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Patent GB-190526234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Displayal of Advertisements upon or in Road and Rail Vehicles.
Inventor: MASON RICHARD SYDNEY
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 26,234. Mason, R. S. Dec. 16. Advertising. - Advertisements on rail or road vehicles are carried on moving bands which may be endless, preferably operated by the movement of the vehicle. Bands a are arranged outside around the front and inside at one end of the vehicle. One of the rollers d which convey the band is driven by a belt d' from an axle, if necessary, through bevel - gearing. The bands a may otherwise be arranged along the side of the vehicle ; they may be enclosed in a glazed casing e, and may be driven either contin n u o u s l y or intermittently. According to the Provisional Specification, the driving-gear of the bands may be driven by the frictional contact of the periphery of a wheel on a countershaft with the hub or boss of one of the road wheels, and intermittent motion may be produced by providing the countershaft with a cam or starwheel, which drives a supplementary spindle connected by an endless chain or otherwise with the band. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 11,197, A.D. 1884, No. 1805, A.D. 1886, No. 10,760, A.D. 1887, and No. 13,290, A.D. 1896.]
Patent GB-190600285-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Incubating Fish Eggs and Rearing the Fish Spawn.
Inventor: RUECKL ANTONIN
Filed: 1906-01-04
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 285. R³ckl, A. Jan. 4. Fish culture.-Relates to apparatus for incubating fish eggs and rearing the fish spawn, and consists of a tank having a partition dividing it into a larger and smaller chamber. Water enters the chamber 1 and passes through holes 4 drilled at one end of the partition 3, so as to acquire a rotary motion in the chamber 2, from which it passes through fine holes 5 drilled in the bottom. The corners 7 of the larger chamber are rounded, in order to facilitate the rotation of the water.
Patent GB-190600608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Operating Cash Registers and the like.
Filed: 1906-01-09
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 608. National Cash Register Co., [National Cash Register Co.]. Jan. 9. Receipts, checking and recording; calculating- apparatus. - An electric driving - mechanism for cash - registers, adding - machines, and analogous machines is arranged as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 5, and as applied to a cash-register in Fig. 1. Connexion between the motor 10 and the main driving-shaft 22 of the machine is effected by a magnetic clutch 87, and upon the depression of a key an auxiliary circuit is made through the clutch and through a magnetic switch 91 which starts the motor 10. The switch 91 is energized when the spring blade 81 makes contact with the terminal 83 on the descent of the insulated roller 82, which is carried eccentrically upon the pin 62 fixed to the locking-lever 37. This lever 37 is rocked downwards, to unlock the machine, by the depression of a key and the action of the tripping-lever 45. To prevent the machine from remaining unlocked, a secondary movement is given to the lever 45 by a disk fast upon the shaft 22. To restore the lever 37 positively to locking position, a disk 15 has a roller 60 adapted to strike a dog 61 and raise the lever 37. An ordinary form of key release comprising the hand-lever 70 is provided. When the armature 93 of the magnetic switch is attracted by the core, the roller 94 bridges the terminals 95, 96 and establishes the main circuit through the motor. Sparking at the terminals 83, 95, 96 is minimized by the clutch circuit being broken, near the end of the operation of the machine, before the motor circuit is broken.
Patent GB-190605807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Earth Closets.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1906-03-10
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 5807. Adams, M. J. March 10. Dry closets.- The parts are made to nest to facilitate transport. The deodorant box A, its support B, and the soil bucket C are thus of a tapering form, and of sheet metal. According to the Provisional Specification, the bucket C may be surrounded by an outer case and be carried by a grating, beneath which liquid may collect.
Patent GB-190608405-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Nut-lock
Inventor: EMERY WALTER EDWARD
Filed: 1906-04-07
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 8405. Emery, W. E. April 7. Locking nuts. - A conical nut b is split radially and is compressed against the bolt a by a washer c, having a concave surface c<1> of slightly different contour from that of the nut so that the parts nearest the bolt will first come into engagement. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2057, A.D. 1867, No. 3797, A.D. 1883, No. 14,924, A.D. 1891, No. 5542, A.D. 1895, Nos. 2559 and 19,636, A.D. 1901, and No. 20,426, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190609713-A (GB)
Title: Tracker and Associated Parts for Mechanical Musical Instruments.
Filed: 1906-04-25
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 9713. Lake, H. H., [Aeolian Co.]. April 25. Automatic instruments.-The take-up roller 4 is mounted just above and behind the keyboard, and the music-roll holder and the tracker 9 are mounted independently so as to be movable to and from their operative position. The invention is described in connexion with an horizontal pianoforte, but it is applicable to upright pianos, organs, and other keyboard instruments. The take-up roller 4 is mounted in a recess in the fall-board, and is driven by means of a shaft in alinement with the pivot. The tracker 9 and the shafts 13, 18 for the music roll are mounted in brackets 7, 8 pivoted to lugs 10, 17 fixed to the piano. The sprocket 14 on the shaft 13 is driven bv chain gearing from a shaft 11 in alinement with the pivots. In the backward or inoperative position, these parts may be concealed by a movable cover.
Patent GB-190610236-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Lubricating Device for the Driving-chains of Elevators, Agricultural Machines and the like.
Inventor: HEGELER HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 10,236. Hegeler, H. May 1. Driving and like chains.-An automaticlubricator for the driving-chains of elevators, agricultural machines, manure distributors, &c. consists of an oil reservoir a with a cock f in the outlet pipe c, operated by links connected to the lever e, which is engaged by the teeth of the chainwheel and retracted by the spring g. A hand-operated cock d is placed in the pipe c above the cock f. The links &c. are adjusted by means of slots and screws.
Patent GB-190612730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for use in the Manufacture of Incandescent Lamps.
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 12,730. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 31. Incandescent lamps.-An apparatus of the tvpe described in Specifications No. 16,923, A.D. 1902, and No. 10,904, A.D. 1906, for sealing stems into bulbs, or for uniting glass tubes, eg. in making double stems for lamps which are exhausted through the stems, consists of a rotary frame 26 on a central standard 2 having arms with rotary heads 28 supporting the parts to be sealed, the step by step rotation of the frame bringing the parts between blow-pipe burners 4, 9, and afterwards to a position in which rotation of the heads is stopped automatically to allow the lamp &c. to be removed. The frame 26 is made vertically-adjustable, so that a zone of glass is heated, the stops 45 for arresting the rotation of the heads being arranged accordingly, and compressed air is supplied through the standard and frame to the interior of the lamps &c. while the glass is soft, to expand the seals. The frame 26 rests upon a sleeve 21 which can be raised and lowered by a cam 17 operated by a handle 19. This sleeve is rotated by a belt 23, and drives the rotary heads 28 by a sprocket-wheel and chain 41, a spring-pulled sprocket-wheel keeping the chain tight. Fig. 4 shows a rotary head in section ; a sprocket-wheel 37, driven by the chain 41, is clutched to the head except when the clutch-pin 39 is withdrawn by the action of one of the fixed cam-stops 45. A central rod 35 friction-tight in a sleeve 27 supports the stem, and uprights 29 support the bulb. One upright 29 is hollow, and a tubular extension of it is connected to the tubulature of the bulb. Compressed air is supplied through the hollow central standard 2, pipes 34, and passages 33<1>, 33, Fig. 4, in the head to this hollow arm, but escapes through a hole 52, Fig. 1, except when this is closed by one of the operators. The blowpipes are supplied with gas and air by a valve 10 controlled through a treadle by the same operator. Another operator inserts fresh bulbs and stems, and rotates the frame step by step, a spring arm 54 which engages strips 55 on the frame arresting the frame in its proper positions The first step carries the parts to a preliminary heater 53, the next to the blowpipes, and the next to the chief operator, who completes the seal by admitting compressed air and removes the bulb &c.
Patent GB-190614992-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Hydraulic Cement
Inventor: WILSON JOHN
Filed: 1906-07-02
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 14,992. Wilson, J., and Wilson, J. July 2. Cements.-An hydraulic cement, which will withstand the action of acids, is prepared by mixing 5 per cent of salt with vat waste, and calcining the mixture and grinding it to powder.
Patent GB-190620032-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Bearings for Revolving Stands for Billiard Cues.
Inventor: SKELDING ERNEST
Filed: 1906-09-08
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 20,032. Skelding, E. Sept. 8. Ball bearings.-A revolving stand for billiard cues, of the kind described in Specification No. 20,537, A.D. 1900, has, in addition to the ball bearing E supporting the weight, an arrangement of balls F forming a guide bearing for the central spindle d. This bearing is adjusted to take up wear and prevent canting of the stand by nuts H. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that either the cone G or one of the nuts H may have a disk-like extension to conceal the bearing and exclude dust.
Patent GB-190621013-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Pipe Stem Cleaners.
Inventor: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ESHELMAN
Filed: 1906-09-21
Abstract: 21,013. Eshelman, B. F. Nov. 10, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Tobacco pipes.-A tobacco-pipe stem 2 is provided with two parallel passages 5, 6, one of which receives a wire cleaner 10 attached to the mouthpiece 3, while the other passage constitutes the smoke passage to the bore 8 of the mouthpiece. Either passage may be used as the smoke passage, the one out of use being cleaned and dried by the cleaner. The inner end 4 of the stem is preferably dished or made concave.
Patent GB-190622600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoppering Bottles, Jars and the like
Filed: 1906-10-12
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 22,600. Quillot, M., and Compagnie Franþaise des Produits Fixator. Oct. 12. Stoppers.-A stopper or capsule consists of a metal cup c, Fig. 4, formed with a groove for the reception of a rubber ring a. A vacuum is formed in the vessel v ; the stopper c is then pressed home and held by atmospheric pressure. An ordinary cork k may also be inserted. In a modification, the cup c, Fig. 7, is inverted. To remove the closure, it is first pierced with a punch or corkscrew.
Patent GB-190623385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telegraphy.
Inventor: KITSEE ISIDOR
Filed: 1906-10-22
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 23,385. Kitsee, I. Oct. 22. Telegraphs.-In a system for quadruplex telegraphy, particularly adapted for submarine cables, a telephone and siphon recorder or the like are used as receivers, and one transmitter sends current impulses which rapidly alternate in direction. The cable, with its artificial line A for " duplexing " by means of the usual arrangement, is shown connected to the siphon recorder B, telephone C, and through the wire I to the key D. This key is connected through the contacts E, E' to the positive and negative poles, respectively, of the batteries F, F<1>, the contacts being formed of pins e, e<1> secured by stops c, c', so that when the key D is actuated to the right or left, it pushes one of the pins and breaks contact with the other. Stops g, g are also provided, and resistances R are inserted in the circuit of the batteries. This circuit is connected to a lever K, which is arranged between contacts L, L<1> similar to the contacts E, E'. The contacts L, L<1> are connected to opposed batteries N, N' throagh resistances R, and two electro-magnets connected to a battery and vibrator (not shown) vibrate the lever K between the contacts L, L'. Any other mechanical or electrical vibrating-device may be used. A wire 3 connects a key M to the wire 2. the key being normally connected through the wires 4, 5 to earth. When the operator at Z moves the key to right or left, he transmits an impulse in one or the other direction, and affects the siphon recorder at the receiver. If the key M is simultaneously operated, a succession of impulses varying in direction flows from the transmitter X to line, which is readily detected by means of the telephone, but does not seriously affect the siphon recorder. Messages can thus be simultaneously sent from the two transmitters X,Z. An induction coil may be subituted for the vibrating-device shown at X, its secondary being connected to line; switches are provided for cutting out the batteries and connecting the cable to earth.
Patent GB-190625624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Binders for Loose Leaf Ledgers and the like.
Inventor: FLETCHER HENRY RIVERS
Filed: 1906-11-13
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 25,624. Fletcher, H. R. Nov. 13. Filing papers, &c.-A binder for perforated sheets comprises a flexible back 1 having wings w to which are fixed the inner wings 6, 6<a> or continuous members of the hinged plates 2, 2<a> carrying the posts 4 and the tubular posts 5, respectively. One or more locks 7 are fixed on the plate 2<a> to engage and secure the hooked end or ends of the posts 4 after they have been passed through the posts 5. A keyhole 8 is formed in the back for the passage of the key to the lock 7, and a recess 7<a> for the lock when the binder is closed.
Patent GB-190701550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Operated Vending Machines.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 1550. Mackenzie, J. W., [Rule, J. A.]. Jan. 21. Money-delivering apparatus.-The apparatus is adapted to be set to sell articles of two values and to receive coins of three values, returning change for one or two values of coin according as the machine is set for the article of higher or lower value. The coin shoot having a single entrance slot b, is divided by partitions into three passages b<2>, b<3>, b<4>, into which a penny, halfpenny, and sixpence are respectively directed by means of porting ledges b<8>, b<9>, b<10>, in the auxiliary shoot b<6>, Fig. 11. A halfpenny strikes the block c<1> on the lever c momentarily freeing the ratchet C and allowing the shaft C' to turn under the action of a spring, an arm on the shaft striking the next of a series of levers and opening a door permitting the discharge of an article. A penny inserted in the slit b pushes aside the spring-actuated lever k, removing the end k<1> from teeth k<3> on the back of the change drum d<2>, which is then slightly rotated by the weight of the change contained in a peripheral compartment until the lever d<7> engages the ratchet teeth d<14>. Passing on down the shoot b<2> the penny strikes the end d<3> of the lever d<4> thereby depressing the lever c to cause the delivery of an article, and rocking the lever d<7> permitting the change drum to rotate the space of one compartment when the lever k engages the next projection, the change passing down the shoot D into the cup d. A sixpence strikes the block f, depressing the lever c and rocking the bell-crank f<1>, permitting the slide F to drop the space of one compartment and discharge a pocket of change by the shoot d<9> into the cup d. Reference is made to Specification No. 13,011, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190705208-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Extensible Spring-device.
Inventor: TORLEY HEINRICH
Filed: 1907-03-04
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 5208. Torley, H. March 4. Braces.-Relates to extensible spring devices applicable as in spring braces &c., and constructed of a number of helical wire or cylindrical rubber springs grouped side by side and arranged so that the extension produced when the whole device is subjected to a pull will be two, three, or four times as much as that which would be obtained by subjecting one of the springs separately to the same pull. An arrangement for giving a double extension is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which four springs a are enclosed within an open-ended casing b and fitted with disks c, the disks upon the outer pair being arranged to bear against one end of the casing b, while those upon the inner pair bear against the opposite end, the other ends of these pairs being connected by cross-pieces e, as shown. The inner springs may be replaced by a single one of double strength, and the disks c may be soldered to the ends of the casing b ; or they may be dispensed with, the end of the springs being secured to the casing. The four springs a may be grouped as shown in Fig. 4, in which case the cross-pieces are arranged at right-angles to each other. The covering b may be of india-rubber or be replaced by helical wire springs which are not. arranged to be extended, thereby rendering the device flexible vertically. In a modification, the cross-piece e may be replaced by end plates i, Fig. 5, connected by stays k: In a device which is arranged to give a triple extension, an additional pair of springs m, Fig. 9, is provided and arranged to be composed by.disks n fitted at the end of a forked rod which passes through one of the crosspieces e. For a quadruple-extension device, a similar pair of compressive springs is arranged in connexion with the other cross-piece.
Patent GB-190716715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wood Rollers applicable for use in Dyeing, Finishing and Bleaching Operations.
Filed: 1907-07-22
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 16,715. Evans & Sons, G., and Evans, G. H. July 22. Wooden rollers, for use in bleaching, dyeing, and finishing, are fitted at each end with a metal cap D attached by split nails E, driven into the end grain of the wood. The roller A may have a round gudgeon B in each end, which is prevented from turning in the wood by a crosspin b fitting into and held by an oblong recess d in the cap D ; or it may have a square shaft projecting through a square hole in the cap at each end.
Patent GB-190720708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Circular Logarithmic Slide-rules.
Inventor: READ WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1908-03-18
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 20,708. Read, W. J. March 18, 1908. Drawings to Specification. Slide rules.-A circular logarithmic slide rule of ordinary construction is provided with an additional scale or series of scales whereby a result obtained in units of one system can be converted directly into units of another system. Rules are arranged for calculating in pounds per mile the rate of consuming coal from the number of hundredweights consumed on a journey of given distance by a locomotive, and also costs in pence derived from a calculation in pounds sterling.
Patent GB-190721505-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Step Ladders & the like with Folding Platforms.
Inventor: DREW ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 21,505. Drew, A. Sept. 27. Ladders.-A platform for use with step-ladders or the like is pivoted on a bolt H secured to the front ladder sides, and is provided with guide rails or grooves C which engage a roller E carried in sockets fixed to the back supports. Slots K in the platform bearers engage with the roller E to lock the back supports to the front ladder. Grooves L in the platform bearers allow the platform, in the closed position, to drop on the pivoting bolt H and so prevent the platform from prematurely opening. Ladders used on staircases are provided with an additional back support M, Fig. 5. A series of platforms may be connected together and actuated simultaneously.
Patent GB-190723413-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Thermally Operated Automatic Lubricator.
Inventor: HEYE GEORG
Filed: 1907-10-23
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 23,413. Heye, G. Oct. 23. Switches. - A combined thermal switch and lubricator, which comes into action through overheating of a bearing &c., comprises an oil cup a fitted with a hollow plug d containing a fusible wire h, which is fastened to a valve f. When the wire fuses, the valve is opened by a spring i, and engages two spring contacts k to complete the circuit of an electric bell m.
Patent GB-190723547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Caps or Covers for Closing Bottles, Jars or other Vessels.
Inventor: RITCHIE ROBERT ORD
Filed: 1907-10-25
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 23,547. Ritchie, R. O. Oct. 25. Capsule closures and the like are made out of single blanks by cutting-out the centre B, Figs. 7 and 8, of a flanged blank A so as to leave a narrow rim a and then doubling over the part b, Fig. 7, as shown, the part B thus coming below the contracted rim a. The cover is removed by unbending or breaking the part b.
Patent GB-190724108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Embroidery Machines.
Inventor: GEORGES CHARLES
Filed: 1907-10-31
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 24,108. Georges, C. Oct. 31. Embroidery machines.-Relates to jacquard apparatus for moving the embroidery frame . The embroidery frame k is suspended from a spindle h which passes through two cross-s l o t s in the plates i, j. These plates are carried by two parallel bars g which are moved longitudinally by jacquard apparatus. If both bars move equally, the frame is given an horizontal movement only. If they move unequally, then a movement in the direction of one or other of the slots, according to their relative movement, is imposed in addition. The bars g are operated by parallel rows of droppers c actuated by one prism a. The frame carrying the prism and the droppers is moved laterally when the prism is in its upper position by a cam d, so as to compress the heads of the raised droppers between a plate e on the jacquard frame and stops f on the bars g, and so move the bars g distances determined by the distance the plate e has to travel before the heads of the droppers are closed up together against the stop f. The bars g are locked in their new positions, until the stitch is completed, by a grooved block the fangs of which are forced by a cam-lever between a central wedge-shaped plate and the bars g. When released, the bars are returned to their initial positions by springs.
Patent GB-190725528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Artificial Leather
Inventor: MUELLER HERMANN ROBERT
Filed: 1907-11-18
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 25,528. M³ller, H. R. Nov. 18. Compound fabrics.-Artificial leather, for gloves, polishing-cloths, &c., composed of layers of knitted or woven fabrics, or of knitted and woven fabrics cemented together by gutta-percha, are rendered soft or pliable by passing them, either before or after cementing the layers together, through a soap bath.
Patent GB-190726441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cleaners for Ship's Hulls and the like.
Filed: 1907-11-29
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 26,441. Ship Cleaning Co., and Macdonald, W. R. Nov. 29. Metal-cleaning brushes. -A number of flexiblyconnected battens carry wire mats constituting a cleaning-device for ships' hulls. The battens are held against the hull electro-magnetically by solid poles g having their faces curved more sharply than the slope of the wire bristles. The magnets are situated in recesses in the battens, which are only partly closed by plates f; cooling-water is therefore able to circulate around the windings q, which are insulated by rubber or other suitable material. The tops of the battens are sloped as shown in Fig. 2. The parallel battens are connected by chains, and may be further divided along their length to enable the mat to conform more readily to the contour of the hull.