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Patent GB-190421821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Mattresses.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1904-10-11
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 21,821. Fairweather, W., [Lloyd, M. B.]. Oct. 11. Mattresses. - The surface of a wire mattress consists of a coiled wire or cable 9 wound over metal tongues 7, alternately arranged on the opposite end rails 3. The tongues 7 project from metal plates which are inserted in slots 5 in the end rails. Along each side of the mattress, a wire is stretched between bolts 4 connecting the side and end rails, and the wire 9 forming the body of the mattress is also attached to these bolts. Wires . 10, united by clips 11, are woven across the wire 9 to prevent separation of the cables. To prevent slipping and to tighten up the cables, the ends of the tongues 7 are bent down after the mattress has been put together.
Patent GB-190422459-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Loading Coke from Coke Furnaces into Trucks, and the Simultaneous Separation of Ashes and Small Coke therefrom
Inventor: GREGOIRE FERDINAND LOUIS JOSEP
Filed: 1904-10-18
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 22,459. GrÚgoire, F. L. J. Oct. 18. Drawings to Specification. Separating ashes and coke.-Consists in loading the coke discharged from coke furnaces into trucks, and at the same time separating out the ashes and small coke, by means of a plough-like vehicle which is driven through the mass of coke lying in front of the furnaces, thus pushing it laterally off the platform into the trucks and at the same time causing the ashes &c. by reason of the agitation of the material to fall to the bottom, where they remain till cleared up on the return journey of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190425509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Friction Clutches.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-11-23
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 25,509. Boult, A. J., [Oudenne, E.]. Nov. 23. Clutches.-Relates to a friction clutch which may be gradually thrown into gear by the progressive action of the friction surfaces. The driving-shaft a, Fig. 1, has a recessed flywheel c and a projection s which rotates in the end of the driven shaft b. The shaft b terminates in a disc d made of concentric rings e, f, g connected together by teeth t, Fig. 5, and capable of independent longitudinal movement. Similar concentric rings h, i, j a re mounted to rotate with the driving-disc a and inside a detachable cover k provided with a central sleeve u, on which is mounted the coupling-spring m. This spring normally presses outwardly a sliding conical sleeve n, which slides on the sleeve u, and raises the roller o at the end of a lever p, a number of which levers are arranged radially and pivoted to the cover k. By this means, the springs x, y, z, attached to the pivoted lever and rings h, i, j respectively, and working in cylindrical projections v which project through the cover, are progressively compressed, forcing the rings h, i, j against the respective rings e, f, g until both shafts rotate as one. The movement of the sleeve n is controlled by means of a pedal or similar device.
Patent GB-190427143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Clubs
Inventor: CLARK CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1904-12-13
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 27,143. Clark, C. E. Dec. 13. Golf.-The head of a golf club is made ring-like in form, as shown in Fig. 1, with a flat face a, the handle socket c projecting from the U-shaped part b, near to, and approximately in the plane of, the face a, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The part a and the outer end of the part b, at its junction a with the part b, are made thin, so as to possess a spring action, while the inner end d of the part b is made thicker and quite rigid. The head may be made as a forging.
Patent GB-190427595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Weighing Machines.
Inventor: GRAHAM MAURICE
Filed: 1904-12-17
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 27,595. Graham, M. Dec. 17. Automatic-feed weighers.-Relates mainly to the tip-bucket and connected mechanism in coal &c. weighers. The bucket 1, pivoted at x, has a discharge opening covered by a fixed door 5 from which the opening moves previous to discharge. The bucket has also a lip 13. During filling, the bucket is kept from tilting by a projection 2 engaging with a lever 3 which is tripped by a pin 25 on the cut-off door 4. A counterweight 8 restores the bucket to its initial position after discharge. During discharge, the equi-armed beam 10 is kept from rising at the bucket end by a pin 24 on a lever 23 held down by a catch 9 which is tripped by a projection 26 on the bucket. The main feed-door 11 and the absolute cut-off door 4 are actuated from the beam 10 by links and levers 14, 15, 16 and 28, 29 respectively. The feeddoor 4 is closed suddenly by the liberation of a catch 18 connected by a pin 21, lever 20, and rod 19 to the beam 10.
Patent GB-190428929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Escapes
Inventor: COMINGS WILLIAM RIGHTER
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 28,929. Comings, W. R. Dec. 30. Fire-escape type of apparatus. - In a rope fire-escape, a sling b is attached to a wooden slide d provided with holes through which passes a rope a attached to the building outside a window &c. The person descending is supported by the sling b, the loop of which is regulated by a ring c, and the descent is controlled b the friction of the slide on the rope and also by the depression of a lever arm e pivoted to the slide and fitted with a recess g which engages the rope. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which a flexible tube k of india-rubber &c. is provided instead of the lever e, the gripping of the tube serving to check the descent. When a metal slide is used, the rope is passed round studs l, Fig. 5, between plates m, a brake n of metal being used.
Patent GB-190429233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Low-tension Electric Ignition Devices for Internal Combustion Motors.
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 29,233. Albion Motor Car Co., and Murray, T. B. Dec. 31. Gas and like engines, igniting in. To reduce the noise made by the tappets used to operate sparking-points of the type shown at E, F, a spring- controlled pin G is carried by the cross-piece A, fixed to the cam rod B, and is normally kept in contact with, or in close proximity to, the arm C operating the sparking-point E. The small motion given to the cam rod B is sufficient to operate the movable sparking-point E.
Patent GB-190504906-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Filling and Stoppering Bottles.
Inventor: BLAXTER AUGUSTUS PEARCE
Filed: 1905-03-09
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 4906. Blaxter, A. P., Blaxter, A. P., and Chaloner, G. W., [trading as Barnett & Foster]. March 9. Bottling; stoppering.-Relates to a machine for filling and stoppering bottles closed by bail-and-lever stoppers. The stoppering-chuck A and filling-nozzle E are eccentrically mounted on parallel shafts B, D, and are operated by cranks F linked to a rocking lever G, so that one is moved away from the bottle mouth as the other is brought into operative position. In the position of the parts shown in Fig. 3, the filling-nozzle is in the bottle mouth, and the filling and snifting valves J, L are in position to be operated by levers M, N. Immediately after the chuck A has returned the stopper to the mouth of the bottle, a counterweighted lever S is depressed by a lever U to operate the lever of the bail and secure the stopper in the bottle. The bottle is raised into filling position by a rest V, continuously pressed upwards by a spring. A locking arrangement is provided to prevent the bottle rest from forcing the bottle upwards during the movement of the chuck A or filling-nozzle E. This consists of a lever Y, adapted to be locked by a friction pawl Z, which is operated to release the lever by a cam G, on the main shaft. The lever Y is depressed once in each revolution, to compress the spring X and allow a bottle to be inserted, by a second lever and a roller R' engaging the cam G'. The bottle neck is held centrally, while the bottle is being filled and closed, by being passed between two pivoted fingers C', the free ends of which are normally drawn together by a spring. The various parts of the machine are all operated by the cam -drum G', which is operated intermittently, being given one revolution each time a bottle is inserted. This is preferably effected by a clutch on the driving-shaft being thrown into gear by a lever N' operated by a push-piece M' adapted to be engaged by the bottle.
Patent GB-190509334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves and Cocks.
Inventor: BUCK FRANK CROOM
Filed: 1905-05-03
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 9334. Buck, F. C. May 3. Lift valves; actuating valves and cocks.-Relates to lift valves which are actuated, both for opening and closing, by the inlet pressure. One form of valve is shown in Fig. 4. The valve g, which may be of any usual form, slides in a chamber d which is connected to the inlet and outlet branches respectively by the by-passes e, f. The area of the seat c is less than the area of the upper part q of the valve. A needle or other stop valve i closes the outlet by-pass and is actuated by a lever j. The inlet by-pass is provided with a screw to facilitate cleaning. When the small valve i is closed, the upper part of the valve is subjected to the inlet pressure, and in consequence of the excess area the main valve is pressed to its seat. On the small valve being opened, the pressure above the main valve is reduced and the latter is lifted by the pressure below the seat c. The main valve is provided with a stop to prevent it from covering the by-pass passages. The valve g is of special construction, the constituent parts being shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7. r is a disk with a spindle p. The cupped washer q, which is preferably of leather, is screwed on the upper part of the disk by means of a nut t and washers. A rubber washer w, which forms the meeting face of the valve, is screwed to the disk r by the apertured cup u. Various minor details may be omitted or modified.
Patent GB-190511173-A (GB)
Title: Pot-filling Apparatus for Glass Furnaces.
Inventor: TURNER JAMES TAIT
Filed: 1905-05-29
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 11,173. Turner, J. T. May 29. Glass furnaces; charging.-Relates to pot-filling apparatus. A measured quantity of material is delivered from a hopper to a ladle, which is moved to and from the furnace, and is provided with means for opening and automatically closing a slidable bottom protected by asbestos covering. The frame 5, Fig. 1, for carrying the apparatus may be supported in various ways, and is furnished with a hopper 4 the spout 6 of which is fitted with two sliding stops 7 spaced apart according to the size of the ladle 9, Figs. 1 and 4, and controlled by a pivoted lever 8. The ladle has a guard 12, and is supported by a rod 10 which is engaged on a band 13, fixed to the ladle, and is secured at its other end to a sliding spindle 15. This spindle is mounted on a turret 14, horizontally rotatable within limits on ball bearings about a central pivot, and a tilting movement, about a bolt 52, Fig. 5, of both the lower turret 14<a> and the upper turret is obtained within the limits of slots 53 and pins 54. A rack or series of teeth 46 on the bottom of the spindle is engaged by gear 16 driven from the motor 24. One end of a rod 11, which works in a longitudinal groove on the underside of the spindle 15, is connected to the sliding bottom of the ladle, and the other end is attached to a cord 45 connected as shown to the body 14. When the bottom of the ladle has been withdrawn by pulling on this cord, the carrying-mechanism is reversed, and the bottom of the ladle in its retreat is closed again by forked stops 39 engaged within tubes 40 by spiral springs. To prevent damage owing to contact with the body 14, a collar 30 is fitted at one or both ends of the spindle 15.
Patent GB-190513763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: LANE EDWARD
Filed: 1905-07-04
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 13,763. Lane, E. July 5, 1904, [date applied tor under Patents Act, 1901]. Mechanical stoking.-Fuel is fed from the hopper 23, Fig. 2, upon the grate 8 against the front wall 3 of the furnace, where it is pushed forward by a push-bar 14 pivotally mounted in a sliding plate 4 in the front wall. The hopper is provided with a vertically-sliding door 28 having lugs 29 pivotally connected to ears 30 upon endless sprocket chains 31. The latter are mounted upon sprocket-wheels 32, 35 attached to shafts which are rotated by pawl and ratchet gear, arranged outside of the furnace wall, when the door 28 is to be raised for fuel-feeding purposes. The push-bar 14 slides loosely through a sleeve 11, and has at its rear end a plate 16 which, when not in use, may rest in a recess 17, as shown in Fig. 4, in one of the side walls. The plate 4 is of a length greater than the width of the furnace in order that the space between the guides shall remain closed when the plate 4 and push-bar are moved transversely. Air is supplied beneath the grate through a passage 18 in the front wall. The space beneath the grate is enclosed by a sliding plate 19 mounted in guides 20.
Patent GB-190514569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Buckets for Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Filed: 1905-07-14
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 14,569. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 14. Elastic-fluid turbines.-The buckets of turbines of the reaction type are cast into, welded to, or otherwise formed as integral parts of segmental base portions 2, Figs. 1 and 2, fitted into grooves in a steel drum or carrier 1. The segments are held in place by means of shoulders 5, formed by forcing the metal into annular grooves 4 in the buckets, or the forms shown in Figs. 3 and 6 may be adopted. A segmental cover 6 is secured in place by tenons 7 on the blades passed through the cover and riveted over. The cover segments may be jointed at the tenon 10, as shown in Fig. 4, or at a point intermediate of the tenons, as shown in Fig. 5. When the cover is dispensed with, the blade ends are straight. The tenons are preferably curved at the front and back to the shapes of the buckets, so that they may be formed by the same tool as the buckets. Fig. 7 shows in full lines a segment which may be bent to the shape shown in dotted lines for rotating buckets, or may be bent in the opposite direction for stationary buckets. To facilitate removal of any segment by prising, a groove is formed in the base, or drum, or both, to receive a tool.
Patent GB-190516847-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Extracting Pivot Pins from the Roots of Teeth.
Filed: 1905-08-19
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 16,847. Brown, C. E., and Dental Manufacturing Co. Aug. 19. Vices.-An instrument for extracting pivot pins, broken instruments, &c. from the roots of teeth consists of a bridge-piece f and a vice a, the jaws of which are closed by a screw e which is pivoted to a pin b. The bridge f bears upon the root, and the pin &c. is extracted by drawing the vice a by screwing up the nut g upon the rod c carried by the pin b, or by lever mechanism, as a pair of handles.
Patent GB-190523821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cardboard Boxes.
Filed: 1905-11-18
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 23,821. Robinson & Sons, and Chapman, C. Nov. 18. Corner clips and pieces; folding boxes.-Parts of cardboard boxes are secured by interlocking. The side a, Fig. 1, is provided with a socket formed by a strip of card b, with a bent back portion b<1>, which serves as a catch and which may have a distancepiece b<2>. The catch b<1> and the piece b<2> need not be integral with the strip, and the catch may be on the side a. The side c has a flange d and a hook d' to engage with the catch. This method may be used to secure the bottom of a collapsible box to the sides.
Patent GB-190525396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Charges used in Acetylene Reservoirs.
Inventor: BERGSOEE POUL
Filed: 1905-12-06
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 25,396. Bergs÷e, P. Dec. 8, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Acetylene is stored under pressure in receptacles containing a solvent liquid such as acetone or acetic ether absorbed in a porous substance such as charcoal powder, infusorial earth, &c., porous tubular substances being inserted in the material, having their pores or tubes running in a longitudinal direction, thus facilitating the passage of the acetylene. Suitable bodies for this purpose are pieces of cane notched at various points in their length.
Patent GB-190602097-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Producing Transparencies for Optical Projection and other purposes.
Inventor: PLANT RICHMOND
Filed: 1906-01-27
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 2097. Plant, R. Jan. 27. Magic - lantern apparatus. - Relates to means for producing transparencies for optical projection or other purposes. Glass plates are coated with a coloured or opaque varnish, and when dry a geometric design is traced in the varnish, a lathe with geometric chuck being used for the purpose. A suitable varnish is composed of black japan and turpentine or benzole. Fig. 4 shows a convenient tracing-point. The point 10 slides in a hole 11 in the shank 12, a spring 13 being provided to keep the point pressed into the varnish ; 14 is a stoppin. Fig. 2 shows a convenient face-plate for holding the glass plate 5, which is kept in position by springs 6, 7 and an adjusting-screw 8. This face-plate is provided with a boss 2 for mounting it in the lathe.
Patent GB-190605455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chucks for Metal Working Machines.
Inventor: HANSON BENGT MAGNUS WILHELM
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1907-03-06
Abstract: 5455. Hanson, B. M. W. March 6 Lathes; chucks.-In a chuck such as is used in automatic machines and in which the jaws are closed by a conical actuator 19, the jaws 15 are independent of each other, are withdrawn from the work by spring-pressed pins 21, and have their inner faces curved so as to grip perfectly the largest bar stock within the capacity of the chuck, and their outer surfaces coned so as to fit the actuator 19 perfectly when the smallest size of bar stock is being gripped. A section through the longitudinal centre of the jaws 15 when the work 91 of mean size is being gripped is shown in Fig. 9, the actuator, jaws, and work being in line contact only with each other. The actuator 19 works in a hardened-steel ring 20 and is separate from its push tube 13, which is operated by levers and a conical sliding sleeve on the spindle 10. Each jaw 15 has a shoulder 17 in contact with the flange 14 of a cap 12 screwed on to the spindle head 11, and has a recess with an undercut end wall 25 engaged by the piu 21, which is prevented from rotating by another pin 27. The springs 22 press the actuator backwards and the pins forwards and thus tend to open the jaws, or the springs are arranged only to press the pins forwards, separate springs 34 on studs 35 screwed into screw-adjusted blocks 32 being provided for pressing the actuator backwards. The heads of the studs 35 limit the action of the springs 34.
Patent GB-190607079-A (GB)
Title: Cable for Cutting Holes in Coal.
Inventor: ELFERT JOHANN
Filed: 1906-03-23
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 7079. Elfert, J. March 23. Undercutting &c.-Relates to cables for cutting coal and the like. Cutting-wires may be wound around the separate strands of the cable before twisting, Fig. 1, or may be twisted together and wound spirally around the main cable, Fig. 7. The cutting- wires may be round, angular, or pointed. In a further modification, Figs. 3 and 5, cutting-teeth are interwoven with the cable. The teeth may be at an angle to each other as shown in Fig. 5, or parallel as in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190608661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Connecting Pieces for Air Pumps for Inflating Tyres and the like.
Inventor: PETERSEN JORGEN CARL PHILIP
Filed: 1906-04-10
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 8661. Petersen, J. C. P., and M¾ller, K. April 12, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Flexible tubes used as couplings ; couplings, disconnectible. -A connecting - piece for pumps for inflating tyres &c., the rear end of which is formed as a neck connected in a k n o w n manner with the pump tube 4, is provided with an elastic inside wall 8 of cylindrical, conical, or similar shape, adapted to fit over the valve nipple of the tyre, and of a length, stated to be not less than twice the diameter of the nipple, such that the friction produced by air pressure between the wall and the nipple is sufficient to prevent their disengagement. The connecting-piece may be made wholly of elastic material, Fig. 1, or may consist of a metal sleeve 10 with a flange 13 securing the elastic member 8, Fig. 2. In a simple modification of the second form, the elastic wall 14 is omitted and the member 8 is secured by a ring flange bent over the outer conical edge of the sleeve.
Patent GB-190612153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Electrically Connecting the Filaments of Electric Glow Lamps with their Supply Wires.
Inventor: KUZEL HANS
Filed: 1906-05-24
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 12,153. Kuzel, H. Aug. 4,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent lamps.-Filaments of carbon, metal, boron, silicon, or other substances are soldered to leading-in wires by means of carbides of refractory metals or mixtures of such carbides with carbon or metals. The carbide or mixture may be applied in the molten condition, or powdered carbide or a mixture of a metal with carbon or an organic substance, made into a paste with gum arabic, sugar solution, a colloidal metal, colloidal oxide, or other agglomerant, may be used, the joint being afterwards heated to whiteness, if necessary in a vacuum or in an inert or reducing gas, to fuse or sinter the materials. Suitable carbides are those of manganese, chromium, molybdeum, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, tantalum, niobium, titanium, zirconium, nickel, cobalt, and iron.
Patent GB-190615543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Igniting a Combustible for Heating Compressed Air in Automobile Torpedoes.
Inventor: LEAVITT FRANK MCDOWELL
Filed: 1906-07-09
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 15,543. Leavitt, F. M. July 9. Generating combustion products under pressure.- Relates to devices of the kind described in Specification No. 10,126, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Air and gas engines], for igniting the combustible for heating the compressed air supplied to the engine of a torpedo. The retaining-block L for the firing-rod Q is provided with a small duct v so that when the reservoir A is charged, the compressed air, which passes up the sleeve d, flows through the duct to the upper side of the block and thence through a port w, in a rotatable plug W, and a pipe u to the underside of the block, and through a pipe t to a reservoir T. When the charging is completed, the air pressure is the same in both of the reservoirs A, T. The plug W is then rotated to cut off communication between the chambers above and below the block L. The block is raised to release the rod Q by the excess pressure of the air in the reservoir T, when the torpedo engine has been running for such a time as to reduce sufficiently the pressure of the air in the chamber A, and therefore above the block. The fuel from the vessel C is thus allowed sufficient time to reach the combustion chamber D, before the ignition of the cartridge r is effected.