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Patent GB-190401796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Signalling.
Inventor: HIGLEY FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1904-01-23
Granted: 1905-01-23
Abstract: 1796. Higley, F. H., [Higley, W. J.]. Jan. 23. Controlling traffic on railways, ticket systems for.-A crossing permit divisible into two or more portions for permissive working comprises a frame formed of bars a, b, into which, in the example shown, a large leaf c slides on one face, and a smaller leaf slides on the other face. A bar i with bevelled ends is fixed on the lower edge of the leaf c, and retains the smaller leaf in position. A spring catch e is provided for each leaf, which it retains in position by its inner end fitting in a slot in the under face of each leaf. The first driver leaving a station takes the leaf c, first noting that the signalman possesses the frame and the other leaf, which is then handed after a suitable interval to the driver of the following train. Similarly two trains may be despatched from the station at the opposite end of the section, the four trains meeting and exchanging their portions of the two permits at the intermediate crossing. Finally the complete permits are restored to the usual Tyer's instruments at the stations. Two trains may be crossed with one, two, or, by employing three leaves in a permit, with three trains. The Provisional Specification also describes a divisible permit for ordinary permissive working between two stations. A grooved and slotted metal frame is employed, and sector leaves slide by feathers on their left edges into the frame, small tongues being employed on the right edges. Each sector has a triangular slot near the top of the left edge, in which engages a spring catch on the frame.
Patent GB-190405142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fireguards and Fenders
Inventor: HURFORD SYDNEY CLIFFORD
Filed: 1904-03-02
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 5142. Hurford, S. C. March 2. Fire-guards; fenders.-A collapsable fire-guard is combined with a rectangular fender. The horizontal bars a, a<1> have single or double ribs or projections on their undersides to which the upper ends of the straight solid or tubular rods c, c' are pivoted. The lower ends of these rods are pivoted to the fender or bars b which may be secured to the fender by horizontal flanges. The upper bars a, a<1> carry backward extensions a<11>, a<111> with down-turned ends to form props when the guard is closed. Side rods c<11>, c<111> are connected to horizontal bars pivoted to the upper side bars a<11>, a<111> and the lower side bars b<1> or the fender. Fastenings are provided to keep the guard fully or partly open.
Patent GB-190405218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Burning of Liquid Fuel.
Inventor: BADGER JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-02
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 5218. Badger, J. March 2. Vapour burners.-To make combustion more perfect and diminish noise, the flame of a vapour burner is made to take a whirling motion before it passes into contact with the surface to be heated. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement placed in the firebox of a steam-generator. The feeder delivers into the conical nozzle a, which opens tangentially into the circular track b ; this track may be made enlarging or narrowing from the entrance if desired, and in other cases may be of any suitable closed shape to follow the lines of the furnace. The outer wall of the track consists of segmental firebricks c, turned inwards at the top and bottom. The inner wall is an upright tube d, through which project the legs of a coil of piping h, which touches and helps to support the turnedover lip g. The coil is used for heating the feedwater, or superheating the steam. The bottom of the circular track is preferably covered with broken refractory material e. A perforated plate is provided below the central hole, with or without a jet pipe j for admitting air. Several burners or feeders may be used in some cases, and for small work the segmental bricks may be replaced by one ring.
Patent GB-190406411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brush Holders for Electric Motors or Generators.
Inventor: COOCH HERBERT
Filed: 1904-03-16
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 6411. Cooch, H. March 16. Brush - holders for carbon brushes are constructed by arranging on the supporting- bar a bracket a held by set-screws b, and furnished with two flanges c, c which carry ribs d, d serving as guides for the holder proper, which is shaped to fit them. The brush n is held to this holder e by the nut p, and is slotted as at o, and a spring i, acting on the adjusting-screw h, carried in an extension g of the holder e, pulls the brush on the commutator. The screw h can be lifted and removed through a slot in the end of the extension g, and a slotted plate prevents the holder from fouling the commutator when the brush wears, or is removed.
Patent GB-190407870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Driving Axles or Axle Trees of Automobiles and the like.
Inventor: HAUTIER CAMILLE
Filed: 1904-04-05
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 7870. Hautier, C. April 5. Motor road vehicles.- Consists of a rigid axletree enclosing the inclined parts of the driving-axle and the differential gearin g for transmitting the power of the motor to the driving-wheels. In the Figure, which shows the arrangement in vertical section and the driving-spindle in horizontal section, the sockets F, F are fixed to the box G, and contain the shafts E, E which carry the driving-wheels. The shafts E, E incline slightly downwards, so that the plane of the wheels is inclined outwards, and are connected to the shafts D,D of the differential gearing by universal joints d, d. The differential gearing is carried in the box G, and is driven by means of the bevel-wheels B, C.
Patent GB-190410630-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Constructing Masonry Structures in Rivers, more particularly applicable to Sub-fluvial Tunnels.
Inventor: PASS ERNEST DE
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 10,630. Pass, E. de, [Soc. DaydÚ et PillÚ]. May 9. Tunnels.-Subaqueous tunnels and other structures are formed by sinking rabbeted piers 1, Figs. 1 and 4, at intervals, then placing between them shaft-sections 2, closed at the ends and finally piercing the piers and closed ends of the sections to form the passage. The piers are surmounted by portable coffer dams 7, Figs. 5 and 6, and the side faces of the piers and dams are recessed and provided with edge timbers ; stays or tie-bars 13 are also fitted in the piers at the bases of the dams. The shaft sections are built separately, floated to position, and lowered by shears, as shown in Fig. 5 ; the crowns are supported by metal centres and protected by metal roofing ; the ends are closed by metallic bulkheads or masonry. Access is obtained to the interior of the sections through temporary coffer dams 26, Fig. 9. The sections, sunk to the required depth by the pneumatic process, are then joined together and to the piers by placing a bell caisson 32 over the edge of the pier, and forcing the water out by compressed air to form a chamber 36, which is then filled in with masonry. The bulkheads are next removed, the centres raised through the coffer dams 26, and the apertures 39 covered by iron plates. A metallic draining-channel 40, Fig. 4, may be provided.
Patent GB-190410878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Protecting Alternating Current Electric Apparatus.
Filed: 1904-05-11
Granted: 1905-04-27
Abstract: 10,878. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 11. Testing. - Alternating- c u r r e n t systems are arranged to notify energy reversals, e.g., on failure of one generator of a number connected to a common set of bus-bars, by connecting a potential transformer P, depending in phase on the pressure between bus-bars, and a series transformer S, which depends in phase on the current in a generator lead and the core of which, instead of being still unsaturated at full load, becomes saturated with but a fraction of the full load, to operate a lamp or other indicating-device L. Means of compensating for the relative phase displacement of the two secondary voltages on account of the core of one transformer being saturated must be introduced, which may be on polyphase systems by connecting the primaries of the two transformers to leads of different phase, as shown, and on single-phase systems by using some adjustable phase-splitting device.
Patent GB-190415675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Means for Adjusting the Valve Setting of Steam Engines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM BRUCE
Filed: 1904-07-14
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 15,675. Thompson, W. B. July 14. Valve gear.- Figs. 1 and 2 show a method of connecting a steam engine valvespindle 4 to the link 3, in such a way as to allow of adjustment of the valve. The link 3 is carried in the die-block 8, which oscillates in the circular buckle 5 and is cut out, as shown by the dotted lines, to form a hole large enough to permit of the desired amount of oscillation. The buckle 5 is adjustable on the valve spindle, the latter being screwthreaded. The device is applicable to connecting any two rods together, a pin with a suitable hole being then substituted for the die-block.
Patent GB-190417750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Bottle Stopperings.
Inventor: BETHEL ERNEST
Filed: 1904-08-16
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 17,750. Bethel, E., and Audley, G. Aug. 16. Bottle necks; corks; stoppers.-The upper part of a bottle neck a is made barrel-shaped, to receive a barrel-shaped stopper c, preferably of cork.
Patent GB-190417967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Half-tone Photo-lithography, Photo Etching, Chromo Photo-lithography, and other Photo-illustrated Processes.
Inventor: STEPHAN ADAM
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 17,967. Stephan, A. Aug. 18. Lithographic and like printing.-Relates to a process of half-tone photo-lithography, photo-etching or photo-engraving, pboto-chromolithography, or the like. transfer prepared to give a grain reticulation is rolled up with stiff transfer ink, using a soft-nap roller. Then a hard, smooth roller, with or without stiff ink, is used until the grain shows dimly ; the grain varies according to the pressure. Next, a print is taken upon the transfer from an original negative, and the print is re-inked with the soft-nap roller, soaked in water, developed with sponges, and hung up to dry. Finally, after slight damping, a transfer is made to stone or metal. The transfer may be made by coating paper, celluloid film, or thin sheet metal with an emulsion obtained by soaking gelatine in cold water and then adding warm, dilute, aqueous alum solution. The proportion of gelatine is varied according to the grain required. The surface is sensitized with potassium bichromate.
Patent GB-190418216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Weighing Machines
Inventor: RICHARDSON HENRY
Filed: 1904-08-23
Granted: 1905-08-23
Abstract: 18,216. Richardson, H. Aug. 23. Grant of Patent refused. Automatic-feed weighers; feeding-devices.-In automatic weighing-machines in which the main supply is cut off at a certain point and the weighing completed by means of a dribbling feed, means are provided for maintaining a regular column of dribble, such means being especially applicable to the invention described in Specification No. 6345, A.D. 1891. The grain &c. is fed into the hopper A, passing into and filling the lower compartment B, from which it overflows and falls through the orifice A' into the scales. A shutter consisting of a bent plate C<3> mounted on two arms and turning on an axis 5, has an opening C<4> and projecting arms to which are attached a small shutter 9, which closes the orifice B<1> of the compartment B while the larger orifice A<2> is open and the main feed continues. When the weighing is nearly completed, the shutter C turns on its axis, closing the orifice A<2>, and the opening C<4> being then opposite the smaller orifice B<1> and the compartment B being full, a regular column of dribble is maintained until the weighing is completed, when the shutter again moves and closes the orifice B<1>. A mesh or screen B<4> is used to prevent large material from entering the compartment B.
Patent GB-190419746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Wheels.
Inventor: MARCHAND LOUIS
Filed: 1904-09-13
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 19,746. Marchand, L. Sept. 13. Spring wheels ; felloes or rims; hubs; spokes. - Wheels are made with spring spokes hinged at one end to stays 3 between the plates 2 and guided by braces 7 at the other curved end to move radially. The spokes are flat in cross-section, and may be made from metal strips of equal or decreasing lengths, and may be looped or have sockets fastened to them to hinge on the stays 3. The spokes 4 curved in one direction are on the side of the hub opposite that on which are the spokes 5 curved in the other direction. The rim comprises two flat rings 8, 9 connected by an annular rib 10, the ring 8 being adapted for attaching a tyre. Braces 7 are fastened to the rim by bolts 12, 13 in the slots 14 in the rib 10, and plates 19 with polygonal openings to fit the nuts 13 and holes for the bolts 17 which press the spokes on the braces by the springs 16. The projections 15 on the braces serve to guide the spokes.
Patent GB-190424864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: SLOPER THOMAS
Filed: 1904-11-16
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 24,864. Sloper, T. Nov. 16. Tyres, pneumatic.-A protector to prevent the air tube from blowing out through a rent in the outer cover is formed of a curved length A of fabric, preferably 'Palmer' fabric, treated and faced with rubber. The edges A<1>, A<2> are tapered and the protector may be secured to the inner face of the outer cover c.
Patent GB-190500966-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fire Escape Shoot.
Inventor: SCOTTER SARA
Filed: 1905-01-18
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 966. Scotter, S. Jan. 18. Fire - escapes.- Fire-proofed canvas shoots A, attached to window openings by hooks K, have rods D fixed to the top frames B and bent so that their ends are in a line with the axis of the shoots and about two feet from the tops. Hand-ropes C provided with floats depend from these arms, and rungs E, fitted through the walls of the shoots near one side, form an escape ladder. Ropes may be attached to the bottoms of the shoots to be held for steadying purposes, and the boxes G, into which the shoots are collapsed, carry horns or other alarms J. According to the Provisional Specification, there may be two ladders in the shoots and the chests may be held from moving, when the shoots are thrown out, by a steel bar.
Patent GB-190505135-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clutch
Inventor: WYATT WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1905-03-11
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 5135. Wyatt, W. J. March 11. Clutches. - In a segment friction clutch, a part A, keyed to the driving-shaft B, is provided with partially circular recesses G into which fit lugs F on clutch segments E, which are slightly raised and rotated to engage the driven member C by arms H engaging h e l i c a l slots J in a movable conical sleeve K. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the clutch may be used to lock the sun and planet wheels of a twospeed gear.
Patent GB-190506958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Devices for Overhead Wires for Electric Traction and other Purposes
Inventor: BURNETT HENRY RIDLEY
Filed: 1905-04-03
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 6958. Burnett, H. R. April 3. Conductors. - Relates to safety devices for the overhead conductors used for electric traction, lighting, and other purposes, and consists in attaching to the main switch or circuit-breaker an electromagnetic device which, in the event of the overhead conductor breaking, releases a spring or weight which opens the main switch. Fig. 1 shows the electro-magnetic device attached to the tripping-gear of a common form of circuitbreaker, and Figs. 2 and 3 applications of the combined device and circuitbreaker to overhead trolly wires. The electromagnetic device comprises a differentially-wound electro-magnet M', the armature A<1> of which normally keeps the links O<1>, P<1> in the position shown against the action of the spring S<1>. If either of the windings of the electro-magnet becomes de-energized, the armature is drawn upwards, thus releasing the spring, which then forces the links outwards and draws the stirrup L<1>, or a flexible cord, downwards. This causes the tripping-gear to release the circuit-breaker, which then cuts off the current. The tripping-gear can be operated independently of the electro-magnetic device. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the trolly wires C are supplied with energy from the feeder through the circuit-breaker, the opposite ends being connected to earth through the differential coils of the electro-magnet M<1>. Should either of the trolly wires break, the corresponding winding will be de-energized and the circuit-breaker opened. In the modified arrangement shown in Fig. 3, two sections of trolly wire are connected to the same feeder through the switch, while the other ends of the conductors are connected to earth through electro-magnets M<3> which normally Keep theterminals T<3> in electric connexion. The differential coils are normally supplied with energy from the feeder, the circuit being completed through the pilot wires PT and terminals T<3> to earth. When a trolly wire breaks, the corresponding terminals T<3> are disconnected and the circuit-breaker caused to open as in the previous arrangement. The pilot wires PT may be arranged over the trolly wires so as to act as guard-wires against falling telephone &c. wires. Reference is made to Specifications No. 17,666, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Locomotives &c.], No. 24,548, A.D. 1896, Nos. 4088, 4899, 16,814, and 17,383, A.D. 1901, and No. 2558, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190508585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Revolving Heel Pads for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: HASTE ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-04-22
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 8585. Haste, A., and Watson, T. April 22. Heel protectors.-Relates to means for securing revoluble heel pads to boots and shoes. The pad A has moulded in or attached to it, preferably at a slight distance from its under face A<1>, a metallic plate B, which is provided with a central grooved stud C. This stud is passed through a hole D' in an attachment plate E, Fig 3, and slid along into the extension F, the sides of which engage the circular groove C' in the stud. The stud C is then forced into the heel, or inserted into a hole provided therein, and the pad is turned until holes D in it, and in the plate B, are in alinement with holes D', D<2> in the plate E. Screws G are then passed through these registering holes into the heel. The plate B is preferably provided with studs B' reaching nearly to the wearing face of the pad. Instead of this plate being set back from the underface of the pad, it may be attached to its underside, in which case the heel is recessed to receive the plate E in order that the pad may lie flat against the heel. In a modification, the plate B is replaced by a smaller plate of a square or other shape.
Patent GB-190509091-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coal Saver, for Grates, Kitchen Ranges, and the like
Inventor: BURT ROBERT RICHARDSON
Filed: 1905-05-01
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 9091. Burt, R. R. May 1. Fuel-economizers. -A coal saver for use with grates, kitchen-ranges, &c. is formed, as shown in plan in Fig. 1 and in elevation in Fig. 2, with sloping front A, back B, and sides D so as to leave a clean fuel space all round. The front part A is m a d e of greater area than the back part B, or vice versa. Ribs E are arranged as shown or horizontally, and they may be continuous, instead of divided as shown, at the apex of the economizer. Feet F are provided at the corners, to raise the economizer, and allow the ashes and cinders to be readily removed. If these feet are made longer, the usual bottom grate may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190512131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Linotype and like Machines.
Inventor: MACKAY WILLIAM KENNETH
Filed: 1905-06-10
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 12,131. Mackay, W. K., and Hardisty, C. June 10. Linotype and like machines.-Relates to automatic mechanism for controlling a linotype or like machine to produce a set number of repeat linotypes and then to stop the machine. The matrix ejector and the space-band grabber are locked for repeat work by means of a projection w<1>, Figs. 4 and 5, on the matrix ejector p, and a detent or plunger w, connected with a lever v pivoted on a bracket u. The number of repeats is determined by means of a ratchet-wheel q, which is mounted on the framing, and is set by hand to position a stud t for co-operation with a pin or arm x on the lever u, to retract the detent w. The ratchet-wheel is actuated by a pawl on a moving part, preferably on the first elevator, and is held against accidental movement by means of a spring r and friction brake s. The ratchet-wheel may be graduated and provided with a pointer q'. According to the Provisional Specification, the pawl is adapted to be rendered inoperative. The starting and stopping mechanism is shown in Fig. 2. The expanding clutch of the pulley a<1> is operated by the usual lever c, starting barf and handle g, holding-out lever f<1>, knocking-out pawl f and stopping-lever f<2>. In order to hold the handle g in the starting position, for repeat work, a catch n is provided. When the matrix ejector is unlocked, the catch n is automatically released, by engagement of the space-band grabber lever k against an adjustable set-screw k<1>. The usual safety stop lever i, instead of acting on the handle g, acts either on the catch n, or on second bare, loose on the bar f.
Patent GB-190519692-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Indicating the Position of Sunken Ships, and Providing the Means of Raising Vessels.
Inventor: PAUL JOSEPH RICHARD
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 19,692. Paul, J. R. Sept. 29. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Buoys; sunken ships, raising.-Relates to that type of apparatus in which buoys are provided with cords and housed in recesses in the deck of a vessel so that, should the vessel be sunk, the buoys rise to the surface and indicate its position. Buoys f are housed within cylinders c, normally covered by a sliding plate d. Lines attached to the buoys pass through eyes b, so that, when it is desired to raise the vessel, the lines may be used to draw a stout hawser through the eyes. The invention is stated to be specially applicable to submarine vessels. When the vessel sinks, the cover d may be moved by the handle g releasing the buoys, or the handle may be fitted with a spring h so that the buoys are uncovered and are free to rise in the event of accident to the vessel.
Patent GB-190520296-A (GB)
Title: Machinery for Preparing or Treating Loam, Clay, and the like.
Inventor: BAUR PAUL
Filed: 1905-10-07
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 20,296. Baur, P. Dec. 3, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Roller mills for treating loam, clay, and the like. The clay is forced through the tapered holes L, Figs. 1 and 2, in the shell E of the cylinder A, by the plain roller B, and passes out at one or both ends of the cylinder, any stones &c. present in the clay passing between the rollers and falling into a receptacle below. The cylinder B may also be perforated. The shell E is secured to the ribs R of the drum D, and the roller B is mounted in spring- pressed bearings. Or the piece D may be situated at one end of the cylinder A, so that the clay &c. escapes only at the other end. The shell or wall E may be conical.