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Patent GB-190602981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Taxameters.
Inventor: BRUHN FRIEDRICH WILHELM GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-02-07
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 2981. Bruhn, F. W. G. Feb. 7. Fares, registering; counting - apparatus. - The counting or fare-registering train of a taxameter is modified to admit of such parts being separately constructed, and mounted in the taxameter so as to facilitate adjustment for the minimum charge, the central disk of a three-disk train being movable 'axially to allow the first and last disks to zeroize automatically. The main actuating-wheel d is driven by the oscillating pawl c, is controlled by the detent e, and has three zero positions determined by the pins g, the stop h, which is pushed aside during forward motion in the direction of the arrow, and the central spring f, having a friction connexion with the wheel d, the actuating and detent pawls being displaceable by the sliding pins shown for the purpose of zeroizing. The three numeral disks k<1>, l<1>, m<1> are mounted upon the plate i, and the spindle of the lowest k<1> is provided with a fast pinion k<3> which engages an alineing detent p, likewise thrown out of gear during zeroizing, and with an adjustable pinion k<3>, Fig. 2, the position of which is set to show the desired minimum fare on the lowest disk when the main actuating-wheel is at zero. Transfer is effected by geneva gearing, and the whole train is set to zero by moving the slide r in the direction of the arrow y, when the action is as follows: the parts r<1>, q<2> move the centre disk axially and thus disconnect it, the arm s is forced down to zeroize this disk by means of a cam, an axial spring and stops co-operate to zeroize the highest wheel, and the backward motion of the main actuating-wheel d zeroizes the lowest.
Patent GB-190606016-A (GB)
Title: Improved Carriage for Boring and Under-cutting Machinery.
Inventor: KRESL FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 6016. Kresl, F. March 12. Undercutting &c.-In a carriage for boring and undercutting machines, the motor 2 actuating the tool is supported on a plate 3 moving laterally on a slide 4 which can itself slide laterally on a support 5. This support rests on a plate 6 which slides longitudinally on a bed-plate 8, the motion being imparted by pinions or screwed spindles gearing with racks or nuts on the bed-plate. The bed-plate 8 is supported on segment rails 11 fixed on the car frame to allow revolution round a vertical axis. The carriage is held fast by spindles 13 or otherwise.
Patent GB-190607010-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Composition for Treating Leather.
Inventor: LOBB WILLIAM HUNTER
Filed: 1906-03-23
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 7010. Lobby W. H., [trading as Lobb, J.]. March 23. Hides or skins, tanned or tawed, treating; leatherdressing compositions.-Dry calf leather is veined on the flesh side and coated with a warmed composition consisting of indigo, " spirit black " (soot from methylated spirit); a dilute solution of perchloride of iron, and vinegar. The treatment renders the leather black and capable of being polished on the flesh side by a cream polish.
Patent GB-190617505-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fire Guard
Filed: 1906-08-03
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 17,505. Clark, H. E., and Clark Ltd., J. Aug. 3. Fire-guards.-A tray B for supporting food &c. in front of the fire is hinged at the bottom edge of a fire-guard A, and is retained horizontally by chains C, the inner ends of which are fitted with balls serving as stops and counterweights.
Patent GB-190618235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Submarine Boats.
Inventor: LAKE SIMON
Filed: 1906-08-14
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 18,235. Lake, S. Aug. 14.. Submarine vessels.-A diving compartment is fitted to submarine vessels with its centre of volume subsequently at the centre of gravity and buoyancy of the boat. The compartment is used for sowing mines, which are passed out through the openings a on either side of the keel. The mines are stored in compartments adjacent to the diving-compartment. Compensating-tanks D are filled with water by opening the valve E at the same time as a mine is passed out. The water is afterwards run into fore-and-aft tanks under the storage compartments. Compressed air is supplied to the diving-compartment to keep the water out, and is regulated by a float F, which opens a valve to admit air should the water in the compartment rise above a predetermined limit. The mines may be dropped out with an anchor having a drum, on which a cable is wound and held in place by a trigger, which is automatically released after having teen in the water some time, thus allowing the mine to rise,
Patent GB-190624545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heel-building Machines.
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-12-02
Abstract: 24,545. Barclay, W. R., Bates, A., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Nov. 2. Heels; nailing.-Relates to the well-known type of heel-building machine in which a pressure head B forms part of a swinging head B<1>, which is swung forward by a treadle C into position over the heel-receiving apparatus and is then lowered by a further movement of the treadle to clamp the heel ready to receive the nails, the nailing- mechanism being started by a still further move. ment of the treadle. The invention consists in automatic means for loading the nail-receiving die, a centring-device for assembling the heel lifts, and a new construction of nail-carrying tube. The nail-receiving die D and drivers D<1> are mounted in a sleeve E, which is pivoted within and at the lower part of the column F carrying the heelreceiving apparatus G. The sleeve is connected by a slotted link which allows lost motion, to the head B<1>, and swings through an opening in the side of column F into an inclined position in alinement with a fixed plate H, which has openings H<1> for the passage of the nails from flexible tubes K. These tubes are constructed from a coil of wire flattened as shown at X, Fig. 7. In its inclined position, the sleeve E engages a tappet screw J mounted on a lever which forms part of any ordinary clutch-tripping mechanism arranged to control any construction of nail-counting and loading device. In its vertical position, the sleeve engages an adjustable screw H<2>, which ensures the correct alinement of the driver passages with the openings in the upper face of the column F. The heel-lift assembling and centring apparatus, Fig. 5, consists of four members K, K<#>, the outermost K being detachably mounted on levers K' centred on bosses L which carry a right and left hand threaded screw M. The inner members K<#>, which have less movement than the members K, are carried by sliders N mounted to move towards and away from each other on the screw M. Links O connect the sliders with the levers K<1>, and, by varying the points of connexion, any desired degree of movement can be given to the members K, K<#>. The rotation of the screw M is effected by a handwheel M', or automatically by a rack and pinion M<2>, P, actuated by a link P' pivoted to the swing- ing frame B'. In a modified construction, the screw M is replaced by a shaft carrying cams which are engaged by rollers on the ends of the levers K<1>. To allow greater facility for the insertion and removal of the heel lifts, the centring-apparatus as a whole is arranged to swing upwards on the screw M as a pivot, a forked arm Q, Fig. 1, being operated by a link R on the frame B<1>. The link R can be disconnected from the arm when the nature of work requires no upward swing of the apparatus. The centring-apparatus is also described in the companion Specification No. 24,545A, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190625031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Burners
Inventor: ROBIN JACOB IGNATZ
Filed: 1906-11-07
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 25,031. Robin, J. I. Feb. 27, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Anti - vibration devices. -The mixing-tube 5 and the gas pipe of an inverted lamp are each provided with sleeves 8, 10 having arms 9, 11 connected together by spiral springs 13. The nipple 12 may be adjustable.
Patent GB-190626271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Steam and Explosion Engines
Inventor: SPOONER HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1906-11-20
Granted: 1907-11-20
Abstract: 26,271. Spooner, H. J. Nov. 20. Surperheaters, steam.-In engines in which an explosion four-stroke cycle alternates with one or more steam expansion and exhaust strokes, the hot combustion products are employed to superheat the steam for the steam strokes, and the exhaust steam is passed through the cylinder jacket to cool the cylinder and heat the steam for subsequent use as, for instance, in a low-pressure cylinder or a gasproducer. The engine is suitable for marine propulsion. It is described as a three-cylinder singleacting engine working on a six-stroke cycle with steam-admission valves Si and gas-exhaust valves Ge on one side and gas admission and steamexhaustion valves Gi, Se, respectively, on the other side. The valves are worked by cam shafts 16 driven by worm gearing 19, and can he slid longitudinally for reversing. The steam-admission valves may be worked by hand-levers 29 for starting the engine. The superheater serves also as an exhaust silencer, and comprises a tubular vessel SH, through the tubes of which the exhaust passes to and fro while the steam passes among them. The exhaust steam from the valves Se passes through the spiral jackets 4 to the pipe 5 and thence to a low-pressure cylinder, which, according to the Provisional Specification, may also work on a sixstroke cycle. The engine may also be worked on an eight-stroke cycle, and when it is employed for marine propulsion the cam shaft may be provided with extra cams whereby the engine can be run slowly exclusively as a steam-engine.
Patent GB-190628632-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folding Bed and a Sideboard or Kitchen Dresser for Containing the same.
Inventor: MENZIES WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-12-15
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 28,632. Menzies, W. Dec. 15. Bedsteads; dressers ; sideboards.- A sideboard or kitchen dresser is adapted to enclose a folding bed, which may be withdrawn fur use. Beneath the ordinary drawers 4 of the sideboard or dresser is a deep cupboard, closed by doors 15 and provided with a bevelled edge 5 at the front of the bottom board for facilitating the withdrawal of a box 6 carrying the bed. The frame of the bedstead is in three parts, each equal in size to the top of the box. One part 8 is hinged to the top edge of the box and forms a lid ; the middle part 9 is hinged to the part 8 in such a manner that the elastic wire webhing or the like forming the bottom is close to that on the part 8 when folded, while the third part 10 is hinged to the part 9 so as to leave a space 12 between the webbing for containing the bedclothes when folded. The outer parts are provided with hinged legs 14 which open beyond the perpendicular so as to prevent collapse, and the part 9 may be further supported by a hinged bracket 13 on the part 8. Detachable top and bottom ornamental ends may be fitted to the frame, and may be stowed along with the bedclothes when not in use. The mattress, which may be in three parts or in one, is contained in the box 6.
Patent GB-190700621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Boot and Shoe Laces, and the like.
Inventor: DUMARESQ ROBERT HARE FITZROY
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 621. Dumaresq, R. H. F. Jan. 9. Laces.-The ends of mohair, silk, &c. laces are finished off with conical tips of rubber or its equivalent, which is incorporated in the material for a length of about half an inch. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 17,833, A.D. 1899.]
Patent GB-190702686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Buffers for Railway Wagons or like Vehicles.
Inventor: RIGLEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-02-02
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 2686. Rigley, W. Feb. 2. Buffers.-In buffers for railway wagons and like vehicles, the plunger is connected to the casing by a bayonet-joint in such a manner that the plunger cannot be removed until the casing has been detached from the headstock. The plunger A, Fig. 1, is formed with a stud A<2> adapted to enter a slot C<2> in the casing C, and has its inner end A' formed of square or similar section and arranged to pass through a correspondingly shaped hole in a plate or bracket B secured to the wagon. Rotation of the plunger being thus prevented, the casing C is turned round until the stud and slot are out of coincidence, and istheu secured to the wagon. The shoe at the inner end of the plunger may be secured by a cotter, or may be simply placed thereon, being held in position by the buffer spring. In a selfcontained buffer, as shown in Fig. 5, a recess is provided in the casing for the stud A<2>, and the plate B forms the back-plate, being secured between the casing and the wagon. In a modification, the plunger may be provided with a second stud arranged opposite the first. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 284, A.D. 1876, No. 4897, A.D. 1879, and No. 16,223, A.D. 1886.]
Patent GB-190704046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Electrical Switching and Controlling Installations.
Filed: 1907-02-18
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 4046. Felten & Guilleaume-Lahmeyer werke Akt.-Ges. Feb. 17, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches.-The separate parts of controlling- apparatus, such as switches, fuses, bus-bars, &c. on ships or in mines, are enclosed in cases provided with openings so that they may be connected together and filled with oil or other insulator. The cible k feeds the bus-bars S through switches or fuses t, and distributing cables l are supplied through an ammeter A, fuses f, and an oil switch o. Cases H cover the terminals of the switches, and their side openings are connected by pieces J which form a tubular case round the bus-bars. Boxes M at the end of the cases enclose the fuses and switches of the feeding-cables k, and cases N on the front of the cases H contain fuses for branching-off cables. The measuring instruments are in cases on top of the cases H.
Patent GB-190704737-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Opener for Casement Windows.
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1908-02-26
Abstract: 4737. Hope & Sons, H., and Sternberg, F. G. Feb. 26. Stays.-The casement stay f, hinged to a bracket e secured to the lower end of the window b, has a slot g into which projects the pin e of an arm d secured to the frame a. The slot g has a number of notches i, a cam-shaped slot h also being provided at the inner end to retain the window in its closed position. The free end of the stay is formed with an eye g<3>, by means of which it can be manipulated by a window-stock, hand, or cord. The stay arm may be arranged to point up or down when the window is closed. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 4733, A.D. 1886, and No. 23,265, A.D. 1897.]
Patent GB-190707344-A (GB)
Title: Improved Variable Speed Gear.
Inventor: KRUSE MAX
Filed: 1907-03-27
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 7344. Kruse, M. March 27. Variable-speed gearing; clutches. -Relates to change-speed and reversing gearing, suitable for motor-vehicles, of the class in which a variable crank drives shaft through links and a pair of ratchet-clutch-mounted pulleys. The motor-shaft a, Figs. 1 and 2, has arms b each carrying a movable slide c. The crank-pins c<1> are secured to the slides c which carry racks actuated by pinions i upon a spindle k inside the shaft a. The pins c<1> are connected to the pulleys f, f<1> upon the driven shaft e by rods d and coiled ropes g, g<1>. The power of the engine is used to change the gearratio through epicyclic gearing. A worm-wheel k<1>, Fig. 4, upon the spindle k divides the shaft a and meshes with a worm l, which is connected by gearing l<1> to a spindle m. The spindle m, which is carried by a casing o secured to both parts of the shaft a, is fastened to a planet-wheel m<1>, which meshes with two bevel sun-wheels n loose upon the shaft a. The engine drives the casing o, and when either of the wheels n is held by a brake applied to a drum n<1>, the spindle k and slides c are operated in one or the other direction. The pulleys f, f<1> are connected to the shaft e by reversible roller ratchet clutches. The rollers t, Figs. 5 and 6, lie in recesses q in members p fixed to the shaft e, the recesses q being tapered in both directions. Between the rollers are partitions r carried by a disk s, which may be turned in either direction relatively to the members p to cause the rollers t to grip in one or the other direction as required. The disk s is operated by the spirally-slotted arms u<1> of a sliding collar u. According to the Provisional Specification, chains may replace the connecting- rods.
Patent GB-190711207-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or applicable to Miners' Safety Lamps.
Inventor: WALSHAW JOHN
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 11,207. Walshaw, J. May 14. Miners' lamps.-To facilitate the identification and inspection of the lamps, each gauze a is provided with a metallic or like tab, as b or c, so arranged that both tabs are visible when the lamp is fitted together. The tabs may be perforated with numerals, words, &c., and one tab may be arranged inside the glass. The presence of both tabs in a completed lamp indicates the presence of both gauzes.
Patent GB-190714085-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Providing Wood Bars with Circular Mouldings.
Inventor: LORENTZEN PETER
Filed: 1907-06-18
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 14,085. Lorentzen, P. June 18. Moulding; carving.-In a machine for providing wood bars with circular mouldings, in which the cut is made by inclined knives rotating on a shaft in an horizontal plane and the bar is intermittently fed forwards, reglet boards f are arranged to carry the work, and are fed by racks i and push-rods l operated through levers m, w, and a link v, by a crank u on the shafts. The work is held down on the reglet board during the cutting operation by a presser o, carried by a weighted lever p normally resting on a stirrup r. The work is intermittently clamped by a pair of eccentrics x which raise the table top against the presser so as to hold the lever p above the stirrup, to obtain the clamping pressure. The work may be cut at both sides of the spindle. For large and heavy work, the feed may be produced by turning the shaft s by hand, and the table top by a treadle or pedal lever. Two spindles may be used.
Patent GB-190714580-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Knife Cleaner
Inventor: COOLEY HORATIO
Filed: 1907-06-25
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 14,580. Cooley, H. June 25. Knives, cleaning &c.-In apparatus of the type in which a platform B is employed for supporting the knife while being rubbed, a receptacle E for containing water or damp polishing-powder is provided in addition to the receptacles C for dry powder. The rubber P has two faces F<1>, F for the application of wet and dry powder respectively. The face F may be made too large to enter the receptacle E, so that it may not inadvertently be used for wet rubbing.
Patent GB-190714950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuzes for Lyddite Shells and other Explosive Projectiles
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 14,950. King's Norton Metal Co., Bayliss, T. A., and Whitworth, E. June 29. Fuses for projectiles.-Relates to the percussion fuse described in Specification No. 3966, A.D. 1906. The rotatable disk c carries the primer A, which normally lies in front of a lightly sealed vent l and is isolated from the magazine of the fuse by a liner b retained in correct position by means of a lug b<1>. The needle pellet h sets back on discharge, and, as in the above-mentioned Specification, as occurs in connexion with the known form of fuse, is thrown forward on impact or grazing and fires the primer, which is simultaneously rotated by means of the nut g and spindle c<1> to coincide with a passage b' in the liner b. A further feature consists in the provision of a weak spring i to prevent accidental displacement of the nut g during flight.
Patent GB-190718018-A (GB)
Title: Loose Leaf Binders.
Inventor: DAWSON JAMES CLIFFORD
Filed: 1907-08-08
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 18,018. Dawson, J. C., and Heeter, T. E. Nov. 15, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Filing papers &c.-A loose-leaf binder comprises a base-plate 10, which is embedded in the back of the cover of the book and to which is secured by tongues 13, 14 an arched plate 11. The leafholding prongs 16, 17 are pivotally carried by ears 19 bent up from the plate 11. The members 29,30 of spring members attached to the plate 10 as shown in Fig. 5 bear upon the heels of the prongs and tend to separate them, while a plate 23 slidable by a finger-piece 25 and having cam-surfaces 24 serves to close the prongs. The plate 23 is supported inside the arched plate 11 by means of lugs 26. The cams are arranged so that their highest parts pass over the prongs before the plate 23 is pushed completely home.
Patent GB-190718257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Chains
Inventor: SCHAR FERDINAND
Filed: 1907-08-12
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 18,257. Schar, F. Aug. 12. Making chains.-A method of manufacturing chains in which each link consists of two eyes in planes at right-angles consists of forming three-part blanks, Fig. 3, with eyes b, parallel arms c of semicircular cross - section, and circular section - piece a, which together with arms c finally form the eye at rightangles to the eye b. The arms c are pressed together and the blank is inserted into the eye of the previous one and bent to U-shape when the arms c are opened as in g, Fig. 1, for the reception of the next blank, after which they are closed again.
Patent GB-190720370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Looms for the Manufacture of Lace or Silk Net.
Inventor: BAILLOD LOUIS
Filed: 1907-09-12
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 20,370. Baillod, L. Sept. 12. Lace machines.- To prevent the occurrence of faults and stripes in tulle on account of the stoppage or re-starting of the machine, a slight movement is imparted to the work roller at such times by the takeup mechanism, which is put under the control of the stopping and starting-lever. During the normal course of working, a ratchet-wheel D drives the take-up shaft C, but on stopping the machine a finer toothed wheel J comes into action ; while on re - starting, another wheel Q momentarily operates. The ratchets D, J are operated from an upper shaft H by means of crankdisks F, F<1> and clawkers E, I. The clawkers I are normally held out of action by a pivoted bluff K connected to the starting-lever. The ratchet Q is operated from below, by means of a clawker R on re-starting, by the same lever. A bluff T puts the clawker R out of action after momentarily operating, and the rotation of the take-up shaft is subsequently effected through the ratchet D. When the machine is again stopped, the bluffs T, K release the clawkers R, I and the latter are operated for a short time, by the inertia of the still moving parts ; this advances the work roller by a small amount, which may be less than that which would have been imparted by the ratchet D.
Patent GB-190800351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cartridges and Explosive Charges Containing Ammonium Nitrates.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-06
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 351. Haddan, H. J., [Lehmann, J. F.]. Jan. 6. Explosives. - A non-hygroscopic explosive is obtained by mixing a powdered or granular ammonium - nitrate explosive with nitrocellulose aud a volatile solvent, without admixture of nitroglycerine, and by moulding the mass into bodies of definite shape and size adapted to serve as cartridge or blasting charges. The moulded mass may be coated with paraffin.