly 10, the ingress of cold air being prevented by suspended plates 11. The gases from the grate pass through the perforations 12 in an arch 13 on a series of arches, and, after traversing the tubes 21 of the boiler, pass under the feedwater-heater 23, descend through flues 24 to the space beneath the trough 4, and escape beneath the arched roof 25 of the chamber 27 to the outlet flue 28. Air for combustion is heated in a coiled pipe 26 and is discharged beneath the grate 7. The roof of the chamber 15 is curved as shown, and the gases evolved in this chamber pass through flues 17 to the ash-pit, and thence to the furnace through mountings 20 at the sides of the grate.
Patent GB-190709592-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Feeding Sheets and Plates of Iron, Steel, or other Metals into Rolls for Planishing same.
Filed: 1907-04-25
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 9 5 9 2. Pontypool Works, Ltd., and Joshua, A. J. April 25. Planishing.-For feeding metal sheets into an horizontal polishing o r planishing machine, a small horizontal roller C supported in bearings on a weighted pivoted frame D is held against the top roller so that it revolves at high speed and the plate is fed in between it and the top roller.
Patent GB-190710146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inking Apparatus for Printing Presses.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 10,146. Haddon, H. J., [Duplex Printing Press Co.]. May. 1. Inking-apparatus. - Mechanism for reciprocating i n kdistributing rollers longitudinally, illustrated in Fig. 2 as applied to a machine in which two sets of rollers are arranged end to end, comprises two bars 4, 5 provided at their extremities with studs 3<c>, 3<e>,5<d> which engage re spectively. grooved rollers 1<c>, 1<e>, 1<d> on the spindles of rollers 1, 1<b>, 1<a>, rotating in contact with a large inking-drum. The bars 4, 5 are formed with teeth 4<b>, 5<b> engaging a pinion 6 to which an oscillating motion is communicated by a rack 6<b> reciprocated by a link 6<c> connected to a crank-pin 6d on on a pinion 6f. The range and frequency of the reciprocation of the rollers may be altered as required by varying the gearing.
Patent GB-190713678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels for Vehicles
Inventor: SCRYMGOUR WILLIAM HARRINGTON
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 13,678. Scrymgour, W. H. June 13. Spring wheels.- Shoes pivoted be tween disks rotating on the axle bear upon a stationary elliptic spring keyed to the axle Disks 7, Figs. 1 2, formed with boxes 8 fitted upon loose bushes 9 sur rounding the axle are connected near their edges by bolts 3 and stays 4 Each disk is formed with spokes and fitted with panels Hollow s li o e H of triangular shape are pivoted on outer bolts 15, and carry at their inner corners pairs o: rollers 16, which bear in turn upon a laminated split elliptical spring 5 clamped at 11 to a block 10 keyed at 12 to the axle. To exclude dust and assist in retaining grease, a wiper or bearing-piece of brass 19 is pressed against the face of each shoe adjacent to the next by a spring 21 carried by a bolt 3.
Patent GB-190714611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fabrics and in the Method or Process and Means for Producing same.
Inventor: TURNER HUGH JAMES
Filed: 1907-06-25
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 14,611. Turner, H. J. June 25. Compound fabrics.-A compound elastic fabric having a pleated appearance, and comprising a narrow elastic web 1 stitched between two outer non-elastic fabrics 2, 3, is made by drawing the three sheets off spring rollers 7, 5, 6 respectively, passing the elastic web 1 through a tensioning- device consisting of two relatively adjustable V- shaped bars 10, 11, bringing the three sheets together by guiding them over rods 15 and under a bar 17, and stitching while the elastic web is in a stretched condition by a multiple-needle sewing-machine 28, under which the combined fabrics are intermittently drawn by two pressure rollers 19, 20, the roller 20 receiving its intermittent rotation from the spindle of the sewing-machine through an eccentric, a connecting-rod, a lever, and a friction pawl. The finished material is wound on to a drum 31.
Patent GB-190718376-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Heating Tar and other like Substances and Spreading same on Roads and Footways.
Inventor: BRISTOWE FREDERICK EDWARD
Filed: 1907-08-14
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 18,376. Bristowe, F. E., and Stapley, A. Aug. 14. [Cognate Application, No. 768, A.D. 1908, Jan. 13.] Cauldrons and tanks, asphalt and like; liquids, distributing.-In dressing roads with tar, the liquid is heated in a wheeled tar boiler of special form, and is transferred to a second wheeled tank provided with special distributing - devices. The wheeled boiler comprises a reserve tank c, Fig. 2, communicating by a valve d with a boiler a mounted above a furnace b, the tubular flues from which pass through the boiler a. The tar barrels are supported on a hinged bracket f adjuatable by pins engaging holes f<1> and can be rolled into position for emptying into the tank c. The boiler a is charged with tar through the valve d to twothirds of its capacity, and the temperature is raised to 176‹ F., any overflow settles into side trays of the tank c. A quantity of the heated tar is run off and transferred to the distributing-tank i, Fig. 4, the valve d is opened to allow the partly-heated tar in the tank c to enter the boiler a, and a further charge is run into the tanks c to ensure a continuous supply. A damper h, can be used when the temperature rises too rapidly. The distributing- tank i is fitted, in order to retain the heat, with a non-conducting envelope k the bottom of which can be readily removed to allow the contents to be heated by a fire-box or lamp. The tar passes through discharge cocks o to a distributing-pipe m with a long opening m<1>, beneath which is a spreader-plate l which can be brought close to the pipe m by means of levers n in order to regulate the flow. The plate l has a turned-up lip p, and partitions prevent the liquid from flowing to one end. Division plates inside the tank i prevent unequal flow from the discharge cocks and prevent splashing during transit. The distributing-pipe, m may have sleeves to slip over the opening m<1> to regulate the width of discharge, or may be made readily replaceable by longer or shorter pipes, or in place of it a flexible hose may be attached to each of the discharge cocks o. Screwed stoppers t serve as cleansing-eyes. Dustless stone chippings may be spread over the freshly-tarred surface. It is stated in the earlier Provisional Specification that the tar may be fed through hose from the discharge cocks to spreader-plates swivelling to each side of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190718653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tyres for Vehicles.
Inventor: ROCK JACOB WADSWORTH
Filed: 1907-08-17
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 18,653. Rock, J. W. Aug. 17. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-A solid elastic tyre is provided with a number of small holes 5, inclined at a convenient angle to a radius. The tyre shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is provided at intervals with cross-wires 3, and is secured to the channelled rim 1 by retaining-wires 4. In a modification, the holes may be mainly radial, their outer ends only being inclined.
Patent GB-190721069-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Press with Intermittently Rotating Mould-table for Making Briquettes, Artificial Stone Blocks and the like.
Inventor: SURMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 21,069. Surmann, W. Sept. 23. Moulding bricks &c.-The rotating table 13 of a press for moulding briquettes, building-blocks, &c. is driven intermittently by means of a toothed sector 15, Figs. 3 and 8, mounted on a hollow shaft 16 driven continuously from a main shaft 4 by bevel-gearing 17, 18. The sector 15 carries a tooth 19, Fig. 8, adapted to engage with short rollers 22<a>, and teeth 20, 21 adapted to engage with long rollers 22<b> mounted on the table 13. The rollers 23<a>, 22<b> are arranged in sets of three opposite each mould opening 14 as shown, and after the teeth 19, 20, 21 have engaged with the rollers 22<a>, 22<b> to move the table through a mould interval, the table is held stationary by means of a segmental disk 23 engaging with two long rollers 22<b>, this disk being mounted so as to clear the intermediate short roller 22<a>. The material is contained in a vessel 25, Fig. 3, and is fed to the moulds through a chamber 26, corresponding in shape to the moulds, by the fall of a plunger 30, which is raised by a rotary cam 35 engaging a roller 34 on its supporting lever 33. Loose plungers 24 are forced upwards to compress the material by means of a block 6 operated by an eccentric 4<a> on the main shaft 4, and the upper plunger 7 is forced downwards by means of tension rods 9 connected to a beam 10 mounted on an eccentric 4<b>. The block 6 serves also to regulate the filling of the moulds, and is adjusted in height by wedges 45 operated by a hand-wheel. After pressing, the blocks are raised above the level of the table for discharge by raising the plungers 24 on to a guide 38, the plungers being again lowered on to the block 6 just before filling. Lifting-devices 39, 40, Figs. 3 and 5, employed to raise and lower the plungers 24, are connected to opposite ends of a pivoted lever 41 so as to be operated simultaneously in opposite directions. The lifter 39 is operated directly by means of a cam 44. To permit of the adjustment of the block 6 and to ensure that the lifters are raised exactly to the height of the guide 38, the lifter 39 is formed in two portions connected by a pin and slot 48, and the aperture 50 in the lifter 40 in which the end of the lever 41 works is extended downwardly. The heads of the lifters rest upon the block 6 in their lowered position. The lever 41 could be driven instead of the lifter 39. Strain is prevented by means of a spring device, such as is described in Specification No. 1458, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190724572-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Window
Inventor: DAWKINS WILLIAM LOOMES
Filed: 1907-11-06
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 24,572. Dawkins, W. L. Nov. 6. Windows; window holders.-The sashes fare supported at any height by the friction between the sash stiles and spring-pressed loose pulley stiles b. The window frame is hinged to a fixed frame g so that the windows may be cleaned on the outside from within the room. The window frame is secured in the closed position by a lock c. Specifications No. 5193, A.D. 1885, No. 643, A.D. 1887, No. 18,663, A.D. 1892, No. 8131, A.D. 1904, and No. 20,034, A.D. 1905, are referred to.
Patent GB-190801012-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Driving the Spindles Twisting Machines.
Inventor: LAROCHE FELIX
Filed: 1908-01-15
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 1012. Laroche, F. Jan. 16, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Brakes.-In a twisting-machine, the brake f, the tensioning-pulley e, and the pinion p which drives the winding-spindle b, are mounted on a pivoted lever d, which, when the cam h is released, is moved by the spring n so as to apply the brake to the delivery cup a, to slacken the driving-band, and to disconnect the driving-pinion p.