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Patent GB-190417536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: STEELE DAVID RESINGER
Filed: 1904-08-11
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 17,536. Steele, D. R. Aug. 11, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Crucible and melting-pot furnaces; discharging; liquid-fuel fittings.-Relates to a crucible furnace using liquid fuel, a baffle being provided so that the contents of the crucible may be evenly heated, and arrangements being made for tilting the furnace so that the crucible may be discharged without altering its position in the furnace. The metal shell 2, Figs. 1 and 3, of the furnace is lined with firebrick, and above the hearth 4 is formed an opening 5, opposite which the liquid-fuel burner is placed. The spout of the crucible fits into a recess in the upper part of the furnace ; it is shown for convenience in the same section as the inlet 5. The crucible is supported by wedges 7 and by a standard 10 of rectangular cross-section, an edge of the standard being placed opposite the inlet 5 so as to deflect the flame from the burner. The outlets, between the wedges, for the products of combustion may be controlled by a lid 41. Trunnions 32 are formed on the shell in the same plane as the inlet 5, and are supported in bearings in the standard 35, and the furnace is tilted so as to discharge the crucible by turning the shaft 38, which meshes with a worm-wheel 36 connected to the trunnion 32. Oil is fed through an inlet 22, Fig. 5, to a chamber 13 of the burner, and its flow through the aperture 23 is controlled by a needle valve 24. Air is forced into the chamber 14, and, escaping through the annular passage 19 between the inner and outer tubes of the burner, mixes thoroughly with the oil delivered from the inner tube.
Patent GB-190418348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Bottles
Inventor: ROSE-SOLEY JOHN FISHER
Filed: 1904-08-24
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 18,348. Soloy, J. F. Rose-. Aug. 24. Stoppers; refilling, preventing.-To prevent fraudulent refilling, one or more flanged rubber or other plugs d are fitted into countersunk holes or open-ended slots in the neck a of the bottle. Each of these plugs has secured to it a hook f, the upper flattened end or ends g of which are turned outwards to clip over the bottle mouth, while their lower bent ends are provided with a barb or barbs h. The bottle is filled and corked in the usual manner, the cork i, when driven home, being forced on to the barbs h so that when it is withdrawn it carries with it both the plugs d and the hooks f. In some cases, one or more strings or wires are secured to the plug d and are pasted over by the capsuling- label, which is torn off when the cork is removed. The plug d and the label are sometimes marked with corresponding distinguishing -marks. In a modification, a flanged plug with a short and more or less horizontal barb is used, the countersinking to receive the flange of the plug being on the outside of the bottle neck. In another modification, applicable to glass, metal, or other stoppers, as well as to corks, a double hook moulded into the bottom of the stopper engages a loop projecting inwardly from the plug, which is fitted into the bottle neck as in the last case.
Patent GB-190419132-A (GB)
Title: Improved Excavating Apparatus.
Inventor: LENNON JOHN
Filed: 1904-09-05
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 19,132. Lennon, J. Sept. 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Undercarriages; axles.-In excavating-apparatus intended more especially for excavating railway cuttings, a box 14, together with a load of earth broken off from the working face, drops on to a special track placed to receive it. This truck runs on rails 2 crossing the main line rails 1 by means of gaps in both pairs of rails, and has dropped or cranked frames 7, the central portions of which are below the level of the rails 2, so that, when the truck is run to a position across the main line 1, an ordinary truck can be run through it to receive the box 14. The bux 14 is supported in the truck 7 by bars 10, which can be raised by eccentrics on shafts mounted in the frames 7, and by the same means lowered on to the truck 4. In a modification, suitable for making the initial cutting, the truck 7 runs on rails parallel to but outside the rails 1, and its rear axle is cranked upwards so that the truck 4 can be run beneath it from behind.
Patent GB-190420551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Muffling the Exhaust of Gas Engines.
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 20,551. British Thomson - Houston Co., [General Electric Co:]. Sept. 23. Exhaust-silencers.-The exhaust of an explosion engine is divided into numerous currents which travel different distances and produce interference between the sound waves ; back pressure is also avoided. The silencer shown in Fig. 1 comprises a cylinder 5 with a closed end 6 and a perforated end 7 ; it is traversed by a pipe 2 on which are spaced numerous discs 10 slit and offset so as to produce a continuous passage. The pipe 2 has numerous perforations 4 gradually decreasing in number or area from one end to the other. The pipe is closed at the end 3, and the gases may pass in either direction. Fig. 9 shows a modification, in which the pipe is blocked by a septum 37 near one end, causing the gases to travel in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 shows a lighter construction, in which the discs are bent to engage a spiral groove 21 in the pipe 2, and the casing 29 is made of sheet metal bound with wire 30. The Provisional Specification states that a tapering slit may take the place of the perforations.
Patent GB-190423238-A (GB)
Title: Self-holding Plate or Card for Display or Advertising purposes.
Inventor: BROWN ROBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1904-10-28
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 23,238. Brown, R. C. Oct. 28. Picture frames; photograph mounts. -Plates, cards, photograph frames, &c. for displaying photographs &c. are provided with pins or projections f, f<1>, soldered or otherwise fixed on their backs to facilitate fastening to or detaching from walls &c.
Patent GB-190426415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Indicating Apparatus.
Inventor: COLLIE JAMES HUNTER
Filed: 1904-12-05
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 26,415. Collie, J. H. Dec. 5. Speed indicators. - A spring is wound up every time an engine or like shaft makes a predetermined number of revolutions, and the angular movement which it imparts in each interval to an index hand under the control of an escapement and train is a function of the speed. An auxiliary hand shows automatically the last reading thus obtained. A wheel 17, Fig. 2, is driven loosely clockwise upon the main spindle 1 by the speed shaft 15, Fig. 3, and by a spring-controlled transverse bar 18 it carries round a ratchet-wheel 5 fast upon the spindle and winds the spring 6. When the index hand 4 reaches zero, a fixed camplate 20 upon the framing causes the bar to slide out of gear, the spring reverses the spindle, a pawl and half-pawl ratchet bring the escapement 14 into play, and the hand moves over a diminishing speed-scale until the bar re-engages the projection on the ratchet-wheel. The auxiliary hand 26 rides loosely upon a sleeve 22 feathered to the spindle, and is constantly urged by a spring into agreement with the main hand. Normally, however, it is locked by a spiral spring pressing the sleeve inwards so that a serrated hub 28 attached to the hand locks with a similar part upon the frame just before the main hand reaches the maximum displacement, however, unlocking is effected by cam parts 33, 34. Fig. 6 shows an arrangement for determining the frequency of reciprocation of a part such as 38. Inner and outer segmental racks 43, 44 gear with pinions of diameters proportional to its radii of the racks, each pinion driving through a ratchet-wheel the central shaft, which is that of the speed indicator. Both ratchetwheels have teeth in the same direction, and the continuous rotation of the shaft thus produced may be steadied by a flywheel.
Patent GB-190428688-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Form of Fender Stop.
Inventor: MADDOX THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 28,688. Maddox, T. W. Dec. 29. Fenders.-Stops B for fire-irons are prevented from moving about on the fender or hearth, by means of fixed or removable extensions C having three upright lugs D, between which the slotted edge of the kerb or fender A is gripped. The Provisional Specification states that the lugs may be in the form of pegs which fit in corresponding holes in the fender or kerb.
Patent GB-190429553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Leather Gloves for Motor Drivers
Inventor: HUNTER ROBERT
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 29,553. Hunter, R., and Hunter, J. Dec. 31. Gloves.-Leather gloves for motor-car drivers are made of two hand-shaped sheets sewn together round their edges. The tinger compartments are lumped together, and each sheet is blocked to the shape of the hand between interfitting blocks A, B, Figs. 2 and 4, the sections in Fig. 4 being taken across the lines 0, P, Q respectively in Fig. 2. Before being pressed, the sheets are covered with rubber solution which may also serve to attach a lining to the leather.
Patent GB-190508887-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Locking Nuts.
Inventor: SCHROEDER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-04-27
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 8887. Schroeder, F. W. April 27. Locking nuts.-The bolt a and nut b have one or more grooves a<1> to receive a cylindrical locking. key c<1>. A spring coil c, bent at right-angles to the key c', is sprung into the thread of the bolt or the nut to secure the key. The coil may be bent spirally of different pitch to the screw-thread. The coil is cut away at the part c' to facilitate its removal.
Patent GB-190508892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cushioning Mechanism for Reciprocating Beds.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-04-27
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 8892. Boult, A. J., [McCain, C. A.]. April 27. Pistons for air-cushioning devices have ports covered by flap valves z.
Patent GB-190509338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Displaying Boots, Shoes and other Articles.
Inventor: BINGLEY JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1905-05-03
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 9338. Bingley, J. T., and Wod, A. May 3. Fastenings for displayed articles. Two levers a, pivoted under a base-plate d, have gripping-ends which project above the base d and are forced together by a spring or springs c so as to grip the article to be displayed. In the application of the invention to boots and shoes, Figs. 1 and 2, the thin metal base-plate d is suitably shaped as shown. Each of the forward, bent-up ends of the levers a has teeth, or a toothed disk or part thereof b, or a rubber pad or like gripping-surface. The opposite ends of the levers a are pressed inwards, the boot is placed in portion, and the waist is gripped by release of the levers. The levers and the spring may be sometimes in one piece. The base-plate may be dispensed with, or varied in form according to the article to be supported.
Patent GB-190510589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stop Valves
Filed: 1905-05-20
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 10,589. Hopkinson, J., and Hopkinson & Co., J. May 20. Lift valves.-Stop valves for steam or other fluids are provided with a balancing-piston to which pressure is admitted by a by-pass valve, the spindles of both valves, which work in opposite directions, being operated by a single lever or control. Pressure is admitted to the underside of a piston D, Fig. 2, on a continuation of the main spindle, by a passage (not shown) and by-pass valve E, the spindle of which is connected by a framework to a bar S on a threaded sleeve Q on the main spindle. On a hand-wheel R being turned, the framework lifts the by-pass valve since there is less pressure on it than on the main valve. As soon as the by-pass valve opens, pressure on the piston D balances pressure on the valve B, which is easily opened, as a shoulder coming in contact with the casing allows a lift to be given to this valve and prevents further opening of the by-pass. The balancing-piston may be packed with rings, or may be made to allow a little steam to pass in order to warm the pipes. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, the valves are operated by levers Z, V. The lever Z is connected to the main valve spindle N, and, when raised to open the valve, merely turns on the valve spindle, thereby opening the pilot valve E. When, however, the fixed collar 6 on the rod Y reaches the projection 7, the lever Z turns about the fulcrum on the rod Y, thus opening the main valve B. In closing the valve, in order to keep the pilot valve open until the main valve is closed, a mechanism of the kind described in Specification No. 27,798, A.D. 1903, is used. This comprises a sliding plate 8 which is caused by means of a spring 10 to engage the top of the collar 6 as the valve is opened, and prevents the rod Y from moving during the closing of the valve, until, when the valve is nearing the seat, the wedge cam 12 on a rod 11 withdraws the plate 8 and releases the collar 6, whereupon the pilot valve is closed by the final movement of the lever Z. Reference is also made to Specification No. 12,164, A.D. 1904, to differentiate the invention described therein from the present invention.
Patent GB-190510592-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Cleaning Windows, and for Brushing, Washing and Painting the Fronts of Buildings.
Inventor: MADDEN JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-05-20
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 10,592. Madden, J. May 20. Drawings to Specification. Positive driving-bands.-In an apparatus for cleaning windows, or for cleaning or painting buildings, rotary motion is conveyed from a sprocket-wheel on the bottom end of an extensible rod to a similar wheel on the upper end by means of a belt built up of sections, according to the length of the rod, each section consisting of a perforated or eyeleted strip of leather.
Patent GB-190516658-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Permutation Keyhole Protector for Doors, Safes, and the like.
Inventor: JAMES HORACE
Filed: 1905-08-16
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 16,658. James, H., and Waterfall, G. S. Aug. 16. Locks, key and permutation; key-holes, obtructing; padlocks.-Relates to a permutation device to be secured to the locks of doors, safes, &c. or to padlocks for the purpose of protecting the keyhole. Secured in front of the keyhole is a frame a, in which are mounted, on spindles d, a series of cylinders b. The cylinders are provided with extending sleeves c, each sleeve rotating about the sleeve of the next and being provided with a slot, all of which slots can be brought into coincidence, when the cylinders are turned, to admit pins e on the spindles d. The inner end of each spindle d is provided with a disk h, which, when the spindle is drawn outwards to uncover the keyhole k, enters a collar g. In Fig. 6, the device is shown as applied to an ordinary padlock. The permutation device covers up the attaching-screws n.
Patent GB-190523663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Buttonhole Stitching Machines.
Inventor: GOODYEAR WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1905-11-17
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 23,663. Goodyear, W. E. Nov. 17. Buttonhole - sewing machines ; overedge-stitching machines; governing needle thread; needle-bars, vibrating laterally.-Relates to buttonhole-sewing machines and in particular to mechanism for carrying the purl of the overedge stitch to the edge of the buttonhole. The work W, Fig. 4, is held between pivoted members C, C<1> of an ordinary work clamp. The upper member C of the clamp has a floating throat w to hold the work in stitching position, and is removable, when the work is to be changed, by a system of levers and cranks connected to a treadle. The clamp is moved lengthwise of the hole as usual for the stitching operation, and shogged laterally for the barring stitches. The needle thread is passed over a take-up device consisting of a stud on a wheel which is rotated on an extension of the main shaft, and thence passes through the needle eye to the work. The purl controller proper consists of an arm 1, Fig. 5, with projecting prongs 13, 14, intended to operate just above the buttonhole and draw the needle thread, together with a bight of the under thread towards the edge of the hole. The under thread is supplied by any suitable shuttle mechanism below the machine. The arm 1 acts between the raised needle and the fabric and preferably only after the depth stitch. Mechanism for vibrating the controlling arm is shown in Fig. 1. The arm itself is pivoted on a arm 3 on a rock-shaft 4 forming part of the clamp-raising mechanism, and its upper end is connected by links 15, 17, 18, 21, 22 to a cam 23<x>. The end of link 21 takes into a slot in link 18 and a stud 16 on link 15 takes into a slotted segment B<6> which is made to oscillate on a rock-shaft B<7>. When one side of the buttonhole has been stitched, the stud is moved by the cam to the other end of the vibrating segment, and the thread guiding-actions of the arm 1 are effected in an opposite sense. The segment B<6> is stated to be of use in connexion with machines with vibrating needle-bars.
Patent GB-190526868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Folding Bedsteads
Inventor: STRALENDORFF VICCO ERNEST RALP
Filed: 1905-12-23
Granted: 1906-12-22
Abstract: 26,868. Stralendorff, V. E. R. von. Dec. 23. Bedsteads.-The side bars of a folding wooden bedstead are made of three lengths a, b, c, Fig. 1, which are connected together by metal hinges d so arranged that the parts a, c will fold up inside the part b. Two pairs of crossed legs e, f, Fig. 3, hinged to the part b, are stiffened in their open position by jointed links i connected to the parts b. Straight legs k at the foot of the bed are connected to the sides by similar links j. The extreme ends of the bed are kept apart by pairs of iron bars or straps l, Fig. 6, which may be locked by means of the projections and slots shown. The side bars are connected by sacking, canvas, &c. to form the bed bottom.
Patent GB-190527131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Grease Cups.
Inventor: LEWIS JOHN FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-12-29
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 27,131. Lewis, J. F. Jan. 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lubricators.-An automatic grease-cup for locomotives &c. consists of two parts A, B threaded together, containing a loose flanged piston E resting upon the grease. The frames F, G.cause the piston to rotate with the cover A, but allow the piston a limited vertical movement. The cover A is screwed down to compress the contained air in order to expel the grease, The bottom of the container B has a funnel C with a row of perforations. When the piston reaches the funnel, the grease around the outside of the funnel is discharged by the air pressure, but that inside remains as an emergency supply.
Patent GB-190608860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cuff Holders
Inventor: SCHEFFER GORDON LEE
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 8860. Scheffer, G. L. April 12. Cuff suspenders.-A cuff suspender comprises two spring plates 1,2, preferably connected by slidable loops 3. The plate 2 has a hook portion 4, and the ends of the plates are sprung apart and finally bent in towards one another. Specification No. 1996, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Fastenings, Dress], is referred to.
Patent GB-190609590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve-operating Devices for Air and like Fluid Compressors.
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 9590. Lake, H. H., [Ingersoll- Rand Co.]. April 24. Compressing. - In a i r &c. compressors, the opening of the inlet and discharge valves, which are closed positively by pistons actuated by the compressed fluid, is effected by pneumatic cushions formed behind the valveoperating pistons. In the form shown, cushioning- chambers t behind the valve-operating pistons l of one or more inlet valves i and discharge valves d are connected together, and to a reservoir w by pipes u, the supply of fluid being maintained by leakage past the pistons. The cushioning - chambers of double-acting compressor cylinders may be connected in a similar manner.
Patent GB-190611910-A (GB)
Title: Feeding Mechanism for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1906-05-22
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 11,910. Fairweather, W., [Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co.]. May 22. Sewing-machine feed; needle-bars, vibrating in line of feed.-Relates to a feed-regulating device in which the needle acts conjointly with a usual under feed mechanism. The needle-bar 14 is mounted in a gate of usual construction which is vibrated in the line of feed by means of a bar 5 attached to a crank 4 on a shaft 3. A crank in line with a crank 28, also attached to the shaft 3, imparts the to-and-fro motion to the feed-dog 20 The vertical movement of the feed-dog is obtained by the usual cam-mechanism, shown partly in dotted lines. In order to vary simultaneously the movements of the needle and feed-dog, the shaft 3 is oscillated through variable gear. The crank 28 on the shaft 3 is connected by a floating link 29 to a sector-plate 32, which is pivoted at 33 and receives oscillatory motion from a cam 38 on the main shaft. The link 29 is connected to an ordinary stitch regulator 42 by which the point of engagement with the sector can be varied. The regulator is provided with a fixed stop 44 and an adjustable one 43.
Patent GB-190618970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gloves.
Inventor: HARDY ANNIE LOUISA
Filed: 1906-08-24
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 18,970. Hardy, A. L. Aug. 24. Gloves.-The hand portion A, Fig. 2, of a lady's long glove,is attached by button-holes a to buttons b,ou the at m portion. The edge b<3> of the latter is of ornamental lace or other material, and the buttons may be jewelled and an additional row attached to false pleat b<1>. Spring fastenings or a clip may be used, instead of the, buttons.
Patent GB-190622154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bedsteads, Cots, and like Articles of Furniture
Inventor: TAUNTON ROBERT PERCY
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 22,154. Taunton, R. P., and Evans, R. E. L. Oct. 8. Set-screws.-In order to lock the dovetail joints of a bedstead or like articles of-furniture, the male and female parts are provided with a recess and a screw locking-bolt F respectively. The bolt has an enlarged inner portion F which works in a correspondingly enlarged portion of the bushing E and prevents the bolt from coming out. The enlarged part of the bolt may be in the centre or at the head, the bushing being shaped accordingly, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.