baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-190429077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps
Inventor: BURGUM JOHN
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 29,077. Burgum, J. Dec. 30. Centrifugal pumps; screw pumps.-Relates to pumps of the type described in Specification No. 8382, A.D. 1901, in which a revolving drum forces the liquid by means of helicoidal and spiral surfaces. A number of such drums m, m<1>, m', m<3> are mounted upon a shaft 20 and rotate within a casing A so as to draw water from the suction pipe 2 and discharge it through the delivery pipe d. One of these drums is shown enlarged in Fig. 4, and consists of a cylindrical portion 6, upon the surface of which is formed the spiral passages 19, and a curved portion 7 which enables the water to flow onwards to the semicircular ports P, P<1> giving entry to the corresponding spiral passages of the next drum. The flanges 8 work in corre- sponding grooves 8<1> formed in the outer casing A, which is also made up of several elements, and the end drum m<3> is provided with a second flange 32, and is formed with a disc-shaped end 33 which works in a chamber e in communication with the suction pipe 2. In this manner, end thrust is avoided. Diaphragms l, Fig. 2, are provided in order to prevent the liquid from travelling in a circular path owing to friction. The positions of the drums can be adjusted by means of a nut 22.
Patent GB-190500487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horseshoe Calks and Methods of Making the same.
Inventor: MILLS BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD
Filed: 1905-01-10
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 487. Mills, B. J. B., [Neverslip Manufacturing Co.]. Jan. 10. Making horseshoes.-A horseshoe calk is made by swaging a soft steel body A, Fig. 2, into contact with a central hard steel core B, by subjecting to pressure between dies. A short cylinder of soft steel c, Fig. 6, is first subjected to the action of a punch, by which it is slightly tapered at one end and receives a central depression which serves for the next operation of drilling a hole f partly through the cylinder. The pin B, made with a laterally-enlarged portion g at the bottom, and also a longitudinal groove h, by pressing hard steel wire between dies, is inserted in the hole f and the whole subjected to the action of dies C, D so as to produce a calk of the form shown in Fig. 7. The shank of the calk is then screw-threaded and the other end finished off to a point, after which the calk is tempered. The groove in the pin does not become completely closed under the action of the dies, so that a vent is left for escape of air or gases during tempering. The groove also serves to prevent the pin from rotating in the body of the calk.
Patent GB-190501098-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Wheels, Pullies and Rollers.
Inventor: STUBBS WILLIAM ASBRIDGE
Filed: 1905-01-20
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 1098. Stubbs, W. A. Jan. 20. Wooden rollers and d drums.- Rollers have the body and tread composed of a series of wooden segments A clamped between side plates, shown in Fig. 7. provided with ribs or studs G engaging with the wood of the segments. One of the plates is integral with the hub, and the whole wheel is clamped by transverse bolts or rivets L.
Patent GB-190501989-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Protectors for Heels of Boots and Shoes
Inventor: HORTON CHARLES PHILIP
Filed: 1905-02-01
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 1989. Horton, C. P. Feb. 1. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Heel l protectors.- One or more plugs G of leather are embedded in the material of a "rubberet" or like tip E, to remove or reduce the lateral strain on its flanges F. These plugs, which may extend either partially or wholly through the material, are rigidly secured to the top-lift of the heel.
Patent GB-190503071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BUDDICOM HARRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-27
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 3071. Buddicom, H. W. March 27. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in and governing. The vaporizer chamber i is circular, or approximately circular, in plan, and is co-axial with and surmounted by a similarly-shaped but preferably smaller mixing-chamber a. Air from the atmosphere, or under pressure, is admitted by ports c, and blows oil that has been deposited on the valve d, from the passage h, into the mixing- chamber, to which atmospheric or compressed air is admitted by tangential holes b which set up a whirling motion. Several oil-holes may be used if desired. The passage from the chamber a to the chamber i is controlled by a mushroom valve l adjustable by a lever n having a cam-faced or inclined head o. Or the valve may be closed by a spring adjustable externally.
Patent GB-190503882-A (GB)
Title: A Chair Litter for Military and other Purposes.
Inventor: KIRPATRICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-02-24
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 3882. Kirkpatrick, W. Feb. 24. Litters, ambulance.-A chair litter for military and other purposes comprises two bamboo rods A, to which is sewn a sack or ration bag B to form a seat. The rods are kept apart by a stay C, and are provided at each end with braces D of webbing adapted to pass over the shoulders of the bearers and to be tied to loops E secured to the poles. Two side pieces F of webbing are tied to the shoulder braces and carry cross-pieces G, so as to form a square in which the wounded man is supported, the side pieces F being passed under his arms as in Fig. 3. A foot-rest K is also attached to the poles ; straps L, M serve to secure the man's rifle &c. to the litter. The braces D are provided with pieces J of sbeepskin so that the wool rests on the shoulders of the bearers. When empty, the litter may be rolled up and slung across the back, the straps F being used to secure the whole together and to form a shoulder sling.
Patent GB-190504594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Coin-sorting and Change-giving Apparatus.
Inventor: LAING PATRICK
Filed: 1905-03-06
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 4594. Laing, P. March 6. Money - delivering apparatus. - A series of hinged plates 35, one for each denomination of coin to be given in change, are connected to a series of weighted levers 81 by means of intermediate levers 45 and links 42, 80, so that normally they retain a coin or two each. By means of keys 54 bearing pronged coupling-bars 88, any required combination of the links between the levers can be disengaged from the corresponding intermediate levers, so that they follow a re-setting bail 67, which, having been previously raised, is now lowered by a crank and connecting-rod 64 65. The connected plates accordingly tip their coins down a slope 44. The crank is operated either by hand or by a spring motor under the control of an escapement, of which the triangular anchor 48 is worked by the key. The plates are replenished with coins by means of an endless elevator 28 having long trays, which raises coins of each denomination and discharges them down shoots 36, made continuous by the plates. The elevator is operated from the connecting-rod. Coins, separating.-The coins descend through a tier of superposed troughs 3 having their bottoms formed by narrow gratings of successively shorter interval, and these troughs are overturned to tip their contents into another set connected by slopes 12. The second set are tipped to discharge them into contracting shoots 13, which have their discharging-ends in a line along a guide 27. Sovereigns and halfsovereigns may be separated by a separate pair of cradles at the mouth 89 of the shoot 90.
Patent GB-190506372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Note Sheet Winding and Controlling Mechanism for Musical Instruments
Inventor: DAVIS GEORGE HOWLETT
Filed: 1905-03-25
Granted: 1906-03-24
Abstract: 6372. Davis, G. H. March 25. Automatic instruments.-In the tune-sheet winding-mechanism shown, the take-up roll 4 is provided with the flange 17, or clutch element, and the rotatable clutch element 22, which is driven from the pinion 12 through the pulley 7 and wheel gearing, is loose on the shaft 13, so that, by the pivoted hand-lever 27, the oparator may disengage the clutch elements and stop the movement of the tune-sheet, without stopping the driving-mechanism. On the threaded portion 19 of the shaft 13 is screwed the abutment 20 for the spring 26, which spring normally forces the clutch element 22 into engagement with the flange element 17. When it is desired to prolong a note, or chord, for a definite period, the operator swings the lever 27 to throw the clutch faces out of operative relation.
Patent GB-190512861-A (GB)
Title: Adjustment Device for Motor Regulators.
Inventor: JOERGENSEN LAUERITZ THOMAS
Filed: 1905-06-21
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 12,861. J÷rgensen, L. T. June 22, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Load on, adjusting.-In a device for altering the compression of a governor spring while in action, the governor shaft a, Fig. 2, carries a sleeve e with two oppositely-inclined slots, and the shaft itself has a diametral slot b. A sliding collar m, arranged to be shifted by hand, is mounted on the sleeve e, and a bolt k passes through the collar and the slots. Thus the sliding of the collar along the sleeve e causes the latter to rotate on the shaft a, and thereby effects an alteration in the compression of the governor spring j, Fig. 1, through the medium of the arm g, carried by the projection f.
Patent GB-190515102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double Seaming Machines for Square or Oblong Cans having Solid Corners for Holding Petroleum, Petrol Kerosene and the like.
Inventor: RHODES CHARLES JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-07-22
Granted: 1906-07-21
Abstract: 15,102. Rhodes, C. J. July 22. Metal, sheet, seaming and joining.-Machines of the type described in Specifications No. 17,851, A.D. 1902, and No. 6257, A.D. 1904, for seaming the ends on to square or oblong cans in two stokes, have the jaws arranged so that no recesses are made in the supporting-plate. The cam K is placed on the plate 1, the edges of the sheet metal being supported on the portions 26 of the slides, and on the slides 5 moving the portions 24 of the jaws into contact with the edges of the sheet metal, the latter are bent round. The supporting-plate is then raised and the flat portions 25 of the jaws flatten the seams.
Patent GB-190515112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Attachments for Water Heaters and the like.
Inventor: HELAS CHARLES
Filed: 1905-07-22
Granted: 1906-07-21
Abstract: 15,112. Helas, C. July 22. Actuating valves.-The spindle of the gas valve of a water-heater is connected to the spindle of the water-supply valve, which is operated by the pressure of incoming water. Cold water enters a bend m fitted to the casing b of the water - supply valve, raises a piston b<1>, and passes to the heater by way of perforations b<4>, b<5> in a cylinder b<3> in which the piston works. The spindle c of the water - supply valve passes through the bend m and is connected to the spindle d of the gas valve, so that, when the piston of the watersupply valve is raised, the plug a<1> of the gas valve, which is provided with a leather washer a<2> and which is normally held closed by a spring a<4>, is also raised. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications Nos. 23,491 and 25,515, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Heating].]
Patent GB-190515131-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pad or Fitting for Boots, Shoes, and other Footgear, to Prevent Wear of the Stocking, Sock, or the like.
Inventor: FAULKNER DORA
Filed: 1905-07-22
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 15,131. Faulkner, D. July 22. Socks.-To prevent the boot or shoe from rubbing a hole in the heel of the stocking, sock, &c., it is fitted with a pad a made of felt, cloth, silk, &c., stuffed with cotton, wool, or like material. The pad is secured in place by hooks and eyes b, c, Fig. 2, or by spring studs which snap into holes in metal plates fixed inside the heel of the boot.
Patent GB-190516868-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Portable Stretcher Couch Hammock or Chair.
Inventor: THOMSON HEDLEY JEFFREYS
Filed: 1905-08-21
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 16,868. Thomson, H. J. Aug. 21. Litters, ambulance.-Relates to a folding frame which supports a hammock cloth and may be arranged for use as an ambulance litter. Fig. 1 shows the frame opened for use and Fig. 2 shows a plan of it when folded. A rectangular base frame A is provided with feet a, a<1> and has frames B, C pivoted thereto at b, c respectively. The cloth m is connected at one end to a loose spar E and passes under the frame A, through slots in the cross-bars of the frames C, B, in the manner shown, and is connected at the other end to the base A. The spar E is connected to the frame A by a cord or strap n, arranged as shown, and serves to adjust the effective length of the cloth m. The arrangement of the cloth through the cross-bars of the frames B, C serves to lock the structure in position when loaded, but allows of the adjustment of the frames B, C when the load is removed. The cloth may be prevented from slipping beyond a certain limit by a stop fixed thereto. In modifications, the spar E may be dispensed with, the end of the cloth being attached to the rope n or to the base A ; in some positions of adjustment, the cloth may simply pass over the cross-bars of the frames B, C, a clamping-device being provided, if desired. When the frames B, C are set at a low inclination, the device may also serve as a seat, couch, or hammock, or, by the attachment of wheels, as an ambulance vehicle. A reclining-chair is obtained by setting one frame at a high and the other at a low inclination ; also the arrangement may serve as a tressle for supporting a table top or a mattress. According to the Provisional Specification, the device may be arranged to form a canvas table for camp or deck use or for card games.
Patent GB-190518668-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Golf Balls.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM
IPC: A63B37/00
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 18,668. Taylor, W. Sept. 15. Balls.-To improve the flight of a golf ball, the surface of a covered or solid ball a, Fig. 1, is formed with a number of shallow isolated cavities b, which are substantially circular in plan and evenly distributed. The cavity walls are steep at their lips, and may be of an inverted truncated cone shape with a flat bottom, as in Fig. 3, but preferably the bottoms are concave, as in Fig. 5, and the re-entrant angle is rounded as at c, so that the section is nearly semi-elliptical. The whole of the surface of the ball between the cavities may be spherical ; or the parts surrounding the cavities may be sloped inwardly, as in Fig. 5, and rounded off or not as desired. As applied to cored balls, the structure is stated to be adapted to increase the tensile strength of the core.
Patent GB-190521835-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Tunnelling.
Inventor: SEE JAMES WARING
Filed: 1905-10-26
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 21,835. See, J. W. Oct. 26. Excavating, methods of.-In a method of tunnelling under streets, without causing stoppage of traffic, an auxiliary tunnel is constructed below the floor level of the proposed main tunnel, which is driven from rises connected with the auxiliary tunnel by short transverse branches. The auxiliary tunnel 7 is first constructed, and a branch 9 and a rise 10 to the roof height of the main tunnel are then driven. A drift is made from the rise 10 the width of the main tunnel 3, which is driven from the two faces presented, and is supported by beams 4, 5. The spoil is removed by a lift 11 protected by a housing 12, and is conveyed through the auxiliary tunnel 7. There may be a number of branches and rises in order to drive the tunnel from several pairs of faces. In some cases switch branches may be driven in place of the transverse branches 9. On completion of the main tunnel, the auxiliary tunnel may be used for passenger traffic.
Patent GB-190527191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paddle Propellers for Boats.
Inventor: SEARLE HERMAN SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-12-29
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 27,191. Searle, H. S. Dec. 29. Paddle-wheels, feathering. A series of paddles is mounted on rotatable spindles c in the enlarged head of a shaft. This shaft revolves in a casing A, the outer end of which is belled out to form two concentric half-rings g, i separated by spaces k, the larger g having an inner supporting-ring h of the same diameter as the ring i. The spindles c carry short rectangular bars n, o at right-angles to one another, which as the shaft is rotated are brought to bear against the cam-rings g, i in turn, and give the paddles a quarter-turu as each space k is passed, thus alternately presenting the faces and edges of the paddles to the water. Two or more pairs of such paddle-wheels may be used, and are preferably actuated by means of sprocket-wheels; such wheels on the two sides may be turned in opposite directions for steering.
Patent GB-190603837-A (GB)
Title: Device for Securing Flexible Seating of Camp Stools and like Seats.
Inventor: LEES THOMAS
Filed: 1906-02-16
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 3837. Lees, T. Feb. 16. Seats and stools.-Camp stools and like seats, such as are described in Specification No. 1042, A.D. 1904, have the flexible seating or carpeting B secured to split tubes A forming part of the frame of the stool. The seating is led into the slit tube, round a bar C in the tube, and then out and round the tube, as in Fig. 1. Where a double seat is required, the central support is also a split tube, the seating being attached thereto in a similar way, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190606216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Luminous Electric-bell Indicators and Contact Makers for use therewith.
Inventor: MILDE CHARLES
Filed: 1906-03-14
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 6216. MildÚ, C., Courtant, A., Minvielle, E., and MildÚ, C., [trading as Soc. C. MildÚ fils et Cie]. March 14, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Indicators or annunciators.-Relates to a luminous electric-bell indicator and to bell pushes for use therewith. Fig. 1 shows the construction of the push, and Fig. 2 the circuit arrangements of the bell and lamps. The pole-pieces 6, 7 of the magnet 2 have silver contacts 8, 9, adapted to engage similar contacts on the armature 10, which also carries a contact to engage with a contact on the button 19. When the button 19 is pressed, the circuit of the bell 27, magnet 2, and corresponding lamp 22 is completed. When the button is released, the bell circuit is broken, but the magnet 2 maintains its own circuit and that of the lamp 22. This circuit may be broken at the indicating-station by depression of the push 26. The lamps 22 are contained in reflecting compartments 21 of the glazed cabinet 20. To prevent diffusion of the light from one compartment to the other, the sides of each compartment are provided with strips of rubber, against which the glass fits tightly.
Patent GB-190609393-A (GB)
Title: Electroplating Apparatus
Inventor: HOMMEDIEU ARTHUR WILLIAM L
Filed: 1906-04-21
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 9393. L'Hommedieu, A. W. April 22,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Rumbles, tumbling-barrels, and the like.-In a barrel apparatus for electro-plating small articles, the barrel 5, which carries the articles, electrodes, and plating-solution, is mounted in an inclined position in a frame 26<1> by means of a shaft attached to and projecting from its bottom. A bevel-wheel 31 on the shaft engages gearing on a spindle 33, enabling the barrel to be rotated from a pulley 34. The frame 26<1> is journaled in a standard 25, the axis being in alinement with the spindle 33, so that by means of links 35, 36 the inclination of the barrel may be adjusted. The tumbling effect is amplified by increasing the inclination, and the articles are stated to be polished during the plating process.
Patent GB-190613172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reflector Mountings for Electric Incandescent Lamps and the like.
Inventor: DRUSEIDT PAUL
Filed: 1906-06-07
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 13,172. Druseidt, P. June 7. Reflectors for incandescent electric lamps are extended cylindrically at their upper ends to take insulating holders, which are fixed by screws. The cylindrical portiun may be detachable or in one piece with the rest, and may be open at the top or wholly or partly closed. The lamp is hung from a loop or hook attached to the reflector or holder, or to a nipple carried by one of these. A shelter roof may be provided.
Patent GB-190617927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Concrete or Concrete Steel Bridges and other Structures.
Inventor: STRAUSS JOSEPH BAERMAN
Filed: 1906-08-09
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 17,927. Strauss, J. B. Aug. 9. Bridges; girders ; reinforced concrete.-A concrete bridge or other structure, shown in plan in Fig. 1, is built up of previously-made cellular sections A<2>, A<3>, &c. forming the ribs or girders, and transverse diaphragms C, all of which are united when assembled, and finally filled in with concrete. Fig. 3 shows a sectional elevation taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 1. Each element is reinforced at the top by bars D, which are connected at intervals by stirrups D' and overlap at the ends, as shown in plan in Fig. 6, so as to be connecied by bolts G and distance-pieces G<1>. The bottoms of the stirrups are wired to longitudinal rods, and short overlapping jointing- bars D<4>, Fig. 3, are connected by bolts G<2>. The walls of the sections are stayed by bolts and plates F, F<1>, Fig. 6, and adjacent diaphragms and sections are connected by bolts H. The interior faces are rough to key with the filling, which is also reinforced by longitudinal bars ; any suitable flooring is provided. In a modification, shown in Fig. 8, the inner walls are lower than the outer walls and receive ferro-concrete slabs K, forming a foundation for the ferro-concrete flooring.
Patent GB-190618301-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for the Distribution of Fluids from a Motor Car or other Vehicle for the Laying & Prevention of Dust on Roads caused by the Movement of such Vehicles upon them.
Inventor: OWENS CARADOC
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 18,301. Ovens, C., and Clifford, A. E. Aug. 15. Motor road vehicles.-A liquid spray is delivered to the periphery of the wheel tyres of motor and other road vehicles to prevent the raising of dust. Fig. 1 shows a motor-car fitted with a tank T<4>, filled with water or other suitable liquid, and arranged to feed the spraying-nozzles s in front of the wheels by gravitation. The wet rims of the wheels convey the moisture to the road surface at the points of contact pf the wheels and road and so prevent dust from being raised.
Patent GB-190620530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pipe and like Wrenches.
Inventor: KING BENJAMIN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-09-15
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 20,530. King, B. T., [Clarke, J. T.]. Sept. 15. Wrenches.-A pipe wrench has a pivoted jaw 5 which may be opened against the pressure of a spring 10 by a trigger and an arrangement of levers. As shown in Fig. 1, the trigger is connected to and operates a reciprocating rod 8, sliding within the tubular handle 1 and pivotally connected to a lever 9, which is in turn pivoted at 16 to the pivoted jaw 5. A slot 7 in the tubular handle allows a full throw of the pivoted jaw. The lever 9 acts on the jaw 5 under a continually varying leverage by abutting against the end 17 of the slot 7 which forms a shiftable fulcrum. A guiding cam-projection 18 may be provided for the inner end of the lever 9 to facilitate the closing of the jaws under the action of the spring. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, a pivoted thumb-piece or trigger 19 operates the rod 8 by abutting against a collar 22. In modifications shown in Figs. 4 and 5, an auxiliary lever 9<a> is employed. As shown in Fig. 4, this lever has a curved cam-slot 24 working over a fixed fulcrum 17<a> on the handle as shown. In Fig. 5, the lever 9<a> carries a pin 28 which engages cam-guides 27 in the handle.