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Patent GB-190403476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Continuously and Automatically Feeding Sheets of Metal and other Material to Punching and like Machines.
Inventor: WILZIN ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-02-11
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 3476. Wilzin, A. Feb. 11. Punching; shearing; stamping.-In an apparatus for feeding plates or sheets to punching or stamping machines, the sheet b, which is to be presented in position on the matrix c, is held by a gripper d on a carriage e adjustable on a slide f. The mechanism which moves the carriage e and slide f consists of rollers j, i geared together and formed with grooves in which shuttles l, k run, the grooves on the roller i being as shown in development in Fig. 5, in order to "stagger" the holes. The roller j remains fixed during the motion of the slide f owing to the fact that the shuttle l is connected with the carriage e by a groove m at right-angles to the direction of motion of the carriage. The shuttles may be put out of action by handles o, p and the motion of the shuttle k may be geared down for small movements. The roller j may be replaced by a wheel j, Fig. 15, provided with worm teeth j<1> upon a portion of its periphery, the worm of which engages the wheel f once every revolution and at the end of the movement the wheel f<7> is held fast by the periphery of the wheel j engaging a notch in it. The table f is moved from the wheel f<7> by means of a rack f<4> and pinion. In another modified form, the roll i is replaced by a revolving crank i engaging notches in a star-wheel k, Fig. 16, once every revolution, a cam i<1> on the crank shaft engaging indentations in the star-wheel and holding it fast between successive revolutions of the crank. Motion is communicated by gearing through a cam-operated reversing crown train to a pinion u<10> engaging a rack e<1> on the carriage e, a free movement of the rack-equal to half the distance between successive punchings-between stops e', e<2> giving the necessary staggering action on reversal.
Patent GB-190410426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Warping Machines
Inventor: LIVESEY ROBERT CROSSLEY
Filed: 1904-05-06
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 10,426. Livesey, R. C. May 6. Yarns, warping.-Relates to a stop-motion for use in warping-machines such as that described in Specification No. 217, A.D. 1903. Drop-pins B of staple form depend from the warps, and project into one or more rows of slots in a plate A, above two rollers U, D which are rotated and geared together. One or both of these rollers are mounted in movable bearings, or the shaft thereof may be carried by an inclined plate. When a warp breaks, the corresponding drop-pin passes between and separates these rollers, displaces a link or lever E and a rod g on the knocking-off handle G, a second rod g<1> thereon displacing a lever H. A rod k, which retains a weighted lever K in position by a projection k<1> bearing against the side of a slotted bracket k<2>, is then pushed away from the side of the bracket by the lever H, and the weight w falls and operates the bell-crank mechanism f to shift the driving-belt on to the loose pulley. The wheels C, D are driven from a shaft N driven by a clutch, of which one member is carried by a belt-driven loose pulley m. The other member M, which slides on a key on the shaft N, is brought into and out of gear with the first member by a forked bell crank m<1>, resting on the treadle K, as the machine is started and stopped. The rollers C, D therefore do not start immediately on the re-starting of the machine, to permit all the warps to became tighter and the drop-pins to be supported in their normal positions.
Patent GB-190412376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Fire Alarms and Thermo-indicators.
Filed: 1904-05-31
Granted: 1905-03-30
Abstract: 12,376. McNeil, A. H., and Pearson rire Alarm, Ltd. May 31. Alarms, fire and temperature.-Relates to alarms in which a thermal strip bends and complete circuit with a contact-point. The strip c is fixed by means of screws d<1> without insulation to a metallic insulated base a. The adjustable contact d is insulated, being held in a tapped bush i in the centre of a brass plate e, which is secured to projections f on the base a but is insulated by a plate g of ebonite or the like. The screws have insulating-washers &c. h. The contact d is secured by a lock-nut j after adjustment and the dial k, mounted on the bush i between the plate e and nut j, is held after adjustment by a screw l working in the slot m. The pointer n fixed to the contact d indicates on the dial the temperature of operation. The cap o and plates p are protective coverings.
Patent GB-190414990-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Railway Crossings, Points, and Guard Rails.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1904-07-04
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 14,990. Hadfield, R. A. July 4. Crossings, points and switches, rails, and chairs manufactured of Hadfield's manganese steel and subjected to the heat treatment described in Specifica'ions Nos. 24,739 and 24,740, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Iron &c.], are constructed so that the thickness of the metal is nowhere detrimental to the lieat process. Figs. 1 to 4 represent a railway crossing of ordinary form, Figs. 2, 3, and 4 being sections on the lines II, III, IV, respectively. The V-piece 1 is secured by bolts 2 between two wing rails 3 with distance-pieces 4. In other forms shown, the bolts and distance-pieces are replaced by suitably-formed chairs and wedges, and the V-piece is composed of two distinct rails with tapered ends, which are secured together by bolts and a V-shaped distance-piece. Fig. 11 shows another form of crossing, Figs. 12 and 13 being cross-sections as before. Each of the point portions is formed by a rail 12 with tapered end and secured by bolts 13 and distance-pieces 14 between a wing rail 15 and a bent running rail 16. This arrangement is also shown for bull-headed rails, and the bolts are replaced by suitable chairs and wedges. Figs. 17 to 20 show a pair of points in which flat bottom rails are used. All the parts are constructed, as shown, so that the metal never exceeds a certain thickness.
Patent GB-190415900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Making-up of Ribbon into Rolls
Inventor: SCHUBERT MAX
Filed: 1904-07-18
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 15,900. Sohubert, M., Rechnitz, O., Holzer, H., and Kunert, M. July 18. Measuring; packing.-A graduated strip of paper c, serving as a measuring-strip and a control against illicit winding-off, is inserted between the several windings a of a roll of ribbon so as to project beyond one or both edges of the ribbon. The projecting edges of adjacent windings are fastened together by paste, thread, &c. The paper strip may be perforated close to the pasted border so that, on being wound off, it is torn off along the perforated line A-B. To prevent fraud, the borders of the paper may be of a colour which will change when they are moistened for re-fastening after illicit opening.
Patent GB-190421546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Illuminated Clocks.
Inventor: BORTHWICK OLIVER ANDREW
Filed: 1904-10-07
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 21,546. Glenesk, A. Borthwick, Lord, and Bathurst, Lilias Margaret Frances, Countess, [Executors of Borthwick, O. A.]. Oct. 7. Illuminated clocks; dials; hands.-The arrangements are such that only those figures to which the hands point are illuminated. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, translucent figures in an opaque dial B are lit by electric lamps C behind them. The lamps are mounted in a conducting-ring C<1> with a binding-screw C<4>, and have their outer terminals connected thereto and their inner terminals extended as square bars C<2> to the back of the clock. The motionwork E<1> and an insulated disc D<2> on the minute arbor are connected to the second binding-screw E<5>, and carry arms E<4>, D' with terminal brushes E<3>, D5 which wipe the conducting-bars C'. The brush contacts may operate relays in large clocks. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the interior of the clock is fully lighted, and trunnioned shutters F with toothed wheels G, G' are turned by the hands, which bear racks H, to expose the translucent figures. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the minute figures of the dial B are arranged in a circle outside the hour figures, and discs K, L on the minute and hour arbors shut in the light except at apertures K<1>, L<1>, which travel round the circles. In this form, the hands may be dispensed with. In another arrangement, there are duplicate hands bearing lamps behind the ordinary ones.
Patent GB-190423102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fishing Nets.
Inventor: MATHESON DUNCAN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1904-10-26
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 23,102. Matheson, D. A. Oct. 26. Nets.-A form of drift net is shown in the Figure, the meshes being omitted. A metal ring 1, carrying a bag net 25, is suspended from the lower end of an incomplete cylindrical net 2, which has a vertical opening 5, and is buoyed at the top 3. In proximity to the top and bottom of the opening 5 are fitted V-shaped wooden frames 9, 10 connected by vertical nets 11 on each side and carrying at the top jointed rods 14, which are adapted to retain the net 2 open by means of cords 13. The frames are connected to buoyed and weighted nets 16 attached to the tow-line 19 and fitted with two or more lateral inclined wings 22, which do not extend to the net 16. The fish are directed by the wings 22 against the net 16, and are swept into the V-shaped net 11 and thence through the opening 5 into the net 2 and bag 25.
Patent GB-190426718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Preventing or Presenting Obstruction to Fraudulent Re-filling of Bottles, Jars, Cans, and like Vessels.
Inventor: BROWN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-08
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 26,718. Brown. W., Cates, W. E. W., and Farquhar, E. E. J. Dec. 8. Stoppers; refilling, preventing. - Relates to a closure for preventing bottles, jars, cans, &c., from being fraudulently r e - filled. As applied to a bottle, the closure consists of a metal cylinder a, Figs. 1 and 2, formed with a tapered seat b, on which seats a glass, or preferably metal, valve g, which is normally kept on its seat by a weight h, so shaped that, after tilting, the valve closes before the bottle reaches its horizontal position. The cylinder a is enclosed in a cork &c. sheath l, which retains the device in the bottle, and a nozzle k, which receives an ordinary cork or stopper, is fitted in this sheath. The weight h is provided with a ring i attached to arms j, which serve to guide the valve and to prevent it from being held off its seat by the frictional engagement of the weight h with the inside of the bottle. Tampering with the valve by means of a wire is guarded against by means of a cage formed of rods c, to which are soldered rings d and a cap e, set so as to allow the flow of the liquid. A set of discs may be transversely fixed to the rods c. The upward movement of the valve g is limited by a cross-bar f, or a grid, attached to the cage.
Patent GB-190426935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Direct-acting Steam-driven Pumps.
Inventor: LOCKWOOD PERCY WATSON
Filed: 1904-12-10
Granted: 1906-01-10
Abstract: 26,935. Lockwood, P. W. Dec. 10. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps.-A combined tappet and fluid-actuated valve gear for the piston valve of a direct-acting steam pump is described.
Patent GB-190505245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dashers
Inventor: MURPHY MARY
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 5245. Murphy, M. March 13. Churns.-A rotary dasher for churns &c. is constructed with perforated wings of particular form, and with a tubular shaft for the admission of air by suction. Fig. 1 shows a plan and Fig. 2 an elevation. The wings 2 are made with flat ends 10 and perforations 13, 14, and the front faces 11 are longer than the rear faces 12. The shaft 1 is of rectangular section and is provided with a central bore 8, air inlets 7, and outlets 9.
Patent GB-190508085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shields for the Hands and Wrists of a Batsman when Playing Cricket.
Inventor: HEARSON THOMAS ALFRED
Filed: 1905-04-15
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 8085. Hearson, T. A., [Harris, G. S. T.]. April 15. Guards for games.- A hand and wrist guard for use in cricket consists of a pad of down or other resilient material or an inflatable cushion c, supported by uprights s b of steel, aluminium alloy, or bamboo &c., which are secured to a metal clip a fitted on the shoulder of the bat. The clip a may be provided with sockets in which the uprights are secured by bayonet joints.
Patent GB-190509024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Trueing Up Apparatus for Gas Engine Valves and other Articles
Inventor: LAKE ARTHUR ERNEST
Filed: 1905-04-29
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 9024. Lake, A. E. April 29. No Patent ,granted (Sealingfee not paid). Lathes ; tools.- The apparatus is described for trueing-up gas engine valves, but is also applicable for the cones on cycle spindles and for like articles. The valve is held by its stem C', Fig. 1, in a clamp B which eliminates play but does not prevent rotation. Asimilar but adjustablylocated clamp D takes a bearing at another part. A cutter H preferably of polygonal form is clamped with an edge at the required angle, and the valve head is forced on to it by a fiat-ended screw G, and turning is accomplished by rotating the valve. In a modification, the cutter is traversed to effect the feed.
Patent GB-190521768-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Obtaining Textile Fibre from Reeds or the like.
Inventor: HATVANY-DEUTCH CHARLES DE
Filed: 1905-10-26
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 21,768. Deutch, C. de Hatvany-. Oct. 26. Liquids, apparatus for treating with.-Previously dried reeds or the like are packed in a perforated basket S' or in a cylinder open at both ends which is supported and guided by rails S, S' in a closed slanting boiler K, which is afterwards exhausted. Soda lye is admired by a suitable valve or pipe F until the reeds are completely covered, and the whole is allowed to stand for six or seven hours. Air is then admitted through the tube D, superfluous lye drained off, and pressure applied to make the reeds retain three-fourths of their weight of lye. The heating of the reeds may be effected in the boiler under high or low pressure, and the lye may be used for a second or for a third or fourth operation, provided a suitable amount of fresh lye is added. A series of boilers may be used.
Patent GB-190522125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Developing Power and Heat from Highly Explosive Substances, and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: TEJADA JUAN DE DIOS
Filed: 1905-10-30
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 22,125. Tejada, J. de D. Oct. 30. Steam generation by direct contact of combustion products feed-water, heating.-Tbe gases from explosives fired in small quantities are conveyed to a storage chamber and used for generating steam. The gases, passing through an injector, spray water into the storage chamber. The gases may heat air, water, or other substances by passing through a coil surrounded by them. The excessive heat generated in the explosion chamber may be variously employed, e.g. in steam-generating apparatus the chamber may be immersed in the feed-water tank. The apparatus employed comprises a chamber 2, in which works a piston 3 with a cavity 49 for receiving an explosive from a feeder 38, and an anvil 4 on which the hammer 5 impinges for exploding the charge. The piston and hammer are expelled by the explosion ; the former may drive a crank-shaft 13, and the latter is arrested by a spring catch 18, controlled from the piston-rod 9. Liquid explosives are supplied from a saturated absorbent 39, Fig. 1, whch is pressed against the anvil at the end of the out-stroke when the end of the lever 42 enters the notch 47 in the piston. Solid explosives, as shown in Fig, 6, are supplied in the form of disk-shaped cartridges 114, the cases of which are collected in the chamber 123. When the explosion gases are stored, they pass numerous valves 111, 112 on their way to the storage chamber. The chamber 38 containing the absorbent may be ventilated for the escape of any gases that may pass along the piston, and the absorbent may be withdrawn from the chamber 38 and swung aside during the explosion, or a transverse sliding valve may come between it and the piston. The liquid explosive may be supplied through flexible piping to prevent the transmission of jar to the reservoir.
Patent GB-190525795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Extinguishing Apparatus
Inventor: HUDSON JAMES CADOUX
Filed: 1905-12-12
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 25,795. Hudson, J. C. Dec. 12. Pipes and tubes, supporting and directing.- Relates to apparatus for supporting a hose - pipe nozzle and adjusting its inclination and also its drection in an horizontal plane. A frame D, Figs. 1 and 2, is connected at its lower end by a universal joint E to a foot-piece F, fitted with spikes G for gripping the ground, and supports a branch-piece or connector A, to one end of which is connected the hose and to the other end the nozzle. The connector A is pivoted to guides K, adapted to slide on parallel stays H, which converge at the bottom and terminate in a spike, and are connected by a handle J at the top. When the nozzle is raised, the guides K are made to slide up the stays H by means of a winch L fixed near the top of the stays and a cord or chain P, the winch being provided with a handle M and a pawl and ratchet. A chain Q prevents the frame D and stays H from spreading too far apart. An horizontal movement may be obtained by means of the universal joint E and a certain amount of flexibility in the frames, while, for a larger movement, the stays H may be raised from the ground. A nut R, Fig. 2, and screw S passing through the guides K are used to fix the apparatus in any required position. In modifications, the winch L is replaced by a screw-and-nut mechanism or a rack-and-pinion mechanism.
Patent GB-190600184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for Sewer and like Pipes.
Inventor: BRANDRAM ANDREW GEORGE
Filed: 1906-01-02
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 184. Brandram, A. G. Jan. 2. Clip and sleeve joints.-In a joint of this kind for sewer or like pipes, the ends of the tubes a, a<1> are placed together and receive a coating of boiling bitumen b, Fig. 1, the entry of the latter into the tube being prevented by inserting a drum or an inflatable body inside the tube. A strip of metal d is placed over the bitumen and a band c coated both internally and externally with bitumen is clipped around the ends of the tube, and, when drawn sufficiently tight, a staple f is inserted in the tubular ends e. In some cases, a strip of canvas saturated with bitumen is wrapped around the ends of the tubes before the clip is applied. The metal. plate and band may be finally coated with a protective fluid or composition, such as that known as the "Angus Smith." The bitumen used is preferably mixed with about 20 per cent of asphalt oil.
Patent GB-190600371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for the Manufacture of Blocks or Slabs of Plaster, Cement and the like.
Inventor: MITCHISON GORDON CAMERON
Filed: 1906-01-05
Granted: 1907-02-05
Abstract: 371. Mitchison, G. C. Jan. 5. Moulding blocks and slabs. -Relates to machines of the type described in Specification No. 17,029, A.D. 1903. The plates E, E', forming the sides of the moulds, are moved from the moulded blocks in a direction normal to their surfaces. To ensure simultaneous and uniform motion and d to obtain adjustability the plates E are connected to the screwed parts D<2> of rods D, passing slidably through brackets B<2> at the ends of the frame. The plates E<1> are similarly connected to similar rods D' to which is also connected a plate E'. The spindle K of the hand-wheel K<1> has right and left handed screwed parts K<2>, K3, the first part taking into a bushing M in a yoke M<1> connected by bolts M<2> to one of the plates E, and the other taking into a bushing E<5> on the plate E<4>. In this way, rotation of the hand-wheel produces simultaneous and opposite motions of the sets of plates E, E'. By using facing-plates E<3>, blocks of different patterns and thicknesses may be formed, and fillets H, H<1>, H<2> are provided to form the top, bottom, and ends of the blocks. The fillets H are supported on cross-bars carrying rollers F<3>, on which and other external rollers F<1> a frame runs to facilitate the removal of the finished blocks.
Patent GB-190600845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachable Handles for Umbrellas.
Inventor: ROSENSTEIN JACOB BENJAMIN
Filed: 1906-01-12
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 845. Rosenstein, J. B. Jan. 14, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Handles, attaching to sticks.- A nut 6 confined between the handle and a pin 7, fixed to the rod 5 which forms part of the handle, is screwed over the end of the hollow stick. The pin 7 engages a longitudinal slot 2 cut in the upper end of the stick. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 14,468, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190604906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating Oil Cans.
Inventor: SPENCE ROBERT
Filed: 1906-02-28
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 4906. Spence, R. Feb. 28. Lubricating-cans.-An oil-can fitted with a force pump is provided with a bent revolving spout capable of being turned into any convenient position. The auxiliary bent spout 5, and the tube 3 leading from the pump 2 are connected within the main spout 4 by means of a funnel-shaped sleeve 7 fixed to the tube 3.
Patent GB-190605047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Electro-therapeutic Treatment.
Inventor: KROEGER MARTIN CARL ADOLPH CHR
Filed: 1906-03-01
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 5047. Kroeger, M. C. A. C. March 1. Electric ear and nose appliances; medicines, administering.-Apparatus for the treatment of the ear consists of a non.conducting vessel a provided with a nozzle b and electrode d. The vessel is filled with water or a liquid medicament, and the electrode is connected to a source of current by means of the binding-screw f. The ear piece b is provided with a felt washer c to prevent the escape of liquid. Modified forms of vessel with various shapes and arrangements of nozzles are used for the treatment of the ears, or nostrils, or both.
Patent GB-190605536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Reversing Mechanism of Screwcuttin, Tapping, and Drilling Machines.
Inventor: KELLY JOHN WALKER
Filed: 1906-03-07
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 5536. General Contracts Co., and Kelly, J. W. March 7. Reversing - gearing. - Drilling, screwing, and tapping machines for nuts, bolts, &c. are provided with automatic means for reversing the direction of rotation of the spindle at predetermined intervals. The spindle a, Fig. 1, is fed by its screwed end a<1> working in a fixed bearing-nut, and is driven by bevelwheels and a clutch d controlled by a cam s rotated by worm gearing driven by speed cones x from the driving-shaft.
Patent GB-190608704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expanding Testing Plugs for Drain Pipes.
Inventor: SMITH DAVID
Filed: 1906-04-11
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 8704. Smith, D. April 11. Stopping pipes and tubes.-An expansible testing- plug for stopping drain and like pipes comprises a rubber ring A, convex outside and concave inside, with or without a groove A<2>, and supported between compressing-plates B, C. The edges of the ring rest on abutments D and are grasped by circumferential lips E. The plates B, C may be brought nearer together, to expand the ring A, by means of the sleeve H and nut G. A tubular water outlet I with screw cap J is provided. To adapt the plug for use with two or more sizes of pipe, auxiliary rubber rings such as K, of the cross-section shown, may be used.