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Patent GB-190521593-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Quickly Releasing and Securing Horses and other Animals in Stables and elsewhere
Inventor: BERKLEY JAMES
Filed: 1905-10-24
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 21,593. Berkley, J. Oct. 24. Stable fittings.-A device for quickly tethering and releasing animals in stables or elsewhere comprises a wooden block a, provided with an axial hole c and a slot d. Through the hole c passes the head-rope b, which is knotted at f and fitted with a stop-ring g and tube e, this tube being of sufficient diameter to prevent that part of the rope which it encloses from passing laterally through the slot d. To release the head-rope b, it is bent through the slot as shown in dotted lines, when the tube e and rope b can be made to slide out of the hole and slot. The hole c and tube e may be tapered, the rope being secured within the tube, which is provided at the end with a flange to take the place of the knot f. Instead of the tube e, a ring, fixed on the rope at a point corresponding to the top of the tube, may be employed.
Patent GB-190523983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Channelling Machines.
Filed: 1905-11-21
Granted: 1906-11-21
Abstract: 23,983. Lake, H. H., [Ingersoll-Rand Co.]. Nov. 21. Actuating and locking plug cocks annular valves; check valves.-A three-way valve 21 and check valves 37, 47 are fitted in a rock drill 5, connected by pipes 16, 19 to a compressor 11, and the plug 27 of the valve 21 is held in three different positions by a handle 28, Fig. 7, having a spring-pressed ball 29 to engage notches 33 in the periphery of a plate 30. The valves 37, 47 are similar in construction and are shown in Fig. 12, in which a valve seat 38 having an annular opening 39 is secured in a casing. The annular valve 40 is limited by a centrallyarranged plate 41 having lugs 42 and a spring disk 43 formed with fingers 44.
Patent GB-190524926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Manufacturing Envelopes, Paper Bags, and the like
Inventor: SPANNUTH WILHELM
Filed: 1905-12-01
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 24,926. Spannuth, W., D³nnebier, M., and D³nnebier, M. R. Dec. 1. Feeding sheets.-Relates to improvements in machines of the type described in Specification No. 26,770, A.D. 1903, and in means for feeding paper blanks to the same. Each blank, after being lifted from the pile 18, Fig. 3, by a suction apparatus similar to that described in the above-mentioned Specification, is caught by the rotating segments 24 on the shaft 23 and is lightly pressed against the roller 2 by the spring strips 25 mounted on the faces of the segments. To ensure that the blank shall assume its correct position on entering the rollers 1, 2, the flap. c, Fig. 14, which enters first, is yieldingly gripped between the spring-pressed piece 35 and the roller 2, thus allowing a certain amount of slip while the corners a of the blank are drawn against two projecting arms 26 mounted on the cam-operated shaft 27. After leaving the rollers 1, 2, the blank passes to other pairs of rollers which perform the folding operations.
Patent GB-190527290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Mechanism for Controlling the Supply of Gas, Electricity and other Agents.
Inventor: HORSTMANN ALBERT
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 27,290. Horstmann, A., Horstmann, S. A., Horstmann, G. O. H., Horstmann, B. H., and Edgar, W. T. Dec. 30. Actuating valves and cocks by intermittentlymoving time-mechanism so that, at certain points of the movement, the valve &c. is free to be turned on or off by hand independently of the clock-work. One of the lever arms b* of the gastap a, Fig. 1, is joined by a connecting-rod e to a slotted barf guided by a pin to move vertically. Two shelf-like projections l, m on the lower end of the bar lie in the path of a stud x carried by a disk X rotated intermittently by clock-work (not shown). On the completion of the turning-on movement, the shelf reaches the upper stationary position shown in Fig. 1, and clears the upper shelf l, leaving the bar h free to be moved down again by hand through the medium of one of the hanging chains c, d. Similarly, at the lower stationary position of the disk, the bar is free to be moved up. A modified form, Figs. 4 and 4<a>, has three stationary positions, and acts to turn on three lights simultaneously, afterwards extinguishing first two and later the third light. The shelves l, m are so placed that the pin x clears them completely in the first and third positions of rest, but allows only a downward movement of the bar from the second position, shown in Fig. 4<a>.
Patent GB-190607094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Dobbies for Looms for Weaving.
Filed: 1906-03-24
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 7094. Smith & Bros., W., and Heyworth, E. March 24. Loom dobbies.-Relates to dobbies of the type used for weaving Turkish towels &c. having double or cross borders. Means are provided, controlled by the changing or measuring barrel b, for reversing the border barrel d. The measuring-barrel lags are widened to admit of extra projections c, which control a spring - actuated double - armed lever connected by a rod f to a lever g. Rods h connect the lever g to pawls i pivoted on T-levers l at each side of the dobby, so that the barrel d, which has oppositely-turned teeth at each side of the dobby, can be turned in either direction according to the particular pawl lowered into actions When weaving the middle part of the fabric, the barrel d is lowered out of action and an additional barrel is brought into use in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190609062-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Keeping Meat Fresh for a Longer Period than usual after being Cooked
Inventor: WINCKS ELIZABETH
Filed: 1906-04-17
Granted: 1907-04-17
Abstract: 9062. Wincks, E. April 17. Meat-c arving appliances.-A stand for supporting meat in a dish consists of a gridlike frame b, supported by legs or w a v e d wirework sides a in order to allow free access of air to all parts of the meat.
Patent GB-190609077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: EGERSDOERFER FRITZ
Filed: 1906-04-17
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 9077. Egrersdoerfer, F., and Linder, F. April 17. Stuffing - boxes, substitutes for.-The drums of rotary engines are grooved to suit the grooved casing to make tight joints. Packing-rings, 19 are provided between the disk 4 and the rings.
Patent GB-190613547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lavatory Basins, Sinks, Baths and the like.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1906-06-13
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 13,547. Adams, M. J. June 13. Lavatory basins ; sinks; baths.-The outlet C, Fig. 1, discharges into a cup-shaped receiver D which may be trapped as shown or deliver into a channel. The waste plugs may be arranged as shown in Fig. 3, so that the basin may be discharged without the necessity of wetting the hands.
Patent GB-190613587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Machines for Vending Postage Stamps, Tickets and the like.
Inventor: FAWNS KATRINE ELLEN
Filed: 1906-06-13
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 13,587. Fawns, K. E., and Kermode, G., [Dickie, R. J., and Brown, J. H.]. June 13. Sale apparatus; delivery mechanism.-In appa. ratus for the sale of stamps, tickets, &c. of the type described in Specification No. 25,875, A.D. 1904, the stamp &c. strip is passed from the roll 71 between the spring-actuated plate 68 and one side of the box 69 to the feeding sprocket-wheel 16, and is secured to the wheel by the engagement of pins 44 which work in guides in the cover 41. After prepayment, the slide 2 is raised by the handle 3, permitting the coin to free a controlling- fly which makes one revolution during the descent of the weight 15. This weight is carried by an arm 14 on a free wheel loose on the shaft 9. The sprocket-wheel 16 fast on the same shaft rotates with the free wheel so as to feed on the strip the space of one stamp, a pawl 17 carried by an arm 20 on the latter engaging pins on the former. At the end of the motion, the arm 20 rocks the weighted catch 21, allowing the knife 24, weighted at 26, to descend and sever the foremost stamp, which passes out by the shoot 45. A weighted pawl on the slide works over a fixed rack so as to prevent any descent of the slide before it has been fully raised. In this position, the slide is freed from the handle 3 and looked by a pivoted pawl 54, Fig. 4, which is afterwards removed by the fall of the cutter. The slide then descends under the action of the weighted link 6 which connects it to an arm 8 loose on the shaft 9, the arm engaging a pin on the free wheel and raising the weight 15 to its normal position. Simultaneously, an arm on the free wheel lifts the knife, which again engages the catch under the action of a spring. According to the Provisional Specification, the purchaser may detach the stamp by means of a fixed jaw. Empty machines, locking action of; displaying 'empty' and like notices.-When the stamp &c. strip is nearly exhausted, a weighted plunger 33 normally bearing against it enters the box 69, allowing the arm 38 to engage a projection 40<a> on the slide and locking it in the raised position so as to display the word 'empty' through the coin slot in the casing. Coin action.-The coin inserted through the slot in the casing and a second slot 29 in the slide removes a catch 49 from the latter and rests against the fixed piece 50. When the slide is raised, the projection 51 raises the coin, which passes down the shoot 48<b> and overbalances the lever 52, freeing the fly. Fraud, preventing; returning coin.-Small coins escape between the piece 50 and catch 49 and pass out of the machine by the shoot 48<c> and passage 45. According to the Provisional Specification, the machine may be provided with a register.
Patent GB-190614559-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sectional Hot Water or Steam Boiler.
Inventor: WOOD THOMAS
Filed: 1906-07-26
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 14,559. Wood, T. July 26. Vertical and sectional boilers.-A sectional vertical boiler for heating water or for generating steam is shown in external elevation in Fig. 1, in vertical section in Fig. 2, and in sectional plan in Fig. 6 through the smoke outlet h. It consists of a series of superposed rings or cylinders a which are connected together by bolted flanges, and by webs a<3> which are attached to the inner cylinders of the sections. Horizontal and vertical waterways pass across the internal face of the boiler. Covers for cleaning-out purposes, fuel feeds, and smoke outlets are provided. By removing the dome m, access is obtained directly to the vertical waterways for removal of scale &c. The boiler may form an independent, or a semi-independent structure.
Patent GB-190615483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switching Devices for use in connection with the Stopping Place Indicators of Trams Buses or Trains.
Inventor: KIRWAN WILLIAM CECIL
Filed: 1906-07-09
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 15,483. Kirwan, W. C., and Quaney, K. July 9. Signals, indicator or visible; signals, electic-lamp ; signals, tramcar ; indicators, station, stopping-place, &c.-A rocking mercury switch for lamps consists of a vessel containing mercury which may be rocked about two contacts projecting from the vessel. The lamps are used to illuminate indicators for trams and like vehicles, and are placed inside or outside the indicator according as the latter is transparent or opaque. A vessel D of insulating-material contains mercury, and is penetrated by wires S, S<1>. The inner ends of these wires are immersed in mercury when the vessel D is tilted in one direction, while the outer ends rest in metal sockets G, G<1> which may also contain mercury. The metal sockets G, G' are mounted upon an insulating-block W which also carries the lamps. The metal socket G is connected to the source of current, while the socket G<1> is connected to one of the terminals of a lamp. The vessel D and block W are contained in a casing K from which the indicator I is pivotally suspended. The casing K is carried by a pipe A which carries the wires and is fitted with a fuse box B. The vessel D is rocked by means of a lever L, which may operate the casing K or only the vessel D. In the latter case, the vessel K is strapped to the post P. In another modification, the switch may be contained in a casing separate from that supporting the indicator. Specifications No. 25,085, A.D. 1902, and No. 21,551, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-190617392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines
Inventor: UNDERWOOD JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 17,392. Underwood, J. T. Aug. 2. Typewriters.-Relates to tally-strip mechanism for billing &c. machines. Figs. 1, 4, and 5 show the application to an Underwood front-strike machine. (1) The tally-strip roll 14 is carried on a shaft 15 mounted in brackets 16 detachably secured by screws 17 on the paper shelf 5. The strip 18 passes under and over the platen 2 to feeding-rollers 20, 21, and the free end 22 is deflected by a plate 33 and hangs down behind the rollers 20, 21. Side guides 24 for the strip are provided on a thin plate 25, shaped at 26 to catch over the rim 27 of the paper shelf. The shaft 15 is pressed towards the roller 20 by springs 23, and is retained in the brackets 16 by the engagement of one spring 23 in a groove 28. The roller 20 consequently draws the strip over the platen and feeds it from the roll 14, so that the strip is kept taut but does not interfere with, and is not disturbed by, the rotation of the platen. The roller 20 is advanced by pawl-and-ratchet mechanism 34,35, automatically operated by a spring-retained lever 36 actuated during the excursion of the carriage to and from the position for writing on the strip. The preferred means for actuating the lever 36 comprises a fixed cam 40 placed in the path of a tail 41 of the lever 36. The cam 40 is in the form of a plate adjustably secured by a collar 42 upon a fixed rod 43, and is provided with a straight-edge or dwell portion 45 and a stop 46. The rod 43 is mounted upon arms 47 detachably secured to the framework. (2) Several tally-strips line-fed independently of each other are arranged side by side. as indicated at A, A<1> in Fig. 1, for example, one for entering the amounts of all the bills of one day, and the other for entering the total sales of successive days. The linefeeding levers of the devices A, A<1> may be operated by the same cam 40.
Patent GB-190618335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Devices for Hauling Ships on an Inclined Plane.
Inventor: BODE ALFRED
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 18,335. Bode, A. Aug. 21, 1905, [date applied for under Fatents Act, 1901]. Hauling and winding drums; ropes, chains, and the like, arranging and guiding.-In a device for hauling ships up inclined slips for repairing purposes, an additional drum upon which the rope is coiled is provided in combination with the usual winding-drums and tackle. As the weight to be hauled is very heavy, it is impracticable to coil the rope on the power drums in more than one layer as excessive strains would be produced in the rope, also the long length of thick rope would require a pulley too long to be practicable. In the present invention, the winding device comprises two power drums b, the slack rope leaving the drums being stored on a drum c. The shaft g, driven by the engine, rotates the drum c through gear-wheels g<2>, g<3>, h. The drum c is mounted on a carriage, which runs on rails and is moved so as to feed the drum along in the direction of its axis so as to keep the rope coming from the power drums always in the same line. A shaft i, Fig. 4, provided with bevel-wheels, transmits motion through the shaft m<1> and gear o<1>, o<2> to a pinion o<3> which gears with the rack p. A clutch q is provided for reversing, this being automatically effected by stops s at the ends of the track engaging with a weighted lever r. The storing-drum may be operated by a separate motor instead of from the engine shaft.
Patent GB-190620107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Machines.
Inventor: KNUDSEN IVAR PETER BAGGER
Filed: 1906-09-10
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 20,107. Knudsen, I. P. B. Sept. 10. General arrangement; spindles ; drums; driving. -The drums of centrifugal apparatus are mounted so that the oscillations are not transmitted to the driving-shaft and the motion of the drum is rendered more stable. The drum A is supported in a bearing B capable of following its oscillations and connected to the driving-shaft D by a carrier E, pivoted to the drum at a and to the shaft at b. The pivot a is above the centre of gravity c of the drum, the bearing B is at the same level as the centre of gravity, and the pivot b is some distance below. When the drum moves out of its normal position, the centre of gravity is raised, as when the drum is in the position shown by the dotted lines, c' being the position of the centre of gravity in this case.
Patent GB-190622586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Composition Railroad Ties
Inventor: BAIVIER FELIX JAMES
Filed: 1906-10-12
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 22,586. Baivier, F. J. Oct. 12. Sleepers; rails, securing to sleepers. -Relates to composite railroad sleepers and to means for securing the rails thereto. The sleepers are moulded from a mixtureof cement,sand,gravel, and water, and longitudinal strengthening-bars are inserted therein. Fig. 5 shows a longitudinal and Fig. 4 a transverse section of the sleeper. The base portion is made of a V-shape to facilitate the tamping of ballast under the sleeper. Grooves bare formed in the top surface in which the rails are laid, boits 1, 2, 3 securing them in position. The sleepers are provided alternately on their opposite ends with a brace c secured by a tenon and groove, and a metallic clamp d is set in the sleeper under the brace so as to engage the -rail foot. Various modifications in the shape of the sleeper are described, two typical examples being shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The strengthening-bars 10 are placed in the upper portion of the sleeper, and, to reduce the weight, circular passages 12 may be made. When intended for use on bridges, trestles, &c., the sleepers are made of a rectangular shape. Specifications Nos. 15,177 and 21,829,. A.D. 1905, which describe concrete sleepers having strengthening-means, are referred to in the Specification. en-
Patent GB-190625736-A (GB)
Title: Means applicable as an Emergency Brake for and for Preventing Side Slip of, Cycle and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: ARNELL CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1906-11-14
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 25,736. Arnell, C. J. Nov. 14. Brakes.-An emergency brake and side slip preventing device for cycles and other road vehicles consists of a skid brake shoe a through the base of which projects a sharp-edged roller f adapted to grip the ground. On further pressure being applied, the roller is pressed into the block against the action of a spring, thus allowing the block to come into contact with the ground. The block a, Fig. 6, of metal or other suitable material, is made in two parts bolted together and has a roughened lower surface which may be convex or flat. A bracket d, carrying a roller f having a V-grooved periphery which projects through the base of tha block, slides in a recess c and is pressed down by a spring h. For use with cycles, the block has two cylindrical extensions for attachment to tubes k, Fig. 9, which are secured at their upper ends to a block n, Fig. 7, in which a short rod o is secured. The block n may be pivoted to a bracket q provided with two co -axial, cylindrical grooves r into which slide corresponding extensions s<1> of clips s secured to the back forks of the cycle. The device is brought into operation from the handle-bar by means of a Bowden wire or suitable links and levers connected to the lever o, a spring 5 normally keeping the device raised. For motor-cycles, an additional shoe may be mounted behind the front wheel and worked simultaneously with or separately from one arranged in front of the rear wheel. In this case the lever k is pivoted to the front-wheel bearing, and the lever o to a Bowden wire 7, which may be connected to the wire from the rear brake. For cars, two or more such devices are arranged in front of the rear wheels, and also, if desired, to the rear of the front wheels, all the shoes being simultaneously operated by suitable hand or foot mechanism.
Patent GB-190703326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winding Machines for Yarn Thread and the like.
Inventor: BARBOUR THOMAS
Filed: 1907-02-11
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 3326. Barbour, T., [Malcolm, D. R.]. Feb. 11. Winding - machines.-In quick - traverse drumwinders, the usual weighting-arrangement of the bobbin or roll cradle is replaced by a friction brake controlled from an eccentric, the separation of the roll from the drum being rendered easier. The cradle 2 mounted on the pivot 1 carries a brake pulley 3 surrounded by a leather-lined steel brake band 4. The friction is adjusted by a bolt 5 and nut, and a rod 7 passes from the bolt to embrace an eccentric 9 provided with a handle 10. To start, the roll is lowered on to the drum 13 by depressing the end 11 of the cradle, and the handle 10 is then pressed forward to produce the necessary driving-friction. As the roll increases, the cradle rises against the friction of the brake band. The roll,is raised clear of the drum for piecing &c. by drawing back the handle 10, which acts through the eccentric, rod, and brake.
Patent GB-190703501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Transmission Gear for Motor Road and other Vehicles.
Inventor: SCHLIG JOHN
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1908-02-12
Abstract: 3501. Schlig, J. Feb. 12. Variable - speed gearing ; link-work ; clutches.- Comprises a construction of bevel variable-speed gearing, particularly applicable to motor vehicles, in which the gear-wheels are constantly in mesh and the changes of speed are effected by positive clutches, while interlocking controlling-mechanism is provided for the several speeds. Fig. 1 shows a sectional plan of a three-speed and reverse mechanism driving a divided axle 1, 2, connected by differential gearing. The bevel pinions 25, 26, mounted loosely on the through driving-shaft 18, gear respectively with bevel gear rings 13, 14 carried by a plate 12 secured to the driving- member of the differential gear. Either of the pinions 25, 26 may be clutched to the driving-shaft by positive clutch members 46, 56 sliding on squared sections of the shaft. These two clutch members are both controlled by a rod 57. The low forward speed and reverse are obtained by means of the two bevel pinions 62, 63 gearing with opposite sides of the bevel-wheel 64, which drives the toothed wheel 77, loosely mounted on the driving-member of the differential gear, through the medium of the gear-wheels 74, 75. Either of the pinions 62, 63 is clutched to the driving-shaft' 18 by the clutch member 52 operated by the rod 72, the pinion 63 giving a low forward speed and the pinion 62 the reverse. The toothed wheel 77 is clutched to the differential-gear casing, whenever either of the pinions 62, 63 is put into gear, by a positive clutch member operated by a forked lever 83, which is acted on by a spring so as normally to hold the clutch out of engagement. The forked lever 83 is connected by a rod 87 to the bell-crank lever 116. The operating and interlocking mechanism is contained in a box 89, also shown in vertical section in Fig. 6. The operating- rods 57, 72 are connected to toothed racks 109, 97, either of which may be engaged and operated by a toothed pinion. The pinion is adjustable transversely so as to engage one of the clutches, these movements of the pinion being effected by the adjustment of the hand-lever 117 in the quadrant 125. The inoperative rack is locked in the neutral position by a sliding piece 101, shown also in Fig. 7, and provided with projections 102, 103 which bear against each side of the pinion, while the notch 111 on the underside of the slide allows the rack engaged by the pinion to be operated. When the pinion engages the rack 97, an arm 112 on the end of the sliding piece acts on the bellcrank lever 116 so as to operate the clutch fork 83. To facilitate engagement of the clutches, two of the teeth on each clutch are made to project above the others.