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Patent GB-190414006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Spinning.
Inventor: MATHEWSON ARTHUR LEANDER
Filed: 1904-06-21
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 14,006. Mathewson, A. L., and Barney, C. W. June 21. Spindle apparatus.- Double the twist imparted by ordinary spindles is given to the thread h, Fig. 1, as it passes from the front rollers to the bobbin f<1>, by leading it down a groove in a revolving carrier g<1> and up through a slotted stationary spindle g to a device c<3> for laying it on the bobbin, which i s mounted in the carrier in a slightly-inclined position. The carrier is driven by a pin n on a disc e connected with the wharl d and its lower end turns on a pivot, its upper end revolving in a hinged bearing k carried by a hinged arm b. A set-screw in the bearing k engages a groove near the top of the carrier, so that, by raising the arm b and engaging a notch in it by a pivoted catch b<2>, the carrier is lifted clear of the driving-mechanism and a broken thread can be repaired. The spindle g rests on the carrier, and is prevented from rotating by a fixed catch l engaging a toothed wheel l<1> on the spindle, a projection on which extends into the base of the bobbin. The upper end of the bobbin is supported by a pin i<1> carried by a projection i from the the carrier, and a spring j bearing against a washer f<2> resting on a pin at the top of the bobbin produces the necessary tension of the yarn during winding-on. The device c<3> also shown in Fig. 3 consists of two semicircular spring arms clipping the bobbin, such arms being provided with a slit to guide the thread h to the bobbin, and with slots which are engaged by spring claws c<4>, c<5> pivoted to a slide c, reciprocating in a slotted frame a. Rotation of the device is thus prevented, but it is moved by the claws to effect the laying-on. Since the inclined axis of the bobbin is carried around the vertical axis of rotation of the carrier, a tooth p, which may be fitted to the claw c<5>, is provided to engage a shoulder on, and support, the device c' when the bobbin is carried near the frame a, the claws c<4>, c<5>, which are limited in their inward movement by stops c", c<12>, failing to support the device at this part of the revolution.
Patent GB-190415471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Feeding Fine Fuel to Furnaces
Inventor: SWIFT GEORGE LATHROP
Filed: 1904-07-11
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 15,471. Swift, G. L. July 11. Mechanical stoking. - Apparatus for feeding fine fuel, such as coal dust, into a furnace, and for supplying sufficient air to effect the combustion of such fuel, consists of a rotary brush arranged at the base of a hopper D to which fuel is supplied by any suitable means. The brush is mounted upon a hub G, carried by a rotary shaft F, and comprises inner and outer perforated shells J, H, secured to the hub G by screws Q, and held together at the ends by cap rings P. Brushes, blades, bristles, or the like are bent into a U form and passed through some of the perforations in the shell H, and are kept in position by the shell J. The rotation of the brush causes air to enter the open ends of the shell, and pass through the perforations between the brushes, and mix with the fuel as it is being supplied to the furnace. The air supply may be regulated by adjustable plates A<1>, which may vary the size of the openings at the ends of the brush. Instead of employing one hub G, two hubs or spiders may be employed, each of which is perforated for the passage of air. To facilitate construction, the cylinders H, J may be made in sections. A damper S may be provided to regulate the air supply, or for clearing out the deposit in the furnace chamber.
Patent GB-190415931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: ROBINSON ARTHUR SAMUEL FRANCIS
Filed: 1904-07-18
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 15,931. Robinson, A. S. F. July 18. spring wheels.-In the form shown at the upper part of Fig. 1, a series of radial rods 3, guided in clips 2 and sockets 12 on the hub member, and forced outwardly by springs 5, 13, are pivoted at 14 to levers 6 which, pivoted to the hub member at 16, are fitted with rollers 4 bearing on inclined surfaces 9 secured to the rim 8. The preferred form of the lever 6 is a right-angled triangle, the pivot 14 being at the right-angle and the pivot 16 at the lesser of the acute angles. In a modification, the pivot 7 of the roller 4 is approximately midway of the other two. In another form, shown in the lower part of Fig. 1, the rods 3 carry spring- controlled sliding collars, the collars of adjacent pairs bearing on the arms of equalizing-levers pivoted to the hub member. To prevent lateral displacement, a disc 17 on the hub may be guided between a pair of discs 18 on the rim, or vice versÔ; or a series of arms on a plate secured to one member may be guided in clips secured to a plate on the other member. To limit relative circumferential motion between the hub and rim members, the free end of the lever 6, as shown at the bottom of Fig. 1, is fitted with an eye-bolt 35 pivoted to the hub at 36. A spring 37 on the bolt 36 prevents undue inward motion of the lever 6. The outer side of the wheel may be covered by a disc 19, while at the opposite side a disc 20 is recessed at 21 to receive tow or like packing 22.
Patent GB-190417403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pianofortes and other similar Instruments.
Inventor: SCHREIBER RICHARD
Filed: 1904-08-10
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 17,403. Schreiber, R. Aug. 10. Pianofortes.-The upper panel or door is pivoted so as to swing into position and serve as a music rest. Guideblocks, over which bars or projections on the panel travel, are fixed to the sides of the piano, to maintain the panel in one or other of its two positions. The lid is curved to form a resonator, and is provided with guide-blocks, which by engagement with the projections C on the panel raise the lid into an open position. Movement of the knobs D draws the projections C away from the guideblocks B, and allows the lid to be closed when the music rest is in position.
Patent GB-190417802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbine Compressors, Pumps, and the like.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1904-08-16
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 17,802. Parsons, C. A., and Carnegie, A. Q. Aug. 16. Screw pumps.-To prevent whistling in turbine pumps, air-compressors, exhausters, and blowers which consist of two or more rows of plano-convex moving blades b arranged alternately with rows of fixed guide-blades a in a cylindrical casing, the guide-blades a are made of spiral, zig-zag, or other irregular form ; the spirals being curved inwardly with regard to the direction of rotation. The number of guide-blades is, preferably, not a multiple of the number of rotating blades, which may be of any convenient form. The guide-blades are wider at their outer ends where they are fastened to the rings c, fixed by screws k to the casing, than at their inner ends, which may be free or fixed to rings f. Specifications No. 3024, A.D. 1895, and No. 3060, A.D. 1901, are referred to.
Patent GB-190423800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Table Fountains and the like.
Inventor: HEFFERNAN THOMAS
Filed: 1904-11-03
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 23,800. Heffernan, T. Nov. 3. Safety -valves.-In a table fountain is employed a relief f valve, formed of a leather or rubber washer k held on an orifice e by a strong spring plate m.
Patent GB-190424059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BROWNE TOM BOUSQUET
Filed: 1904-11-07
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 24,059. Browne, T. B. Nov. 7. Turning-gear.-In a ratchet gear for starting the engine of a motor car, the lever C carrying the pawl B is pivoted eccentrically to the ratchet-wheel. The pawl consequently clears the ratchet-wheel at each end of the stroke, so that if a back-fire occurs it does no harm, and there is no clicking noise or wear on the pawl when the mechanism is not in use.
Patent GB-190424901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Rims of Wheels for Cycles, Motor Cycles and other Light Vehicles.
Inventor: APSEY CHARLES HERBERT
Filed: 1904-11-16
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,901. Apsey, C. H., and Duff, G. B Nov. 16. Making wheels for vehicles ; welding.-Rims for the wheels of cycles, motor cycles, and other light vehicles are provided with a durable non-rusting surface for the brake blocks to act upon. A sheet of steel has a facing of nickel welded on one or both sides, and the combined metals are then drawn, rolled, and shaped into a rim in the usual way.
Patent GB-190500584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Manufacture of Knitted Goods and in Apparatus therefor.
Filed: 1905-01-11
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 584. Valton, fils et Cie. Dec. 29, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Straight-bar knitting- machines.- Consists in means for fashioning, applicable for making pants &c. on a Cotton's or other machine without using ordinary transferring points. At the end of its traverse, the threadcarrier is rocked through the needles along the path A-B, Fig. 5, is then shogged a needle space B-C, and is then brought back along the line C-D to the normal position ready for its traverse in the direction D-E. The thread-carrier g slides frictionally on a rod h, and is stopped at the selvedges. When the carrier comes up against a stop, a cam q acts on an extension r on the carrier, and causes it to rock to the position shown in dotted lines. The return movement is effected by a rod s, which is connected to a pivoted lever t moved by a bell-crank and cam. The carrier is shogged one needle space, or more, at the proper time, by means of a screw, nut, ratchet-wheel, pawl, and cam ; the pawl is put into gear with the ratchet-wheel by means of supplementary levers and a cam rotated step by step. A widening may be made on one side of the fabric, or alternately at opposite sides. Other apparatus may be used to carry out the same method of fashioning, and the method may be combined with ordinary fashioning by the use of. points.
Patent GB-190503192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Frames for Taking Photographic Proofs.
Inventor: GRITTE LOUIS
Filed: 1905-02-15
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 3192. Gritte, L. Feb. 15. Printing. - In a printing - frame, the sensitive paper 11 and negative 12 are held in contact along one edge by the rabetted portion 10 of the endbar 7 which is clamped down by the screw 9. Two pins on the end-piece 1 of the frame form guides for the bar. The other part 14 of the back-plate is removable and is pressed down by a cross-bar 15 and spring 16 attached to the back-plate.
Patent GB-190506106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chimneys and Ventilating Appliances for Buildings and like Structures.
Inventor: NICOL WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 6106. Nicol, W. March 23. Chimney and ventilating sh a f t tops.-A flap F is attached by brackets f to a rod E swinging on a ball- and-socket pivot E<1> in a crown-like top, and is moved, so as to deflect the wind away from the chimney or shaft, by the wind acting on four or more radial plates e at the upper end of the rod E. The crown-like top consists of two strips C, C' attached to a cylindrical shell B, which is carried by brackets B<1> on the cone A, or is attached to the flue.
Patent GB-190510173-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Guard for Laundry Ironing Machines.
Inventor: BURDSALL ROBERT HENRY
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 10,173. Burdsall, R. H. May 15. Guards.-A safety device for ironing-machines, particularly those consisting of a heated roller and a reciprocating table, comprises a fixed guard, a shield, and a movable safety lip adapted to be raised by the table on its return movement. As shown in vertical section in Fig. 3, the safety lip F, extending the width of the roller B, is hinged to a bar E and is provided with a spring tending to force it towards the table D. At one end is attached a lever G terminating in a rubber block H bearing on an inclined frictional surface I carried by the table. The lip is in its lowest position during the forward movement of the table, but on the return of the latter the surface I forces the lip up. A fixed guard A for preventing the shirts and collars from curling around the roller is secured to the bar E, to which also is hinged a shield J, provided with set-screws j resting on the framework.
Patent GB-190524020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Ice Crushers.
Inventor: PERTWEE HERBERT ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-11-21
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 24,020. Pertwee, H. A., Back, W. H., and Blackburn, J. H. Nov. 21. Roller mills.-The teeth c of a roller for crushing ice are made with square tapered shanks g which fit in boles in peripheral lugs b on the disk a, and are secured by nuts h. The lower edge e of the pointed end d of a tooth is a continuation of the cylindrical portion c, while the upper face f is tangential to the outer periphery of the disk a. The teeth may be of unequal length.
Patent GB-190526024-A (GB)
Title: A Combination Brush for Cleaning and Polishing Leather and other Articles
Inventor: GIBBONS JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-12-14
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 26,024. Gibbons, J. Dec. 14. Boot and shoe cleaning and polishing brushes.- Soft bristles A for applying polish are separated from harder poishing- bristles B by a space C. The brushes may be used for cleaning boots and shoes, harness, and leather generally. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 11,600, A.D. 1884, No. 1091, A.D. 1901, and No. 26,407, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190527224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Conduits.
Inventor: SUTTON JOHN HOLMES
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 27,224. Sutton, J. H., and Gregson, L. Dec. 30. Angle pieces, junction pieces, and the like; spigot- and-socket joints.-To facilitate repairing and making joints in cables laid in spigot-and-socket jointed conduits, intermediate sections 2 are introduced, these sections being divided in an horizontal plane containing the axis of the conduit but the lower half being provided with a trough 6 at each side to receive flanges 8 on the upper half, Fig. 7. When the parts are placed together, the channels 6 may be filled with Portland cement, bitumen, or the like. The invention may be applied to conduits having more than one duct, as shown in Fig. 7, and, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, junction boxes and drawing-in boxes are similarly constructed.
Patent GB-190600068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metallic Piling.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-01-01
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 68. Boult, A. J., [Harold, J. J.], Jan. 1. Piles.-Flanged beams are connected together by bolts, such as those shown in Figs. 4 and 5. One section is first driven, the bolts are fastened in the holes of the adjoining section and this is then driven, the bolts passing over the flange of the previously-driven section. The bolts are preferably provided with shoulders D, which engage against the beam before the hooks engage with the flanges.
Patent GB-190602219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vices or Apparatus for Setting the Teeth of Saws and the like.
Inventor: LAJUNIAS EMILE
Filed: 1906-01-29
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 2219. Lajunias, E. March 1, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Saws, setting.-A hand-actuated apparatus for giving a regular set to the teeth of saws consists of tempered-steet plates h, i, with intersecting alternately oppositely - inclined notches, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, secured to fixed and movable jaws a, e. The movable jaw e is actuated by the screw f and is guided by pins n, o screwed into the base; of the fixed jaw. The saw is supported at the required height by adjustable side runners c, d, and the teeth are brought opposite the notches in the plates h, i. when the jaws are closed, the inclination of the notches turns the teeth to th right and left alternately. The sides of the jaw a are graduated for setting the runners c, d.
Patent GB-190604797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hat Fasteners
Inventor: LESSER BIANCA
Filed: 1906-02-27
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 4797. Lesser, B. Feb. 27. Appliances for securing to head.-A hat fastener consists of an elastic strap a provided with a loop a' and a sliding buckle b to adjust the length. The ends of the strap, instead of being sewn to the hat, are attached to fastening-devices d, each of which is formed with an eye d' and two pointed shanks d<2>. By piercing the shanks through the body of the hat and spreading the ends open, and then bending the eyes downwardly, the elastic is secured to the hat.
Patent GB-190605023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Lever Mechanisms.
Inventor: PEDERSEN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-03-01
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 5023. Pedersen, T. March 2, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cheese - cutters.- A hand-lever has a series of cams arranged to act successively on pins or projections on the other element to be actuated, so as to keep the mechanical advantage constant or allow it to diminish as the lever reaches the end of its working stroke. Fig. 1 shows the lever device applied to a cheese cutter. The knife a, attached to a slide c, is arranged to move in guides b. The slide has three pins d, e, f, which, when the pivoted lever is moved, engage with the eccentric cam-faces i, k, l, m, n. When the arm is being raised, the cams i, l, m engage successively the pins d, e, f respectively to raise the cutter. On depression of the arm, the cam-surfaces n, k successively engage the pins f and force the knife to the end of its stroke.
Patent GB-190613075-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Seats of Stop Valves.
Inventor: COCKBURN ROBERT
Filed: 1906-06-06
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 13,075. Cockburn, R. June 6. Seats.-Valves in which the seats A are formed of brass or like metal detachably secured by studs a<2> in a metal casing B so as to be free to expand and contract independently of the casing as described in Specification No. 22,349, A.D. 1900, have the lower face of the seat A made with an annular projecting ring a of V-shape in crosssection, which is fitted into a corresponding groove in the casing B so that a light joint is formed while the seat is free to expand.
Patent GB-190613584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Admission Gear for Motive Power Engines more especially intended for Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1906-06-13
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 13,584. Tangyes, Ltd., and Robson, J. June 13. Governing &c. ; valves and valve-gear;-The lift of the admission valve 1 of a fluid-pressure engine is controlled by the governor, which determines the position of the lever 11 by means of the links and levers 15, 16, 18, 19. The lever 11 bears on the valve stem 2, and carries a roller 12, which is depressed by the cam-actuated lever 3.
Patent GB-190620521-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for the Compression of Gas, or Air, for Lamps.
Inventor: COOK EDWARD SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-09-15
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 20,521. Cook, E. S., and Chipperfield, W. H. Sept. 15. Compressing.-Relates to air or gas compressors placed above gas lamps. A hollow chamber a contains a piston which is made in two parts e, e' and has a stem g by means of which it is suspended from a spring f secured to a post h. A bellows d has an inlet valve in communication with the atmosphere or with the gas to be compreesed, and an outlet valve j in communication with the lamp b through a chamber k which contains a weighted bellows l for regulating the pressure. A tubular valve m is controlled by a spring n and is operated alternately by an arm o and by the top of the piston e. Air confined within the chamber a is heated, and the piston e rises until holes in the valve m are uncovered, when the confined air escapes ; the piston then falls until other holes in the valve are uncovered, when fresh air is admitted into the chamber a and the above operation is repeated.
Patent GB-190627849-A (GB)
Title: Acid Container for Chemical Fire-Extinguishers.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1906-12-06
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 27,849. Evans, W. E., [Graaff & Co., W.]. Dec. 6. Extincteurs.-In an acidcontainer a adapted to be crushed by the stroke of a striking-button at the bottom of the extincteur, the depressed or concave base c is provided with depressions d, Figs. 1 and 2, or grooves, in order to prevent the dropping out of a mass e of gypsum, cement, &c., which transmits the stroke of the striking-button to the perforating-rod b.
Patent GB-190701589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mining and other Pillars, Struts or similar Structures
Inventor: NOOTBAAR OTTO
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 1589. Nootbaar, O. Jan. 21. Shoring and strutting.-A mining strut consists of two telescopic members a, b adjustably connected by means of a clamping-device. In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the members a, b consist of angle or channel-iron bars, and a collar c is clamped to the inner member a so as to rest on a metal band b<1> riveted to the outer member b, a packing-piece f, held in placed by a boss d on the collar, being used to transmit the pressure to the inner member a. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the inner member consists of two channel-iron bars a held apart by a packing-piece f supported by a mandrel, and the outer member consists of two U -iron bars b, around the top of which passes the clamping-collar c. In the form shown in Figs. 15 and 17, the channel-iron bars a abut against one another, and are recessed to receive bars i arranged above the clamping - collar c embracing the outer member. The bottom ends of the U-bars b are held at a constant distance apart by an inserted piece h<1>, so that the clamping of the upper ends causes the outer member to become tapered and increases the friction between it and the collar, if the inner member slips downwards. In the form shown in Fig. 19, the inner and outer members consist of U-bars as shown in Fig. 7, but a regulating-screw l is provided at the lower end of the bars b, or at the upper end of the bars a, by means of which the members can be given a slight taper. Modified forms of the invention are also described, in which (1) the outer member consists of a double U-iron bar and the inner member of a slotted tube, and (2), the outer and inner members both consist of tubular pieces.
Patent GB-190709515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insulators for Telegraph Poles and the like.
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 9515. Bullers, Ltd., and Chambers, E. H. April 24. Insulators.-China or porcelain insulators for telegraph poles are formed as follows: Indiarubber or other plastic material is introduced into the hole a<2> of the insulator, which hole is made with a plain or grooved surface and may taper towards the mouth or be of angular section. A dummy screw is introduced into the plastic mass, which is then hardened, for example, by vulcanizing. The screw is removed and the vulcanite or other liner so formed is screwed on its stem on the telegraph pole. In another arrangement, a separate liner b, Fig. 5, is formed -of vulcanite or the like. According to the Provisional Specification, hard wood or compressed wood fibre &c. may be employed.