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Patent GB-190419260-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Automatically or otherwise Operating the Valves of Gas Lamps.
Inventor: KUECHLER FRANZ
Filed: 1904-09-06
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 19,260. Kuechler, F., and Hubrich, W. R. Sept. 6. Lighting and extinguishing g a s.- A spring motor, which actuates a switch controlling the valve-actuating electromagnets, is set in action either by clockwork at predetermined times, or by an electromagnet o n closing the circuit. The valve-actuating electromagnets are enclosed in a gas-tight casing, Fig. 3, connected with the gas - supply pipe. When the opening magnet is operated, the armature b, which normally keeps the passage b<1> closed, is attracted and the gas passes to the burner, where it is ignited by a pilot jet. The armature b is prevented from flying back by a projection f on the armature e of the closing- magnet. If the casing is empty and the magnets are energized and then de-energized, the armature e has time to swing back to engage the armature b, but, when the casing is full of gas, the armature e moves more slowly and does not catch the armature b, which consequently shuts off the gas. The switch consists of a spring arm o, Fig. 5, which successively touches contacts p<1>, p<2>, p<3>, the first two of which are connected to the opening magnets of groups of lamps and the second two to the closing-magnets. The arm o is connected to the spindle n, Fig. 1, of one of a train of wheels actuated by a spring motor. A twenty-four-hour wheel a, Fig. 1, has two pins d, d<1>, one or both of which can be set at any hour. During the rotation of the wheel a, one of the pins d raises the lever e and so, by means of the lever 3, with its spur 9, the armature 10, and the connecting-arm 12, lowers the lever 13, which has a pawl 14 at the end engaging a ratchet-wheel 15. When the lever c is raised, a hook 1 engages a pin 2 on one of the wheels and keeps it from rotating, but, at the predetermined time, the lever drops from the pin d to its lowest position and releases the pin 2 and permits the train of wheels to move ; this motion continues until the ratchet-wheel 15 allows the lever 13, which is pressed up by the counterweight 18, to rise and push up the lever c by means of the projection 16, until the hook 1 again catches over the pin 2. This movement of the wheels is sufficient to move the spring arm o over the contacts and to operate the valve-actuating magnets. A similar operation takes place when the pin d' raises the lever c, causing the spring arm o again to touch the contacts, on which the gas is extinguished. To enable the light to be turned on when desired after a certain hour, the spindle of the twenty-four-hour wheel a carries a cam-wheel f which presses together the two springs g, h so that, on pressing a button i, a current flows through the electromagnet 11, which attracts the armature 10 and sets the train of wheels in motion as before described.
Patent GB-190419262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Domestic and like Stoves Fitted with Ovens.
Inventor: MCGEE EDWARD
Filed: 1904-09-06
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 19,262. McGee, E., and Alsop, T. W. Sept. 6. Cooking-ranges; ovens.-Air is heated and passed through the oven of a cooking-range or the like. Beneath the oven b is an air-heating chamber traversed by the flue c. Air admitted from the ashpit at f, or in modified constructions at the front, is heated and passed into the oven through a grid extending over the floor. The top of the oven is perforated and formed with a chamber h which opens at j into the uptake. When the air is admitted from the ashpit, dust and ashes are shut off by a plate g.
Patent GB-190419337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bevel Gauges and like Instruments.
Inventor: DECKER GEORGE
Filed: 1904-09-07
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 19,337. Decker, G. Sept. 7. Angle - measuring instruments; squares; clinometers.-Relates to instruments of the stock and adjustable-blade type for the measurement and setting-out of angles and for levelling and plumbing. The stock consists of two connected parts A, C between which the movable blade B is mounted so as to turn on a pivot 1 at one end. The blade B carries a toothed wheel 3 gearing with a toothed wheel 11 of half the diameter on a spindle 10 carrying a pointer 15. The toothed wheels are situated in a recess in the rule A, covered by a plate 2 having a raised portion, graduated as shown so that the pointer indicates the angle between the stock and the blade. A protecting-glass 15<1> and bezel 16 are arranged as shown. The spindle 1 has a screw-threaded end to receive a nut 7 with recesses to enable it to be screwed into a recess in a plate 6, by a pronged key. The parts A, C of the stock are spaced by projections at one end and, if made cf wood, are protected by a metal piece 17 with a notch to accommodate an extension 18 which is provided to facilitate the opening of the blade B. A level 19 is arranged as shown.
Patent GB-190420740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnace Flue Tube Fittings for Steam Boilers
Inventor: HURD MILNER
Filed: 1904-09-27
Granted: 1905-09-27
Abstract: 20,740. Hurd, M. Sept. 27. Baffles.-Deflecting cones or discs, each consisting of a number of segments or sectors, which may be opened out, or closed up behind one another, are mounted on a shaft or tube b, Fig. 1, in the flues of Lancashire or Cornish boilers to direct the gases against the sides of the flue. The segment e is keyed to the shaft b and has a pin-and-slot connection with the segments e', which are loosely mounted on the shaft. On turning the shaft in one direction, the pin f provided on the rear face of each segment engages with the curved slot g in the face of the adjacent segment e<1> and forms the segments into a disc. If the shaft b is rotated in the opposite direction, the segments of the disc take up a position behind the segment e, so as to allow the flue to be cleaned.
Patent GB-190424033-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fan for Moistening or Washing Air or other Gases.
Inventor: KESTNER PAUL
Filed: 1904-11-07
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 24,033. Kestner, P. Nov. 7. Smoke and fumes, treating.-Gases or combustion products are moistened or washed in a waterspraying centrifugal fan, and are then conducted to a closed chamber, where dust or smoke is deposited along with moisture. In the form shown, a fan with a double inlet is provided with closelyarranged tapering blades L attached to each side of a boss X. Water supplied to plates R is equally distributed over the blades by providing dished rings D<1>, D<2>. Fans with a single inlet have three such rings, which have openings of decreasing diameter from the inlet.
Patent GB-190425222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Pumps.
Inventor: HANDOLL HENRY
Filed: 1904-11-19
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,222. Handoll, H., and White, R. J. Nov. 19. Roots-blower type.-A form of packing adapted to a pump of the Roots'-blower type but applicable to other kinds of pumps is shown in Fig. 2. Grooves A<3> are made in the ends of the teeth of the drums A, and similar grooves A<4> or curved grooves are made at the sides of the drums. The grooves become filled with water, which serves as a packing. The shape of the grooves may be varied.
Patent GB-190425614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cages for Ball Bearings.
Inventor: HIRTH CARL ALBERT
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 25,614. Hirth, C. A. Nov. 24. Ball bearings; thrust and end-pressure bearings.- Relates to cages for holding the balls in two-point ball bearings. The balls a, Fig. 1, revolve in the ball-race formed by grooving the cone portion o, fixed to the shaft w, and the outer cup portion n, The balls are held by two annular guide-plates b, drawn together by coiled or flat springs on the bolts c. The plates b have shallow cavities in which the sides of the balls fit. The balls may be held by an outer ring or cage frame f, Fig. 5, having aperturesf through which the balls project without contact. and lugs h; or a similar inner ring may be used. The balls are similarly held in a horizontal row in the thrust bearing shown in Fig. 7. In the two-joint journal bearing shown in Fig. 10, each separate side-plate b<1> has inwardlyprojecting arms k which interlock when subjected to lateral pressure after the balls have been inserted. The arms k are bent so as to afford a yielding support against the pole surfaces of the balls.
Patent GB-190501899-A (GB)
Title: Ball-bearing Implements for Cleaning Rifled Guns and the like
Inventor: WILSON FRANCIS THOMAS FELLOWES
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 1899. Wilson, F. T. F. Jan. 31. Machine guns; ordnance, cleaning; ramrods.- The handle 3 and jag 11 of a cleaning-rod are provided with ball bearings.
Patent GB-190506764-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Revolving and Stationary Heel Pads for Boots, Shoes, and the like.
Inventor: SCHOFIELD ISAAC CLEGG
Filed: 1905-03-30
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 6764. Schofield, I. C. March 30. Heel protectors.-Relates to means for detachably securing both revoluble and stationary heel pads to boots and shoes. A flanged disk or riog A of metal, xylonite, celluloid, compressed paper, or other material, is secured to the heel, and a tempered steel spring plate F, preferably dish-shaped and having bent arms G, is embedded in the rubber pad H in such a manner that practically the whole thickness of the rubber can be worn through before renewal is necessary. The pad is secured to the boot by springing the arms G, of which there are preferably three, beneath the curved flange J of the ring A. The arms move freely within the groove formed by this flange, while the curved body part of the plate F serves as an elastic cushion for the pad. Instead of the flanged ring A, a flat ring K, Fig. 9, cut away to form an annular groove L, may be used; or, as a further modification, a plain flat ring may be employed, and an annular groove made in the heel itself to form a race for the arms G. In applying the invention to stationary heel pads, a heel-shaped plate is used, constructed similarly to the plate A, Fig. 7, while the embedded plate F has its arms G disposed as shown in Fig. 12.
Patent GB-190510609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Advertising Signs.
Inventor: JOB LEONARD KINGWELL
Filed: 1905-05-20
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 10,609. Job, L. K. May 20. Switches.-Switching-devices for electric lamps used in advertising signs comprise bimetallic strips surrounded by heating-coils, the arrangement being such that the bending of one strip owing to the current round it closes the circuit of a lamp and at the same time closes the circuit of the heating-coil of the next strip, while the heating-coil in series with the last lamp serves to break the main circuit. The bimetallic strips e, Fig. 1, are surrounded by heating-coils d in circuit with each lamp, or each set of lamps, used for each letter of the sign. When the current from the mains a, b is not supplied to the device, all the insulated contacts f as well as the spring contacts h, upon the metallic strips are standing away from the fixed contacts i. When the current is switched on, it passes from tLe main a through the right-band lamp c, heating-coil d of the corresponding metallic strip, common return lead p, left-hand strip e, the contact n,. and back to the other main. The heated strip e bends, and brings its spring contact h into contact with the fixed contact i, whereupon a circuit is completed through the next heating- coil and the next lamp. Finally all three contacts i, h, f of the first strip touch one another, so that the heating-coil of'the first strip is short-circuited. When, by cooling, this strip moves back, current again passes through the heating-coil and brings it back into contact. A similar action takes place at the subsequent strips, until the heating-coil of the last strip and the last lamp are supplied with current. The last coil is of thicker wire than the others, and heats up more slowly, so that, after a certain time, this last strip is bent, leaves the contact n, and breaks the main circuit. All the strips cool more quickly than the last, so that they are all in the starting position when the last strip again touches its contact in readiness to continue the operation. A modified arrangement is shown in which the subsidiary middle spring contacts A are dispensed with, while in the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 a different arrangement of circuits is shown. The left-hand strip bears normally against the fixed contact i. The current first passes through the first lamp c and through the second heating-coil. The second strip bends, and closes its contact i, thereby introducing the second lamp, while the first strip leaves its contact, cutting out the first lamp and the heating-coil of the second strip, which action continues automatically. Any lamp c may be replaced by a group of lamps or a switching-device therefor. The Provisional Specification states that the last strip may be caused to break the main circuit through the intermediary of a local circuit and an electro-magnetic switch, while the strips may control circuits containing relays &c.
Patent GB-190511514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tents.
Inventor: ELLIS GEORGE BELOE
Filed: 1905-06-01
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 11,514. Ellis, G. B., [Boyle, J.]. June 1. Ventilators.-A tent is formed with an upper horizontal ventilating-flue having a perforated bottom J, Fig. 1, and open ends, the top portions of the end flaps D of the tent being supported by straps J<1> and the diaphragm J. Windows C, made of mosquito netting or the like, and an outer sloping roof H are also provided. An extra triangular compartment or closet may be detachably fitted to the tent, preferably outside, as shown in Fig. 3; this compartment is provided with a hood T, Figs. 2 and 5, ventilating-netting S, and cords V for attachment to loops U, Fig. 1. Two or more tents may be connected end to end, as shown in Fig. 4, by means of straps Wand pins X on the ridge poles.
Patent GB-190513595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Preventing the Down Draught in Smoke and other Flues.
Inventor: AKERS WALTER JOHN
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 13,595. Akers, W. J., and Rochaix, L. A. July 1. Forced ventilation.-To prevent down-draught and to assist the up-draught in an upcast shaft for heated air, there is fitted in it a fan or vane wheel, which, being rotated by the up-draught, prevents momentary down-draughts. The fan F is mounted on a spindle e on a triangular slide or frame E, which is attached to a door D near the ceiling of the room &c. and is supported by a frame built into the flue. The lubricating-cup f<1> in the bearing of the fan F is covered by a cap f<3>. Excessive up-draught is prevented by braking the fan by means of the spring cap d<2> on the screwed rod d. A tray e<1> is fitted to catch soot &c., and to prevent it from dropping when the apparatus is withdrawn in order to clean the flue.
Patent GB-190513776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Bungs and Tapping Devices for Barrels.
Inventor: BAUMGARTNER JOSEPH PARRISH
Filed: 1905-07-04
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 13,776. Baumgartner, J. P. July 4. Spanners.-Special bungs and bushes for casks are inserted and replaced by means of correspondingly adapted tools. The bushing 2, Fig. 1, is operated by a tool 59, Fig. 13, the head of which fits the bushing and has recesses 62 for receiving the lugs 6. The bung is operated by a tool 63, Fig. 14, having notches 66 to receive the lugs 30.
Patent GB-190516795-A (GB)
Title: Improvement relating to Metallic Armour for the Tyres of Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BREMER HUGO
Filed: 1905-08-18
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 16,795. Bremer, H. Aug. 18. Staples; studs.- Studs used on armoured wheel tyres for motorcars and other vehicles are constructed with heads a of harder material than the staples or fasteners b. The head may be formed of steel and the staple of wrought iron, the two parts being united by welding and then hardening, or by riveting, brazing, &c.
Patent GB-190517297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Game Apparatus.
Inventor: JOFEH HERMAN
Filed: 1905-08-26
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 17,297. Jofeh, H. Aug. 26. Games played with balls, pegs, boards, pockets, projectors, holes, and inclined tracks.-In a coin-freed or other apparatus, a ball is projected up a passage a, and, falling through the pins b attached to, the board h, is directed by the inclines c either back to the projector or against a trap p of any ordinary type. The player endeavours to catch the ball as it falls from the pins b, in one of the buckets d, which are attached to spindles f and can be rotated by an outside handle l connected with the spindles f by a sprocket chain k. If caught, the ball is conducted to the trap p by a passage m, n.-
Patent GB-190517299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Foot-scrapers and Cleaners.
Inventor: PARMITER PHILIP JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-08-26
Granted: 1906-08-25
Abstract: 17,299. Parmiter, P. J., and Parmiter, G. Aug. 26. Scrapers, foot.-Foot scrapers or cleaners are provided with wipers of matting or the like arranged so that the boot can be rubbed between them to clean the sides. The base a of the cleaner is preferably formed with scrapers b for the boot soles, and is provided with pairs of supports c which carry cross-bars d. Curved plates d' are pivoted on the cross-bars, and carry cylindrical mats e, the mats thus being allowed to yield when the boot is introduced between them, and also enabled to be moved at intervals to prevent excessive local wear. Wires f drawn around the supports above the wipers serve for scraping off clay or thick mud. The Provisional Specification describes the wiper as being a length of material connected at the ends to the frame a outside the cross-bars d, and stretched over the said bars and under a transverse bar in the frame between the supports, this arrangement forming a V-shaped loop in the material into which the boot is thrust to be cleaned.
Patent GB-190519562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cotton Pickers' Harvesters.
Inventor: COMBEE AUGUSTUS GOVAN MILLS
Filed: 1905-09-27
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 19,562. Combee, A. G. M. Sept. 27. Wagons.-A wheeled vehicle, on which cotton pickers ride while gathering the crop, is provided with movable seats 9, a canopy 3, troughs or receptacles 4, and protecting belts or aprons 20, and is sometimes fitted with removable conveyers 5 and elevators 4<1> to discharge the cotton from the receptacles 4 into baskets, bags or the like. The seats 9 are rotatable and are carried by flanged supports 8, slidable on the troughs or frames 4, which are arranged to pass between the rows of plants. The cotton is protected from dust &c. by the aprons 20, which pass round rollers in the frame and are provided with openings near the seats 9. The endless conveyer belts may be driven by the chain gearing shown, by hand, or by other means. A weighing-device 22 may be provided, and draught attachments may be fitted to one or both ends of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190519626-A (GB)
Title: Folding Steps for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: FELKNER WILLIAM GANOT
Filed: 1905-09-28
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 19,626. Felkner, W. G. Sept. 28. Footboards and steps. - The steps at the ends of cars and other conveyances are arranged to fold automatically so as to close the end platform of the car, and are mechanically lowered from the engine or train. Figs. 6 and 7 show in perspective, and Figs. 4 and 3 in section, one side fitting of the step when extended and folded respectively. The treads 6 are attached to the flanges 4 of the bent links 3, which are pivoted to the front and back bars 2,1, these also carrying the handrail 9 and its bent supporting-links 10, 11. The bar 1 carries a bracket 7 and a brace 8, and is rigidly attached to the shaft 13 of a small rotary fluid-pressure motor 15, by which the whole step is swung down for use. A counterbalance or spring 14 on this shaft normally presses the step upwards against the car end, under which action it folds as shown in Fig. 3. The motor consists of a sectional casing 15, Fig. 9, in which rotates a blade 16 attached to the shaft 13, the motive-power being steam or brake air admitted through an inlet 17. The step is locked in or out of use by a spring-pressed tooth 19, which is actuated by a chain and lever 20 and engages a toothed sector 18 on the shaft 13.
Patent GB-190520101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Suction or Vacuum Brake Apparatus.
Inventor: HARDY JOE
Filed: 1905-10-04
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 20,101. Hardy, J. Oct. 4. Brakes.-To cause the vacuum brakes at the rear part of a train to be applied as quickly as those in front, each vehicle carries a valve on the train - pipe, which valve is in addition to the usual emergency valve and is opened to atmosphere by slight increments of pressure in the train-pipe which do not affect the emergency valve. This additional valve is arranged to close again soon after opening, so that only a proportionately small quantity of air is admitted to the brake cylinder, but the emergency valve, when operated, remains open long enough to fill the cylinder. Any suitable form of valve may be used. In the Figure, 2 is the usual emergency valve ; the additional valve 3 is similar to an ordinary emergency valve, but the opening 6 in the valve 5 and the chamber 8 above the diaphragm 7 are smaller than usual. On a slight increase of pressure in the train-pipe 1, the valve 5 opens and admits external air to the brake cylinder 4, but, since the chamber 8 is small, the pressures on the two sides of the valve 5 are soon equalized and the valve closed.
Patent GB-190524724-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Electrolytic Manufacture of Metal Tubes and other Bodies.
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-29
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 2 4 , 7 2 4. Clark, W., [Darmstadter, F.]. Nov. 29. Surfaces, treating during deposition.-Infusorial earth is added to electrolytic baths in which tubes, hollow-ware, or permanent deposits are produced on rotating cathodes. The particles impinge against the deposit and burnish it, and cause the disengagement of hydrogen bubbles that may collect on the cathode.
Patent GB-190600678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Chlor Acetic Ether.
Inventor: TOMPKINS HARRY KNEEBONE
Filed: 1906-01-10
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 678. Tompkins, H. K. Jan. 10 Chloracetic ether. - Acetylene tetrachloride or ethylene trichloride is heated with sodium or potassium ethylate, and the resulting dichlorethoxyethylene is heated with alcohol, yielding chloracetic ether. In examples, an alcoholic solution of ethylate is employed, and the resulting mixture of the dichlorethoxy body with alcohol may be heated to produce chloracetic ether ; or the ethoxy body may be separated and afterwards heated with alcohol.
Patent GB-190601396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Secondary Batteries.
Inventor: STROHMENGER ARTHUR PERCY
Filed: 1906-01-18
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 1396. Strohmenger, A. P. Jan. 18. Secondary batteries. - Plates 1 covered with active material are enclosed in envelopes 2 made by doubling a sheet o f nitrocellulose and fastening the edges by means of strips of the same material, using acetic ether or other solvent. A similar strip may reinforce the bottom of the envelope.