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Patent GB-190611124-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Operating Change-speed Gear.
Inventor: ATHA CHARLES GURNAY
Filed: 1906-05-12
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 11,124. Atha, C. G. May 12. Link-work; variable-speed gearing. -Relates to interlocking controlling- apparatus for clutch and sliding toothed change-speed gearing intended for use on motor - cars by which the shafting members are thrown into gear through the medium of springs and only one gear can be engaged at any time. The hand-lever F, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, when moved to either end of the long slot in the T-shaped fixed quadrant L, operates the gear member giving either the first or second speed, through springs. The hand-lever may thus be first moved into either end position, but the gear will not be shifted until the teeth of the gear members come opposite one another, and conversely, the hand-lever may be returned to the central or neutral position, without the gear being at once disengaged. Movement of the lever into the transverse slot o operates the slow-speed gear member. The present construction ensures that the hand-lever F cannot be moved into the transverse slot in the quadrant to put in the slow-speed gear member unless the first and second speed gear member has actually been moved into the central or neutral position. The shaft A, rotation of which operates the gear member giving the first and second speeds, carries a jaw B within which there is pivoted on transverse pins C a quadrant like lever D. The hand-lever F is centred upon pins E in the lever D, and springs G are arranged between the lever F and the ends of the quadrant part of the lever D. The lever D is formed with a centrally situated snug N which also works within the fixed quadrant L. When the lever F is moved into the transverse slot 0 of the fixed quadrant, the downward extension of the lever below the pivots C actuates the rod which is connected to the slow-speed gear member on the countershaft. The lever F cannot, however, be moved into the transverse slot unless both the lever and the snug N are in their central positions so that both may enter.
Patent GB-190613091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators for Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: STEVENS CHARLES RICHARD
Filed: 1906-06-06
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 13,091. Stevens, C. R. June 6. Gas and like engines, cylinders, cooling in. Radiators for motor cars and other vehicles are constructed so as to allow the liquid to be cooled to fall in thin columns between metal plates. The radiator is constructed with the edges of the sheets b united by means of split tubes c filled with solder or the like, and is provided with thin hollow vertical ribs d projecting alternately from both sides in the manner shown in Fig. 4. Hemispherical depressions l may be stamped in the plates to resist buckling. Fig. 3 shows, in plan, a connecting-plate e. Slots f, j are cut to receive the plates b and the ribs d. The ends of these side openings are preferably enlarged and circular as at f<1>. The ends of the ribs are then inserted and expanded. Plugs i are attached to the plates b at the point of junction of the slits f with the aperture j for the purpose of strengthening the joint.
Patent GB-190620173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spring Mattresses for Beds, Lounges, Couches, Settees, or the like.
Inventor: MARSHALL JOHN EDMUND
Filed: 1906-09-11
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 20,173. Marshall, J. E. Sept. 11. Bed-rests; mattresses.-In spring mattresses for bedsteads, lounges, couches, settees, &c. in which the head end may be turned up to act as a bedrest, the head end C is carried by a frame A, which fits within the main frame B and is supported by longitudinal members. The frame A is pivoted to the frame B by means of a link G, and the upper surface of the head portion C is hinged at F to the surface of the remaining part of the mattress, so that when the end C is raised, it turns about the point F and distortion of the surface is avoided. In the form shown, the upper surface is of wire mesh, and the two parts are intercoiled at F to effect connexion. For the purpose of raising and supporting the part C, links J, H are hinged to the frames A, Band are pivoted together, the link H being connected by cords &c. to a winch L provided with stops, such as L<3>. The mattress is formed in two parts for convenience in packing &c.
Patent GB-190622093-A (GB)
Title: Combined Means for use in Controlling the Supply of Combustible Mixture to an Internal Combustion Engine and Admitting Air thereto when the Mixture has been Cut Off by the Control Device.
Inventor: STANTON WILLIAM WRENTMORE
Filed: 1906-10-06
Granted: 1907-09-08
Abstract: 22,093. Stanton, W. W., and Tiddy, P. H Oct. 6. Gas and explosive - vapour engines.- A handcontrolled piston valve in the admission pipe is closed by suction, and when it is fully closed a small valve seated on it is opened by suction to admit air to cool and scavenge the cylinder. The Figure, shows a hollow piston valve e between the inlet branch d and the branch a from the carburettor. The auxiliary valve h remains closed until the valve e is down on its seat, and then opens admitting air through ports f. The apparatus is applicable to a motor road vehicle, a cord n suitably operated by a handle being provided for altering the tension of the spring and thereby controlling the engine. Separate springs may be provided for the valves e, h arranged to open in the proper order.
Patent GB-190625270-A (GB)
Title: A Game and Apparatus for use in Playing the same.
Inventor: POOLE WILLIAM CLINCH
Filed: 1906-11-09
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 25,270. Poole, W. C. Nov. 9. Games played with boards, counters, and flippers.- Small disks of bone or metal are flipped by a larger disk on to a folding or other board marked, for example, as in Fig. 1 ; the different scoring partitions may be coloured. The markings &c. may be effected directly on the board, or on a sheet which is subsequently attached to the board.
Patent GB-190627284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Motive Power Engines, applicable also to Rotary Pumps, Air or Gas Blowers, Compressors or Exhausters, Meters and the like.
Inventor: BECK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-11-30
Abstract: 27,284. Beck, W. H., [Gill, J.]. Nov. 30. Curves, figures, &c., plotting and reproducing.-The cylinder or casing of a rotary engine is shown, in cross-section, by two circular arcs joined together by two curves approximating to involutes so that piston vanes of fixed length passing through the centre 12 of the eccentric piston drum 1, Fig. 8, will always make contact with the casing. The arcs 4-5, 6-7 are concentric. The curve 13 is described by a scriber 7 placed in a loop in a spring 11 of which one end is fixed at the centre 12 and the other end is carried round and fixed to the periphery of a disk 10 of calculated diameter. The other curve is similarly described. Specification No. 1083, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Rotary engines &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190627361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Yarn Beams and the like
Inventor: THOMSON GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1906-12-01
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 27,361. Thomson, G. H. Dec. 1. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Warp beams.-Yarn beams used in looms, and other similar beams or rollers having metal ends, are provided with means for adjusting the ends in position at right-angles to the axis of the beams. The metal or wooden beam a has at each end a metal axle b and a metal clip d, with additional radial arms d<x>, secured to the beam by bolts e. The metal end c is adjusted by the set-screws f which engage its outer surface. Specification No. 18,859, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190628492-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Compositions applicable for use in Various Manufactures.
Inventor: CASTLE PETER CAMERON DOUGLAS
Filed: 1906-12-13
Granted: 1907-12-13
Abstract: 28,492. Castle, P. C. D. Dec. 13. Finishes for fabrics and the like; size.-A composition consisting of a mixture of glycerine with gum tragasol, either alone or combined with other materials, is used for various purposes, for example, filling, finishing, and sizing textile fabrics, sizing yarns, and making linoleum, floorcloth, window-blinds, &c. Immediately after extraction, the gum tragasol is run into a cooling-vat, and, before it begins to set, glycerine is thoroughly mixed in with suitable plant. The mixture after cooling and standing for some days is ready for use. In examples of sizes, water and sago are mixed with the above mixture, with or without farina and tallow. In another finish, Epsom salts or Glauber's salt is admixed. For linoleums and floorcloths, the glycerine and gum tragasol may be mixed in various proportions with any of the usual materials.
Patent GB-190700056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gears.
Inventor: HARRAP WILLIAM OSWALD
Filed: 1907-01-01
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 56. Harrap. W. O., and Harrap, H. Jan. 1. Brakes. - Variable-speed gear, applicable to motor-cars and machinery in general, comprises a driven toothed wheel which engages similar wheels mounted on the crank-shafts of hydraulic piston- and-cylinder apparatus. This apparatus is provided with valves, the opening and closing of which is controlled by a lever or by a governor so as to regulate the amount of power transmitted to the driven shaft. Fig. 1 shows a toothed wheel 8 driven by a pulley 6 and mounted on the driven shaft 1. The wheel 8 gears with the wheels 20 which operate the pistons 15 in the cylinders 14 arranged in the cylinders 12, as shown in Fig. 3. Valves 25 at the bottoms of the cylinder regulate the passage to and from the cylinders, the valves being operated from a nut 31 working on a coarsepitch screw 32, formed on a sleeve 33, through the links 29, 30. The sliding sleeve 33 is operated by a pedal or hand lever in the usual manner, and is connected to the boss 37 of the pulley 38 by pins 35 sliding in the holes 36. The pulley arms carry projections 39 to each of which is attached one of the ends of springs 40, the other ends of such springs being secured to arms 41 secured to a boss 42 keyed to the shaft 1. This apparatus automatically governs the speed of the apparatus ; for as the power taken from the sleeve 37 varies, the tensions in the springs 40 alsn vary and allow of relative motion between the sleeve 33 and nut 31, causing the latter to operate the valves 25.
Patent GB-190704601-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fire-grate for Pottery Kilns and the like
Inventor: SCHLEICH PAUL
Filed: 1907-02-25
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 4601. Schleich, P. Feb. 25. Kilns; grates.-In a kiln for burning ceramic ware in which the flames from the fire-places pass over the goods and down through flues in the floor, the fire-grates have fixed flat and curved parts 9, 11, and upper rotatable parts 12 mounted npon shafts 13<1> and adapted to be swung into the position shown on the left-hand side of Fig. 1. The fuelfeeding opening is thus transferred from the upper to the central part of the grate. When the grate 12 is in its upper position, the flames are forced by the incoming air towards the centre of the floor; by swinging a few grate-bars down, the direction of the flames is adjusted, and by closing down the upper grate entirely the draught is diminished, and the gases pass through the goods at the sides of the kiln. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of grate having the rotatable part provided with air passages 20. The gases paes from the chamber A down through the floor to the flues 1 and thence through flues to the upper chamber B, where a preliminary drying of the goods to be burnt, or the burning of delicate goods, takes place.
Patent GB-190711153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Display Apparatus.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-13
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 11,153. Mackenzie, J. W., [Gray, E. T.]. May 13. Hinges;stays. - Relates to apparatus for displaying wall - coverings, embroideries, curtains, and other flat articles, of the type comprising one or more series of frames slidable on rails and adapted to be folded together into a cabinet. The articles to be displayed are carried by the frames in any suitable manner, but special means are also provided comprising a shelf, upon the rods 38, 39 of which curtains may be hung, hinged to the frame 36, Fig. 4, and supported, when in use, by a stay 37, the lower end of which enters a hole in the frame, the shelf being capable of being wholly folded down or halffolded as shown in dotted lines. The doors 25 of the cabinet carry racks 29 held in engagement with pinions 28 upon shafts 27 by fingers 32 on pieces 30 loosely carried by the shafts 27. The doors can thus be opened and then slid back into the cabinet.
Patent GB-190712935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brake Beams.
Inventor: DAVIS NATHAN HATFIELD
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 12,935. Davis, N. H. June 4. Brakes.-To secure the brakeshoe holder C on the end member B, Fig. 5, of the brake beam A so that it can be adjusted thereon, the holder is formed with a sleeve C', provided on a portion of its interior surface with teeth C<3> with which teeth on a key D are adapted to engage. In fitting the holder on the beam, a lug C<2> on the holder is passed through a slot B5, Fig. 5, in a web B<2> on the beam end, and the holder is turned, whereby the lug is brought into a circumferential groove B<3> and prevents longitudinal movement of the holder on the beam ; the key D, Fig. 3, is then inserted along the groove B<5>, B<6> and into a slot B<8>, and is locked by a pin passed through a slot D<3> outside the collar B<1>. The teeth on the key D may be so formed that, when the key is turned end for end, the holder is adjusted on the beam through an angle less than that between adjacent teeth ; in this case, the key has a detachable shank D<6>, Fig. 4, which fits in a groove D<5> in the key and has a slot D<8> to take the locking-pin. The cylindrical end member B is shown mounted on a brake beam A which is formed of a rolled bar, cruciform in cross-section, having a cylindrical rib A' and rectangular ribs A<2>, A<3>, A<4>. The collar B<1> and end web B<2> are formed on the member B, which corresponds to the cross-section of the beam, and is secured thereon by a rivet passing through ribs B<4> on the member B and the rib A<3> of the beam.
Patent GB-190714134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Otter" Boards for Trawl Nets.
Inventor: SCOTT JAMES ROBERT
Filed: 1907-06-19
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 14,134. Scott, J. R. June 19. Trawling-gear.- To prevent bending &c. of the triangular brackets D of an otter board, they are secured in position by means of bridge - section bars A secured to the boards B. The bars A are backed by similar or flat metal bars.
Patent GB-190720949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Control of Electrically Propelled Vehicles and other Apparatus.
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 20,949. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges.]. Sept. 21. Switches; cut-outs.-To bring electrically-propelled vehicles automatically to rest should the driver become incapacitated, a switch is connected with the controller handle and is closed as soon as the handle is released. The closing of this switch short-circuits a solenoid which operates another switch and breaks the main circuit. The apparatus can also be used as a maximum cut-out by means of a second solenoid, which, when the current reaches a predetermined maximum, short-circuits the first solenoid and breaks the main circuit. The Figure shows the controller e with contact-pieces f<1>, f2, f3, and the solenoid l which operates the switch i in the motor circuit. The switch contacts b, c are separated, as shown, when the driver grasps the controller handle. When the handle is turned into its first position, the fingers h1, g make contact with the contact-pieces f1. A current then flows from the supply conductor n through the collector k, the fingers g, h1, resistance m, and solenoid l to earth. The switch i is consequently closed, and remains closed after the contact-finger g has left the contact-piece f1, as a current then flows through the switch i to the resistance m, solenoid l, and to earth. When the controller handle is released, the switch contact c which is connected to earth is pressed by a spring against the contact b. The current which formerly passed through the solenoid now passes to earth through the contacts b, c, and the switch i is opened. In order to close the switch again, the controller handle must be brought back to the zero position. For use as a maximum cutout, the switch p is provided, operated by the solenoid o which carries the working current. When the current reaches a predetermined maximum, the solenoid o closes the switch p, and the current is diverted from the solenoid l, passing direct to earth through the switch p. The main switch i is thus opened. The solenoid l may act on a switch in the circuit of a multiple unit control system.
Patent GB-190721442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pulleys used in connection with Motor Cycles, Tri-cars and the like
Inventor: SMART FREDRICK
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 21,442. Smart, F., Gainsford, D. H., Power, J. C., and Power, J. Sept. 27. Pulleys.-Relates to an adjustable pulley for motor-cycles or the like. A flange b, feathered on the boss c of a fixed flange a, is held by a keep ring e on a threaded part of the boss. The parts are locked by a spring-pressed pinf carried by the flange b and entering one of a number of recesses in the ring e. Attached to the pin are a lever y or milled nut and an inclined plane x engaging a second plane f<1>, so that by rotating the lever or nut the pin may be withdrawn, and the ring e adjusted.
Patent GB-190722417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means or Appliances for Driving the Spindles of Mules and other Spinning and Twisting or Doubling Machines.
Inventor: WHITTELL ERNEST ALBERT
Filed: 1907-10-11
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 22,417. Whittell, E. A., Thornton, W. A., and Ferro, W. K. Oct. 11. Spindle-driving apparatus.-The spindles of mules and other spinning &c. machines are driven by an endless band G, which passes round the spindle wharls and tin roller as shown, the surplus portion G<1>, from the underside of the tin roller, passing round a loose wharl I, mounted on an adjustable bracket J inclined in the opposite direction to the spindles C, and round a loose wharl H mounted on the spindle C, at the inner end of the machine, to the top of the tin roller. Should the band expand, the surplus portion G' is looped at M, and, after passing from the wharl I to the wharl H, passes round a second loose wharl H<1>, on a spindle nearer the outer end of the machine, and thence back to the wharl H and to the top of the tin roller E. If the belt has been broken and so decreased in length, the wharl H would be placed on a spindle C near the outer end of the machine, and, as the belt expands, this wharl would be moved nearer the inner end, and if the belt continues to expand a loop would be formed in the band as above. The wharls H, I are larger than, and revolve in the opposite direction to, the spindle wharls, and they are adjustably mounted on the spindles and bracket J respectively by means of springs or other cushioning-medium below the bosses K.
Patent GB-190725149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Devices for Attaching Revolving Heel Pads to Boots or the like.
Inventor: HASTE ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-11-13
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 25,149. Haste, A. Nov. 13. Spiked p l at es.-Heel pads for boots &c. are revolubly secured by means of a three-pronged nail A, the prongs P being passed through the usual central hole of the metal plate C, which hole may be widened for the purpose. When used for a pad without the metal plate, the prongs are driven through the pad, in which case the pad cannot revolve.
Patent GB-190727316-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hot Water System for Household and similar purposes.
Inventor: DANIEL PERCY GORDON ECKERSLEY
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 27,316. Daniel, P. G. E., and Foot, A. T. Dec. 10. Heating water; heating by steam circulation.- In a hot-water system in which water for domestic purposes is heated in a hot cylinder D by steam from a kitchen boiler A passing into a coil or annular chamber E, a steamescape pipe G fitted with a whistle is connected to the return pipe from the chamber E to the boiler, to give warning if the steam ceases to be wholly condensed in the chamber E. The boiler A is supplied through a non-return valve from a cistern F fitted with a ball tap and a level indicator. Steam generated in the boiler passes through a steam separator and superheater C, which, according to the Provisional Specification, may consist of a cylindrical casing containing baffle-plates perforated at the centre and periphery alternately. The cylinder D is supplied from a separate cistern, and is fitted with the usual escape pipe J.
Patent GB-190800834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanically Operated Musical Instruments.
Inventor: KLABER EMILE HERTZ
Filed: 1908-01-14
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 834. Klaber, E. H. Jan. 14. Automatic instruments.-In a pneumatically-operated horizontal piano, the usual lyre-shaped pedal support is made with two shallow recesses, which are adapted to be closed by pivoted treadle supports f when these supports are turned up into their non-operative position. Retaining-catches f<1> are provided. The treadles h are pivoted at g and operate the bellows i by links h<1>, the treadles being slotted where the links are attached so as to allow the requisite folding motion. The bellows may be contained in the recess of the lyre, as shown.
Patent GB-190802722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Ladies' Toilet Articles
Inventor: HUDSON SARAH JANE
Filed: 1908-02-06
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 2722. Hudson, S. J. Feb. 6. Toilet powder, applying. - T h i n porous strips of fabric or other flexible material o, Fig. 4, are impregnated with a rouge and mounted in book form, being separately prepared for use by moistening. The preferred rouge is made from liquid cochineal and gum, bergamot or other scent being added. The mount may comprise a mirror d, and a cover g therefor, strips p of " papier "poudrÚ" also being incorporated. In another form, Fig. 3, the impregnated strips are pressed upwards by a spring-urged false-bottom h in a case. The edges may be stiffened to facilitate handling. The strips may be mounted radially on rings so that both surfaces may be used.
Patent GB-190804282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Devices for Suspending Curtains and the like.
Inventor: ANDREAE EMMELINE
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 4282. Andreae, E. Feb. 25. Clip suspenders.-A clip suspender for curtains &c. comprises a base-plate u, of channel section, and two arms b, c pivoted to lugs on the plate and bent as at n to form tongues which press against the base-plate. The flanges of the base-plate are preferably serrated when used with heavy curtains. The front of the clip is hidden by the loop of the curtain e, as shown. A hook d attached to a lug j serves to suspend the clip from an eye on a curtainring or from the pole.
Patent GB-190804953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bond Ties for Walls and the like.
Inventor: BROWN WILLIAM HERVEY
IPC: E04B1/41
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 4953. Brown, W. H. March 4. [Patent of Addition to No. 19,949, A.D. 1906.] Drawings to Specification. Walls ; facing buildings.-Metal bands for brickwork, such as are described in Specification No. 19,949, A.D. 1906, are made of strips of expanded metal, and are applied in the same manner as described in that Specificition.