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Patent GB-190418143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoisting Apparatus.
Inventor: HUNT CHARLES WALLACE
Filed: 1904-08-22
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 18,143. Hunt, C. W. Aug. 22. Cranes; hoists; winches.-In apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 18,142, A.D. 1904, for hoisting a load and traversing it horizontally, the drums f, g, instead of being mounted on the same shafts, are loose on separate shafts f<2>, g', and are driven from bevel-pinions f<5>, g<5> loose on a shaft i and gearing with the equalizing-gear K fast on the shaft. By this construction, the two ropes lead off the drums closer together, and the equalizing-gear is much reduced in size.
Patent GB-190422257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable-speed Ratio Gearing for Driving Motor Cars
Inventor: MITCHELL FRANK
Filed: 1904-10-15
Granted: 1905-11-15
Abstract: 22,257. Mitchell, F. Oct. 15. Motor road vehicles, combined friction and toothed changespeed gear for. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, bevel-wheels F, F<2> carried by the driving - shaft K, gear with a disc or dises D,D<1> and with planet pinions G. The discs D, D<1> are carried on double ball bearings by a spring frame A, adjustment being provided by screws C<2>. The pinions G are carried by studs fixed to the driven shaft H, and gear with a wheel J mounted on a sleeve carrying a friction roller E engaging the discs D, D<1>. A dust-excluding and oil-retaining casing G<2> surrounds the differential gear and may be provided with a shoulder F<1> to engage the discs D, D<1>. When the roller E is moved, the relative speeds, in opposite directions, of the wheels F<2>, J is altered so as to vary the velocity and direction of rotation of the driven shaft. When the roller E comes near the centre of the discs, a pin E' thereon engages a pin D<5> on the disc so as to hold the roller stationary, plates D<4>, mounted on the ball bearings, in the discs allowing the roller to remain in this fixed position. If desired, the driving-part may be made adjustable to vary the velocity ratio, and the driven part may form the non-adjustable element. The frame A may be clutched to the shaft K to allow the parts to rotate solidly. Fig. 5 shows a form of the differential gear in which the wheels C, D, attached to the rollers E, F, engage small and large planetwheels A, B respectively. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, a roller F and bevel-wheel F<1> are fixed to the driving-shaft. The roller F engages the disc, or discs, D, and the wheel F<1> forms one member of the differential gearing and engages the planet-wheels G. The other main member J of the differential gearing is formed with a sleeve J<1> on which is slidably mounted a roller E adapted to engage the disc D. The planet pinions are carried by studs secured to a sleeve H on which is mounted the driven chain-wheel. By adjustment of the position of the roller E, the speed is changed. In modifications, both rollers, or the discs, or the rollers and differential gear may be movable to vary the speed. The chain-wheel &c. may be arranged to enclose the planet pinions. The disc or discs may be arranged to act as the driver, the rollers and differential gear being slidably mounted on the driven shaft so that the speed may be changed by adjustment of the position of the rollers..
Patent GB-190422805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Art of Making Matches
Inventor: PARKER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-10-22
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 22,805. Parker, W. H. Oct. 22. Cutting-up.-Match-splints are cut so that the ends of adjacent splints project at opposite sides of a supporting-band. In one arrangement, two sheets of veneer 18 are fed by rollers 17, 17<a> between guides 19 or grooved rollers to the cutter 20. The two sheets 18 overlap, so that the splints 18<a> when cut project on opposite sides. The cutter 20 is lifted by an eccentric on the main shaft 10, and the feed is actuated by mutilated gear 15. A projection 26 on the cutter strikes a spring 27 which forces the cut splints 18<a> into a shoot, whence they pass between the coils of a band 31, which is wound on a spool 34. The spool is supported by a spring-pressed arm 36, and is rotated from the feed-roller 17. In another arrangement, one sheet 18, Fig. 5, of veneer is fed through rollers aud a trough 43. The trough 43 is connected to a crossbar 45, which has a pin fitting in a groove in the bottom roller 17<e>. The cross-bar 45 is shifted to and fro by a lever 46, the other end of which fits in a grooved cam 50 on the main shaft. The trough 43, lower feed-roller 17<e>, and veneer 18 are shifted from one side to the other between the strokes of the cutter 20, so that adjacent splints project on opposite sides as before.
Patent GB-190423889-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ventilator for Buildings.
Inventor: TALBOT FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1904-11-04
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 23,889. Talbot, F. J. Nov. 4. Ventilators; baffle-plate apparatus; window appliances. - Air entering above the top sash of a window of a stable, office, workshop, or other building is deflected upwards towards the ceiling by the sides d<1>, preferably sloping, of a box d arranged on the interior wall a. The lower end d' of the box is just below the level of the top of the sash and is perforated at e, Fig. 2 ; air from between the meeting rails passes through the perforations and is deflected by plates e'. The end d<2> is shaped to the form of the window, and, in a modification in which it is curved, it is unpierced and raised a little above the bottom of the front side of the box. This side may be flanged to provide a small opening for the rising air to pass through.
Patent GB-190426280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boring Apparatus.
Inventor: SCHIERHORN MAX
Filed: 1904-12-02
Granted: 1905-12-02
Abstract: 26,280. Schierhorn, M. Dec. 2. Deep - boring. - In an apparatus for deep-boring, the boring-tool is reciprocated by means of the rinsing-water. A cylinder b, secured in a casing a carried by the boring- rods, is provided with longitudinal ribs c forming channels d<1>, d<2>, shown in Fig. 3, which is a section on the line x-x, Fig. 1. The channels d' serve as inlets for pressure water, and the channels d<2>, which are closed at the top and open to the bore-hole at the bottom, serve as outlets. The piston-rod e<1> of a piston e, which may slide in the cylinder b, carries the chisel o, and is formed at its upper extremity with a squared part e<2>. Each end of the cylinder b is formed with inlet ports f and outlet ports g, co-acting with ports k formed in slides h mounted on the rod e'. The upper slide h is normally retained in a raised position by springs, and its travel is limited by a recess b<3> and a nut b<2>, the travel of the lower slide h being limited by a recess b<3> and a plate b<1>. Pressure water is led into the casing a, enters the cylinder b through the ports f, k, and causes the piston e to descend, the water below the piston passing into the bore-hole through the channels d<2> and the ports g of the lower slide h. Towards the end of the stroke, the squared part e<2> contacts with the upper end of the spring m<1> and depresses the slide h, and at the same time the piston contacts with a spring m<3> which depresses the lower slide h By these means, the piston is reversed, the lower side being placed in communication through the inlet ports f and the channels d<1> with the pressure water, and the upper side placed in communication through the upper ports f with the channels d<2>. Towards the end of the up-stroke, the piston and the piston-rod contacts with springs m<2>, m<4> which return the slides to their former positions. When the rock to be bored is not hard, the channels d<2> may be open at both ends.
Patent GB-190426423-A (GB)
Title: A Threaded-box for Shoe Cream and the like
Inventor: PETERSEN MINNA SOPHIE FRIEDERI
Filed: 1904-12-05
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 26,423. Petersen, M. S. F. Dec. 5. Boots and shoes, cleaning and polishing.-A tube for boot cream &c. consists of a cylindrical threaded box b, in which screws a lid a, with an arched bottom a<1> serving as a piston to force the boot cream from the box through a hair or metal cloth sievo e. The cream is applied by means of a sieve and polished by a pad c of soft material covered with cloth, fixed in the lid a. With the box is provided a receptacle, one half of which can be placed over the sieve while the boot is being polished. The sieve is detachably secured to the box by a screwed ring.
Patent GB-190505121-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Golf Clubs.
Inventor: MYLES DAVID
Filed: 1905-03-11
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 5121. Myles, D. March 11. Golf.-The head of a golf club for driving is made of metal instead of wood, but is of the same weight as a similar wooden club. The length is reduced as shown in Fig. 1, and the cross-section made greatest in the direction of the trajectory B-B, Fig. 2, of the ball. The invention is more particularly applicable where rubber-cored or pneumatic balls are used.
Patent GB-190505274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Compounds for Removing Incrustation from Steam Boilers and the like.
Inventor: SMITH DAVID COOPER
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 5274. Smith, D. C. March 14. Incrustation, removing.-A compound consists of caustic soda, glycerine, starch, molasses or treacle, cutch, and water, preferably mixed in proportions varying within certain limits. Toluol, or other anti-freezing substances, may be used in place of glycerine.
Patent GB-190505608-A (GB)
Inventor: SHIRES JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-03-17
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 5608. Shires, J., and Wooller, J. M. March 17. Tenoning etc.; tools; sawing. - A machine for dovetailing floor joists and the like consists of a saw frame E dependent from and supported by a carriage D, reciprocating on slides C, attached to a framework B on a table A, the frame carrying, at a suitable angle to each other, two saws F, one of which may be adjusted towards the other, through slots Y and bolts Z, for varying the width of the dovetail socket. Each saw has a convex cutting-edge and has a very short traverse, about three inches, the centre of the saw coming in contact first and gradually extending the cut. The carriage D is reciprocated by a connecting-rod G, driven by a crank-shaft carrying a pinion K, which gears with a second pinion L operated by a hand-wheel M or by a motor. The timber to be operated on is fixed on the table between the framework B and a clamp P, operated by a screw R. The saws, which rest on the timber by their own weight, may be raised by a hand-lever T, pivoted at U and connected to a bar N attached to the saw frame, which itself moves in dovetail guides V in the carriage D, and is held in its raised position by a pin W passing through the bar N. For trimming the dovetail socket or pin, a chisel 3 is fixed to a tool-holder 2, connected by a pin, sliding in a slot in the stand, to a link which is attached to a weighted lever for reciprocating the tool. The timber is held down by a clamp 9, mounted on a lever 11 pivoted to the stand 12. To form the piu of the dovetail, the chisel is replaced by a saw having two obliquely disposed blades, fixed to a frame and having a plate for stiffening the frame and adjusting the position of the joist.
Patent GB-190507218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-guns and the like
Inventor: MAYER JACOB
Filed: 1905-04-05
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 7218. Mayer, J. April 5. Pneumatic.-The sliding spring pin g, which locks the barrel of a break-down air gun by engaging in the recess j, has its rear end formed with two inclined surfaces, the upper surface making a smaller acute angle with the axis of the pin than the lower surface, so that the locking- device offers more resistance to opening than to closing.
Patent GB-190510509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Electricity Meters.
Inventor: TOURTEL JOHN MESNY
Filed: 1905-05-19
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 10,509. Tourtel, J. M. May 19. Switches.-A switch for use in a coin-freed electricity meter comprises two levers N, N<1>, Fig. 3, connected together by a wire m<2> and engaging terminals m. Both levers must be pressed back before the circuit is closed. The levers are pivoted at M and carry projections n<1> which engage with hooked arms r, s pivoted at R<2>. The levers are pressed back to close the circuit by pins p, p' on a piece P fixed to the spindle E. The hooked arms r, e are tripped, so as to release the spring-pressed levers N, N<1> and open the circuit, by means of a projection h<4>. This projection trips the arm s, which in turn trips the arm r. The work which this projection has to do is thus only slight. The projection h<4> is fixed to a member of epicyclic or like gearing so as to be moved in one direction by gearing connected to the spindle E and to be returned by gearing connected to the meter mechanism.
Patent GB-190513405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change Speed Gears for Bicycles and the like.
Inventor: PLAYER JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-06-29
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 13,405. Player, J. W., and Barber, W. N. June 29. Variable-speed gearing.-In three-speed driving- mechanism for bicycles &c., for the middle or normal speed, pinions 9 and the carrier 7 are in mesh with the internally-toothed driving-ring 6, so that, the sun pinion 13 being free to turn, the hub is driven at the same rate as the chain-wheel through the teeth 11 engaging planet pinions 10. To obtain the high speed, the carrier and its pinions are drawn to the right by means of a rod 14 when the pinion 13 is held stationary by clutch teeth on the axle or other means, so that, the pinions 9 being no longer in gear with the ring 6, the carrier carries round the pinions 10, which, being in mesh with the sun pinion, impart an increased speed to the hub through the teeth 11. For the low speed, the carrier is pushed to the left to gear with the teeth 11. when the sun pinion is again fixed upon the axle. The ring 6 then turns the pinions 9 and consequently the pinions 10, which, gearing-with the stationary sun pinion, turn the hub at low speed through the carrier. For locking the sun pinion, its inner periphery may be recessed to house a clutch piece on the axle, the end parts of the pinion bearing upon the axle being provided with jaws to engage the fixed clutch piece. According to the Provisional Specification, the gear may be so modified that the pinions 10 are always in mesh with the hub and the sun pinion, so that, for the low speed, the pinion runs free and the carrier is released from both the driving and driven members.
Patent GB-190520079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Storing Explosives Fluids or Fluids under Pressure.
Inventor: HUBERT CONRAD
Filed: 1905-10-04
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 20,079. Hubert, C. Oct. 4. Lift valves; spindles.-Relates to a valve for gas reservoirs. The gas duct 4<i> is closed by a conical valve 3<d> formed on a valve stem, which is surrounded at one point by soft-metal packing 10 adjusted by screws 11. A central passage 3<c> in the valve stem communicates with a pressure gauge 3. The valve is operated by a worm 7 rotated by a wheel 8 and engaging a worm-wheel 9 mounted on a squared portion of the valve stem.
Patent GB-190521673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trucks for Tramway, Railway or the like Vehicles
Inventor: PECKHAM EDGAR
Filed: 1905-10-24
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 21,673. Peckham, E. Oct. 24. Axle-trucks or undercarriagea.-The side member of the truck frame is made in one piece, and the truck is suspended from the axle-boxes so that, in one arrangement, it can move laterally, and, in another, both laterally and radially, an arrangement particularly suitable for electrically-propelled vehicles. The eide member 1 is preferably a casting, and combines, in one piece, the top member 2, pedestals 3, end truss members 4, and, if desired, pockets 5 for the bearing-springs 6 and pockets 7 for the springs 8. The side member is reinforced at 9, and carries at its end bearing-springs 10 which are connected to a plate 11 secured to the car body. In the suspension shown in Figs. 1 and 4, a U-shaped link 14, hanging down from the top of the axle-box 15, carries at its ends a spring plank 16 which is retained on the link by nuts 17. This plank can move in a recess in the side member 1, which it supports on the springs 8. The link 14 may be in several pivoted parts, or it may have hooked ends 14<d>, Fig. 4, engaging eyes on pieces 14<c> carrying the plank. The nuts 17 preferably fit in a hollow beneath the plank, as shown in Fig. 1, which prevents them from working loose. Rollers 20 are interposed between the ends of the plank and the side member 1, and a single plank may extend from one pedestal to the other, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Projections 22 on the axle-boxes provide them with wearing-surfaces and form housings for the links 14. The suspension shown in Fig. 5 allows of both a radial and a lateral movement. A plate 24 is pivoted on the axle-box 15, and from this plate are suspended, by ball-and-socket joints, bars 14, the forked ends of which carry rollers 30 on which the spring plank rests. This plank has lugs 23, bearing against the side walls of the recess in the side member, which recess is made large enough to allow of the necessary movement of one of the axle-boxes when the vehicle is running round a curve.
Patent GB-190523988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Wheels.
Inventor: WIGGLESWORTH ERNEST
Filed: 1905-11-21
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 23,988. Wigglesworth, E. Nov. 21. Spring wheels ; hubs ; felloes; spokes; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-In a flexible wheel the ends of the spokes are surrounded by circumferential flexible bands, such as cotton belting, supported by spring metal straps. A flexible band c, Fig. 2, connects the ends of the spokes b, shown widened in Fig. 1, and carries pairs of metal straps h, arranged in V-form with ends sliding in sockets i, k. A tread-carrying band l also carries similar springs or straps, and the inner ends, along with the outer ends of the former series, rest in sockets carried by an intermediate band g. To provide for slackness of the system, the spokes are adjustable in the hubs, either by pressing balls against the end of a spoke, through the medium of a screw pin v, Fig. 1, or by screwing along a wedge-shaped collar which bears on the ends of the spokes. Fig. 6 shows a modification, in which the end of a spoke supports a U-shaped arm from its centre, the ends of the arm supporting the apices of the V-springs which bear directly on a band.
Patent GB-190525405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Systems of Electrical Distribution.
Filed: 1905-12-06
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 25,405. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 6. Distributing.-A distribution system comprises a number of vapour rectifiers or the like having their anodes connected together across alternating-current supply leads and their cathodes connected to the junction points between pairs of a number of reactance devices, connected in series across said leads, and a circuit supplied with rectified current connected between a point in the reactance circuit and the junction between two of the anodes. As shown, the alternating-current mains 1, 2 supply current through a transformer 3, 4,to leads, across which are connected in series the anodes of the rectifiers 7, 8 and the compensating-reactances 17, 18 and 19, 20. The load circuit is connected between the points 21, 22.
Patent GB-190525853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Engine Structures.
Filed: 1905-12-12
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 25,853. Lake, H. H., [Southwark Foundry and Machine Co.]. Dec. 12. Frames; cylinders, mounting and supporting ; pistons. - Tandem cylinders are separated by a distance-piece having a separable section C', which, on being removed, allows the inner cylinder to be shifted endways and upwards to separate it from the bedplate. The segmental end C<3>of the lower half is removable on the line C<2>. To remove the inner cylinder, the pieces C<4>, C<3> and the key N' are removed, and the piston-rod is withdrawn from the cross-head M. The pistons are constructed so that, on removal of the cylinder head, the ring I' can be withdrawn for examination and repair.
Patent GB-190600994-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus or Plant for the Leaching of Ores or Metallurgical Products and the Subsequent Separation of the Liquids from the Solids.
Inventor: GILLIES JAMES HYNDES
Filed: 1906-01-13
Granted: 1907-04-13
Abstract: 994. Gillies, J. H. Jan. 13. Zinc sulphate.- Apparatus for treating crushed ores and metallurgical products with solutions and the subsequent separation of liquids and solids includes a vessel having an outer wall A and an inner wall B forming an annular zigzag space C, in which separating liquors from a pipe E flow upwards, and ores fed through a preferably rotating hopper G pass downwards. The solutions with finer particles and slimes carried by the current overflow into the internal space D, and flow through the pipe B<2> to the first vessel J of the first series of separators. Each separator has preferably a central open cylinder K into which the solutions and slimes are delivered, also a discharge opening L for the settled solids and an annular lip M at the top for the. flow of the solution. The sludge flows down the launder P into the next series of separators assisted by wash water or weak solution from a tank S. Clear solutions are thus collected into the receiving tanks R &c. To strengthen the weak solutions in the lower receiving tanks, these are returned to the washing- tanks of the upper series or to the storage tank for re-admission to the chamber C. The fumes from the leaching operation pass into the hood H. A steam jacket F may surround the double-walled vessel. The gangue and insoluble coarser solids are withdrawn from the chamber G through a pipe A<2> furnished with a cock or plug. According to the Provisional Specification, means may be provided for introducing hot air into the bottom of the annular space.
Patent GB-190601268-A (GB)
Title: Cycle Driving Gear
Inventor: KUSTIN ABRAM
Filed: 1906-01-17
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 1268. Kustin, A. Jan. 17. Toothed gearing for cycles. A wheel 10, with roller teeth, mounted on the crank-axle 7 gears with a wheel 11 on the boss of which is another wheel 12 with roller teeth in gear with a wheel 13 fixed to the hub 14 of the cycle wheel 15. The cranks may carry pedals, or they may engage in slots in treadle-levers. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 25,129, A.D. 1897, Nos. 11,374 and 12,166, A.D. 1898, and No. 2068, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Velocipedes]
Patent GB-190601415-A (GB)
Title: Latch for Temporary Binders
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1906-01-18
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 1415. Fairweather, W., [Sieber & Trussell Manufacturing Co.]. Jan. 18. Fastenings, spring-latch. A locking-device for loose-leaf binders having hinged backs comprises a spring latch on one part engaged by a catch arm on the other part. Fig. 1 shows part of a binder, the backs 2 of which are hinged at 3. On one part 2 is fixed a plate 6 having a catch arm 7 with a projection 8 for engagement with a spring latch 12 on the other part. The latch 12 is guided at one end by the slotted projection 10 on one end of the latch plate 9, and at the other end is slotted to engage the lug 11 bent up from the latch plate. A spring 14 attached at one end to the underside of the latch engages in a slot 9<1> in the latch plate. The latch may be disengaged by the projecting finger-piece 13.