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Patent GB-190614355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Steering Apparatus of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: ROSE ROBERT
Filed: 1906-06-22
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 14,355. Rose, R., and Catt, R. June 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Motor road vehicles. - Relates to steering-gear of the kind in which screw - and - nut or like irreversible mechanism is arranged close to the steering-wheels, so that the back-thrust is directly borne by a bracket fixed on the axle instead of being transmitted through link-work. According to the present invention, the steering movement is conveyed by a movement of rotation only from the lower end of the steering-spindle A, Fig. 1, through a jointed telescopic connecting-shaft. C to the irreversible screw gearing H carried by a bracket E' on the fixed axle F. The screw gearing is directly connected to the usual steering.arm G on one of the swivelling axles, the two axles being connected in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190621148-A (GB)
Title: A High Pressure Atmospheric Gas Burner.
Inventor: SENSENSCHMIDT MAX
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 21,148. Sensenschmidt, M. Sept. 23, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent gas burners. -A burner for consuming gas at high pressure, especially such as is used for burning-off mantles, is formed by a thickwalled Bunsen tube f, which is closed at its upper end by a screw g and is provided with a sleeve k. The gaseous mixture passes through lateral openings l to the annulus between the parts f, k, whence it escapes through a nickelwire gauze i clamped between the screw g and a nut h. The shape of the flame is varied by adjusting the screw g so as to expose more or less of the surface of the gauze,
Patent GB-190622041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1906-10-05
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 22,041. Soc. Anon. des Automobiles de la Buire. Oct. 14,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas or explosive-vapour engines; carburetting. -The piston valve j and the disk valve k, for admitting to the engine suction pipe rich mixture and air, respectively, are connected together and open simultaneously. They are worked by a sliding plate p with an inclined slot o which engages a lateral pin n on the piston valve. Speed, regulating.-After the plate p, by moving to the left, has closed the valves j, k, a further movement, permitted by the horizontal slot s, brings an inclined bracket r into engagement with the stem t of an air valve u, thus admitting air to the cylinders to cool them. The air is compressed on the compression strokes and serves to reduce the speed of the engine. Motor-cars in descending inclines may thus be controlled by the movement of the plate p only.
Patent GB-190628645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Belts for Driving Motor Cars, Cycles, and the like.
Inventor: PENWARDEN CHARLES WILLIAM HARR
Filed: 1906-12-15
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 28,645. Penwarden, C. W. H. Dec. 15. Belts and bands.- Leather washers b, provided with rectangular holes c and having the shape shown in Fig. 2, are threaded on an ordinary bicycle chain a to form a driving-belt for motor cars and cycles &c. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2441, A.D. 1879, No. 19,482, A.D. 1897, and Nos. 6069 and 22,567, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190700786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Repetition Mechanism for Stringed Musical Instrument Actions.
Inventor: OPPITZ ROBERT
Filed: 1907-01-11
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 786. Oppitz, R. Jan 11. Pianofortes; instruments with sonorous strings.-In a repetition action for stringed instruments, especially pianos, a spring g attached to the upper-end - of the jack c is adapted to bear against an adjustable button f carried by the counter check h. The spring is itself adjustable in a rearwardly-narrowing slot in the jack, in such a way as to vary the strength without altering the position of the upper limb of the spring.
Patent GB-190702599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Massage Appliances.
Inventor: WEINTRAUD ALFRED
Filed: 1907-02-01
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 2599. Weintraud, A. Feb. 1. Massage.-Vibrations are produced by drawing a chain F, Fig. 1, or a knotted rope &c., through metal hooks, rings, loops, &c. B attached to, or included in the fabric of a belt A, which can be fastened round any part of the body, the chain being drawn backwards and forwards by the hands. The ring or rings &c. may also be attached to the end or side of a rod G, Fig. 8, the padded end H of which is pressed against the body with one hand while the chain is reciprocated by the other hand and a spring or weight attachment. The hook or ring may be fixed to a sleeve which slides along the rod ; or the part grasped by the band may be capable of sliding over the rod, the pressure being conveyed to the pad by a spring. In a modification, the chain is passed over a sprocketwheel, which is rotated by the free hand.
Patent GB-190705352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks.
Inventor: MUELLER PAUL
Filed: 1907-03-05
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 5352. M³ller, P. March 5. Locks, key and permutation.-In a lock, the main key a for operating the bolt e is permanently mounted in the lock case, and is normally locked against rotation by levers b, projections b<1> on which engage with recesses a<1> in the stem of the key. An auxiliary key c is used to disengage the levers b, after which the bolt e and the latch bolt h can be withdrawn by rotating the key a by a suitable implement. Means are provided for blocking the motion of the levers b, d, consisting of rotatable pins k, l, which are provided with notches k<1>, l<1>, into which projections b<2>, d<2> on the levers enter when the pins have been. set to the correct positions.
Patent GB-190705502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Switches.
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 5502. Bolton, E., and Coventry Watch Movement Manufacturing Co. March 7. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Switches.-The operating-levers of switches are held in their correct positions by means of spring- pressed balls, carried by the levers and engaging recesses in fixed tracks. In a two-way switch, for example, the lever A is pivoted on a bolt C, and forms along with the bolt a part of the electric circuit. On each side is arranged a contact E, the securing-screws G of which are extended to form terminals on the rear side of the plate and screws on the front side for securing the cover. The lever carries a spring plate H arranged to press on the ball J, which rolls over a track having recesses or inclines so as to receive the ball and arrest the lever in the correct positions.
Patent GB-190710102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scissors Sharpeners
Inventor: ARMSTRONG THOMAS ROSS
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 10,102. Armstrong, T. R., and Withers, A. W. May 1. Sharpening.-A scissors sharpener, of the type in which a block of sharpening-material is adjustably secured in a holder at such an angle to a guiding-surface on the holder that the cutting- edge of the blade is sharpened by being moved forwards and backwards along the sharpening- material while the inner face of the blade is held against the guiding-surface, is constructed as shown. The holder B, preferably of wood, is of the same length as the piece A of sharpening- material and has a flat guiding-face C. The slot D is of sufficient depth to allow of the adjustment of the sharpening-material therein, a screw E being provided for tightening the material in the slot. Holes F are provided for fixing the holder to a table when required.
Patent GB-190710636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Traction Installations using Contact Boxes.
Inventor: BLACK PETER BLAIR
Filed: 1907-05-07
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 10,636. Black, P. B., and Black, T. H. May 7. Cranes.-Relates to a road contact-stud system of power supply for electric traction purposes which is stated in the Provisional Specification to be also applicable for propelling and operating electric cranes &c. The contact-box A, Fig. 1, preferably a casting, is formed with a cylindrical chamber A<1> for the switching gear and a subsidiary chamber D, for holding and removing drainage, which is connected to the well-portion B of the main chamber. The cover A<2> is made of a non- magnetic hard metal or alloy, for example manganese steel. in which plugs K of highly conductive metal are fixed ; these plugs are connected with soft-iron pole-pieces P, Q. Mounted between the pole-pieces on a shaft S is an armature R, shaped so as to turn in the required direction in response to the magnetic flux but caused to return by its unaided weight when the flux ceases. When, owing to the passage of the magnets on the cars, the polepieces P, Q become magnetized, the armature is rotated and the end S' of the shaft contacts with the carbon block T and thus completes the circuit from the feeder U through the box and its cover to the car collector. To prevent the contact-studs from remaining alive after the vehicles have passed, the vehicles carry brushes which short-circuit the studs and blow the fuse should the switch have stuck. The magnets 2, Fig. 3, on the cars are placed in series with the motors, and to prevent the magnets from becoming de-energized when the resistance of the motor circuit is considerable, a suitable resistance 3, in shunt to the motor circuit, is provided. When starting the car, the accumulators 5 supply the necessary current, the switch closing when the main power circuit is broken.
Patent GB-190712443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Regulation or Control of Electric Motors.
Inventor: RAWORTH JOHN SMITH
Filed: 1907-05-29
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 12,443. Raworth, J. S., and Raworth, A. May 29. Motor control systems.- The series fields in compound - wound regenerative motors are shortcircuited in changing from the series to parallel position, and vice versa. As shown in the diagram of connexions, the shunt fields SFI, SF<2> are weakened, between the positions I, III in which the armatures A', A<2> are in series, by cutting in resistance 1, 2. No further change is made in moving through positions IV, V, VI. The series connexions are then broken, and the shunt fields strengthened. In position VII, which is the first of the parallel positions, series windings F<1>, F<2> are thrown into the armature circuit, which runs from a trolly T to a stud 11 where it branches. Part passes through the armature A' to a stud 13 and through connected segments 13p, 14p, 15p ; it afterwards passes through the series winding F<1> to studs 17, 18, and then to earth. The other part passes to a stud 12, armature A<2>, series winding F<2>, aud studs 16, 17, 18 to earth. The junctions of the motor armatures with their series fields are connected by means of a stud 14 and segments 13p, 14p, 15p. Banks of resistance 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, 8, 9,10 respectively, are arranged in parallel with the series windings, and these are cut out in passing to position X, the shunt fields being then weakened by catting in the resistance 1, 2 in positions XI, XII. On reversal, the rings 23s, 24s, 23p, 28s, 29s, 28p, which are 'floating' on the drum of the controller as described in Specification No. 14,630, A.D. 1905, move into the positions shown in dotted lines. The series fields are thus short-circuited up to the break after position VII. The shunt fields are then weakened, and the resistance banks are shortcircuited in staps between positions VI, III, thus converting the-motors into shunt machines.
Patent GB-190712902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in & relating to Enclosed Electric Arc Lamps
Inventor: QUINT BERNARD ALFRED
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 12,902. Quint, B. A. June 4. Globe holders for arc lamps. A globe is held up against a fixed cover f by spring-pressed hooks j pivoted to lugs k on a plate g. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 15,974, A.D. 1889, No. 10,236, A.D. 1898, No. 7410, A.D. 1900, No. 17,690, A.D. 1902, and No. 14,911, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Electric lamps &c.].]
Patent GB-190715430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burning Oil for Generating Heat.
Inventor: MASON THOMAS CHARLES
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 15,430. Mason, T. C. July 4. Liquid-fuel furnaces; air, supplying; baffles.-Air for combustion in the oil-burning furnace of an externally-fired boiler is heated in flues at the sides of an arched combustion chamber before escaping through a contracted outlet to the burner, the flues being partly formed between the combustion chamber and a superimposed arch ; an arched baffle is provided to deflect the combustion products towards the upper ends of the boiler tubes. In the furnace of the water-tube boiler shown in Fig. 1, air enters the gradually contracting passages 0, Fig. 3, and the space L' between the combustion chamber L and the arch K, through openings M provided with doors N: Thence it passes through the outlet P to the burner H, which is supplied with oil and steam in regulable quantities through valved pipes L, J respectively. An arched baffle Q, and baffles R, S cause the combustion products to take a sinuous course between the boiler tubes A to the flue T. The floor F is composed of brick or fire-clay. According to the Provisional Specification, the apparatus may be constructed so that the frame is directed towards the boiler front, and in this case the air flues are arranged accordingly.
Patent GB-190715952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ribbon Movement for Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: CAMPBELL GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-11
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 15,952. Campbell, G. W. Nov. 16, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Typewriters.-Inking-apparatus for typewriting- machines is arranged to prevent the type from striking the edge of the inking-ribbon, and can be thrown out of action when, as in mimeographing work, it is not desired to make impressions through the ribbon. The mechanism may be used with either a single-colour or a multicolour ribbon, and more especially in front-strike visible-writing machines. The ribbon 4, Fig. 4, in this case multicolour, is fed horizontally across the machine but vertically at the striking point 8 over hooked guides 2, 3 on a frisket 1; this is vertically movable into position for the impression in a frame 5 by means of the engagement of a hook 9 on a guided rod 6 with a pin 10 carried by a lever 11. The arm 20 of the lever is rocked with an accelerated motion by a rod 20<a> connected with the universal bar of the machine so as to be operated by depression of the keys. Studs 22, 23 on the frame 5 are guided in slots 36, 37 in a frame plate 14, and are attached to parallel pivoted links 26. 27. Secured also to the stud 22 is a cranked link 28, a pin 30 upon the end 29 of the link being adjustable in slots 34, 40 in the plate 14. The pin 30 may be spring-held in notches I, II, III in the slot 34, whereby the various parts of a multicoloured ribbon may be brought into operation. In the case of a single colour ribbon, this may be struck in three places while passing through the machine. When the pin 30 is withdrawn into the slot 40, the frisket 1 is thrown out of connexion with the keys, the hook 9 being disengaged from the pin 10 and held by a plate 44 so that the frisket is fixed beneath the striking point 8. Connected with the universal bar so as to be revoluble is an eccentric 56 which rocks bell-crank levers 52, 48 so that, when the pin 30.is at the bottom of the siot 34, a pin 49 on the bell-crank 48 engages a slot 47 in the arm 28 and causes the frame 5 to have a slow reciprocating zigzag movement. This enables the whole width of the ribbon to be utilized, or, where the ribbon is a multicolour one, causes the writing to alternate in colour.
Patent GB-190725056-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Changing the Web Rolls of Printing Presses and similar Machines.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1909-02-12
Abstract: 25,056. Lock, W. H., [Wood, H. A. W.]. Nov. 12. Feeding-apparatus for webs.-Relates to means for automatically changing the web-reels of printing and similar machines and pasting on the leading end of the new web without altering the speed of the printing-machine. The shafts 23 of the old reel a<1> from which the web of paper is passing between rollers 44 and endless tapes 101 to the press, and of the new reel a, are supported in curved slot bearings 37<a> in carriages 28 formed with half-nuts 33 in engagement with longitudinal screws 34. These screws are rotated by bevelgearing 35 from a shaft 35<a> driven by a belt passing around fast and loose pulleys controlled by a cam on the transverse shaft 43. The shaft 23 of the reel a carries a wheel 24 gearing with a wheel 25 on a stud 27, which engages a wheel 340 capable of being coupled to its shaft by a clutch shown in Fig. 9. The wheel 25 carries a drum 26 surrounded by a friction band 30 adjusted by a thumb-screw 32. The clutch comprises a sleeve 36 integral with the wheel 41 which is provided with a slot 37 adapted to receive a pin 38 on a head 39 coupled to the shaft 350 by a pin 40. The clutch is held either in or out of gear by a spring detent 40<a> having two recesses to accommodate the head of the pin 40. A pivoted button 39<a> is provided for actuating the clutch. The reel a rests on and is rotated by two drums 10 driven at the speed of the press by gearing 11 and a belt 12 controlled by a handle 14. The reel is surrounded by tapes 16 passing around rollers 17 on jointed frames 18 and driven by a chain from a sprocket 19 on one of the drums 10. The frames 18 are connected by gearing and are adapted to be raised clear by a cam on the shaft 43, in which position they are held by a hook 22. In operation, the roll a is run up inclines 15 into the bearings 37<a> and is rotated by hand until a pointer 47<a> is in line with a mark on the framing; the free end of the web is then folded square over a blade 47 and attached to the body of the reel by a few strips of weak paper. The tapes 16 are then lowered and the rolls 10 started. When the reel a<1> is nearly exhausted, the clutch 39 is thrown in, causing the shaft 43 to rotate. A cam on the shaft 43, by means of a link 48 and bell-crank 50, throws a switch against the reel, detaching the end, which is conveyed by tapes to the rolls 44. There it meets a part of the old web where a line of paste has just been applied by the roller 56 actuated by another cam on the shaft 43. Additional cams on the shaft 43 then actuate a knife 60 to sever the old web, raise the tapes 16 and move the switch out of the way of the roll a, and operate a belt-shifter to start the screws 34. The old reel spindle is conveyed forward until it reaches the end of the screw-thread, and the new reel spindle until it occupies the position previously occupied by the old one, after which the screws 34 are stopped by a roller on the carriage 28 actuating the belt-shifter 68.
Patent GB-190726072-A (GB)
Title: Improved Pneumatic Cover for Cycle Saddles.
Inventor: PROCTOR CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1907-11-25
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 26,072. Proctor, C. H. Nov. 25. Saddles and seats.-A pneumatic cover for cycle saddles is made from two layers of suitable material stitched to form a case following the shape of the saddle, this case having two branches connected at the back by an open portion through which a pneumatic cushion may be inserted ; the open part is afterwards secured upon the edge by lacing. The two pieces A, A' of the cover are stitched along a', a<2> to form a case adapted to receive the pneumatic cushion, of which one half is shown in Fig. 2. The cushion valve passes through a hole a<5>, and the cushion is inflated after the cover is laced up along eyelets a<6>.
Patent GB-190726408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Belt Transmission Gear.
Filed: 1907-11-29
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 26,408. Babcock & Wilcox, and Reynolds, H. B. Nov. 29. Cranes.-In reversing-gearing, more particularly applicable to cranes, in which a rocking bracket B carries two driving-pulleys C and toothed gearing, so that a shaft A may be driven in either direction or remain at rest, supporting segments D are provided for holding the belt clear of the pulleys in mid-position of the rocking-bracket. The segments are secured to fixed brackets C', with slots through which pass the shafts of the pulleys C. The belts are prevented from moving by spring - actuated shoes E. Each shoe is connected to a spring- surrounded spindle E<2> passing freely through a sleeve B<1> on a projecting portion B<2> of the bracket B, which is also formed with guides B<3>, between which an extension E<3> of the shoe is slidably mounted, the extensions of the two shoes being adapted to slide alongside each other.
Patent GB-190727507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Pump Clips.
Inventor: MYERS ADOLPH
Filed: 1907-12-13
Granted: 1908-12-14
Abstract: 27,507. Myers, A., Myers, L., and Baker, F. R. Dec. 13. Inflators, tyre and like, carrying and securing.- Cycle-pump clips of the kind having projections to engage the end of the pump are formed from a single piece of wire, which is bent to embrace the seat-pillar tube and to form two eyes 2, 3 for the reception of a fixing-screw 4, the wire being also bent to form a spring lever or an arm to engage the hole in the end of the pump. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the two portions 6, 7 of the wire that form the spring lever are bent back around the frame member, the ends 8, turned outwardly at 9 and downwardly at 10, being fixed together by a clip band 12 &c. For the lower clip, the portions 1, 6, are all made of such a diameter as to clip the tube when the nut 5 is tightened up, the parts being secured together by the engagement of an extension 13 of the clip 12 with the part 1. In modifications, the lever may be formed as a continuation towards the front of a coiled spring at one or both of the eyes for the fixing-screw or it may be formed as a continuation of one of the eyes, and may be shaped to project at one side of the clip.
Patent GB-190800091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fluid Pressure Brakes for Railway Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: CLOUD JOHN WILLS
Filed: 1908-01-01
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 91. Cloud, J. W., and Westinghouse Brake Co. Jan. 1. [Patent of Addition to No. 12,262, A.D. 1903.] Stopping engines and trains. - The operating- lever of the track-operated brake device described in Specification No. 12,262, A.D. 1903, is modified to make the apparatus operable for one direction of running only, by constructing it in two parts connected by a knucklejoint. The lower part 5 of the lever is forked at its upper end to receive the lower extremity of the upper part 1, and the end of the part and the bottom of the slot are so shaped that, when the lever 5 is struck in one direction, the surface 7 of the slot bears against the part 1 and the lever moves as a whole to open the valve ; but when the part 5 is struck in the opposite direction, it simply rotates on the pin 6 and the brake device is not operated. An engine may thus be shunted back over a tripping-device without operating the valve.
Patent GB-190800407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Pumps
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-01-07
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 407. Newton, P. A., [Blake & Knowles Steam Pump Works]. Jan. 7. Air-pumps, steam - engine a n d like.-Pumps, preferably arranged in pairs as shown in Fig. 1, deliver air on one stroke and water on the other stroke. The main air-inlet port D is connected through pipes 10 and inlets d to the valveless suction passage 14, and the main inlet port E is connected to the valveless suction chamber 15 through pipes 11 and inlets e. The large air plunger i is connected to the small water plunger k, which delivers the water falling from the passage 15 through valves 3 and an outlet F. The air plunger i delivers through valves 2 and a passage 12 to an outlet F.