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Patent GB-190425922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Castors.
Inventor: FINUCANE PIERSE
Filed: 1904-11-29
Granted: 1905-11-29
Abstract: 25,922. Finucane, P., and Ryan, J. H. Nov, 29. Ball bearings.-Relates to ball-bearing castors. The leg is secured in a socket member, which holds the ball or roller d. The ball rests in a hollow b which projects above the rim c of a corrugated metal plate a. The corrugated plate is adapted to oscillate freely about its axis. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the use of the ball in the socket may be applied generally.
Patent GB-190428402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tide Power Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: CADE ENOS BENJAMIN
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 28,402. Cade, E. B. Dec. 27. Signals, marine.-The bell on a buoy is sounded at regular intervals by a mechanism operated by the tide, the bell itself being slowly rotated and a special form of striker employed. The float 3 is enclosed in a protective casing 1 with openings of sufficient size to permit free rise and fall of the tide. Two weights 4, 5 are so arranged by means of ratchets that the weight 4 is raised along guides 11 by the float but cannot fall with it, and the weight 5 is raised when the float falls and does not fall when it rises. The chain connecting the weight 5 to the float is branched into two parts 70 at its lower end, to prevent entanglement. Small weights 10 are employed to keep the chains taut over the wheels 9. These wheels 9 are loose upon the main shaft 44, but each has a ratchetwheel 14 secured to it. The raised weights operate, through a train of wheels, the pin-wheel 23 and a gear wheel, the latter of which engages with a pinion 21 on a shaft 22 and serves with the help of two dash-pots 48 and piston-rods 46 to slow down the speed. The pin-wheel 23 is formed with two peripheral grooves, provided each with a set of pins, the two sets being in staggered relation. These pins alternately operate, by the revolution of the wheel 23, two levers 26, 28, which through connecting-links 30, 31 tilt the ball race 33 on its pivot 32 first in one direction and then in the other. Two slight depressions 51 at each end of the race are provided to retain the ball or sounder 35 till the race has been well tilted, when the ball runs to the other end and gives a smart blow to the bell 36. The bell 36 is slowly rotated by means of the gear wheels 38, 39, 41 to prevent undue wear. The last wheel 41 is a star-wheel, and is engaged once in a revolution by a finger 42 carried by an arm 43 on the shaft 44.
Patent GB-190501010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Turnstile-controlled Ticket or Check Issuing Apparatus.
Inventor: SPEAR EDWIN HUDSON
Filed: 1905-01-18
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 1010. Spear, E. H. Jan. 19, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Turnstiles; tickets, issuing.-A ticket or check printing and issuing turnstile, adapted to deliver tickets to persons passing the turnstile, is shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 1 and in sectional plan in Fig. 2. The radial arms 2 are carried by the rotatable sleeve 1, which is prevented from rotation backwards by spring- actuated pawls, and has locking-lugs 4<b> to engage with a bolt, provided on the support 3 and worked by a key. Within the casing 10 are the paper roll 9<b>, the feed-rollers 14, 14<a>,. the printing-rollers 18, 18<a>, the inking-mechanism, comprising the reservoir 15 and the rollers 16, 17, the cutting feedrollers 20, 20<a>, and the rotary cutting-blades 21; shown in Fig. 3. As the turnstile is rotated, the various rollers are rotated proportionately, and a ticket or check, severed by the cutter from the paper strip, is delivered to a receptacle. The operating-mechanism for the cutter consists of the actuating spring arm 24, which is adapted to engage the inclined faces of the bevelled teeth 23, and the reciprocating stop arm 25. These arms 24, 25 are reciprocated by the eccentric 30 on the shaft 18<d> through the lever 27. The stop arm 25 is withdrawn after the spring arm is in engagement with the hub teeth 23 and is in tension, so that the cutter blade is made to move quickly.
Patent GB-190501037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Metallic Packings for Piston Rods and the like
Inventor: HUHN GUSTAV
Filed: 1905-01-19
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 1037. Huhn, G. Jan. 19, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stuffing-boxes.-A piston or similar rod is packed by hollow segmental rings containing lubricant, which escapes through holes in the packing. Each hollow segment 1, 2, 3, Fig. 1, is closed at the ends by diaphragms 8, in which are inserted the ends of tubes 10. The.segments are pressed on to the rod by a spring 5, which may be in one piece or in several pieces, connected by elastic links. In a modified arrangement, the spring passes outside the segments. The lubricant escapes through holes 7, and grooves for retaining oil are formed in the wearing surfaces of the segments. The segments are filled through holes closed by screw. plugs 11. Several rings are arranged in the stuffing-box to break joint, as shown in Fig. 3, A hollow ring 15 of soft material and of triangular section is placed at the bottom of the box. The lubricant escapes through holes 16. An asbestos ring 19 is placed between the cover and the top ring.
Patent GB-190503159-A (GB)
Title: Improved Strainer for Milk and other Fluids
Inventor: GRINDEY JAMES
Filed: 1905-02-15
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 3159. Grindey, J., and Turner, S. Feb. 15. Milk strainers.-Milk in a receiver a strains through muslin j, passes through the central orifice in the bottom a', deposits sediment in the cap e, and rises through wire-gauze c, two sheets d of muslin, and a second wire-gauze c. The muslin j is secured by an elastic ring k to a grooved ring h fixed to a frame h<1>. The muslin d is held between disks or wheels, each of which is formed of two concentric rings b connected by radial spokes. The upper and lower rings are countersunk to receive the gauze c and the whole is held together by the cap e, which is bolted to bars a<2> which cross the orifice in the bottom a<1>. It is stated that the disks or wheels may be made of wood, iron, brass, copper, aluminium, or other suitable metal or material, tinned, silvered, or otherwise covered. The bolt may be replaced by a spring, lever, or catch.
Patent GB-190504706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Couplings.
Inventor: BOOTHROYD HARRY THOMAS
Filed: 1905-03-07
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 4706. Boothroyd, H. T. March 7. Shaft couplings.-Relates to disconnectible shaft couplings for use with extensible shafts such as those used for portable drills. Secured by a pin 5 to one shaft end 1 is a sleeve 3, to which is secured a key 4 fitting a keyway 1<a> in the shaft. The shaft end 2 is pressed within the sleeve 3, the key 4 fitting a keyway 2<a> in its end, and a spring- pressed latch 7 enters a notch 6 in the shaft end.
Patent GB-190508795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Awnings.
Inventor: METZGER WILLIAM EMANUEL
Filed: 1905-04-26
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 8795. Metzger, W. E., and Metzger, C. A. May 4, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Window blinds.-An ordinary roller awning is provided with vertical side pieces, which automatically fold up with the front part. The front fabric composing the awning is secured to a suitable roller 2 of the ordinary kind, rotated by a pulley or spring mechanism. The front edge is fastened to the awning frame, which is pivoted by its ends to fixed or sliding pivots on the wall of the building. End-pieces 5 of triangular shape are fastened to the front edge of the awning, and a flexible cord is fastened to the lower corner, passing over the pulleys 12, 13 and being secured to the angles of the frame at 14. At the apex the end pieces are doubled over and folded in upon the front portion, the line of the fold being continued across to the centre of the box. Fastened to the end pieces at right-angles to the edge 7 are one or more battens 8 reaching to the line of the fold. As the awning is rolled up by pulling the cord 16 on the drum 15, the ends fold in over the front part, Fig. 5, the folding being started by the permanent fold at the apex. The folds are extended into proper position as the awning is dropped by the tension cords 11 round the blocks 12, 13, which also assist the end pieces in folding up.
Patent GB-190511249-A (GB)
Title: A Simple Method for Fitting and Operating Wires by Twisting Handles adaptable for Bicycle Brakes and the Control of Motor Cycle Engines.
Inventor: MARNIE JAMES ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-05-30
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 11,249. Marnie, J. A. May 30. Brakes; motor-cycles.-Relates to mechanism for operating bicycle brakes and controlling motorcycle engines, in which a handle b carries a stud c, engaging a spiral slot a<1> in the handle-bar, the end nipple z<1> of a wire z resting in a countersunk hole d' in a plug d, so that, by twisting the handle, the wire is tensioned, and consists in forming in the plug a radial slot for the introduction of the wire, the tension of which keeps the plug in place. The stud may have an antifriction roller c<1>. According to the Provisional Specification, a lever for the thumb may be attached to the handle.
Patent GB-190515462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Making a Metallic Connection between the Light Emitting Bodies and the Supply Conductors of Electric Glow Lamps.
Inventor: KUZEL HANS
Filed: 1905-07-27
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 15,462. Kuzel, H. July 27. Gilding and silvering; platinizing.-A paste containing a metal in the colloidal state, prepared as described in Specification No. 28,154, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Electric lamps &c.], may be used for coating surfaces and uniting filaments of electric lamps to their leading-in wires; after drying, the joints are heated to a high temperature.
Patent GB-190515816-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Hermetically Closing Bottles, Jars, Tins and similar Receptacles principally intented to receive Provisions or other Goods of a Perishable Nature.
Inventor: MCBRIDE JOHN
Filed: 1905-08-02
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 15,816. McBride, J. Aug. 2. Stoppers, vacuum-closing; capsule closures.-Relates to means for hermetically closing foodpreserving bottles, jars, tins, &c. The neck of the bottle. &c. is formed with two beads 2, 3, the one at the mouth being approximately semicircular in form, while the lower one 3 is preferably of truncated conical form with the taper upwards. The stopper has a downwardly-projecting ring 5 to fit into the neck of the bottle, and is also provided with a semicircular bead 7 corresponding to the bead 2. A washer 8 of paper, cardboard, metal foil, india-rubber, &c. is placed on the top edge of the bottle, and, after the stopper has been placed in position, an india-rubber band 9 is stretched over the two beads 2, 7. This band serves as an annular valve during the sterilizing of the contents of the bottle, but contracts and prevents the air from re-entering when cooling takes place. A cap 10, shaped from soft metal, protects the band 9 from injury. This cap is provided with two or more tongues 14, which are bent under the bead 3. These tongues form means for tearing off the cap with a suitable key in the usual way.
Patent GB-190517582-A (GB)
Title: An Entrenching and Pioneering Tool.
Inventor: BEATTS CHARLES
Filed: 1905-08-31
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 17,582. Beatts, C. Aug. 31. Cimbination tools. - An entrenching and pioneering tool has a spade,shaped to act as a pick or axe, with a hinged hollow shaft which contains a picketing-peg or other article, and the hinged portion of which acts a s a wire cutter. A spade blade 10 is pointed to act as a pick, and has wings 12 sharpened for use as an axe. The spade handle or shaft 13 is of metal tubing, and has a joint consisting of a metal link 14 pivoted to tongues 15, 16. This link is of such a length that the two sections when folded can lie side by side as in Fig. 4. The various members are kept in position by a sleeve 17 forming a bayonet-joint with a pin 21 and abutting against a stop 20. A cross-handle 23 may be fixed to the shaft or may be detachable and have fixed to it a picketing-peg which can be inserted into the hollow shaft and held by a spring catch. The link 14 and the lower portion of the shaft may be used as a wire cutter by forming recesses 24, 25 and holding the link 14 by the sleeve 17 as in Fig. 6. Specifications No. 223, A.D. 1880, No. 1913, A.D. 1887, No. 7961, A.D. 1895, No. 18,188, A.D. 1897, and No. 3461, A.D. 1903, are referred to.
Patent GB-190517763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Signalling Arrangements for Electric Tramway Systems, Railways and the like.
Inventor: NORRIS NEHEMIAH
Filed: 1905-09-02
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 17,763. Norris, N. Sept. 2. Automatic systems; contacts, mechanical.-An automatic mechanical signalling-system for sections of single track between double tracks on electric, steam, cable, or other tramways or railways employs track semaphores, actuated by track treadles mechanically operated by a car. The track treadles d, e, f, g, Fig. 1, are mounted on vertical pivots within casings between the rails, and are connected by flexible connexions to semaphores a, b, a<1>, b<1> at the ends of the single-track. A car proceeding on to the single-track section from the point A' actuates the treadle d, which raises the semaphores a, b to ' danger,' and places the treadle e in engaging position to restore the semaphores a, b to 'safety' when the car leaves the single-track section. Similarly, the treadles f, g are used in conjunction with the semaphores a<1>, b<1> for oppositely-travelling cars, the semaphores a, b being preferably of a different colour from the semaphores a<1>, b<1>. The treadleoperating mechanism employed on the cars comprises a pivoted actuating-lever l, Fig. 8, lowered into actuating position against the action of a spring m by a foot-lever n pivoted at n<1>. In another form, a vertically-moving actuating-lever is controlled by a pivoted foot-lever, or the mechanism described in Specification No. 17,632, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Railways &c.], may be used in this connexion. In a modification of the system, the flexible connexions between the track treadles may be carried in underground housings, and the treadles may be situated in the double tracks just outside the single-track section. A single semaphore only may be used at each end, and lamp spectacles may be attached to the semaphores for night signalling.
Patent GB-190518683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Anti-corrosive Paints or Compounds.
Inventor: MILBURN ALFRED
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 18,683. Milburn, A., [trading as Firsoline Manufacturing Co.]. Sept. 15. Bituminous, or resinous, and fatty plastic compositions.-Consists essentially of tallow or the like, oil, resin, an inert absorbent substance, and a mineral colouring-matter. The preferred composition contains tallow, fir or pine oil or pine varnish, gum kauri, Stockholm tar, plaster of paris, and zinc oxide. The composition is stiff when cold and is applied hot.
Patent GB-190519689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Pin and Thermal Lubricator for Trolley Wheels.
Inventor: RICHARDSON WILLIAM KING
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 19,689. Richardson, W. K. Dec. 5, 1904, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Collectors, lubricating trolly wheels for. The tube 1, forming the bearing for the wheel 11, is closed by fixed and movable air - tight plugs 2, 3, and is partly filled with solid or plastic c lubricant 13. The air in the space 14 above the lubricant, when heated by friction in the bearing, forces lubricant through a hole 6 to the bearing-surface. On cooling, air from the outside enters by the hole 6. The tube is secured by a spring cotter 8.
Patent GB-190604450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres for Motor Cars and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: RICHARDSON JOHN
Filed: 1906-02-23
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 4450. Richardson, J. Feb. 23. Tyres, pneumatic. -A tread surface of the type described in Specification No. 290, A.D. 1905, consists of outwardly - splayed circumferential bands B which may be zigzagged as in Fig. 2, or be connected by transverse bands, in either case so as to enclose hollow spaces C. The inner tread surface is inwardly curved at a.
Patent GB-190606810-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Preventing the 'Skidding' of Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MCKAY WILLIAM ROWLAND
Filed: 1906-03-21
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 6810. McKay, W. R. March 21. Right to Patent relinquished. Slipping of wheels, preventing.-Skidding, in motorcars and similar self-propelled road vehicles is prevented by providing additional wheels at the rear of the vehicle which are geared with the driving-mechanism and arranged to be swivelled simultaneously with the steering-wheels. The additional wheel B is carried by a fork b, the stem b<1> of which is mounted in a bracket c secured to the vehicle frame C, and may be encircled by a spring b<2>. The wheel B is swivelled by cords or rods connected to holes b<x> in a cross-piece b<3> provided on the stem b<1> and to the steering-gear. A suitable form of gearing for driving the wheel B is shown in Fig. 4, in which the vehicle wheel A is driven by chain gearing a' and the wheel B by gearing a<2>, a', through an intermediate shaft A<3>.
Patent GB-190608934-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Supporting the End Connections of Dynamo-electric Machines.
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 8934. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Dawson, W. F. April 12. Armatures; field magnets.-The end connexions a, Fig. 1, of rotors and stators of large dynamoelectric machines are supported by clamps formed of disks b of wood or other suitable material, formed with an aperture adapted to enclose neatly the conductors, which have been previously bound with tape, the disks being preferably split diametrically. The portions of the disk are strapped together by a flexible metal band c, the ends of which are secured together by riveting, or by means of bolts d and lugs e. The straps c are secured to brackets formed integral with or separate from the rotor or stator. A ring g, Fig. 4, concentric with the machine may take the place of the bracket, and the straps c be secured thereto by shaping them like the figure eight and passing the small loop round the ring, or, as shown in Fig. 4, the ring g may take the place of part of the wooden disk. In place of a disk split diametrically, a number of pieces of wood may ba used.
Patent GB-190610139-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Weave for Carpet or Woven Pile Fabrics.
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 10,139. Hutchinson, Hollingworth, & Go., and Lowe, W. V. May 1. Pile fabrics ; carpets.- Tapestry Brussels or Wilton carpets or other pile fabrics are woven with the ordinary stuffer warps 1, binding-warps 3, and pile warps 4, and with the ordinary upper and lower wefts 2, 2<1> according to the regular two-shot weave, with the addition of extra wefts 5 inserted between the pile warps and the stuffer warps, and preferably directly under the wefts 2. The invention may be applied to different kinds of Brussels and Wilton pile fabrics.
Patent GB-190613504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Ballast Cars.
Inventor: HART HARRY STILLSON
Filed: 1906-06-12
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 13,504. Hart, H. S., Neikirk, J. 0., and Cameron, F. C. June 12. Ballasting.-A ballast car has combined therewith a plough for levelling the ballast as it is deposited between the track rails. Fig. 1 shows a side view of a ballast car of the "Rodger" type with the plough attached, and Fig. 3 a perspective view of the plough detached. The plough comprises side members a', a<2> and a rear transverse brace a<3>, and is secured, by the link a<9>, to the hopper bottom of the car. The point or nose of the plough is protected by the metallic shoe a<5>, and scraping-members g serve to remove the ballast deposited adjacent to the rail flanges. The plough is suspended, and its position adjusted, by chains e, e<1> secured at their upper ends to the winding-shaft f. Angle guides c, rigidly secured to the transverse sill of the car, enter the channel or guideway formed by the standards a<14> and control the movements of the plough.
Patent GB-190618290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-08-14
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 18,290. Justice, P. M., [Melms & Pfenninger Ges.]. Aug. 14. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-In an elastic-fluid turbine as shown in the Figure, labyrinth packing is provided to prevent escape of steam at the highpressure end f and prevent inrush of air to the condenser vacuum at l. Steam leaking into the packing at f is led by the pipe m .to fortify the packing at l.
Patent GB-190628841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Connecting Bed Bearings for Engines.
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
Filed: 1906-12-18
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 28,841. Barker, G., [Dock Gas Engine Co.]. Dec. 18. Lubricating; adjusting bearings.-A connecting- rod B, which is preferably hollow, is connected to a trunk piston by a universal joint, its hollow spherical end being gripped between a plate D with a spherical projection and a plate E held in place by a split screw ring F locked by a stud F<1>. Oil supplied through a pipe G lubricates both ends of the connecting-rod. At the big end of the connecting- rod, the crank-pin C is clasped between pieces H, I braced together by a strap L secured to a collar K resting on a seating on a sleeve J. The sleeve J is screwed on to the rod and may be split and secured by a lock-nut M.
Patent GB-190700971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Devices for Cleaning Multitubular Boilers.
Inventor: ALEXANDER JULIUS
Filed: 1907-01-14
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 971. Alexander, J., and Weber, A. Jan. 14 Cleaning tubes.-Multitubular boilers are cleaned by blowing steam through the tubes, the steam being supplied from rocking tubes mounted to move in opposite directions across the tube plate. Bearings 4 attached to each side of the smoke-box carry the casings 3 of two cocks mounted to rock, the plugs 5 of which are rigidly connected to the steamsupply pipe 7. Each plug has an aperture 11 which may communicate with a channel 10 in the casing 3. These casings are attached to two sweeping-tubes 1, 2, which are closed at their free ends and are provided with holes at the sides. facing the tube plate. The .aperture 11 of each plug 5 and the channel 10 are so disposed as to break communication when the sweeping - tubes are in their extreme positions. The sweeping- tubes are coupled by rods 17, 18, 19, so that by operating a lever 21 they are moved together in opposite directions across the tube plate.
Patent GB-190702351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Springs for Vehicles
Inventor: SCHWARZ GEORG
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 2351. Schwarz, G. Jan. 30. Axles, attaching to springs; springs.- In means for obviating the torsional stress to which elliptic vehicle springs are subjected when the spring at one side of the vehicle becomes compressed more than that upon the opposite side, and in which the springs are connected to the axle so as to rock transversely, the centre portion of the spring 1 is attached to a collar 5 which is arranged to oscillate within a bracket 6 formed on the axle 2. The transverse oscillations of the spring may be limited by buffers 7 or helical springs bearing against abutments 9 on the axle.