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Patent GB-190501725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Apparatus for Breaking Up or Cutting Rocks, Stones, or Earth, under Water or on Dry Land.
Inventor: LOBNITZ FRED
Filed: 1905-01-28
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 1725. Lobnitz, F. Jan. 28. Dredging; excavating.-Relates to rock and earth cutting and breaking apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 4725, A.D. 1902, and comprises improvements in the automatic working of the spiral spring clutch of the hoisting-winch. For this purpose, the movement for actuating the clutch is driven from that portion of the hoisting- rope at the upper end of the cutter. On the upper end of the shear legs b, b<2> on the barge a are fixed brackets g, to which are pivoted two depending links h carrying at their lower end a roller i. The roller i is caused to bear against the hoisting-rope e attached to the cutter d by a rope j attached to the links h and also to a lever m pivoted to a cross-post o. From the lever m hangs a weight s by a rope which is also connected to the actuating-lever q of the clutch. When the hoisting-rope slackens owing to the cutter d reaching the end of its travel, the weight s immediately causes the operation of the lever q. In an alternative arrangement, the lever m is dispensed with and the rope j is directly connected to the weight s.
Patent GB-190501926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Driven Air Compressors.
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 1926. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 31. Worm gearing.-In connexion vith an electrically-driven air-compressor in which the motor is geared to the compressor shaft by a worm and wheel, the motor shaft 1 is inclined, as shown, so that the back pressure in the compression cylinder at the end of the stroke is opposed by the weight of the rotating part of the motor, thereby preventing or minimizing back-lash of the gearing. The gearing is enclosed in an extension of the compressor casing a, the worm working in an oil chamber 11 ; oil dripping from the wheel passes into a receptacle 10, from which it may be distributed by gravity for lubricating the parts. finally returning to the chamber through a port 12.
Patent GB-190502777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Electric Belts, Bands or other Wearing Devices.
Inventor: FOWLER JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-02-10
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 2777. Fowler, J. W. Feb. 10. Belts.-An electric belt consists of a canvas back portion to which alternate overlapping copper and zinc plates are secured. A layer of flannel is inserted between the metal and the canvas backing. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 2046, A.D. 1860.]
Patent GB-190505965-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Material for the Manufacture of Rubber Articles.
Inventor: SINE WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1905-03-21
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 5965. Sine, W. R., and Rosenthal, J. S. March 21. Drawings to Specification. Compound fabrics.-Hard rubber is combined with a textile fabric in the manufacture of winkers for horses, dashboards, harness medallions and rosettes, surgical instruments such as catheters and dilators, vessels for containing hydrofluoric acid, and articles such as photographic developing- dishes. The interstices of the fabric are filled with a hard-rubber compound by applying the compound and passing the fabric between steamheated rolls, which temporarily soften the compound and force it into the fabric. Blanks to form the article are then cut out of the fabric, several layers being used if necessary. A coating of hardrubber compound of sufficient thickness to form the finished article is then applied to one or both sides of the blanks, and the whole is placed in a mould and pressed, in order to unite the rubber into one homogeneous mass, and afterwards vulcanized. By this process, the fabric is embedded in the rubber, which does not tend to strip off in layers as in the case where it is simply coated on the fabric.
Patent GB-190506221-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or in connection with Steam Generators.
Inventor: GLOVER LEONARD
Filed: 1905-03-24
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 6221. Glover, L. March 24. Vertical boilers mixing steam and p r o d u c t s of combustion. -Gas or atomized liquid fuel, mixed with air, is burnt under pressure in contact with open-work blocks or slabs i, Fig. 1, of clay and asbestos or the like, and the resulting gases are led by the tubes c to the steam space of the boiler. A dome-shaped grate supports the blocks or slabs i. When the combustible mixture is introduced in a continuous stream, it is lighted at the commencement and continues to burn as long as the supply is kept up. Should, however, the introduction be intermittent, the mixture is successively exploded by a sparking-plug j until the blocks i are hot enough to continue the ignition. Fig. 2 shows an arrangement in which steam and combustion products are mixed together in the main steam-pipe. The fire-box b is fitted within the steam-pipe a and attached to the cover t by the end connexions e, n of the oil and air pipes.
Patent GB-190512340-A (GB)
Title: Ladies' Veil Retainers
Inventor: FLETCHER LOUISE
Filed: 1905-06-14
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 12,340. Fletcher, L. June 14. Elastic bands.-A fastening for veils consists of a piece of india-rubber, terminated by two eyelets Each of these eyelets is provided with a blunt point, which is to be passed through the meshes of the veil. The fastening is secured in position on the veil by means of a pair of pushstuds, the split shank of one of which is passed over a thread of the veil at each end through one of the eyelets and into the other or base part. In a modification, the eyelets are formed with hooks for engagement with the veil.
Patent GB-190514106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Eyeglasses.
Inventor: BRINKHAUS HUGO
Filed: 1905-07-08
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 14,106. Brinkhaus, H. July 8. Eyeglasses.-The bridge and plaquets of a pair of eyeglasses are formed integrally of a spring a of the form shown. The ends of the spring are connected to the lens frames by flexible parts e which can be expanded or contracted to adjust the glasses for inter-ocular distance &c.
Patent GB-190515105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Mechanism.
Inventor: GIBBS JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1905-07-22
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 15,105. Gibbs, J. E., and Sheppee, F. H. July 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Motor road vehicles, variable-speed gearing for. In the two-speed gearing shown in Fig. 2, a clutch member S, formed integral with a gear-wheel H, is keyed so as to slide on the driving-shaft C. The other member of the clutch is formed integral with a sprocket-wheel B, which carries a gear-wheel G and is loosely mounted on the shaft C. A sleeve K on a countershaft carries two wheels J, I adapted to gear with the wheels G, H respectively. In the position of the clutch S shown in Fig. 2, the wheel B is driven from the shaft C through the gear-wheels H, I, J, G ; when the clutch S is moved into engagement with the wheel B, the wheel is driven directly from the shaft C. Motion is transmitted to the driven shaft T through chain gearing. For more than two speeds, additional wheels are secured to the clutch S and sleeve K. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 16,203, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.].]
Patent GB-190516777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packages.
Inventor: HINDE JAMES JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-08-18
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 16,777. Hinde, J. J. Aug. 18. Wrappers.-A shield or envelope for protecting a lamp chimney, electric-lamp globe, &c. consists of a cylindrical tube of corrugated paper or other semi-resilient material. The tube is so proportioned to the article to be packed that it fits tightly on the part having the greatest diameter, the corrugations being expanded at the zone of contact.
Patent GB-190522778-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Air Inlet Valve or Ventilator for Drains and Buildings.
Inventor: SWINBURNE FRANK
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-12-07
Abstract: 22,778. Swinburne, F., and Calkin, J. E. Nov. 7. Ventilating; traps.-A ventilator for drains and the like consists of a non-return ball valve which is opened by the pressure of the wind, and which closes on to a seating when no wind is blowing, thus preventing the escape of foul air. A light celluloid ball B runs on inclined guides in a casing C fitted inside the ventilator. The ball closes against a cup-shaped seating D when no wind is blowing.
Patent GB-190526475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal-washing Apparatus.
Inventor: ELSNER JULIUS
Filed: 1905-12-19
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 26,475. Elsner, J. Dec, 20, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drying coal. -Relates to coal-washing apparatus, and comprises means for clarifying the washing-water in settling- basins and drying the fine coal by means of elevators and filtering- towers. The mud is drawn off from the clarifying-basins and delivered on to the washed fine coal, or in the washing of inferior coal, the mud may be removed and not mixed with the coal. Coal from towers a is raised by an elevator b to screens x and delivered to jigs or the like d, e. The washed coal passes into storage chambers, and the finer coal is carried to the reservoir g, whence it is raised to towers p by slow moving elevators n having perforated buckets. The towers p are provided with perforated or like draining-floors q, and the water is led off through the pipe s. The over flow water from the reservoir g enters clarifying-basins h, from which the deposits of mud are continuously drained off through openings i and launders k and delivered to the reservoir g by means of a pump l. The clarified water is delivered to the jigs &c. by means of a pump l.
Patent GB-190526672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ventilating Apparatus for Covered Vehicles.
Inventor: ESSE CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1905-12-21
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 26,672. Esse, C. E. Dec. 21. Car ventilators. - Use is made of the handrails or other parts of omnibuses &c. for ventilating purposes. The rail A, Fig. 2, is made hollow, communicating with the air at the forward end by a flared mouth D, and closed at the other. Perforations B are made in the upper part of the tube for the escape of the air collected by the tube. These perforations may be provided with baffles B', Fig. 3, formed by turning down pieces of metal which may be shorter towards the closed end so as to ensure an even distribution of air, or the tongues may be stamped the other way and act as guides for the incoming air. The tube A may be made rotatable in its supports to allow the air current to be diverted in any direction, or perforations may be made all round the tube. Instead of the hand-rail A, use may be made of any part of the vehicle which can be made tubular. A fan may be employed instead of the collector D for supplying air to the tube. The Provisional Specification states that the luggage rail may be also used as an air distributor.
Patent GB-190527197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Traction Systems
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 27,197. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Carter, F. W. Dec. 30. Electric railways and tramways. - Relates to systems of electric traction in which alternating currents are used, and consists in means for compensating for the potential drop in the track rails or other return conductors. The return conductor is divided into sections a, a', a<2>, Fig. 1, and in each section there is introduced an electromotive force equal and opposite to the drop in potential due to the current taken by the cars or trains through that section. For this purpose, transformers T, T<1>, &c. are employed, the primary windings t<1> of which are in series with the supply conductor, while the secondary windings t are connected to two adjacent sections of the return conductor. An equalizing- conductor D is connected up to the sections by branches d, d<1>, &c., or may be divided into sections as shown by the dotted lines D<1>. If there are two or more supply conductors and two or more tracks, a similar arrangement is employed, adjacent sections of the two tracks being connected together and to the secondary of the transformer,.while the supply conductors are connected either in multiple to the same primary winding, or. to separate primary windings, or .separate transformers may be used. In a three - phase alternating - current system where the track rails form the third wire of the system, the transformers T<3>, T<4>, Fig. 5, at the gaps in the track rails are provided each with three windings t<3>; t<4>, t<5> connected, respectively, to the sections of the track rails and to the two supply conductors B', B<2>.
Patent GB-190600305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and or connected with Railway Wagons.
Inventor: CARUS-WILSON CHARLES ASHLEY
Filed: 1906-01-04
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 305. Wilson, C. A. Carus-. Jan. 4. Wagons.-In order to retain the advantage of the use of bogie trucks without employing inconveniently long wagons, each wagon, during transit, is made up of two small unit wagons firmly locked together at their ends by rigid buffers 7, 8 of which one member is formed with a projecting stem which enters the other, the two being drawn tightly together by screw couplings ; or the buffer stem may be locked in the opposite casing by a pin. Each unit is mounted on a single fourwheeled bogie. At terminal stations, the units may be separated and each converted into a small wagon with rigid wheel base by locking the body to the bogie frame by means of a fastening 6. When separated, the buffers 7, 8 serve as ordinary dead buffers, their projecting stems being pressed back telescopically into the casings and locked in the retracted position. Each unit wagon may be adapted to turn completely round on its bogie.
Patent GB-190601434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Shedding Mechanism of Looms for Weaving Tapes Ribbons and other Smallwares.
Inventor: MAXSTED CHARLES HIGGIN
Filed: 1906-01-19
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 1434. Maxsted, C. H. Jan. 19. Vertical looms ; shedding-motions ; healds.-Relates to looms for weaving tapes, ribbons, and other smallware, and particularly to the loom described in Specification No. 6454, A.D. 1903, in which vertically-actuated shuttles are used. The harness frames a, Fig. 2, are suspended by rods b, and are horizontally reciprocated by centrallypivoted levers f carrying antifriction bowls n which run in the groove g<1>, Figs. 2 and 4, of a cam g. The groove g<1> is cut to change the harness quickly twice for each revolutiun of the cam and to allow for the requisite dwell. The cam may be driven by spur gearing from, and at the same speed as, the driving-shaft. In order to slacken or tighten the metallic tapes p, Fig. 3, of the healds, there is provided a handle v having a cam-surface w acting on a cross-bar t attached to the harness frame. A cross-head u on the handle acts on nuts x on screwed spindles s of a frame, which also comprises a spindle q, on which the tapes are spaced apart by washers.
Patent GB-190603725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Police, Military and other Double Note Whistles and in the Manufacture of same.
Inventor: COURCY EDGAR JOSEPH DE
Filed: 1906-02-15
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 3725. Courcy, E. J. de. Feb. 15. Whistles.-Relates to the manufacture of police; military, and other double-note whistles. The division B, Figs. 2 and 9, is formed with a projection b<1>, adapted to engage a slot c<2>, Fig. 3, in the sound slab c, thus retaining the latter in position. Projections c<6> may be formed on the edge of the slab to space it from the barrel of the whistle, and a projection c<1> to prevent it from tilting. When the whistle body is made from a metal blank, the joint may be filled up with one side of the division B as shown at a<5>, Fig. 10. The division and sound slab may be formed from a metal blank having two semicircular projections c<4>, c<5>, Fig. 7, which are bent outwards to form the sound slab.
Patent GB-190604545-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Heat-radiating Attachment for Gas Burners.
Inventor: NORTH WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1906-02-24
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 4545. North, W. C. Feb. 24. Atmospheric gas burners.-Relates to attachments adapted to be placed over ordinary bat's-wing burners or on the ends of gas-supply pipes of gas cooking-stoves in order to form a blue-flame burner for heating purposes. The attachment for lamp brackets consists of a cone A, Fig. 1, with a closed end C, surmounted by a conical hood F. The device is placed with its neck D resting on the globe or chimney gallery, the burner passing through the cross-piece E. The gas and air mix in the cone A, and burn at the apertures B. The combustion products pass through the annular space between the edges of the cones F, A, and away through the apertures g. A modification for use in a gas oven consists of a trough-shaped body A, Fig. 3, surmounted bv a hood F with scalloped edges. The inventions described in Specification No. 20,010, A.D. 1893, and No. 28,745, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Stoves &c.], are disclaimed.
Patent GB-190608059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pencil Sharpeners.
Inventor: BAINES FREDERICK EDWARD VESEY
Filed: 1906-04-03
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 8059. Baines, F. E. V. April 3. Pencil-sharpeners.-In a pencil-sharpener of the type described in Specification No. 25,259, A.D. 1905, provision is made for adjusting the cutters and the lead or graphite cutter is constructed so as to produce an evenly-rounded point. One form of sharpener is shown in Fig. 1, and consists of a body A, a coned hole a to receive the pencil, cutters B, and a lead-cutter D, preferably mounted side by side with the cutters B. Threaded in the side of the body A is a screw E the head e of which engages the back edge of the cutter B. By this means the cutter can be pushed forward after the screw C is loosened. The lead-cutter D has radial slots, the improvement consisting in making the slots of varying widths ; e.g. in Figs. 17 and 20 the slots d are one width and the slots d<1>, d' different widths.
Patent GB-190609742-A (GB)
Title: A Metal Heel for Boots and Shoes
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-04-26
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 9742. Clark, W. April 26. Heels.-A hollow metal heel A, Fig. 4, is formed with a flange c, which is sprung into the recess above the heel portion of the sole, the heel being secured in this position by a small slide, which is engaged with the inturned ends a of the heel. The top-piece B, Fig. 8, of leather, rubber, or other material, is attached to a metal plate having a flange D, wired at the edge F, this wire serving as a spring to hold the top-piece in position when the flange is pressed into the hollow heel, as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190619343-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus applicable as a Means of Advertising, Entertainment, or Amusement.
Inventor: GOTTHARDT CHRISTIAN FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-08-30
Granted: 1907-08-30
Abstract: 19,343. Gotthardt, C. F., Salthouse, T. F., and Bradford, B. Aug. 30. Toys, driving-mechanism for ; pictorial toys; kinematographs.-Relates to improvements in apparatus for advertising or amusement of the kind described in Specification No. 4811, A.D. 1897, wherein the hot air from an illuminant drives a fan attached to a cylindrical or conical hollow body carrying designs, figures, advertisements, or the like, which rotate within an outer cylindrical or conical body having translucent windows. The vanes c are adjustably mounted on radial spindles c' so that their inclination can be varied, and the spindle d is supported at its upper end by spindles c', which form part of a frame e removably attached to the body a, and at its lower end by a cross-piece e<1> of the frame e, below which is a stone or like bearing g supported by a frame h and adjustable thereon vertically by means of nuts and laterally by means of a slot h'. A frame f consisting of three rods radiating from a boss through which the spindle d passes fits detachably over the outer case, the ends of the rods f being turned down. By removing the frame f, the body a may be removed and another substituted. The inner and outer bodies, a, b may each be made in two or more telescopic or overlapping parts. The outer body b may be of glass supported by metallic rings i, i<1> joined by tubes k by means of set-screws or the like. The tubes enclose the lamp wires, which may suspend the whole apparatus. The lamps x may be mounted so as to be capable of moving radially up or down to vary the speed of the vanes. The designs on the outer case b may be on separate pieces fitting interchangeably into the case. A shade o may be carried from the lower part of the apparatus such as the ring i.
Patent GB-190620333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pumping Plant for Ships.
Inventor: BRYANT CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-09-12
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 20,333. Bryant, C. W., and Brotherhood, S. Sept. 12. Direct air-pressure apparatus.-A pumping - plant for the purpose of emptying the watertight compartments of ships is driven by compressed -air motors supplied with compressed air from the mains f through the pipe g, and is so arranged that the water may also be removed by the direct pressure of either the exhaust from the motors or the air from the mains. The exhaust from the motors is led through the pipe h and thence to the atmosphere by the pipe k. A cock j enables the exhaust air to be directed into the water-tight compartments by the pipe m. In addition, a pipe n connects the compartments directly with the pressure main f, so that they may be emptied by the operation of the cock o.
Patent GB-190623891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Means for Lubricating Internal Combustion Engines and the like.
Inventor: ROBERTS DAVID
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 23,891. Roberts, D., Anstey, H. C., and Young, J. W. Oct. 26. Lubricating.-In internal - combustion engines, steam-engines, and compressors and pumps of the vertical enclosed type, means are provided to prevent the waste oil from the cylinder from entering the crank chamber. Below each cylinder c is placed an annular collecting-tray g, connected by a pipe h to a tank i, from which the oil may be discharged by gravity, or pumped through a filter and returned to the crank chamber. To prevent excess of oil from being splashed on to the cylinder and piston, the trough g is provided with an inclined diaphragm j, formed with a slot k through which the connecting-rod f works. A lip l on the piston overlaps the inner edge of the tray g, and directs oil which is splashed on to the piston back to the diaphragm j and crank chamber.