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Patent GB-190503347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switch Apparatus for Coin-freed Electricity Meters.
Inventor: TOURTEL JOHN MESNY
Filed: 1905-02-17
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 3347. Tourtel, J. M. Feb. 17. Switches.-Relates to switch apparatus for coinfreed meters. The terminals d<2>, d<3>, Fig. 1, are attached to insulated pieces carried by the contactmaking lever D pivoted at P. These pieces act with spring contact-pieces C<3>, C', Fig. 8, carried by the contact-breaking lever C, also pivoted at P. On the insertion of a coin, the shaft A, previously locked, is turned so as to bring the cam-projection B<3> against the arms C', D<1> of the levers C, D. These levers are thus depressed against the action of springs S, S<1>, Fig. 3. The lever C is prevented from returning by a piece C<8> which catches beneath the pin T<5> of the trip-lever T, Figs. 1 and 3. The lever D returns suddenly and the contacts snap into one another. After a time, the meter mechanism turns the disk F<2> so that the upper end of the lever T can drop into the notch F<3>. The lever C then springs up suddenly and breaks contact. To prevent the lever D from being depressed when contact is already made and to enable several coins to be insertel without interrupting the current, the sleeve B, Figs. 1 and 5, carrying the cam B<3> slides without turning on the shaft A. A pin on the casing, acting on an incline B<4> on the sleeve B, forces the cam B<3> back so as not to engage with the arm D<1> ; but, when the lever C is in the position shown in Fig. 1, an incline C<2> on the lever C acting on the incline B<5> of the sleeve forces the sleeve forward again, bringing the cam B<3> into the plane of the arm D'. Spur and epicyclic gearing connects the shaft A and the meter to the shaft F.
Patent GB-190505735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators for Water-cooled Motors
Inventor: BYROM JOHN
Filed: 1905-03-18
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 5735. Byrom, J. March 18. Gas and like engines.-In a radiator for watercooled motors of the kind wherein ducts c formed by the juxtaposition of corrugated or grooved plates F connect water chambers, waved strips of metal K, shown in Figs. 5 and 6, separate adjoining rows of ducts. The strips K are united to the plates F in a water-tight manner so as to form the lower wall of the upper water chamber and the upper wall of the lower water chamber. The grooves in the plates F may be diagonal relatively to the length of the plate, or they may cross each other. The grooves may also be waved. The plates may be curved so as to provide for expansion and contraction in the direction of their length. The meeting crests of the corrugations of the plates may be united by solder.
Patent GB-190506017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vices.
Inventor: STANBRIDGE HENRY
Filed: 1905-03-22
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 6017. Stanbridge, H. March 22. Vices.-A sliding - jaw vice has an open bed with two parallel sets of ratchet teeth a' oppositely cut from the centre, and has also blocks B which carry the sliding jaws b<1> by pins b<6> and springs b<8> and have other springs b<10> fixed underneath to push up the pins and thus keep up the jaws. One of the blocks B can swivel, and the other has two studs b<4> which engage the ratchet teeth. A thrust block c has projections c<2> engaging the ratchet teeth, lugs c<3> bearing against the recesses a<2>, and a thrust screw c<1>. In use, the left-hand block B having the studs b<4> is clampedto the vice bed by a screw b<2> and plate b<3>, and the object is placed on the vice bed and the right-hand block B brought against it. The thrust block c is then moved up and the projections c<2> engaged with the nearest tooth. On the thrust screw c<1> being tightened up, the right-hand block is forced toward the other block and the object gripped. The inclined faces of the blocks cause the sliding jaws to have a downward pushing action on the object held. Either of the blocks can be replaced by a V or other shaped block. The Provisional Specification states that the vice may be used on a drilling-machine. Specifications No. 5566, A.D. 1884, and No. 404, A.D. 1888, are referred to.
Patent GB-190507800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valve Mechanism for Fluid Motors.
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1905-04-12
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 7800. Brookes, A. G., [Templeton Manufacturing Co]. April 12. Valves and valvegear.-In a steam or other fluid-pressure air - compressing or other directacting duplex engine, the steam is distributed by oscillating valves worked by links from the pistonrods. In the aircompressor shown in Fig. 1, the motor cylinders C, C' drive pump cylinders A, A'.. Pinions on the stems of the distributing-valves gear with quadrants 21,31 respectively mounted loosely one above the other on a common pivot pin b. The quadrants 21, 31 are connected by links 22, 32 to levers 23, 33 attached by couplings 24, 34 to the piston-rods a<1>, a respectively. Each distributing-valve 10, Figs. 4 and 5 has a hollow top with ports 13, 13<x>, and is perforated by an exhaust passage 14. The valve is formed with a stem 11 on which the driving-pinion 20, Fig. 2, is mounted. The valve is ground into a liner 1, shown detached in Fig. 3, and is held down tight by the steam pressure. Steam from the passage c' enters the hollow top of the valve, and passes by the port 13 or 13<x> in the valve and the port 7 or 7x. in the liner to a steam passage c'‹ or c<11>. The other end of the cylinder at the same time exhausts through a passage c<12>, a port 8 or 8<x> in a liner, and the passage 14 in the valve to the exhaust port 9 in the liner.
Patent GB-190509450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trousers Protectors.
Inventor: BARON JACOB
Filed: 1905-05-04
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 9450. Baron, J. May 4. Trouser protectors.-A bow or clip a of thin sheet metal or the like is attached to the heel of the boot and is provided with a hooked clip c and bent tongues b adapted to keep. the trouser legs d from contact with the ground and the boot, respectively.
Patent GB-190511228-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Making Handles or Keys for Opening Tin Cans.
Inventor: WHITE HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1905-05-29
Granted: 1906-05-29
Abstract: 11,228. White, H. J. May 29. Making keys for opening cans.-Wire to be made into handles or keys for opening can s is flattened and partly pierced at intervals by dies in rolls F, passes between straightening - rolls M; is completely pierced by a punch N operated by a lever 0 and a cam 1, and is cut into lengths by shears Q, each length being then bent round a form R by dies U, S which are operated by cams 3, 2. The form is raised by a cam 4, the dies S, U are withdrawn, the latter being provided with a stripper, and the key falls into a shoot.
Patent GB-190511772-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Valve chiefly designed for use in Air-compressors.
Inventor: JOSSE EMIL
Filed: 1905-06-05
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 11,772. Josse, E. June 5. Check valves of the annular type, chiefly d e - signed for use in air-compressors, working at high speeds, consist of a loosely guided sheet-metal annular disk which is made so thin that it can bend appreciably under the pressure and thus take a curved shape when seated. It is claimed that a valve of this form offers a high resistance to pressure and works noiselessly. In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 1, d is a valve seat, a a thin metal ring, forming the valve proper, and b a stop or retainer containing apertures c, e. A modification is shown in Fig. 2 in which the retainer b is differently situated.
Patent GB-190516086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Radiator and like Heating Appliances.
Inventor: YATES HARRY JAMES
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 16,086. Yates, H. J., and McNeill, D. R. Aug. 5. Heating buildings.-Relates to the attachment of baffles or air-deflectors to radiators. Figs. 2 and 4 are cross-sections of two arrangements. The plate b is suitably recessed to receive the head a<1> of a stem a, to the other end of which a spring clamping-strip d is rigidly secured. The part d is passed between the tubes c of the radiator, and secured by giving a quarter-turn to the head a<1> by means of a key or spanner. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, additional resiliency is obtained by the use of a spring d<1>. The strip d may, with this form, be made rigid or inflexible.
Patent GB-190516499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Milling Apparatus.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1905-08-14
Granted: 1906-08-14
Abstract: 16,499. Justice, P. M., [Charlottenburger Farbwerke Akt.-Ges.]. Aug. 14. Milling.-Machines for operating upon fixed articles such as stereotype plates comprise a toolholder b, Fig. 1, provided with a handle a and a transparent shield e. The stationary casing l, Fig. 2, of the flexible shaft f is secured to the tool-holder by a bayonet-joint and at the other end to a socket i by a screw k. The shaft f is connected to the motor shaft n by a pin-and-hole coupling g, d.
Patent GB-190520090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Excavating Machines.
Inventor: HELM JOHN
IPC: E02F5/02
Filed: 1905-10-04
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 20,090. Helm, J. Oct. 4. Driving and like chains.-The chains and buckets of excavating-machines are constructed with the sides of the buckets integral with the links of the chain instead of being riveted or otherwise secured to them. The bucket links are provided with a front wing 81 and a rear wing 82, these wings being laterally offset with regard to each other. A sheet 85 of metal is riveted to flanges on the wing 82 to form the bottom and back of the bucket, while the front is secured to a flange 86 on the plate 85 and to the wings 81. A bucket for a triple-chain excavator is shown in Fig. 9.
Patent GB-190522800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sole-pressing Pads.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 22,800. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Nov. 7. Soles.-Sole-pressing pads of sole-laying machines are formed of yielding elastic material having certain portions composed of harder material than the remainder. In the pad shown in Fig. 2, the fore part 19 is of soft rubber, and the heel part 20 of harder rubber, the two parts preferably forming a continuous integral pad. The heel part 20 is shaped to present a raised surface 21 similar in shape to, but somewhat smaller than, the heel seat. The pad is covered with a sheet of sole leather, which has been previously moulded to shape. The holder for the pad is the same as that used in the well-known Goodyear solelaying machine.
Patent GB-190523225-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Pasteurising or Sterilising Liquids and Filling Vessels therewith.
Inventor: LAMOUROUX PIERRE
Filed: 1905-11-11
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 23,225. Lamouroux, P. Nov. 19, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bottling; stoppers, internal; stoppering.-A device for enabling receptacles for sterilized milk &c. to be first sterilized by a current of steam and afterwards to be filled and sealed with exclusion of air, comprises a cap 1 which can be fixed tightly over the neck 23 of the receptacle by means of lugs 5 and ledges 6. This cap is divided into a lower chamber 3 into which leads the pipe 8 and an upper chamber 40 connected to the pipe 10. The upper chamber 40, washers 13, 13', aud a screwed sleeve 17, form a stuffing-box in which works a rod 18 the hollow portion of which is in communication with the chamber 40 by orifices 20. The lower portion of the rod fits into a square hole in a sleeve 29, and on this sleeve screws the stopper 25. In operation, the pipes 8, 10 are connected with conduits a, b, and the receptacles are turned upside down, and sterilized by a current of steam which enters from the pipe a and through a channel 34 formed in the neck 23 returning through the hole 27 in the stopper and the pipe 10 to the air. The receptacles are now turned mouth upwards, and the pipes a, b having been connected with the upper and lower parts of the sterilizing-autoclave, the liquid flows in, as indicated by the arrows 39. Finally the head of the stopper is brought intoclose contact with the underside of the lid 4 by turning the rod 18.
Patent GB-190526277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Metalliferous Ores or Compounds preparatory to Smelting the same.
Inventor: HEBERLEIN FERDINAND
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 26,277. Heberlein, F. Dec. 16. Blast &c. furnace charges. - In a method of treating finely divided metalliferous ores preparatory to smelting, the ore is mixed with coal or other fuel, and, after ignition, is subjected to a blast of air, the ore being thereby fused and agglomerated. The ore may be moistened with water, if necessary, and lime or silica may be added as a flux. The process may be carried out in a tip apparatus, preferably of conical or spherical form.
Patent GB-190608362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Ferrocyanides from Gas Purifying Masses or other Ferrocyaniferous Masses.
Inventor: BELLOWITSCH THEODOR
Filed: 1906-04-06
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 8362. Bellowitsch, T. April 6. Ferrocyanides, are obtained from spent gas purifying or other ferrocyaniferous masses by extracting with water, heating the residue, and after adding water if desired, stirring the mass with lime and " manganiferous morass-ore," Weldon mud, manganese dioxide, or other peroxide. Air or oxygen may also be introduced into the mixture. The residues are extracted with hot water, and the combined extracts are worked up as usual into alkali ferrocyanides. Specification No. 3551, A.D. 1876, is referred to.
Patent GB-190610345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Brackets and Cord Holders for Window Blinds & the like
Inventor: SUMMERFIELD FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-03
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 1 0 , 3 4 5 . Summerfield, F. W., and Addison, A. May 3. Cleats or holders.-A cord-grip is made in one piece with the roller bracket of a window blind. A projecting arm c' on the bracket c extends downwards and inwards, bringing a tapered slot d directly under the pulley a<1>. The blind-cord e runs freely through the broad part of the slot, but is automatically drawn and wedged within the narrow portion when the cord is let free. The arm c<1> may be bent inward at right-angles, so that the slot is horizontal instead of being inclined. In this case, the cord is pulled to one side to wedge it.
Patent GB-190619445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Automatically Fastening Railway and like Carriage Doors.
Inventor: HOLMES JAMES
Filed: 1906-08-31
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 19,445. Holmes, J. Aug. 31. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Fastenings, railway and other carriage door.- Railway-carriage and like door fastenings are operated automatically by means of a wind vane carried by a rotatable rod g, Fig. 2. The rotation of the rod rocks an arm f flexibly connected by chains &c. to a vertical -rod d which is also connected to a gravity catch c, pivoted in the door frame and adapted to engage a recess in the door k when the train is in motion. A modified form of bolt is shown in Fig. 3. The rod m carrying the wind vane l also carries a cam n which depresses a spring-bolt q to engage a recess in the top of door. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 6864, A.D. 1885, No. 16,314, A.D. 1891, No. 16,523, A.D. 1899, and No. 27,216, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190623241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculating Machines and the like.
Filed: 1906-10-19
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 23,241. Aktieselskabet Vermehrens Regnemaskiner, and Vermehren, J. Oct. 19. Calculating - apparatus; counting- apparatus.- Relates to calculating-machines of the type in which the number to be added is set up and then registered on all the numeral wheels simultaneously, and in which the tens are carried at the same time as the numbers are registered on the numeral wheels, and consists in providing means for taking up the lost motion which occurs between the gear-wheels of the transfer mechanism. The following known transfer mechanism is described; the wheels a<1>, a<2>, a<3>, of diameters corresponding to the digits set up, are operated by a handle and set up the number on the numeral wheels N', N<2>, N<3>, &c. through the gear-wheels l<1> &c. and d<1> &c., the wheels d<1>, N' being provided with crown-wheels connected by planet pinions e<1> which are carried by arms attached to hubs rotating on the counter spindle. These hubs pass through the wheels d<1> &c., and are connected to toothed wheels g<3> &c. An arrangement is described in which the wheels a' &c. are of equal size, each having a secondary wheel of equal sizes, slidably feathered on the same shaft and adapted to be put in gear with any of nine toothed rings on a rotatable cone. When a " ten " is to be transferred from the wheel N' to N<3>, say, a disk T' attached to the wheel N<2> turns the wheel h<2> through a quarter of a revolution by a Geneva gear. This causes the wheel g<3> to be turned through onetwentieth of a revolution by the wheel i<3>. Thus; a tenth of a revolution is transmitted to the numeral wheel N<3> in addition to that caused by the wheel d<3>. It is found that with several numeral wheels, the accumulated lost motion prevents accurate transferring of the tens right along the series. In one arrangement for taking up this lost motion, the wheels v are put in gear with the wheels g<3> &c., and are frictionally mounted between spring-pressed disks on the shaft u. The shaft u is turned by the handle through wheels x, y, z, the gearing being such as to tend to give the wheels v double the peripheral velocity of that of the wheels g. Hence all lost motion is taken up. In modified arrangements, the wheels x, y, z may be absent, and the wheels v may be spring or weight controlled ; or the wheels v may be directly applied to the wheels N<1>; or the wheels v may be dispensed with, and the counter spindle geared through wheels x, y to revolve more quickly than the numeral wheels, and thus exert a frictional turning-moment on them.
Patent GB-190625814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Spreaders for Distributing Water, applicable to Hose, Cans and other like Vessels.
Inventor: DIBBLE GEORGE CLEMENT
Filed: 1906-11-15
Granted: 1907-11-15
Abstract: 25,814. Dibble, G. C. Nov. 15. Watering-carts.- An adjustable spreader for use with watering-carts and the like comprises a tubular body a with a plate c and port b beneath the plate. A sliding sleeve e, having a cam f engaging with a pin g, regulates the amount of opening of the port b. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 16,605, A.D. 1894.]
Patent GB-190625827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Funnels for Liquids.
Inventor: WATSON ALGERNON CHARLES
Filed: 1906-11-15
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 25,827. Watson, A. C. Nov. 15. Funnels.-A funnel, particularly adapted for use in filling the petrol tanks of motor-vehicles, has a closed body part 1 provided with a nozzle or nozzles 7 and an air inlet 8. The funnel has a gauze strainer 4, and a flexible connexion 5 to a fluted metal stem 6. The nozzle 7 is adapted to be screwed into the nozzle 10 of a petrol can ; if more than one nozzle is provided, the air inlet 8 may be dispensed with. In a modification, the nozzle 7 may be provided with unions, and the flexible stem 5 may be armoured with wire and provided with a washer, the metal stem being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190626341-A (GB)
Title: Improved Shears
Inventor: CRISP JOHN
Filed: 1906-11-21
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 26,341. Crisp, J. Nov. 21. Shears for cutting shrubs, branches, grass, &c. are formed with serrated cutting-edges, as shown in Fig. 1, the blade having a hollow-ground bevel. The depth of the serration is <1>/16 in., and the length from crest to hollow is <3>/4 in.
Patent GB-190700635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Instruments for Measuring the Weight of Steam or other Gas Flowing through a Pipe.
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 635. British Thomson - Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 9. Anemometers.-To measure the quantity of steam or gas flowing through a main, an inclined U-tube in shunt to the main has at its ends small nozzles located in the main, one of which converts the velocity of a portion of the fluid into pressure, while the other causes an ejector action. The difference in pressure in the limbs of the U-tube produces a displacement of the liquid contained therein, and this indicates the flow per second. A steam meter is described. Pipes 2, 3, Fig. 10, connect from the steam main to the meter. At the inner end of the pipe 2 is a flared nozzle facing upstream. The pipe 3 has a suction nozzle, preferably comprising a cylinder 11 containing a conical tube 9 in which is a fixed cone 10 which may rest on the bottom. The meter has a base 12, Fig. 1, with a standard 13 hinged to a bed-plate 14 preferably inclined at about an angle of ten degrees but adjustable by a screw post 15. At each end of the bed-plate is a head 16, 17, and secured to these are side plates 18. The gauge tube preferably contains mercury, and comprises two lengths of glass tubing 19, 20, Fig. 2, connected by a passage in the lower head. The pipes 2, 3 enter a valve-chest 22 containing a double valve which controls both pipes simultaneously, or separate valves with interlocking- mechanism may be used. The tubes 19, 20 open into chambers having overflow ducts for condensed water with regulating-valves. The passage which connects the bores of the gauge tubes has a screw throttling valve for ensuring steady movement of the mercury ; to prevent the mercury from being blown out of the tube, this valve and the steam valve are interlocked so that the latter can be opened or closed only when the former is shut. A cylinder 62 splined on a spindle 72 between the limbs of the U-tube carries a scale of logarithmic curves numbered to indicate pounds of steam flowing per second. The cylinder is moved lengthways by a stud on a shaft in the tube 72 engaging a helical rib fixed inside the cylinder. The shaft is rotated by a hand-wheel 76 until a marker 60 moving with the cylinder coincides with the end of the mercury column in the tube 19. Another marker is moved along the tube 20 and carries a pointer 70. The cylinder 62 is rotatable, and the logarithmic scale is calibrated so that different conditions of superheat, pressure, and temperature may be compensated for. The pipe 11 may be omitted.
Patent GB-190700853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Boot Trees" and the like
Inventor: NICHOLLS HENRY HARKER
Filed: 1907-01-12
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 853. Nicholls, H. H. Jan. 12. Trees and stretchers.-Relates to an adjustable tree in which the heel and toe portions a, g are joined by a bar, which is made in two parts b, c hinged in the middle so as to form a pair of togglelevers. One end of the bar is pivoted to the hollow toe portion a, and the other end is provided with a screw f adapted to be screwed into the heel portion, thus embling the length of the tree to be adjusted.
Patent GB-190702475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shifting Spanners or Wrenches.
Inventor: HARTRIDGE FRANK
Filed: 1907-01-31
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 2475. Hartridge, F., Thorne, T. G., and Rookes, E. Jan. 31. Wrenches. - Comprises constructions of wrenches of the type in which the handle of the upper jaw is enclosed between the sides of the handle of the lower jaw and adjustment is obtained by a pin engaging an external rack on the handle of the upper jaw. Fig. 1 shows a construction in which the handle d of the lower jaw b has a pin f for engaging a rack g, and a pin i moving in a slot h in the handle of the upper jaw. The slot h is wide enough to allow of sufficient play to permit the pin f to clear the teeth of the rack g for adjustment. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the cog-wheel k allows the jaws to be adjusted without being shifted laterally. Further, with this arrangement, the slot h may be dispensed with, and the position of the cog k and rack g may be reversed. In another construction, the slot h is formed with teeth.