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Patent GB-190500414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Pianos
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 414. Marks, G. C., [Welin, P.]. Jan. 9. Automatic instruments.-In an automatic pianoforte, played by pneumatics controlled by a perforated tune-sheet, and suitable for manual play, the bellows-operating pedals P can be folded up within the casing, the feeders F and storage reservoir are upright and arranged in the back panel, and the controlling-levers 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 are housed within the casing and can be covered by the fall-board M. The lever 22, by its action on a sliding bar having wedges on its underside cooperating with inclines, locks the keys K while the pianoforte is being played automatically.
Patent GB-190502112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dumb Waiters and the like.
Inventor: SIMPSON ANTHONY
Filed: 1905-02-02
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 2112. Simpson, A. Feb. 2. Trays; stands for table use.-One or more trays d, bearing dishes e containing food, are rotatably mounted on a central stem a by being supported on shoulders c. The stem a is fixed to the table g in any suitable manner, or the base f is weighted. In a modification, the stem is rotatably mounted on the table.
Patent GB-190504081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Production of Stereotype Flongs or Matrices, and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: REITER JEAN
Filed: 1905-02-27
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 4081. Reiter, J. Feb. 27, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stereotype; embossing.-Stereotype matrices are produced in an hydraulic press fitted with a sliding table m and provided with a blanket h on the head or platen a. The platen m is mounted on wheels or rollers n running on rails o, and is movable over and with the ram f. The blanket h is carried by metal fillets or bars j hooked or engaged on screw-heads.
Patent GB-190505531-A (GB)
Title: A Holder for the Paper-covering on the Head-rests of Chairs.
Inventor: MAYR HEINRICH
Filed: 1905-03-16
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 5531. Mayr, H. March 16. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Bobbin holders.-In a holder for paper for covering the head-rests of chairs, the roll a rotates in holes in the arms b<1>, b<2> of a resilient bow b. A second bow d, joined to the bow b, has a cutting- edge m, which is pressed against the roll by springs c.
Patent GB-190511702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo Electric Machines.
Filed: 1905-06-03
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 11,702. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 3. Armatures; distortion of field, preventing sparking, preventing.-To obtain sparkless commutation in either alternating-current or direct-current dynamo-electric machines, the armature is provided with a series of open-circuit windings A connected to successive commutator segments C, and the brushes B are so arranged upon the commutator that the segments at any instant bridged by a brush are connected to windings which are cutting fields of substantially equal strength. The invention is shown applied to a machine having four field poles F<1>. Commutator segments displaced from each other by 180 degrees are cross-connected. Since each armature winding is of the open-circuit type, the only possible short-circuit that can occur is formed when two adjacent windings are connected in parallel by the brushes, and, by positioning the brushes so that the two windings are at that instant opposite the centres of the pole faces, their induced electromotive forces must be equal. In order to counteract armature distortion and shifting of the field flux with varying load, compensating series coils A' are supported on the faces of the field poles directly opposite to the windings in circuit with the brushes, so that they are traversed by a current equal and opposite to that flowing in the armature conductors.
Patent GB-190514315-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device applicable to Ring Spinning, Ring Doubling and like Frames, for Preventing and Breaking Doubles.
Inventor: SIMPSON GEORGE
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 14,315. Simpson, G. July 11. Doubles, preventing and breaking. - In ring spinning, doubling, and like machines, doubles are broken by arms e', e<2>, &c. formed at their free end with hooks f and projections g, and fixed on a common shaft h, which may be rotated to carry all the arms out of action. In case one of the threads, e.g. c', breaks, entanglement with the thread c<1> causes this thread to be drawn against the projection g on the arm e' and thereby broken, or entanglement with the thread c<3> causes this thread to be drawn into the hook f on the arm e<2> and thereby broken.
Patent GB-190516566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tone-modifying Means for Pianos.
Inventor: SMITH IRVING BELL
Filed: 1905-08-15
Granted: 1906-08-15
Abstract: 16,566. Smith, I. B. Nov. 21, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Pianofortes ; automatic instruments. - Tonemodifying means or pianissimo devices for pianos, more particularly pianos containing self-playing attachments, or those operated by external players, are shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The actions of the hammers are opposed by the springs 25, bearing on the shanks, or on the back-checks 7, which springs can be set by manual means so as to vary the tones in the bass, middle, or treble. The means for positioning the springs 25 comprise the three pivoted levers 13, 14, 15, the three operating- levers B, M, T, and the two bars or sections 23, 24 carrying the forwardly-bent spring blades 25.
Patent GB-190521384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stoppers for Stoppering Bottles Jars or the like.
Inventor: HOWARD JOHN
Filed: 1905-10-20
Granted: 1906-10-20
Abstract: 21,384. Howard, J., and Howard, J. E. Oct. 20. Stoppers, bail and lever.-A stopper A, adapted to be secured by the ordinary bail-and-lever or like means, is formed with a stem A<1> adapted to guide the stopper into proper position on the receptacle, and is provided with a cork washer C, which forms the hermetic joint on the top edge of the lip or mouth of the receptacle, instead of within the mouth or neck. The washer may be inserted in an undercut or other channel B, Fig. 1, which may have spikes &c. at the bottom to impale the cork ; or the channel may be dispensed with and the washer placed on a reduced or undercut portion A<2>, Fig. 3, of the stopper. The washer is preferably cut so that the pores of the cork lie in or about the direction of the pressure under which the joint is made. According to the Provisional Specification, the stopper may have an annular guiding-flange instead of or in addition to the guiding-plug ; also, screw stoppers, " crown corks," &c. may be provided with cork washers mounted in grooves &c. and adapted to seat on the lip of the bottle &c.
Patent GB-190527032-A (GB)
Inventor: BISCHOFF FRITZ
Filed: 1905-12-27
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 27,032. Bischoff, F. Dec. 27. Bark, removing; cutting-up etc.; tools. -In a machine for peeling and cutting cane and the like for chair bottoms, basketwork, &c., the cane is fed forward by grooved rollers f, in all cases more than two, the shafts g of which rest in bearings, guided in dovetails and pressed forward by adjustable spiral springs. The rollers are driven from a shaft b by spur and bevel gearing ; the spur-wheels e, which admit of removal so as to allow a change of rollers for a cane of different diameter, run in recesses p in the frame. The tools are fixed between the rollers and a guide-tube, supported by an arm projecting behind the rollers, the front part of the arm being wedge-shaped to guide the peeled parts sideways. The cutting-tool consists of a cylindrical body with a flared end d<1>, Fig. 4, having channels b<1> for cutting the casing of the cane into strips and cylindrical or prismatic channels c<1> to cut rods from the cane core.
Patent GB-190610522-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Trouser Presses.
Inventor: WATTS JOHN ROBERT
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 10,522. Watts, J. R. May 5. Trouser presses.-A trouser. press is made of a bottom board A, Fig. 1, and two top boards B, attached by screws to flat metal bars E. An eye f is turned up on each bar E, so that the top boards may be pivoted to a rod eat the back of the press. Each end of the rod e is rigidly attached to one end of a spring S, Fig. 4, the other end of which is attached to one of two bars a<1> passing transversely underneath the press. The bars a<1> are journaled in eyes under the baseboard, and their front ends d, Fig. 2, are bent - up and serrated. Pressure is applied by forcing down the top. boards, which are then automatically held in position by the serrated parts d. These are forced by the back springs S against the front ends of the bars E.
Patent GB-190612520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Propulsion of Submarine Vessels and Torpedoes.
Inventor: COOKE THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1906-05-29
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 12,520. Cooke, T. H., [Cooke, C. J.]. May 29. Pressure-regulating valves; actuating valves; -leakage, preventing.-Relates to the propulsion of submarine vessels and torpedoes. Before the torpedo is launched, the gases are retained in the reservoir by two screw-duwn valves m, Fig. 2, the nuts of which are mounted on an eccentric t carrying a leverp which engages with the end r of a recess in the torpedo tube s and is moved into the position shown in dotted lines to open the valves and admit the gases either direct to the chambers 14, 15 of the reducing- valve 17 or by way of the valve x, Fig. 5. The reducing-valve comprises a hollow ported piston 17 which is moved by the pressure on the delivery side against the pressure of an adjustable spring 23, Fig. 2, into the interior or through a passage 28 leading to the outside of the torpedo. The object of the valve x is to keep the pressure in the reservoirs uniform, an excessive pressure in either pipe h or j tending to open the ports 4 or 5 and provide greater facilities for the excessive pressure to escape. Leakage is carried off by the pipe 13. The valve 17 has a groove 26 cut in it, to trap any gas escaping along the valve face, and 27 are holes communicating between said groove and the interior of the valve. The mixing-valve for the gases constituting the explosive mixture by which the vessels are propelled comprises a cylindrical casing in which are disposed two piston valves. A collar is secured centrally in the casing, and springs are adapted normally to hold the valves centrally in the casing.
Patent GB-190613636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: VARD JOHAN
Filed: 1906-06-14
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 13,636. Vard, J. July 26,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Tobacco pipes.-In a tobacco pipe having one or more helical smoke channels c, d around that part of the mouthpiece which enters the stem a, the bore of the'stem and the extension of the mouthpiece are made conical to ensure good fitting, and the. pipe is also provided with a flexible cleaner g of whalebone &c. which is screwed into a cavity in the part b and is formed with a large flattened head and an enlarged point. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 19U2, to Specifications No. 9551, A.D. 1889, No. 10,633, A.D. 1896, No. 13,341, A,D. 1901, No. 1236, A.D. 1904, and No. 4138, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190613953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HOLLICK THOMAS DRAKE
Filed: 1906-06-18
Granted: 1907-06-18
Abstract: 13,953. Hollick, T. D. June 18. Exhaust-silencers.-A combined exhaust-silencer' and air heater for an internal-combustion engine is formed adjacent to the engine cylinder, and comprises two series of gauze disks q, which are mounted on the interior and exterior of the exhaust pipe, as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190614616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Heat Insulating Coverings for Pipes and the like.
Inventor: REIMANN ALOIS
Filed: 1906-06-26
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 14,616. Reimann, A. June 26. Non-conducting coverinys.-A covering for a pipe f, for example, consists of glass wool b embedded between the convolutions of a strip a, of a firm incombustible material, which prevents the compression of the wool by the cover d or a subsequent layer. Separating layers c of pasteboard may be employed.
Patent GB-190618817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Alternating Current Dynamo Electric Machinery.
Inventor: SCHERBIUS ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-08-22
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 18,817. Scherbius, A. Aug. 22. Dynamos and motors, alternating - current; dynamos, regulating; field magnets; sparking, preventing. - Alternating current commutating-machines are provided with windings for compensating for armature reaction and transformer electromotive force, which windings may be combined into one, which may also excite the main fields. Machines so compensated may be run as asynchronous generators of which the frequency may be varied independently of the speed by means of a small synchronous exciting-generator, the speed of which is gradually increased, and are thus adapted for starting and regulating motors and for exciting asynchronous generators. The field system is provided with distinct main and auxiliary poles, as shown for a three-phase machine in Fig. 6, which also shows the connexions for the winding of one phase of a series-wound machine with drum armature. In a modification, the conductors 21, 22 are omitted, and the conductor 10 is placed in the position previously occupied by the conductor 22, the use of adjacent conductors carrying opposite currents being thus avoided. A modification for a compound-wound machine is also described. The compensating-winding, instead of being in the main circuit, may be closed upon itself.
Patent GB-190623122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Mounting of Vehicle Springs.
Inventor: RENAULT LOUIS
Filed: 1906-10-18
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 23,122. Renault, L. Feb. 17, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Springs.-The end connexions of elliptic bearing- springs of motor and other vehicles are constructed to allow the connecting-bolts to oscillate in a plane transverse to the length of the spring, thereby preventing torsion of the springs when the vehicle is turning or passing over an obstacle. The end of the spring 2 passes over a bolt 3, Fig. 2, mounted in a cylindrical piece 4 adapted to rotate within a collar 5 fixed to the frame 6. The piece 4 is held against axial movement by the engagement of grooves formed in its circumference with projections 9, 9<1> formed along two opposite quadrants of the collar 5. The part 4 is cut away at the two other quadrants 7, 7<1> in order that it may be inserted within the collar 5 before the spring is attached to the axle. A similar connexion is provided between the longitudinal spring 2 and the transverse spring 8, the collars 5<1>, 5<11> of the connexion being formed in one piece and arranged mutually at right-angles. In modifications, the collar 5 may be formed in two parts presenting a circular groove for the piece 4, or the collar may be in one piece, the part 4 being held therein by a screw plug.
Patent GB-190627219-A (GB)
Title: A Contrivance (Combined) to Prevent the Scratching or Disfiguring of Cycle Handle Bars and the like by Contact with Support or Supports and to Carry a Parcel or Parcels
Inventor: WINEBERG REUBEN
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 27,219. Wineberg, R. Nov. 30. Supports; luggage-carriers.-A cycle rest in the form of a metal clip is fastened on the handle-bar, one of the limbs of the clip being extended to form a bearing adapted to rest against a wall or like support, and its free end being turned up to form means for retaining and suspending a parcel. The ends of the bearing limb may be turned over to form recesses for rubber plugs. There may be one or two points of support ; in the latter case, the limb is bifurcated.
Patent GB-190629126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing for Chemical Absorbing Towers or Columns and the like.
Inventor: MANBRE ALFRED ADOLPHE
Filed: 1906-12-21
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 29,126. ManbrÚ, A. A. Dec. 21. Drawings to Specification. Bricks for packing towers or chambers used in condensing, washing, or absorbing gas, steam, and fumes in acid manufacture, and for cooling water, wort, or other liquids, consist of hollow or box-like units adapted to contain liquid and provided with a series of external ribs or corrugations.
Patent GB-190629768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: ANGST GEORGES
Filed: 1906-12-31
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 29,768. Angst, G. March 29, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Undercarriages. - Relates to the invention described in Specification No. 29,189, A.D. 1906. Chain-driven motor-lorries &c. have a rocking chassis which pivots about the axis of the rear axle. The rear chassis A B has a slideway C D, which supports the extremity of the front chassis on a trunnion 0 or a slide. The slideway C D is preferably arc-shaped but may be rectilinear. The invention may be applied to a chassis with rigid or cardan transmission.
Patent GB-190704928-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gauge for Indicating the Pressure in Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: HOOLEY JAMES HILTON
Filed: 1907-02-28
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 4928. Hooley, J. H. Feb. 28. Tyre-inflating valves. -In a combined pressure gauge and inflating-valve for pneumatic tyres, the pressure gauge is of the spring-controlled piston type, and the non-return valve h is formed in the piston, the piston-rod c being hollow for the admission of air to the tyre. A rubber or other flexible cup f with tapered inner surface forms the seating of the valve h. The outer end of the rod c is threaded for connexion to the inflator, the air when pumped in passing between the block h and cup f. The pressure of the air in the tyre forces the piston out to an extent governed by the spring i, the rod c being graduated to indicate the pressure against the edge of the conical projection d on the plug b. A flange j prevents the piston from entering the tyre. A cover k is secured to the gauge by a nut l.
Patent GB-190707000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horns for Talking Machines
Inventor: MOLT CARL
Filed: 1907-03-23
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 7000. Molt, C. March 23. Trumpets.-Phonograph &c. horns are made from one piece of metal, with transverse or spiral corrugations a, which are continuous with the body portion. The neck c and socket d are also formed in one piece with the horn.
Patent GB-190709129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels.
Inventor: KENRICK ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1907-04-19
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 9129. Kenrick, A. April 19. Spring wheels.-In a spring wheel of the kind in which a flexible rim is connected to the hub by forked spokes arranged tangentially in both directions, the two branches of the fork are of unequal length, and are arranged so that, when the point e or f, Fig. 1, is moved inwards a certain distance, the displacements ee<1> and ff<1> are equal and in the line of the branch c or d. In the practical form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, in order to obtain lateral rigidity, the spoke members S are doubled to form triangles and are conducted at the junction by a ring G. The ends are connected to rocking members H, those at the rim passing through staples E secured to a rim B surroundiog the flexible ring A, the length of the spokes being adjusted by means of nipples I. A rubber tyre with canvas flanges is attached to the rim B by screws passing through plates D. In a modification two series of spokes pass from both sides of the hub to the rim without mutual connexion, The spokes, if formed of wire, may be upset at one end and furnished with a nipple at the other. The rim A maybe laminated.
Patent GB-190709737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Traction Engines.
Inventor: JENSEN PETER
Filed: 1907-04-26
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 9737. Jensen, P., [Avery Manufacturing Co.]. April 26, Undercarriages.-In a traction engine, the frame comprises two side members H, and a central forwardly projecting member I connected to the side members by a bracket K and cross-member. The bracket K is formed with an upward projection which supports the front end of the boiler. The front axle 12 is spring-mounted from the central member I by means of the arrangement shown in Figs. 8 and 9, which allows movement in all directions. The axle rotates in a sleeve 14 which is provided with a vertical trunnion 16 working in a hanger 15 pivoted at 20 to the frame I. A spring 21 is interposed between the sleeve 14 and frame. In a modified construction, springs are arranged between the frame I and a vertically movable yoke to which the hanger is pivoted. The axle is adjusted for steering by means of the steering-fork 22. The rear axle 37 is kept at a constant distance from the differential countershaft Q by radius rods 58, and is supported by springs from the side frames by the arrangement shown in Fig. 15. The bolts 40 connecting the upper and lower parts 38, 39 of the axle bearings project downwards and are secured to a cross-plate 43, between which and the upper part of the side frames springs 45 are interposed.
Patent GB-190715308-A (GB)
Title: Medicated Liniment
Inventor: GODFREE JOSEPH WALTER BURLEY
Filed: 1907-07-03
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 15,308. Godfree, J. W. B. July 3. Liniments.-A liniment for the treatment of rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, sprains, &c. is composed of liquid ammonia, acetic acid, camphorated oil, and turpentine.
Patent GB-190717440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment of Benzine or similar Liquids.
Inventor: BURGESS THOMAS CLARKSON JACK
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 17,440. Burgess, T. C. J., and Anfilogoff, N. July 30. Drawings to Specification. Chlorinated hydrocarbons.-Benzine and other preparations of petroleum spirit are rendered non- inflammable by treatment with dry chlorine, while boiling. The chlorine is passed into the hydrocarbon in a steam-jacketed vessel provided with a reflux condenser. When sufficiently chlorinated, the liquid is distilled, and a small percentage of carbon tetrachloride added to the distillate. Fresh spirit may be added to the liquid obtained, or it may be used alone. The chlorinated liquid may be used in cleaning and dyeing, as a solvent for india-rubber, for extracting oil or fat, or as a drying-agent for use with varnishes.
Patent GB-190718793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Double-wire Overhead Electric Trolley Systems.
Inventor: KANDO KALMAN VON
Filed: 1907-08-20
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 18,793. Kando, K. von. Aug. 20. Electric traction on the overhead double-conductor system. Cunductors; collectors.-Consists in suspending the two inner conductors of the four which meet at a junction or crossing from a common verticallyguided support so as to avoid entanglement of the collectors. The two inner conductors are secured to the supports 10, which are vertically guided by the links 13, 14 hinged to the stationary supports 17. By this arrangement when the collector raises one of the inner conductors', the other one moves with it and permits the collector to pass. The collector supports 18, 19 and the roller are also yieldingly joined together so as to cause the collector to take up an oblique position when passing the junction, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190718796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flaying Knives and the like.
Inventor: COOMBER JEREMIAH
Filed: 1907-08-20
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 18,796. Coomber, J., Coomber, R. J., and Coomber, E. A. Aug. 20. Flaying-knives are provided with a protective knob, cap, or sheath of suitable material at the end of the blade. The knob may extend on one side of the blade only or on both sides as shown in Fig. 2. It may be formed integral with the blade or be welded or united therewith in some other suitable manner. It may be in the form of a sheath constructed of springy material and provided with a tooth G, Fig. 8, for engaging a notch G<3> in the back of the blade; or the sheath or cap may be held by a rivet or screw F, as shown in Fig. 7.