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Patent GB-190303084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-acting Mules Twiners, and like Machines.
Inventor: THORNLEY THOMAS
Filed: 1903-02-10
Granted: 1904-02-10
Abstract: 3084. Thornley, T. Feb. 10. Mules and twiners.-Consists in applying a ratchet-wheel, friction brake, or other resisting- mechanism to the back shaft, quadrant shaft, the quadrant side shaft used on some mules, the taking-in scroll shaft, or to the guide-pulleys of the carriage bands, for the purpose of holding the carriage firmly in its most outward position during the operations of supplementary twisting and backing-off. The arrangement may be used instead of or in addition to the usual holding-out catch. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a ratchet segment B is fixed on the back shaft A, and is engaged by one or more pawls C which are raised or allowed to fall into gear as required by the rise and fall of a stud L carried by a lever D oscillated by a bracket H on the backing-off rod G ; or on a separate and similarly-operated longitudinal rod. Fig. 5 shows the invention applied to a long-lever mule, in which the long-lever P is connected by a bracket O and link N with a weighted lever J carrying an arm or stud L for raising or releasing the ratchet pawls C, the ratchet segment B being secured on the back shaft. The pawls may be engaged and disengaged by mechanism connected with the taking-in friction. The ratchet segment may be of any suitable width according to the number of pawls employed side by side. If the pawls are all of the same length, the several sections of the wheel corresponding in width to the pawls may have the teeth arranged successively in steps, or the teeth may be cut spirally throughout the width of the segment. On the other hand, if the pawls are of various lengths, the teeth may be cut parallel with the axis across the segment.
Patent GB-190305240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conduits or Casings for Electric Conductors
Inventor: KNIGHT RICHARD HENRY WHITE
Filed: 1903-03-06
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 5240. Knight, R. H. W., and Nagel, L. March 6. Conduits and casings.-Conduits are formed of strips of sheet steel, hard bronze, brass, fibre compound, &c., bent so as to form a trough a little more than a semicircle in section. One such piece is secured to the wall &c., and, after the conductors are inserted, a second similar one is sprung over it, as shown in Fig. 3, to form the complete tube. T-pieces, crosses, bends, &c. are similarly formed. Fig. 9 shows a tubular fuse box similarly formed. The tubes may be insulated by placing them in a slightly-heated condition into a bath of paint, enamel, pitch, bitumen, or resin, and then allowing them to cool. The Provisional Specification states that flat longitudinal channels may be similarly formed, and that the circuits may be insulated by insulators.
Patent GB-190306827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hem Folders for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: LAUBSCHER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1903-03-24
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 6827. Laubscher, A. March 24. Folding-attachments.-Relates to a hem folder, in which the amount of material turned in under the seam can be varied. The attachment is secured to the machine by a pivot 2, and is pressed down by a spring 4. The fixed folder 9 and a plate 10, which forms practically a part of it, and also the tongue 19 are carried by an arm 7, which is mounted on a bracket 5. The tongue 19 is screwed to the arm 7 at 21. The adjustable folder 15 together with its tongue 17 are carried by an arm 11, which can be adjusted in the usual way by a screw 13 so as to vary the width of the hem. Fig. 4 shows the tongue 19 separately, the upright side of the part 20 being that which effects the folding of the edge in the ordinary way. In order to adjust the amount turned in, a gauge, shown separately in Fig. 3, is placed inside the tongue 19. The part 23 lies on the arm 7 passing down through a slot 22, and being secured by a set-screw 25. The operative parts 27, 28 of the gauge conform to the corresponding parts of the tongue 19.
Patent GB-190309799-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Injecting Liquid Fuel into Furnaces.
Inventor: FERMOR CHARLES ANTHONY ELLIS
Filed: 1903-04-30
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 9799. Fermor, C. A. E. April 30. Liquid . fuel fittings.-The steam pipe e is led into a boiler or other furnace a through an elbow pipe g. The liquid fuel from a tank h is allowed to drip into the pipe g over an enlargement of the steam pipe. It is thus heated before being mixed with air.
Patent GB-190322679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chucks or Holders for Pipe Nipples while being Threaded.
Inventor: BORDEN BRADFORD
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 22,679. Borden, B., and Neracher, W. A. Oct. 20. Chucks.-A chuck or holder for pipe nipples, and which is held like a pipe in a pipe-screwing machine while the nipples are being threaded, is shown in the Figures, the nipples being screwed into the bushing 5 and the disc 21 pressed against them by the rod 13 and the wedge 23. In order that the bushing 5 may be replaced by others adapted to receive different sizes of nipples, each bushing fits on the reduced end of the casing 1, and has two arms 6 which take into the keyways 7 in the casing. Grooves 20, 19 are made in the bottoms of the keyways, and in the rotatable disc 18, to allow the lugs 8 to pass into the grooves 9 in the fixed disc 10, the bushing being then locked in position by turning the disc 18 by means of the square-ended shaft 13 and the handle 16.
Patent GB-190325210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Additions to Thrashing Machines with Straw Chopping and Bruising Apparatus Attached thereto.
Inventor: BORNEMANN JOHANN AUGUST DIEDER
Filed: 1903-11-19
Granted: 1904-02-04
Abstract: 25,210. Bornemann, J. A. D., and Kirby, G. C. Nov. 19. Thrashing - machines; straw, softening. - The cavings from the bottom shoe of thrashing- machines are conveyed by the usual centrifugal fan to a hopper above the chopping and bruising barrels so that both barrels act on the cavings and straw together. In the arrangement shown, the cavings, after descending a funnel-shaped passage, pass into the fan-box by the aperture L, and are swept up the passage C. The cavings E then fall with the straw D upon the chopping and bruising barrels F, G.
Patent GB-190406093-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for and Method of Treating Pile Fabrics.
Inventor: NORTON GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1904-03-12
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 6093. Norton, G. H., Hellewell, G. T., and Hellewell, T. W. March 12. Winding.- In a machine used for certain pile - fabric finishing operations, string i s wound round the fabric and unwound again. The fabric in the form of a cylindrical bundle is rotated in, and fed along, the tube g, and string from the bobbin h, which has its bearings in the disc i, passes through the eyelet h<1> to the fabric and is wound spirally around it as the disc carrying the bobbin rotates. To re-wind the string, the friction brake h<2> controlling the bobbin is put out of action, and a loaded cylinder z is connected to the bobbin by a strap. The cylinder z is slightly turned by the action of the strap from the bobbin, as the latter rotates, but the load in the cylinder keeps the cylinder from further rotation, and the bobbin rolls on the strap and thus turns on its axis in the opposite direction to the rotation of the disc, and re-winds the string.
Patent GB-190411534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Cooling Coffee Beans and other Substances.
Inventor: GUELPEN ALEXIUS VAN
Filed: 1904-05-19
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 11,534. G³lpen, A. van. May 19. Roasting coffee, m a l t, &c.-The apparatus described in Specification No. 11,027, A.D. 1903, is fitted with a cooling - apparatus consisting of metal screens which cool the coffee beans, m a l t, &c. more rapidly. A trunk 47 beneath the outlet 9 of the drum conducts the beans &c. to a conical distributing- screen 48, whence the y pass to the metal screens 51, which may be shaken by means of the handles 54. The lowest screen 53 is opened so as to deliver the beans &c. to sacks &c. beneath it. The hot air from the drum is removed by an exhauster connected to the pipes 36, 50.
Patent GB-190415401-A (GB)
Title: An Improved "Cushioning or Braking Apparatus" applicable to Machines the Motion of which is required to be Suddenly Reversed
Filed: 1904-07-11
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 15,401. Bodden & Son, W., and Nuttall, J. F. July 11. Planing.-Relates to a cushioning or braking device for relieving the shock which the sudden check of the movement of the table of a planing &c. machine gives to the teeth of the bevel-wheels which drive and reverse the actuating-screw. In Fig. 1, which shows a small (Whitworth) planing-machine, a brake band A is shown lying round and gripping the boss B of one of the large bevel-wheels B <X> fixed upon the actuating-screw C. The ends a, b of the band are attached to a link movable about a fixed centre pivot c, and operated by a lever D rigidly connected to the link by a short cylinder enclosing the pivot. On the lever D is provided a stud E, the depression of which tightens the band A, causing it to grip the boss B and thereby retarding the motion of the screw. The stud is operated, when the reversing-bar G of the machine is in mid position, by a cam F suitably arranged thereon for that purpose. The brake band may be adjusted for wear &c. by means of a screw b on one end.
Patent GB-190417640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning Tops.
Inventor: FRIZ EMIL
Filed: 1904-08-13
Granted: 1904-09-15
Abstract: 17,640. Friz, E. Aug. 13. Tops; toys, driving- mechanism.-A spinning- top is set in rotation by means of a hollow spindle E revolubly mounted in a handle C. The spindle E is provided at its lower end with a conical head, formed with lugs, which is adapted to engage frictionally a similarlyshaped recessed surface on the top. A helix is fixed on the handle C, and extends through the spindle E, so as to give rotation to the spindle when it moves relatively to the handle. This rotation is communicated to the top by bringing the head of the spindle E into engagement with the top.
Patent GB-190417672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Induction Coils for Medical and other purposes.
Inventor: DYMOND GEORGE CECIL
Filed: 1904-08-13
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 17,672. Dymond, G. C., [Watson, N. M., and Wheeler, E. S.]. Aug. 13. Electricity, administering.-A cylindrical core of wood or other non-conducting material 1, Fig. 2, is fitted with a casing 11, 13, preferably of aluminium, the parts 11, 13 being insulated from each other by means of an annular bead 2. An ordinary dry battery 15 is placed in the part 13, one electrode 16 engaging spring clips 17 upon a plate 18, which is secured by a screw 19 to the core 4 of an induction coil 3 carried in the part 11. The outer casing of the battery forms the other electrode and is in contact with the part 13. The core 4 passes through a plate 5 which carries a vibrating spring armature 6, 7, while an insulated piece 10 and an arm 9 carry an adjusting-screw 8, as usual. The primary coil is connected with the arm 9 and with a contactpiece 20, Fig. 4, which is mounted in the core 1. The secondary coil is connected with a plate 29 on the part 11, and also with the piece 20. On sliding a piece 21, 22, Fig. 4, so as to make contact between the parts 13, 20, the battery circuit is closed by way of the parts 16, 17, 19, 4, 7, 8, 9, 20, 13, and by holding the parts 11,13, which join the ends of the secondary coil, the usual effects are experienced. By holding one end and applying the other to parts of the body, local treatment may be given. A sliding tube 30 on the coil 3 actuated by a pin 31, Fig. 4; serves to regulate the strength of the induced currents, a spring 36 pressing a washer against the inside of the casing and creating enough friction to prevent the sleeve 30 from moving otherwise than by moving the pin. A pointer 34 on the pin moves along a scale on the outside of the casing, and indicates the comparative strengths of induced currents.
Patent GB-190417919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lockets, Photo Pendants, Charms, and the like.
Inventor: WILCOX THOMAS
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 17,919. Wilcox, T., [trading as Wilcox & Son, M.]. Aug. 18. Lockets, pendants, charms, &c. - Lockets, photopendants, charms, and the like are formed in three or more sections, preferably three, all of which turn on a single pin or rod. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, there are two outer sections 2, 3 and an inner section 4, which serves as a snapping-bezel to keep the two outer sections closed. The sections 2, 3 are each adapted to contain a photo, and the section 4 is adapted to contain two photos, this section being mounted to turn on a pin, common to all the sections, so as to display either photo. The suspension-ring may be on the section 4, or otherwise, and.the sections, which may be rectangular or oval in shape, may be hinged horizontally.
Patent GB-190418178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Devices for Trimming Hoofs.
Inventor: STEINHEIMER JAMES ALLCORN
Filed: 1904-08-22
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 18,178. Steinheimer, J. A., and Miller, G. W. Aug. 22. Tools for shoeing.-A device for trimming hoofs comprises two clamping-members 1, carrying spurs 13 to engage the hoof, and adjustably pivoted together at 3, their pivoted ends being cut away so that the members can be arranged in the same plane. Arms 6 are secured to the clamping- members and pivoted together by a pin 7, on which a double-edged knife 4, with a handle 5, is also pivoted. Handles 8, pivoted at 9, can be adjustably locked to the clamping-members by bolts 10 extending through transverse slots 11.
Patent GB-190420514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mechanism for Operating Circular Boxes of Looms.
Inventor: WESTWELL ROBERT
Filed: 1904-09-23
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 20,514. Westwell, R., and Wadsworth, T. Sept.23. Loom change-box motions.-In circular-box motions, the c a m - worked broken - back lever A, Figs. 1 and 3, which lifts one of the back catch levers F when the latter is knocked by one of the indicating - levers H into position to be engaged by the grate of the lever A, has a lug B cast thereon. A crosspin D, which can be readily replaced when worn, is fitted in a groove in the lever A and a similar groove in the lug, and is securely held in place by a set-screw. The curved hooked end of the lever F fits on the pin D. In a modification, the pin D, Fig. 2, is fitted into a groove J on the catch edge of the lever, and is gripped firmly by a hooked bolt K tightened by a nut L. The catch F is furnished with an inclined lip M, and is kept in position by a swell-piece N on a spring 0, so that, when being raised, pressure is taken from the catch. Adjustable T-shaped pieces S on bosses R, against which the indicating-levers fall when they miss the back catches, limit their movement.
Patent GB-190423319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: PILKINGTON GEORGE
Filed: 1904-10-29
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 23,319. Pilkington, G. Oct. 29. Frames ; tricycles ; chains.-Relates to motor cycles and the like having a single rear road wheel, and comprises means for adjusting the driving- chain by moving the rear axle and springs in the longitudinal direction of the framework, and also a method of supporting the front seat by springs carried on the front axle. Figs. 1 and 2 show the chain-adjusting arrangement ; the rear axle B extends the whole width of the vehicle and is fastened at each end by means of a flanged sleeve, held in place by nuts screwed on the shaft, to a lug f<1> on a spring F which is connected to curved portions of the vehicle framework A by the links E. Rods H, which can be adjusted in length by a right and left handed screw mechanism, connect the back axle B to a lug on the framework at a<5>, thus adjusting the axle and moving the springs F at the same time by means of the pivoted links E. A modified arrangement is shown in Fig. 7, in which the spring F is connected directly to the framework and the wheel axle is adjusted by a screw-slide adjustment carried on the pivoted fork a<6> of the framework, which also carries a projection a<8> bearing against the spring. The front seat of the vehicle is secured to a spring, the ends of which are connected by links r<2>, Fig. 6, to lugs S on the front axle T.
Patent GB-190424938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: HARGREAVES JOHN
Filed: 1904-11-17
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 24,938. Hargreaves, J.,and Hargreaves, H. J. Nov. 17. Steam traps.-The trap consists of a vessel 1 having an outlet 19 and containing a float 14, which is provided with an inlet 16 and an outlet 17, and is fitted with an internal partition 18 so that it always retains a certain quantity of water. Any motion of the float is communicated by means of an elbow joint 13 to a hollow shaft 12, Fig. 4, which carries a cam 15, and rotates within an extension 11 of the valve casing 2. A double valve, Fig. 3, is employed, of which the inner one 8 is first opened by the cam on the fall of the float, thus equalizing the pressure upon the larger valve 5, and enabling it to be opened by the cam. Steam and water from the inlet 3, Fig. 1, can then enter the float 14 and blow out the water through the outlet 17 until the float rises and again closes the valve, when the float again commences to fill. Inspection doors 4 are provided.
Patent GB-190428763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Shaping Collars and Cuffs.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 28,763. Boult, A. J., [Troy Laundry Machinery Co.]. Dec. 29. Ironing-machines.-In a machine for shaping collars and cuffs, the article is first passed over an elongated nozzle E, Figs. 1 and 5, under a spring- depressed roller G. Superheated steam is blown up through the nozzle from apparatus below, consisting of a pipe E<8> to admit boiler steam, a box E<7> in which condensed steam accumulates, and a pipe E<6> heated by gas burners in a gas pipe. Condensed steam is drawn off by a pipe E<9>. To enable the nozzle to be rotated according to the direction in which the collar is to be fed to the shaping-apparatus, it is made with a downwardly-extending base E<1> and a central bushing E', of which the latter telescopes within a fixed upstanding nipple E<3>. The base E and the upper end of the nipple E<3> are ground to make a steamtight joint while still allowing the nozzle to be rotated. The shaping- apparatus proper consists of cones D, D<1>, Fig. 2, mounted on rotating shafts C, B, between which cones the collar is fed from the steam nozzle. The cone D is feltcovered, and the cone D<1> is heated internally by gas burners. Both cone shafts are geared together by spur - wheels C<3> , B'. The lower end of the shaft B rotates freely in a bracket A<2> integral with the casing, and in an ear A<3> of this bracket is pivoted a bracket C' in which the shaft C freely rotates. The upper end of the shaft C is journalled in a loose bracket C<4>which rests on a collar C<5> fixed to the shaft, and an adjustable side spring C<6> presses the bracket laterally against the face A<6> of the casing. When a collar is inserted between the cones, the cone D with its shaft and bearing rotates outwardly about the ear A<3> and against the spring C<6>. Rotary motion is imparted to the shaft B by a worm shaft B<4> and wheel B<2>, this motion being transmitted to the shaft C by the gearing C<3>, irrespective of any oscillatory movement of the shaft C about the ear A<3>. The worm shaft is set in rotation by causing a sliding collar B<7> keyed to it to engage by means of a clutch, a pulley B<5> mounted loosely on the worm shaft. The collar is guided round the hot cone D<1> by means of a guide-plate H.
Patent GB-190510625-A (GB)
Title: A Rotary Machine for Labelling Tin Canisters, Jars and other Cylindrical Vessels.
Inventor: BAWTREE WALTER
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 10,625. Bawtree, W., Jenkins, A. E., and Tarr, R. A. May 22. Gumming.-Relates to a machine for labelling tins, bottles, jars, &c. The labels are placed singly beneath the stop 24, and each label is carried along the table 22 by the dog 27<a> on the endless chain 27, thence by the chain 31 between the rollers 40, 41, and over the gumming-roller 35, which rotates in a reservoir 20 and is provided with an adjustable scraper. The label then passes on to a comb, whence it passes between the rollers 44, 46, then between the endless belt 49 (which passes round the rollers 46, 50) and the grid 56, when it is gripped between the rollers 50, 52, and advanced beneath the pressure roller 75. The cans 87 pass down the shoot 1 and are positioned by a rotary carriage 3.
Patent GB-190514158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Conveying Machinery for Distributing Earths, Minerals & like Material
Inventor: LLOYD SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-07-10
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 14,158. Lloyd, S., and Grossmith, A. R. July 10. Loading and unloading; conveyers.-Relates to means whereby earths, minerals, and like material may be conveyed to a convenient distance and there deposited and distributed. An horizontal or slightly-inclined wheel A, provided round its circumference with a conveying-platform a<1>, is pivoted upon the end bl of a beam B supported on a trolly running on rails, and is rotated in any convenient manner. At the other end b<2> of the beam is pivoted a smaller wheel C rotating at an increased velocity and overlapping the larger wheel A. This wheel is provided with a similar platform c', a stationary guard c<2>, and also a guard or cap to prevent material dropping through the centre of the wheel. Material is fed on to the smaller wheel, and is evenly deflected on to the larger wheel by a transversely - arranged plough-board. The material is dislodged from the larger table by an adjustable plough-board, pivoted on the axis of the wheel A, or by centrifugal action, or by downward inclination of the table. The smaller wheel may be used independently with ordinary conveying-machines.
Patent GB-190515079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compounds for Making Non-intoxicating Drinks.
Inventor: BRODRICK JOHN HUDSON
Filed: 1905-07-21
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 15,079. Brodrick, J. H. July 21. Beverages, tablets and the like for making; malt compositions.-Relates to compounds for making fermented non-intoxicating drinks such as are described in Specification No. 25,149, A.D. 1898, and consisting of malt, hops, fermentable sugar, and non - fermentable sweetening agent or saccharin, with or without caramel. In order that the compounds may be used by merely adding boiling water and without boiling the malt is soaked in hot water for some time, and the water is evaporated, until the malt is dry, and the hops are boiled with a little water and the water evaporated until the hops are dry.