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Patent GB-190423016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Mechanically Seasoning, Oiling or otherwise Treating Skins.
Inventor: DOUGHERTY HUGH FRANCIS
Filed: 1904-10-25
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 23,016. Dougherty, H. F. Oct. 25. Hides and skins, tanned or tawed, treating.-In a machine for dressing, or otherwise treating the grain side of a tanned skin with a liquid composition, the hides are placed, grain side uppermost, over tables A<3> which are pivotally mounted at A' on an endless chain A<2> driven by sprocket-wheels A<1> or by other means. The tables A<3>, always maintained in a vertical position, are carried between rollers B' surfaced with some absorbent material and resiliently mounted in slide blocks B<1> adjustable in the brackets B. The stuffing or other liquid is supplied through perforated pipes b<1> placed above the rollers B<3>. The hide then passes between rubbing pressure devices D, shown in section in Fig. 4, each of which consists of a plunger E, faced at e<5> with carpet or other rubbing material, connected to a sleeve D<2> so as to rotate therewith but capable of longitudinal adjustment therein by means of nuts e<3>, e<4>, which also regulate the play allowed by the spring E<1>. These devices D are preferably arranged in two rows in staggered relation as shown in Fig. 1. In order to prevent wrinkling of the skin, a ring F, larger than, and surrounding, the plunger head E<2>, is grooved for holding a pad f, and is held to the carrying-plate C<3> by pins f<1> and pressed outwards by springs f<2> mounted thereon. A. guide-ring F<1> is fitted between the ring F and plate C<3>. Preferably, as shown in Fig. 1, the plate C<3> is pivoted to the trame of the machine and is secured in the operative position by catches c<2> or the like.
Patent GB-190424138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cable Junction and Fuse Boxes
Inventor: FEUVRE WALTER TOM LE
Filed: 1904-11-08
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,138. Le Feuvre, W. T., and Greene, F. A. Nov. 8. Junction boxes.-An airtight junction box is provided with terminals for the parts of each cable brought in, the terminals being connected by fuses or solid links to the arms of distributing-spiders mounted on a central spindle. The flanges of the cast-iron junction box a and removable cover bare provided with grooves c for packing-rings, and are held together by swing bolts d. The parts h, h<1>, h<2> of each cable brought in through one of the glands e, (which may be replaced, when not in use, by caps g, Figs. 4 and 5), are connected to terminals i, i<1>, i' on a bridge j and with stems k fitted into removable fuse holders m or solid links protected by insulating- tubes n and connected to the ends of distributing spider contact-arms o, o', o<2>. Each spider has a number of arms corresponding to the number of cables brought into the box, and makes contact between the parts of each cable having similar polarity. The spiders are threaded on an insulating-spindle p, and the outer ends of the arms of all the spiders are in the same horizontal plane.
Patent GB-190427905-A (GB)
Title: Grid or Element for Secondary Batteries
Inventor: GARDINER WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 27,905. Gardiner, W. Dec. 20. Secondary batteries, grids for. The grid A is composed of a thin closely perforated sheet of lead, or other metal, folded transversely as shown, and having the edges of the folds burned together along several lines a, a<1>. A lug C is burned on the top of the plate. The grid is "formed," and the oxide on the outer surfaces is scraped away to prevent disintegration. The grid may be "formed" and reduced to spongy metal before folding, if desired.
Patent GB-190428476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tools
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 28,476. Lake, H. H., [Aurora Automatic Machinery Co.]. Dec. 27. Percussive hand tools.-In a pneumatic percussive tool, the supply of air to the piston B is regulated by valves F, G in a valve-chamber E. The live air enters through a tubular valve T, the orifice of which may be adjusted by a screw plunger X and which is opened by the spring-controlled lever W, and then through the space e to the recess e<3> between the valves. Live air also passes through a passage to a port, round the recessed portion b of the piston to the passages p<1>, j<1>, and thence to the enlarged ends f<1>, gl of the valves, thus driving the latter down as shown in Fig. 1. Exhaust ports at the inner end of the barrel are thus opened, and the air escapes through grooves L. K. At the same time, live air passes through the central bore of the piston G to the annular recess N and thence to a port in the far end of the barrel, thus driving the piston backwards. As the piston moves backward, it opens exhaust ports, and as the pressure on the enlarged ends of the valves is thus relieved the latter rise. Live air then passes through passages i, m and drives the piston forwards, the exhaust port being closed. On the piston reaching the end of the stroke, the cycle of operations is repeated.
Patent GB-190502888-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Electrical Trolley Heads with Wire Finding Apparatus attached.
Inventor: CHERRY JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1905-02-13
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 2888. Cherry, J. T., and Clive, E. H. Feb. 13. Collectors. - Relates to an electric trolly head with wire-finding apparatus attached, and consists in improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 22,675, A.D. 1902. The Figure shows a sectional side view of the trolly head. The trolly wheel S is mounted on the axle A carried by bearings formed in the bifurcated cupshaped frame Z, which is rotatably mounted by its shank D in the socket B connected to the trolly arm by the bracket C. Wire finders or guides P are pivoted to the upper portions of the frame Z, the pivots fitting against an annular groove formed on each side of the trolly wheel. These guides normally rest in a downwardly and outwardly inclined position, and are raised into the position shown in broken lines P<1> in the Figure by the carman pulling the trolly rope connected to the lower end of the rod F. In its downward movement, the head of the rod F compresses a spring SP and moves the levers H about their pivots L so as to raise the links M connected to the guides P. When the rod F is liberated, the spring SP moves the rod, levers, links, and guides back into their normal positions.
Patent GB-190511930-A (GB)
Title: Means for Producing Medicine Containing Mixtures for Inhaling Purposes.
Inventor: PRELLE OTTO
Filed: 1905-06-07
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 11,930. Prelle, O. June 7. Inhalers.-In inhalers in which the medicinal agent is aspirated by a fluid under pressure, the two mix either before or at the escape of the fluid, and the cooling-air is admitted into the apparatus at a point either before or at the escape of the fluid, means, such as an iris shutter, being provided for admitting a continuous envelope of air, adjustable in thickness, and an empirical temperature scale being attached. The pressure fluid, such as steam, enters through a pipe 19, fitted into an outlet-tube 1 or a guide-piece 12, the inhalation being drawn up through the tube 2. The piece 12 is held in the inhaling-tube 9 by stays 8, and the cooling-air is admitted through an iris shutter consisting of sectors 7 with pins 11, pivoted in a ring 6, and pins 10, working in slots 13 in a cover-plate 20. The ring 6 is rotatably mounted in a casing 5, and by movement of the sectors 7 adjusts the opening surrounding the nozzle 18. The temperature of the inhaling-mixture may be determined by an empirical scale 17, over which moves an index 15 attached to the handle 4 of the ring 6. A funnel 14 may surround the nozzle 18 to shape the escaping jet and prevent condensation. The tube 2 may open directly into the tube 1, and the cooling-air may be admitted to the steam-pipe.
Patent GB-190513139-A (GB)
Title: Signal Devices for Indicating Speed.
Inventor: DAHL HANS
Filed: 1905-06-26
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 13,139. Dahl, H. Oct. 15, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Speed indicators. -In a group speed indicator, the body of which the speed is required actuates means which merely arrest an independently driven signal member in a posit i o n depending upon the speed, the arresting-device not serving to actuate the signal member. The signal member is shown as a disk S, which is coloured and numbered for different speeds, and one section of which is visible. The arresting - device may be a centrifugal governor, consisting of a balanced lever H, pivoted on a spindle D in a frame O and working against a coiled spring I on this spindle. The frame O is rotated by a main shaft, and the motion of the lever H is communicated by gear to a vertical rackbar K working inside a tubular continuation M of the frame. This rack-bar ends in a disk N which engages a stop device connected to the signal disk. This stop device in the form shown consists of a disk having pieces h<1>, h<2>, pivoted to it at different radial distances and working between stop pins n, the particular piece engaged by the disk N of the rack bar depending on the distance the latter is raised by the centrifugal governor. The governor or other arresting-device or the signal disk may actuate a recorder, the rack-bar disk N, for example, having a groove for guiding a rod T for this purpose. The signal disk may be rotated in any suitable way, e.g. frictionally from a spindle driven from the frame O, or independently by mechanical, pneumatic, or electric means, and the indicator is said to be specially suited to motorvehicles, though applicable to vehicles generally and to other purposes.
Patent GB-190516728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering Mechanism for Automobiles
Inventor: BARNES CHARLES OSCAR
Filed: 1905-08-17
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 16,728. Barnes, C. O. Aug. 17. Motor road vehicles. - Relates to irreversible screw-and-nut steering-mechanism for automobiles, the object being to provide means whereby wear on the actuating-parts may be taken up. Fig. 1 shows a view in side elevation, and Fig. 2 a section. The lower end of the steering-column is mounted in the two-part casing 2, and carries keyed to it a screw 3, which bears at itslower endon the adjustable collar 5. Engaging the screw 3 is a nut 7 divided longitudinally into two sections held together by circular bands 8, 9, one of which is secured to one section by rivets, the other band being similarly secured to the other section, so that the two sections may be adjusted relatively to one another for wear. Each section of the nut is provided with a trunnion 10, 11, the underside of the trunnion 10 being engaged by the arm 12 on the shaft 13, and the upper side of the trunnion 11 engaged by the arm 14 on a sleeve mounted on the reduced end of the shaft 13. The arms 12, 14 are kept in engagement with their respective trunnions by a screw 20, which is screwed through a bracket 19, formed integral with the sleeve, and bears against a shoulder 21 projecting from the shaft 13. The shaft 13 is connected to the steering-wheels by the lever 18 and suitable links. The casing 2 is provided at a point opposite the screw 20 with an opening normally closed by the plate 21<a>.
Patent GB-190523133-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Moulding Dough and similar Materials.
Inventor: LUTZE ALFRED
Filed: 1905-11-10
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 23,133. Lutze, A. Nov. 10. Moulding dough &c.- Relates to machines for moulding dough &c., in which the material from a receptacle in the casing 1 is forced by a wiper 7 on an eccentric disk 6 or by a worm, through an aperture 9 into a mould, the pressure in the receptacle, when sufficiently high, forcing back a block 50 to operate part of the mechanism. The mould orifice or orifices 11 are situated in a drum 10, the plunger 22, forming the mould bottoms, being attached to frames 24 sliding in guides 23. The material is not fed into the moulds till the pressure in the receptacle has reached the required point, when the block 50, being forced back, disengages a catch and allows the plunger frame to be reciprocated by means of a roller 25 on a crank disk 27. 7 he amount of reciprocation is adjusted by means of a screw 29 and bar 28. The drum 10 is intermittently rotated by means of a toothed sector 32 and spur-wheel 30. The operation is as follows: -The main shaft 2 carries a disk 66 having on it two rollers 67, 68 which contact intermittently with cams 64, 65. These cams acting on connecting bars 60, 61, and an arm 59, rock the shaft 58 and oscillate the two-part block 50, 51, the parts being connected to each other by a pin 55 movable slightly in a slot 56 and to the shaft 58 by a lever 57. The inner block 50 is pressed in towards the receptacle by means of a weighted lever 74, acting against a lever 72 on a shaft 69 in the outer block 51, which shaft carries a finger 70 projecting into a recess 71 in the block 50. A roller attached to the spur-wheel 33, acting on a lever 76, forces this lever at intervals to engage recesses in the block 50 by means of projections 79, 81 on its end, but when the block is forced back, the bevelled edge of one of the recesses pushes out the wedge projection 81 and disengages the lever. Also a tooth, on the block 50, acts on a projection on the pin 83 and releases a lever 49, till then held between the pin and a projection 84. This lever, which has a double cam 87 at its end limited in movement in one direction by a stop 88, normally acts on the bell-crank 48, and, through a lever 45, forces an annular slide 41, Figs. 2 and 8, in, so that a spring- pressed projection 38 on the hub 35 of the wheel 34 does not engage with a recess 37 in the shaft 20. which accordingly is not driven. When, however, the lever 49 is released, it only rotates on its shaft and does not operate the bell-crank, so that the shaft 20 is coupled with the wheel 34 and driven. The plunger 22 being now reciprocated, allows the dough to pass in, the drum then rotates step by step, superfluous material being removed by a cutter 12, operated by a projection 18 on the drum contacting with a roller 17 on a bell-crank lever 15, 16, and the next reciprocation of the plunger forces out the dough or like shape.
Patent GB-190523674-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Cleaning Panes of Glass.
Inventor: HARRIS FRANCIS ELDRED LODGE
Filed: 1905-11-17
Granted: 1906-11-17
Abstract: 23,674. Harris, F. E. L. Nov. 17. Windows and th like, cleaning; squeegees.-An apparatus for clean ing panes of glass consists of a lath d stretching across the glass a, and travelling between guides b when actuated by cord m, which are passed through the lath ir the indirect manner shown, to give pressure against the glass The guides b may be furnished with beads or runners engaging with the back edge of the lath h to give increased pressure. The cleaning-edge consists of a pad f of felt or other material, preferably on a rubber base g, and secured in a groove in the lath by a slip i. The cleaner is usually held in the raised position by counterweights, stops q then holding it away from the glass. The cords mare secured to a ring or handle. When the window is divided by a vertical bar. the lath and cleaning- material may be recessed. To pass an horizontal bar, the guiding-studs may be pivoted to allow the lath to rotate through an angle sufficient to clear it. The Provisional Specification states that springs or spring pulleys may be employed to raise the lath.
Patent GB-190524630-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Automatically Giving Alarm in Case of Burglary or the like.
Inventor: CARTER JAMES
Filed: 1905-11-28
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 24,630. Carter, J. Nov. 28. Withdrawing tubes.-In a burglar alarm in which an electromotor is set in action to sound a whistle by the actuation of bellows, a sliding tube 6 connects the pipes 3 to the whistles and permits the ready removal of the former.
Patent GB-190602903-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Checking and Positioning Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: GABLER JOHANNES
Filed: 1906-02-06
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 2903. Gabler, J., and Kunz, R. Feb. 6. Looms, changing bobbins and the like in, automatically checking shuttles.- The shuttle is brought into its correct position in the shuttle box after each shot, and is maintained therein by means of a lever d capable of rotating into the dotted-line position d' about a vertical pivot c. As the lay moves in the direction of the arrow, a roller k, carried by an arm m attached to the framework, forces the arm d against the action of the spring i, and brings the shuttle into its correct position. If the apparatus is to act only, as in continuously-running looms, when the shuttle is empty, the lever m is rotatably mounted on a shaft n and is maintained in a raised and inoperative position by the action of a spring attached to a cord q, which is attached to a pulley r. If the weft is absent, the weft-fork mechanism operates a chain attached to a pulley on the shaft n, thus bringing the lever m and its roller k into the path of the lever d when the lay beats up.
Patent GB-190604982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Affixing and Securing Non-conducting Coverings to the Ends of Drying Cylinders, Steam Boiling Pans and other similar Vessels.
Inventor: CLAYTON FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-03-01
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 4982. Clayton, F. W. March 1. Non-conducting coverings.-Heat non-conducting mattresses are attached to the ends of steam-heated cylinders employed, for example, in slashing, sizing, and calendering machines, or to the exposed portions of boiling-pans &c., by means of metal strips or plates held by clips or screws. The covering, for example, silk-waste coiled to form a mattress, is held to the cylinder end by clamps B, Fig. 2, or by Z shaped clips, to which are screwed metal strips D radiating from the hub. In the form shown in Fig. 4, adapted for use in calendering- machines, the strips D are held by the usual screws d', and, in another example, a metal plate or spring metal arms radiating from a clip secured to the shaft may be used.
Patent GB-190607253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Light-copying Apparatus.
Filed: 1906-03-26
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 7253. Siemens-Schuckert-Werke Ges. March 28, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Printing; copying drawings &c.-In light copying- apparatus for copying drawings &c., the cover is pressed against the transparent or translucent plate by atmospheric pressure. A hollow. space is formed by means of packing ribs or grooves between the cover and the plate along the rim of the surfaces pressed together, such space communicating with air-exhaust apparatus. The inner edge of the hollow space has interruptions so that the air may be exhausted simultaneously from the space and from beneath the cover.
Patent GB-190608469-A (GB)
Title: Cutting Motion for Double Pile Fabric Looms.
Inventor: PRIESTLEY JONAS WHALEY
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 8469. Priestley, J. W., and Priestley, F. April 9. Looms, pile-cutting in.- Double pile fabrics are severed by a cutter consisting of two knifeblades, one above the other, each blade being composed of a number of bevel-edged V-shaped knives rauged side by side in line with one another. The knives of the lower blade are secured separately to the planed surface of a fixed cross-rail B, or are cut in the edge of one strip of sheet steel, the strip being secured to the cross-rail. The upper blade is secured to the underside of a knife-bar C reciprocated by a crack or eccentric, and it is pressed on to the lower one by two or more springs G, Fig. 4, which may be made to act against fingers F situated midway between adjustable caps E used to steady the upper blade. The latter is supported in adjustable bearings D secured to the cross-rail B. The caps E may be made to press down on to half-rounded bearing-surfaces on the top of the bar, or the knife-bar may, as shown in Fig. 5, be made to slide in a dovetail groove in the cross-rail B. The spiral springs may rest on projections H standing out from the cross-rail B, and may be steadied by a centre-pin passing freely through a hole in the finger F. The centre-pin may be made flexible, to allow the to-and-fro movement of the knife bar. Flat springs K may sometimes be used for pressing down the upper blade, balls being interposed to facilitate reciprocation of the cutter.
Patent GB-190609841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Fire-resisting Shutters or Screens".
Inventor: MCCLOUD EDWARD HARRISON
Filed: 1906-04-27
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 9841. McCloud, E. H. April 27. Fires, preventing and minimizing. - The rollers of fireproof shutters are fitted with collars at their ends to prevent them from sagging and drawing out of their bearings when heated. The channels 7, Fig. 3, which guide the shutter are built up of angle-irons 4, 5, 6, the bars 4, 6 being connected by bolts &c. which pass through longitudinal slits in the bar 5, thus allowing of the independent expansion of the latter. The bar 4 is fastened to the wall by bolts passing through the bottom of slots 4<a>, Fig. 1, which allow of the downward expansion of the bars 4, 6. The spaces between the guides and the floor are closed by small angle-bars 8 connected to the bars 6 by slot connexions. To allow of the lateral expansion of the bottom of the shutter and prevent buckling, the angle-bars forming the bottom are connected rigidly to the curtain at the middle by a rivet 9<a> and by rivets 9<b> passing through slots 9<c> on either side.
Patent GB-190611391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pencil Sharpeners.
Inventor: SMITH FREDERICK HOTCHKISS
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 11,391. Smith, F. H. May 24, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Pencil-sharpeners.-A pencil-sharpener comprises a rotary cutter 13, mounted in front of a casing having front and rear walls 1, 2, and a block 19, pivoted at 20 to the casing and containing a rotary. pencil-holder. The latter comprises the hollow shaft of a crown-wheel 17 and two. jaws 27, 28 carried on this shaft. When a head 31 is rotated, a screwed spindle, having separate right and left handed threaded portions causes the jaws to approach and grip the pencil. The wheel 17 meshes loosely with a gear 16, driven by a gear 14 on the shaft of the cutter, the pencil being thereby rotated much slower than the cutter 13. When the crank-handle 11 is unscrewed from the cutter shaft, the cutter may be removed. The pivoted block 19 carries arms 22, 23. A spring 21 bearing on the arm 22, presses the pencil against the cutter, and this pressure can be varied by hand pressure on the arms 22, 23. A box 8, carried by spring members 9, receives the pencil shavings. By constructing the wheels 14, 17 so that the number of teeth on the former does not exactly divide into the number of teeth on the latter, a different part of the cutter operates on the pencil at each revolution, thus preventing irregularity in the cut. The term "cutter" includes any cutting, abrading, or other pointing device. The rear wall 2 of the device is formed with holes by which it may be secured to a desk, wall, &c.
Patent GB-190612102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lock-up Liquor Frames and Analogous Articles
Inventor: COLLYER JOHN
Filed: 1906-05-24
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 12,102. Collyer, J. May 24. Stands, spirit, liqueur, scent, &c.-The bottles are secured in the frame by an horizontal plate e mounted upon a vertical pillar d the lower end d<1> of which is adapted to rotate upon a fixed cylindrical support c carried by the frame. To lock the plate in the closed position, a projecting tongue h, carried by the pillar d, is secured between a fixed stop on the support c and a spring bolt g which can be disengaged by a key. One side of the bolt is chamfered to allow of a spring snap action.