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Patent GB-190601286-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bicycle Stand.
Inventor: TILLEY REGINALD
Filed: 1906-01-17
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 1286. Tilley, R. Jan. 17. Stands for supporting a motor or other bicycle with both wheels clear of the ground or with either the front or the back wheel raised. The cranks being horizontal, the pedals are placed upon blocks 8, 9 at the top of uprights 2, 3, supported by inclined stays 4, 5 and inclined crosspieces 6, 7 from a base 1. To hold the machine with both wheels clear of the ground, a hinged fork-piece 15 is turned up to clip the rear-wheel tyre and rim at 19, whik, by rotation of the bicycle about the axle bearings without release of the clip, the piece 15 may be lowered into the plane of the base and there secured by a cross-pin passed through holes 23, so that the rear wheel is brought down to the ground and the front wheel raised. On release of the clip 19, the bicycle may be turned to bring.the front wheel to a clip 24. As shown in Fig. 6, the clip 19 or 24 comprises a U-piece to one limb of which is hinged a cross-bar 20 having a reduced end 28 adapted to be sprung into a hole 29 or 30. If desired, both ends of the base may have a jointed fork-piece 15.
Patent GB-190612890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Heaters for Domestic and similar Fire Places or Grates.
Inventor: CRAVEN ERNEST
Filed: 1906-06-02
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 12,890. Craven, E. June 2. Heating water.- A boiler for a domestic fire-grate is constructed with back and front horizontal p i p e s a, e, forming distributing and drawoff pipes, connected by a series of parallel pipes i. In a modification, the pipe e is carried horizontally to the back and the discharge pipe f fitted to it there as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In a further modification, the pipes i are carried up at the back as well as at the front, and the horizontal pipe a is on a level with the pipe e. Bars h are fitted in each case under the tubes to act as feet.
Patent GB-190615506-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Production of Coloured Photographs.
Inventor: WAGNER JOHN
Filed: 1906-07-09
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 15,506. Wagner, J. July 9. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Printing in several colours.-Relates to the production of coloured photographs. The back of the sensitized photo-printing paper is printed in colours from blocks prepared from the negative, the picture is then printed and fixed on the face side in the ordinary way, and, finally, the paper is rendered transparent so that the colours show through on the face side.
Patent GB-190621097-A (GB)
Title: Machine for the Automatic Insertion of Glass Balls into Bottle Necks.
Inventor: WIESEHOMEIER FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1906-09-22
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 21,097. Wiesehomeier, F. Sept. 22. Bottle necks, making.-In a machine for delivering glass ball stoppers singly into the necks of bottles, the bottle is placed against an abutment l on a carriage g and moved forward to the position shown. This rocks a lever i, j, connected with the carriage g, and causes the simultaneous withdrawal of a shutter e and insertion of a shutter d on a pipe, down which the balls a descend from a hopper b. The balls are kept from jamming by an agitating-finger k<1> attached to the armj.
Patent GB-190621104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Biscuit Boxes and the like
Inventor: JACCARD LOUIS EUGENE
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1907-09-24
Abstract: 21,104. Jaccard, L. E. Sept. 24. Biscuit boxes.- Metallic biscuit boxes are combined with musical instruments, placed in separate compart - ments. When the lid is opened, the cord i connected to it moves the detent g, so that the instrument is allowed to be set in motion by a spring motor. The detent may be operated from the outside of the box by the cord i<1> or by a lever arrangement, or it may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190627846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flushing Cisterns.
Inventor: SAUR GEORGES
Filed: 1906-12-06
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 27,846. Saur, G. Dec. 6. Water - waste preventers, valve - discharge. In flushing-cisterns of the kind described in Specification No. 11,502, A..D. 1906, improved means, comprising a single valve, are provided for controlling the supply of water to the cistern. When the chain is pulled, the weight E is thrown over into the position shown by the dotted lines, the valve X is pressed against the seat Y, and the lever F liberates the valve B, which thereupon admits water to the cistern. At a certain water level, higher or lower accordiug as the connexion Q is slack or tight, the valve is opened by the pressure of water, and the closet is flushed. The chain Q is adjusted by a screw device M.
Patent GB-190701000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bolt-action Rifles
Filed: 1907-01-15
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 1000. Birmingham Small Arms Co., Driver, A. H. M., and Norman, G. Jan. 15 Breech-actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to bolt actions in which the bolt head has a screw connexion with the body of the bolt and does not rotate when the body is rotated for locking. The invention is especially applicable to bolt actions which are adapted for miniature ammunition by forming the bolt head of smaller diameter than the body of the bolt and providing a corresponding small groove or race-way iu the receiver. Fig. 4 is a plan of the bolt head, and Fig. 8 an elevation of the extractor end of the bolt end. Two cartridge extractors d<2>, d<3> are provided. The smooth rectilineal movement of the bolt head is secured by ribs e, e<1> on the bolt head working in corresponding grooves in the race-way of the receiver.
Patent GB-190705028-A (GB)
Title: Shuttle Box for Looms with Side Change of Spools.
Inventor: JOHANNES GABLER
Filed: 1907-03-01
Abstract: 5028. Gabler, J. March 1, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Drawings to Specification. Loom shuttles, changing bobbins in, automatically; shuttle boxes; shuttles.-In automatic looms, in which the bobbin change is effected in an horizontal direction, the top of the shuttle box is open, so that the stroke of the picker is in the vertical plane through the axis of the shuttle for both over-pick and under-pick looms. In underpick looms, the picking - stick works in a slot in the lay beam. One wall, preferably the front wall of the shuttle box, is inclined inwards, so that the box is narrower above than below, whereby the escape of the correspondingly-formed shuttle is prevented. A guiding-cheek may be secured to the back of the box above the shuttle, and the usual openings in the front and back of the shuttle box extend only the length of the bobbin in the shuttle.
Patent GB-190705954-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Fountain Comb for Applying Liquids to the Hair.
Inventor: BINSTED JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1907-03-12
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 5954. Binsted, J. T., and Heinrich, A. March 12. Combs, hair.-A fountain comb for applying liquids to the hair has a hollow back a having wide slits c between the teeth. The slits are covered by a strip d of absorbent material, which is pressed down by a perforated metal strip e. The reservoir handle f and the comb are both detachably connected to a union piece g fitted with a controlling-valve h.
Patent GB-190707362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Lamps.
Inventor: HUMPHREY ALFRED HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-27
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 7362. Humphrey, A. H. June 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent gas lamps ; lighting and extinguishing gas ; globe holders. - The burners S are arranged around a central chimney A, through a base flange A' of which they project. Gas is supplied down tubes B, B<1> to a cock casing C, thence up a tube D to a ring D' carrying the nipples d to which the burners are screwed. The chimney has lugs a held in position between adjustable collars a', a'. The casing G is slotted to accommodate the cock casing, and can slide upwards and be retained raised by a hinged arm b<1> for getting at the burners ; the arm b<1> rests on an adjustable collar b on the tube B<1>. The screwed nipple T can be removed through the air holes when the screwed regulating-sleeve S' is opened. The globe-holding ring F is hinged at f and is secured by a thumbnut g<1>. The main cock C' is operated by a spring- controlled lever H through a ratchet clutch I, I<1>, such that successive pulls on a chain H<11> turn the gas on and off alternately ; a stop h limits the motion of the lever ; an indicator J shows the position of the cock C'. The pilot cock 0 has a spring-controlled lever K, which is operated by a pin h<1> on the lever H when this lever reaches the end of its course, whereby the pilot flame is flashed at the right moment for lighting the main burner. A small side passage regulated by a screw q maintains a small permanent flame at the pilot L<1>. By positioning the cocks as shown, they are not heated by the lamp and can be easily manipulated, while at the same time they serve as a trap for any solids of condensation. Specifiation No. 17,836, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190712459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Colour Screen or Filter Holders for use with Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: HUNTER EDGAR SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-05-29
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 12,459. Hunter, E. S. May 29. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Magic-lantern apparatus.-A lens fitting for holding different sizes of dry screens or filters composed of liquids, and adjustable for lenses of different sizes, consists of a frame A, Figs. 1 and 3, provided on one side with means for attaching it to a lens or prism and on the other side with means for supporting and retaining the screen or filter in position. Four pairs of U-shaped arms are provided at each corner. The front arms C provide for securing adjustable clamping-jaws B<1>. These are mounted on transverse bars B and adjusted by milled nuts b<1>. The rear arms F, G support bars d, e with turned-up lips D, E, holding the screen or filter, and are retained between springs f and milled screws g. The jaws B<1> are removable from the bars B, and are shaped according to the instrument or mount to which they are attached.
Patent GB-190717821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes of and Apparatus for Preparing Effervescing Baths.
Inventor: SARASON LEOPOLD
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 17,821. Sarason, L. Aug. 6. Drawings to Specification. Baths.-Effervescent bath water is produced by passing an electric current between alternate electrodes arranged upon the bottom of the bath and separated by insulating-material. A wooden grating or the like is placed over the electrodes.
Patent GB-190726206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriers for Cameras, Parcels and the like.
Inventor: LAVENDER CHARLES
Filed: 1907-11-27
Granted: 1908-11-27
Abstract: 26,206. Lavender, C. Nov. 27. Equipments. - A parcel or camera is carried between two T-shaped flaps, one, d, Fig. 2, placed on the top of the camera, and another below, the latter being bent at right-angles to form a better support. A single vertical strap b, Figs. 2 and 3, adjustable in length, connects the peaks of the flaps on one side of the camera, and two other similar straps k connect the flat edges on the other side. A loop n transmits the .weight of the article to a strap o, and so to shoulder straps r having swivel hooks s at the end fastening on to loops m on the bottom flap f.
Patent GB-190728125-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stiffening Cap for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: HEIDENREICH PAUL
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 28,125. Heidenreich, P. Dec. 20. Stiffeners.-A toe stiffener is formed of a layer b, consisting of a mixture of celluloid, acetone, alcohol, and powdered horn, bone. and leather, arranged between two drill or cloth layers a.
Patent GB-190800379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brackets for Curtain Rods and Stair Rods.
Inventor: HERBERT ARTHUR GRAFTON
Filed: 1908-01-07
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 379. Herbert, A. G. Jan. 7. Brackets; stair-rod eyes and fastenings.-Brackets for curtain-rods and stair-rods comprise a part A made with prongs 1, 2, a stop 3, an arc-shaped hinged part B having projections 4, 5 engaging perforated ears 6, 7 formed on the part A, and means for fastening the part B in the closed position. A projecting part 9 of the part B is adapted to ride along, and to snap under the end of a hooked lip 8, which is raised out of the part A ; the projections 10, 11, between which the lip 8 fits, prevent lateral displacement of the part B. A raised projection 12 is preferably provided, to receive the pressure of the finger in releasing the catch 9. The plate A may be bent as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, to enable it to be fitted in the angle of a window or stair.
Patent GB-190805265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Turning Over the Leaves of Music and the like.
Inventor: BEVERIDGE JAMES
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 5265. Beveridge, J. March 9. Leaf-turners.-A leaf-turner comprises a pulley a mounted on a spindle b and adapted to be rotated by a cord c against the action of a spring d. The end of the spring d is bent upwards at d<1> and enters a hole in the spindle b. The leaf-turning arms are mounted by means of sockets on projections e<2>, f<2>, which form part of frames e, f secured to collars e<1>, f<1> freely mounted on the spindle b. The arms g are of transparent celluloid, are jointed at g<2>, and carry clips g<3> at their outer ends. When the cord c is pulled, a projection a<1> of the pulley a engages a projection e<3> of the frame e and turn3 over a leaf. The frame f is tarne by a trip a<2> pivoted to the boss of the pulley a and normally pressed downwards by a spring a<3> to engage the lower inturned portion of the frame f. On the rotation of the first arm an inclined arm e<4> on the frame e engages the trip and raises the end of it clear of the arm f. When the pulley returns to its normal position, the trip drops into engagement with the frame f. The trip a<2> might also be arranged to engage both of the carrier frames. The cord c is operated by a treadle h, Fig. 1, preferably formed by splitting a tube. One end of the treadle rests on the floor, and the other end is connected by links h' to a spring-controlled sleeve h<2> sliding on the stand pillar k and having attached to it the cord c which passes through the guide t and over a pulley i mounted in a bracket i<1> supported by a sleeve i<2>. The sleeve i<2> is adjustable by means of a set-screw i<3>. The spindle b of the leaf-turner fits in a tube l which is secured to the upper and lower bars of the music stand by means of sliding clips l<2>, l<3>. In order to attach the leaf-turner to a pianoforte, a stand is employed comprising a telescopic arm n and a telescopic pillar o, the arm being supported by a strut o' pivoted at o<2> and having a fork o<3> resting on a collar. The pedal h, which is attached to the pillar by means of a link, is connected to a sleeve h<2> on the pillar by means of a cord. A screw pin p, provided with a thumbpiece, enters the pillar o and rests at its lower end in a foot q. A bracket s attached to the pillar is engaged beneath the piano ; as this bracket has a certain amount of elasticity, on tightening the pin p the pillar is moved so as to force a padded distancepiece r<1> against the side of the piano. In a modified arrangement for a grand piano, the pedal is connected to the sleeve h<2> by a link, and a bracket engaging beneath the key-board is employed instead of the distance-piece r<1> and bracket s.
Patent GB-190806333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Cutting Up Boiler Flues, Boiler Shells, or the like Cylinders or Tubes.
Inventor: SCOTT WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-03-21
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 6333. Scott, W. March 21. Shearing.-A machine for cutting boiler shells and flues, tubes, &c. into scrap has reciprocating cutters coacting with stationary cutters, and is provided with foot-operated clutch mechanism. An eccentric-operated slide E carries three cutters F, F, G, the cutter G being shaped to take the curved surface of the work J, Fig. 4 ; these cutters coact with fixed cutters P, P, R on the bed, and the piece cut out passes through a space L. The work is guided through a machine by rollers 15, and to prevent the slot cut out from fouling the frame A of the machine, the cutters are arranged to cut out a dovetail slot, Fig. 7. A stripper H, Fig. 1, prevents the work from rising with the cutters. The shaft C is driven through a foot-operated clutch U ; and when the clutch is disengaged, the shaft is always stopped so that the slide E is at the top of its stroke by providing a friction sleeve 5 on the driving-wheel which turns the shaft until a recess 7 engages a bolt 8 and thus locks the shaft. The cutters F are provided with heels F<1>, which act as stops for feeding the work and also guide the cutters.
Patent GB-190808371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Engines.
Inventor: STUMPF JOHANN
Filed: 1908-04-15
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 8371. Stumpf, J. April 15. Cylinder jackets; pistons.-In a terminal-exhaust engine the cylinder is heated in the neighbourhood of the inlet valves by a jacket formed with the cover, and is cooled in the neighbourhood of the exhaust ports by an annular exhaust passage. The covers b, c are formed with extensions q which form part of the cylinder walls, and the piston is formed with corresponding projections s of reduced diameter. The exhaust pipe f forms a belt round the cylinder in the neighbourhood of the exhaust ports g.
Patent GB-190809677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boat Chocks and like Supporting Gear
Inventor: TANNING LEWIS
Filed: 1908-05-04
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 9677. Tanning, L., and Ryan, W. J. May 4. Boat-supporting gear.-The chocks 14, Fig. 2, are supported by a rock-shaft 12, which also carries hooks 17 engaging the ends of the gripping chains 18, and a fork 23 with a roller 22 situated under the keel 8. When the handles 13 are turned down, the chocks are moved away from the boat, the forks lifting the boat and freeing the chains 18 from the hooks 17. The weight of the boat tends to keep the forks 23 against stops 21, Fig. 3, when the parts are in their normal position.
Patent GB-190809982-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Manufacture of Transparent or Opague Non-inflammable Plastic Substances and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: ASSADAS SIMON
Filed: 1908-05-07
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 9982. Assadas, S. May 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Nitrocellulose.-Cellulose is nitrated by means of the apparatus shown. A series of closed stoneware vessels p,p<1> are suspended above a hot-water tank c by means of stirrup-frames s, cords o, and pulleys i; the covers v of the vessels are suspended by cords d passing over pulleys fixed to the frames s ; each vessel is provided with a cock r and each cover is provided with a funnel e. The vessels are first placed in the tank c, their covers are raised and baskets containing the cellulose are introduced. The vessel p, say, is filled with nitric and sulphuric acids, and after nitration has taken place, the vessel is raised as shown, and there is screwed on a pipe t which ends in a mouthpiece surmounted by a funnel a. This mouthpiece is introduced into the funnel e of the vessel p<1>, the cock r of the vessel p is opened and the acid is drained into the vessel p<1>, fresh acid being also introduced through the funnel a. The pipe t is unscrewed and the vessel p is tilted to cause its contents to fall into a washing-tank. The process is then repeated.
Patent GB-190816550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lifting Jacks.
Inventor: BARBOU GASTON
Filed: 1908-08-05
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 16,550. Barbou, G. Jan. 6, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lifting - jacks. - A telescopic rack - andpinion lifting - jack consists essentially of two toothed racks, one of which slides in the other and carries the lifting - head. The outer or lower rack so co-operates with the inner one that, upon the arrival of the latter at the end of its course, it is connected to the lower rack by an automatic locking - device, the motion being continued by the simultaneous engagement of the latter rack. The racks are driven by a common pinion, resting in elongated openings in the frame and preferably operated by a worm gear as described in Specification No. 7082, A.D. 1899. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 illustrate different stages in the process of raising, and Fig. 6 is a section at 6-6 of Fig. 2. Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively sections at 2-2 and 3-3 of Fig. 6. In the lowermost position, the driving-pinion f is only in engagement with the upper rack e, the lower rack d presenting only a recessed part d'. The rack e carries a pin e<2>, which works in a slot d3 of the rack d and effects the engagement of the rack d with the pinion f when the rack e has run its course. At the same moment, the racks are locked together by the pinion i, which is carried in elongated openings j in the jaws h of the rack d. Before the rack d is raised, the pinion i rests in the slots k, Fig. 4, of the casing a, so that its teeth cannot engage with the recesses j<1>, Fig. 2. The pinion is thus free to rotate in the slots k during the ascent of the rack e, but when the rack d begins to ascend, a pawl m with tooth m<3> causes the pinion i to turn so that a tooth is forced into the notches j<1>, thus positively looking the racks together, Fig. 3. The rising movement of jaws h at the same time allows the pawl m to be forced to the right by the pinion i against the action of the spring m<1>, and the upward movement can continue. In the descent, the racks will be disengaged automatically when the pinion i is allowed to rest in the slots of the casing, at which time the first tooth of the rack e comes into engagement with the pinion f. Further downward movement tends to exert an upward pressure on the rack e and raise the pinion f in its bearings. This rising movement is, however, prevented by the surface n<1> of the finger n pivoted at l, so that the pinion is disengaged from the slots j<1> and the rack e continues its descent. For the purpose of rapid descent a lever pivoted at o is provided, which withdraws the piece n by means of a finger o<2> and raises the pinion f, thus disengaging the worm-wheel g, Fig. 6, from its worm.
Patent GB-190819656-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Apparatus for Slaking Lime.
Inventor: SCHULTHESS WALTER
Filed: 1908-09-18
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 19,656. Schulthess, W. Sept. 18. Lime is slaked by water and steam in chambers provided with lift or rotary valves that prevent any appreciable reduction of steam pressure during the charging and discharging of the lime. In a slaking-apparatus of this type the inlet chamber 2, Fig. 1, is shut off from the outer air, a valve 10 is closed, and steam is admitted to a cylinder 1. The chamber 2 is connected with the atmosphere by a three-way cock 9, and lime is then charged in at an opening 7. A cover or motor-operated valve at 7 is then closed and the cock 9 is turned so as to connect the chamber 2 to the cylinder 1. A motor 13 then opens a valve 6, and the lime passes to a rotating sieve 18, which may contain bullets for breaking up the lime and is provided with ribs 19, where it meets with water from a shaft 15 &c. The water and the steam generated slake the lime, which then travels on towards a chamber 3. A motor 14 operates the valves 10, 11 so that the lime falls into the chamber 3 and is thence discharged. In another form of apparatus of this type, lime is admitted at a hopper 22, Fig. 2, and is fed in by a recessed cylinder 24, Figs. 2 and 3, and passed forwards by a worm 28. A water sprinkler 38 moistens the lime, which then enters a cylinder 21, to which steam is admitted under pressure at a valve 35. The lime travels on to a recessed cylinder 32 from which it passes to a screw-conveyer 34. A jacket may be provided and put in connexion with the enclosed cylinder, and the quicklime may be preheated.