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Patent GB-190607242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Compressed Air Brake Apparatus for Railway and other Vehicles
Inventor: CLOUD JOHN WILLS
Filed: 1906-03-26
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 7242. Cloud, J. W. March 26. Brakes.-The triple valve of the Westinghouse brake is fitted with a device for regulating the flow of air to the brake cylinder from the auxiliary reservoir, or from the auxiliary reservoir and the train - pipe, in accordance with the pressure in the brake cylinder, a separate passage being provided for exhausting the cylinder. Fig. 2 shows the slide-valve seat 27, and Fig. 3 the slide valve 3 of the triple valve shown in Fig. 1. The trainpipe is connected at 9 and the brake cylinder at 6. The brake-cylinder charging-port 5 in the slidevalve seat leads into a chamber 30, which is in permanent communication with the brake-cylinder port 26 through a restricted opening 18, a larger opening between the two being governed by a spring - controlled valve 15 which is opened by excess pressure in the chamber 30 and closed again as the brake-cylinder pressure rises. In the release position shown, the brake cylinder is connected to the exhaust through passages and port 28, 7, 24, 8, 29, and an accelerating-chamber 19 is exhausted to the brake cylinder through passage 20, port 21, slide - valve groove 25, port 5, and chamber 30. When train-pipe pressure is reduced to apply the brakes, the slide-valve disconnects the accelerating- chamber 19 from the brake cylinder, and connects it to the train-pipe through passage 20, port 21, groove 25, port 22, and passage 31, so that the train-pipe is vented to the chamber 19. At the same time, the gradnating-port 23 is brought over the port 5, and air from the auxiliary reservoir passes to the chamber 30, and thence to the brakecylinder port 26, at first through both the restricted port 18 and the valve-controlled port, but the latter port is gradually closed as the brake - cylinder pressure rises. Since the chamber 19 remains in communication with the train-pipe until the brakes are released, subsequent increases in brake-cylinder pressure are not accelerated. The maximum-flow regulating-port 26, minimum-flow port 18, and regulating-valve 15, may be arranged in a removable cap or thimble 17. With the device shown in Fig. 4, the train-pipe is vented to the brake cylinder, the accelerating-chamber 19, with the ports 21, 22 and groove 25, being dispensed with. A slide valve 12, carried by the extended stem of the triple-valve piston, normally closes a port 11, but, when the triple valve is actuated to apply the, brakes, it uncovers the port and allows train-pipe air to pass to the brake cylinder through passage. 13, check valve 14, chamber 30, and regulating- device 17. The port 11 and graduating-port 23 are obturated again at the same time.
Patent GB-190607304-A (GB)
Title: A New Game and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: BOTTLE EDWARD WHITTAKER
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 7304. Bottle, E. W. March 27. Games played with balls, mallets, shuttlecocks, tables, pockets, and projectiles.-A resilient frame or stand b is suitably supported and provided with conveniently-disposed pockets or receptacles c on a level with the frame. A ball d, a shuttlecock, or other light missile is placed on a coloured spot g on the frame, and is struck from below the frame by a light mallet f, the object of the player being to cause the missile to fall into one of the pockets. The apparatus is provided with folding or telescoping legs, so that it may either stand on a table, or on the floor. For use on board ship, the apparatus is suspended from gimbals so as to remain horizontal. Specifications No. 21,586, A.D. 1898, and No. 12,874, A.D., 1902, are referred to.
Patent GB-190608992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Speed Gears for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: VEULLE FREDERICK HENRY DE
Filed: 1906-04-14
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 8992. Veulle, F. H. de. April 14. Variable-speed gearing.-In a three-speed gear for cycles and the like, internal and external teeth upon both the driving and driven members are adapted to gear with sliding externally and internally toothed rings carried by an eccentric sleeve M keyed to the axle. Thus, for the low speed, external teeth C upon the driving-member B engage the internal teeth P of a ring or sleeve O, so that the hub is driven through teeth S, K. By moving the sleeves N, 0 towards the left into the position shown, the internal teeth D of the driving-member are brought into gear with external teeth Q, while the teeth S are still in engagement with the hub teeth K. A direct drive is then obtained. For the high speed, the sleeves are moved still further so that teeth R mesh with the external teeth J of the hub, which is then driven through the teeth D, Q and the sleeve O. For changing the gear, a feather T sliding within a groove in the solid axle has a peg T<1> engaging an annular groove and a screw-threaded peg T<2> passing through a slot in a sleeve U to engage a collar V. By turning the collar, the sleeves N, 0 are moved longitudinally. As shown, the sleeve 0 is in two parts screwed upon the sleeve N. The part U may be keyed to the axle.
Patent GB-190615880-A (GB)
Title: Screw Making Machine.
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
Filed: 1906-07-13
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 15,880. Heide, H. C., [Standard Screw Co.]. July 13. Cams ; variable speed gearing. - Members a<69>, Fig. 4, are adjustably secured on a cam drum by bolts and T-slots a<71> and are seated on a circular projection to take up radial thrust. A spindle F, Fig. 1, is driven from a shaft Q, bevel-geared to a shaft B through slow gear b<4>, b<5> or fast gear b<3>, b<6>. The gear b<5> is loose on the spindle and is formed to engage a claw clutch b<8> on a splined sleeve b9, which in its other extreme position operates a friction clutch R for the gear b<6>. The sleeve is traversed by a lever b<10> having a cam surface at its lower end engaging a bowl on a spring-pressed lever b<15>. The part b<13> is concentric with the lever axis, and the part b<14> is upwardly inclined. A projection on the lever engages a cam on the shaft C. As soon as disengagement of the clutch R occurs, the bowl on the lever b<15> passes from the surface b<13> to the surface b<14> and throws the sleeve quickly to engage the clutch b<8>. When changing from the high speed to the low, a wooden plug is pressed against the sleeve to check the speed.
Patent GB-190620580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Switches for use in connection with Electro-motors
Inventor: BOOKER JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-09-17
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 20,580. Booker, J. Sept. 17. Switches.-Relates to that type of switch in which one of two normally independent arms pivoted at the same point is moved by hand over to the other or resistance arm, to which it is locked by means of a magnetic clutch. The invention consists in pulling round both arms b, c, Fig. 6, when locked together, from full resistance position to no resistance position, the operation being performed by a tensional spring and retarded by a dash-pot. The spring is tensioned by the preliminary movement of the hand-operated arm. A single torsion spring coiled round the common pivot tends to separate both arms to their extreme positions, and an overload device is provided which can be operated by the current or by hand. The arm c controlling the armature circuit has on its underside a set of brushes f, which bridge segments f<1> and resistance studs f<2>. The operating-arm b has on its underside two brushes, one of which, g<2>, is electrically connected with the arm and wipes over the segment g<4> which is connected with the positive main. The other brush g<1> is insulated from the arm, but connected to one end of the coil of the clutch magnet M, and bears on the segment g<3>, which is connected through the field to the negative main. On rotating the arm b anti-clockwise till its brushes bear on both segments g<3>, g<4>, current flows from the positive main through the segment g<4>, magnet M, and segment g<3>; to the negative main. This preliminary movement of the arm b winds up a spring which surrounds the switch spindle; and, after the magnet has picked up the armature K, Fig. 2, on the arm c, the two arms being then temporarily locked, both are rotated clockwise against the dash-pot u to cut out resistance from the armature circuit. On an overload occurring in the mains, the armature h<2> of the overload magnet is raised and short-circuits the magnet M by connecting the segment g<2> through the arm b, conductor z, armature h<2>, pin h<3>, and conductor h<7>, to the segment g<3>. The arms b, c, being thus unlocked, are then separated by a single torsion spring, flying back to buffer stops on the switch board. The armature of the short-circuiting device has a handle to enable the clutch magnet to be short-circuited by hand.
Patent GB-190620990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Files and the Method of Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
Filed: 1906-09-21
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 20,990. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. Sept. 21. Files and rasps have thin cutting - surfaces formed in large sheets by electro-deposition, the sheets being afterwards cut into strips, converted into steel by cementation, and fixed to a suitable backing for use. To form the sheets of deposited metal, impressions are made in lead, suitable alloy, hard wax, &c. by a newly-cut file, revolving roller, or reciprocating tool, and the imprinted material is then mounted on a revolving drum to form the cathode of the electrolytic cell.
Patent GB-190622183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Operating Lubricator Plungers.
Inventor: VAUGHAN GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 22,183. Vaughan, G. E., [Dill, W. F., Darrach, C. G., and Darrach, A.]. Oct. 8. Lubricators. - Relates to ratchet gearing for giving definite intermittent motion to lubricatorplungers. A swinging arm 15, carrying the adjustable double pawl 26, is connected to some moving part of a machine. The member 27, Fig. 2, engages a ratchet-wheel 19 carrying disks 20, 21, and loose on the shaft 10. The disk 21, Fig. 5, is rotatably adjustable by means of a screw 24 in a slot 23, and with the disk 20 forms a mask having a rib 22 of variable length. The member 28 of the pawl 26 engages a ratchet-wheel 17 fixed to the shaft 10, unless prevented by the rib 22 which obstructs its action for a definite period of each revolution of the ratchet 19. The shaft 10 carries a worm 9 driving a wheel 7, which in turn rotates the stem 3, screwing it through the cover 4 of the lubricant cup and moving the plunger. The wheel 7 has straight teeth so that it may be lifted out of engagement with the worm 9 when it is desired to rotate the stem 3 by hand, but it is usually held in engagement by means of a pivoted finger 8. To prevent undesired movement of the ratchets 17,19, an adjustable spring brake with a raw - hide, vulcanized-fibre, or like pad 34 and a washer 35, fixed by contact with a support, are employed, or a double spring detent may be used. To avoid strain, the upper end 5 of the stem 3 is reduced in diameter so that at the end of its stroke it is freed from the wheel 7. If desired, the wheel 7 may screw on to the stem 3, the latter being prevented from rotating by the cover 4. The cover 4 is secured to the cup by a partial rotation, lugs on the former engaging an internal rib on the latter.
Patent GB-190624162-A (GB)
Title: Masts for Space or Wireless Telegraphy
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1906-10-30
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 24,162. Fairweather, W., [Brown Hoisting Machinery Co.]. Oct. 30. Drawings to Specification. Casting.-The bases for masts for wireless telegraphy are made of armoured concrete plates separated by insulators. The plates are cast in position in rectangular frames, and, to prevent the cement from running on to the insulators, the latter are surrounded with dry sand over which oiled paper or other moisture-proof material, perforated to allow it to pass over the heads of the insulators, is placed, and the cement is cast on this. When the cement has set, the sand is removed.
Patent GB-190627823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Buttons.
Inventor: SACHS WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-12-06
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 27,823. Sachs, W. Dec 6. Stamping.-Buttons are pressed and punched from soft t compressible material g, such as pasteboard, fibre, leather, felt, or asbestos, or material formed by compression of waste wood, rubber, leather; &c., f e d forward at regular intervals, by means of stamping-dies a, b, c placed in a line and counterparts d, e, f. A circular conical groove i is punched by the first die a and is partly closed by the second, and the button is finally cut from the blank by the last die c. The blank may be lined with a thin cover of metal foil, celluloid, &c. to serve as a covering to the raw material of the button.
Patent GB-190702949-A (GB)
Title: A Frictional Gear for Motor-driven Vehicles.
Inventor: STROEMEL JOHANN
Filed: 1907-02-06
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 2949. Str÷mel, J. Feb. 6. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to variable-speed friction gear in which each of two friction-wheels drives one of the road wheels, the friction wheels being shifted by the steering-gear so as to give the two road wheels differing speeds of rotation according to the direction in which the vehicle is turning. The present invention provides means for shifting both friction wheels together so as to vary the speed of the car. The two friction wheels b, c, Fig. 1, are driven from the friction disk a on the motor shaft, and each drives one of the road wheels through the shafts s. The wheels are shifted by means of rods n, Fig. 2, connected to arms m fixed to a tube h rotatably mounted on arms f projecting from the rod e which is connected to the steering-gear. Rotation of the rod e about its axis is effected by means of the steering-gear, and such rotation alters the relative speeds of rotation of the two disks, while rotation of the tube h on the arms f by means of the lever r, varies the speed ratio of the two gears equally whether the car is moving in a straight line or a curve.
Patent GB-190707978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Punching Devices.
Inventor: SOENNECKEN FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1907-04-05
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 7978. Soennecken, F. April 5. Punching and perforating machines for paper.- In paper-punching apparatus, the presser plate a against which the spring-controlled plungers g bear is pivotally mounted in the side frames d by projections b taking into triangular openings f cut in the side frames.
Patent GB-190708656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Books for Writing.
Inventor: RIDDIOUGH ANN
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1908-04-15
Abstract: 8656. Riddiough, A. April 15. Drawings to Specification. Memorandum books ; pocket-books ; indexing.-To enable the last page written on or the next blank sheet to be instantly found, the leaves of pocket and like writing books are perforated at one side. edge, or corner, the used leaves having the perforated part torn away. To enable a book to be used from both ends, both corners may be perforated. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications Nos. 1452 and 6761, A.D. 1895, and No. 17,877, A.D. 1898.].
Patent GB-190710552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable-speed Gearing.
Inventor: JOYCE FREDERICK RICHARD CHURCH
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 10,552. Joyce, F. R. C., and Joyce, E. F. May 6. Speed indicators.-Comprises a multiple form of toothed or friction gearing of the type in which an annular inclined gear surface coacts with the edge of a wheel upon an inclined axis. An arrangement for driving a speed indicator upon a motor vehicle is shown in Fig. 1. A driving wheel or disk a is provided with a plurality of annular projections b having inclined toothed or friction surfaces, anyone of which may gear with the edge of a pinion c carried by an inclined flexible shaft d.
Patent GB-190712139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Filaments for Electric Lamps.
Inventor: PLANCHON FRANCOIS JEAN
Filed: 1907-05-25
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 12,139. Planchon, F. J. May 25. - Albuminoids. -Compounds of albuminoid or proteid substances with the anhydrides or acids of such metals as tungsten, molybdenum, uranium, tantalum, and titanium, or with m- and p-tungstic, phosphotungstic, phosphomolybdic, silicotungstic, and silicomolybdic acids are used in making electric-lamp filaments. Such a compound may be made by adding an alkaline solution of molybdic acid, for instance, or a solution of an alkaline molybdate, to a solution of an albuminoid substance, and pouring the mixture into dilute hydrochloric acid, the compound being precipitated. If the albuminoid substance is soluble in water, like gelatine, an aqueous solution of it is used ; if insoluble, like casein, it is dissolved in alkali. The compound may contain up to 44 per cent of molybdic acid, or 80 per cent of tundstic acid, and may be made plastic with water and formed into filaments or rods, or dissolved in alkali to form a viscous solution which is squirted by gravity or pressure into dilute acid.
Patent GB-190716203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Firelighters.
Inventor: WILCOCKSON JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-14
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 16,203. Wilcockson, J. Jan. 14, 1908. Materials, covering.-A firelighter block a, containing petroleum or naphthalene &c., is wrapped in paper c and then coated with pitch, anthracene, resin, &c. b to render it inodorous. Shavings d are attached to serve as a fuse and to allow of clean handling.
Patent GB-190716328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Interlocking Means for Sheet Piling.
Inventor: NYE GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1907-07-16
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 16,328. Nye, G. E., and Kreis, G. A. July 16. Piles.-Sheet piling is provided with interlocking means which are not permanently connected to the piling members. These means comprise bars of U-section which fit over the ends of the webs of the piling members, and have at one or both ends interlocking projections. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the flanges A, B of the U-section bars have turned-up ends D, G which coact with the adjacent channel-beam pile. Sometimes only the end portion is used, and in this case the members are made right and left. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the end portions of the flange A are cut away, and Fig. 7 shows a further modification in which one of the flanges G in Fig. 6 is replaced by projecting-stop K. Fig. 8 shows in section a modification in which a sharp driving-edge L is provided, and Figs. 9, 10, and 11 show slightly modified members. In the form shown in Fig. 12, a U-piece Z is used instead of the projection K, so that it may be knocked off when the adjacent pile is driven.
Patent GB-190722246-A (GB)
Title: Variable Speed Device.
Inventor: ALLTREE ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-10-09
Granted: 1908-10-09
Abstract: 22,246. Alltree, A. Oct. 9. Driving-mechanism.-Motor-vehicles, cycles, &c. are driven through a variable-speed hydraulic clutch. In its application to the hub of a motor or pedal cycle, the belt-pulley u or a sprocket-wheel is attached to the driving-disk B of the clutch, and the driven casing E is attached to the hub l. The controlling-cock F is opened by a cord s, from a collar G rotating with the hub l, and mounted on the sleeve o which can be moved along the spindle n by means of a rod p and cable q, a spring t normally keeping the cock closed. In motor - cycles, a sprocket-wheel may be mounted on'the hub at l<3> for an auxiliary pedal-drive. The clutch may also be mounted on the engine shaft, in which case the driving-disk is attached to the shaft, and the driven casing carries a belt pulley, the cock being controlled from a sleeve on the shaft.
Patent GB-190728768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: MIESCH FREDERICK WILLIAM ALEXA
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 28,768. Miesch, F. W. A., Green, A., and Ketley, C. B. Dec. 31. Tyres, pneumatic. - Relates to the puncture-proof band described in Specification No. 25,275, A.D. 1906. The overlapping pear-shaped thin metal plates, which are each secured to a fabric backing 15 and to an adjacent plate by two rivets 16, which pass through two small holes 17 and boles 18 large enough to allow the band to stretch and contract, are formed with extensions 23 at their smaller ends such that no part of the band has less than two plates in its thickness. The plates are bevelled from their centre lines to their overlapping edges, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the edges do not project above the surface of the band. The edges of the fabric 15 are turned up to enclose the band, and a rubber &c. strip of cross-section, preferably secured to the band, is placed between it and the air tube.
Patent GB-190807642-A (GB)
Title: A Roller Print Rubbing and Transfering Machine for Earthenware, China, Glass, Iron & other similar Goods.
Inventor: HASSALL GEORGE
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 7642. Hassall, G. April 7. Transferring designs.-A device for applying transfers to earthenware, glass, metal, &c. comprises an arm D which supports a pivoted counterbalanced lever C carrying adjustable roller arms on which are mounted flexible rollers B. The rollers B press the transfer on the article E placed on a rotating table A. The rollers B rotate by friction.
Patent GB-190809837-A (GB)
Title: A Flat-folding Chair
Inventor: JACKSON MARY STEWART
Filed: 1908-05-06
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 9837. Jackson, M. S. May 6. Chairs.-In a folding chair, when open, the seat is supported independently of its hinges an the sides are held rigid by swinging brackets which are locked together, and when closed, the brackets are folded against the sides and the sides are brought together with the seat depending from its hinges between them. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the side frames are hinged together at the rear and the seat is hinged to the cross bar C<3> of one of the side frames. The seat, which may also be square, is formed with tongues enterng grooves G<1>, G' in the cross-bars C<3>, C<4> when the chair is opened. The seat is then supported at the front by a pair of brackets D<2>, which are swung from between the cross-bars of the side frames and carry pins which enter recesses in a block beneath the seat, where they are secured by a turning-piece. The upper cross-bars C<1>, C<2> may be bent as shown and turned into an horizontal plane when the chair is opened to form an arm and back rest. In a modification, Fig. 11, the chair is formed with a divided back, the parts R', R<2> of which are moved forward between the arm-rests when the chair is'folded. The chair is stayed in front by brackets N<2>, which are tongued and grooved and secured by a pin. The seat is pivoted to one side frame and may have dowels entering holes on the other side frame.
Patent GB-190810143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Woven Driving Belts and Looms therefor.
Inventor: SAGAR CHARLES KAY
Filed: 1908-05-11
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 10,143. Sagar, C. K. May 11. Drawings to Specifacation. Belts and bands.-Driving-belts of cotton, camel. hair, wool, &c. are woven four-ply or multiples thereof by employing two shuttles, which are simultaneously thrown into two sheds from the same or opposite sides of the loom. The bealds form two sheds and are operated at each shot to move the warp threads at the middle into the upper and lower positions, the warp threads at the top and bottom being moved to the middle.