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Patent GB-190507747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kettles
Inventor: HATELEY ALBERT
Filed: 1905-04-12
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 7747. Hateley, A. April 12. Kettles. - T h e handles of kettles are made in the form shown in Fig. 4. The side parts, made from wire of stout gauge, are flattened and pierced by holes i at the ends, where they are riveted to the body of the kettle. The other ends of these parts are straightened and united within the seamless metallic tube A which forms the grip of the handle. The ends of the side parts may be screwed into one another, or be united by a screw union. The ends of the tube A are closed by endpieces D let into the tube, as shown, or arranged as caps fitting over the ends of the tube.
Patent GB-190507905-A (GB)
Filed: 1905-04-13
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 7905. Sanderson, H. W., and Wall Paper Manufacturers, Ltd. April 13. Cutting - machines f o r paper etc.; paper, measuring. - Paper or other material is automatically measured and cut into uniform lengths, the new end being conveyed to the front end of the machine after each cut. The paper sheet 3 passes over tension rollers 4, 5, 6, 7 to the measuring-roller 8 and from there between the cutting-rollers 13, 14, which have a cutting-knife 29 co-operating with a groove 28 in a steel bar 27. Tapes 33, 34 convey the paper from the cutting- rollers to a shoot 68, and cords 38 passing round rollers 13, 31 and 14, 31 respectively prevent the paper from slipping out of its path. The cutting- rollers are driven at the same speed by toothed gearing 15,16, Fig. 3, but do not touch each other, so that the paper is allowed a free passage between them. Fixed to the shaft of the roller 13 is a toothed wheel 18, engaging with a race wheel 19 mounted on the shaft 2 and having one tooth less than the wheel 18. An internal-toothed segment 20 on the race wheel engages a pinion 21 on the end of a shaft 22. The shaft passes through a boring in the roller 14, and has eccentrics 23, Fig. 1, by which brackets 26 carrying a grooved steel bar 27 are reciprocated. When the grooved bar is pressed against a cutter 29 mounted on the roller 13, the length of paper is cut off. The new end is seized and carried forward to dropper rollers 62 and rings 63 by grippers 42 mounted on chains 40 running round chain-wheels 39, 41. These grippers are opened by contact with an incline on shape levers 49, fixed on a shaft 50 and raised by a cam 53 acting on an arm 51 also fixed to the shaft. When the grippers carrying the paper come into contact with inclines 67 of other shape levers 66, the fingers are opened and the paper released. The dropper rollers 62 are mounted on levers 61, fixed to the shaft 59, and are raised, to allow the grippers to pass them, by the action of a cam 57 on a rod 56 which presses down a lever 60 also fixed to the shaft 59. The rod 56 is held in contact with the cam 57 by a spring 58. An arm 54, keyed on the shaft 50, has a sleeve 55 surrounding the rod 56. The rod 56 only pushes against the end of the arm 60 when it is pulled down by the sleeve 55, and hence when the shape levers 49 are raised. A pneumatic air box 69 serves for obtaining a smooth folding up of the paper sheet in the shoot 68.
Patent GB-190510792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to "Jim Crows" and similar Appliances for Bending and Straightening Rails, Tubes and the like.
Inventor: THRELFALL RICHARD JAMES
Filed: 1905-05-23
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 10,792. Threlfall, R. J., and Newman, B. May 23. Bending; straightening.-The screw b of a Jim crow or like tool for bending or straightening rails, pipes, &c., is operable either directly by means of a crowbar or by means of a worm-wheel and a worm g, the wheel being slidable, but prevented by a key and keyway from rotating. on the screw b, and the worm mounted eccentrically in bushes h rotatable by means of a handle k in the lugs j, or otherwise arranged, so as to be disengageable from the worm-wheel.
Patent GB-190517660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means for and the Method of Making Traverse Bobbin Net.
Inventor: BIRKS WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-09-01
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 17,660. Birks, W. Sept. 1. Lace and lace-making.-Relates to the production of traverse bobbin-net from a single tier of bobbins by the use of dividing-instruments which separate the carriages into two sets on the first and fourth motions of the machine. The odd-numbered carriages are then received into one set of combs and the even-numbered carriages into the other set, and on the second and fifth motions the comb-bars are moved endways in opposite directions to cross the bobbin threads and all the carriages are brought into one set of combs. On the third and sixth motions the carriages are brought into the other set of combs. On the seventh and eighth motions the carriages are moved from one set of combs to the other and back again for the bobbin threads to complete their twists with the warp threads. With the single-locker type of machine, a single set of dividing-instruments h, Fig, 1, is fitted to the back driving-bar g. The fingers h, abutting on alternate carriages a, are cast in leads h<1> and secured to a bar i which is fitted to slide endways on the driving-bar g and is guided by a cap j. The leads h<1> may also be attached directly to the bar g, or to a bar k, Fig. 4, pivoted at k<1> to the bar g. The fingers h cau be provided with guide-pieces h<1> which work between the combs to ensure the fingers being in line with the carriages selected. The bar k is operated to raise the fingers h clear of the combs by a lever k<2>. With the Levers and curtain machines, two sets of dividing-fingers o, p, Fig. 5, attached to rocking shafts o', p<1> are used. With machines of the roller-locker type, there is an extra tooth z, Fig. 9, to each toothed roller x, y which enables the carriages to be returned to the central position after having been moved by the dividing-fingers u<1>, v<1> from that position to the position shown in Fig. 9. The catch and driving bars, the point bars, and the dividing-fingers may, in all the types of machines, be moved endways to accomplish the " turn-again " of the end bobbins and carriages.
Patent GB-190517722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Microphones for use in Submarine Signalling
Filed: 1905-09-01
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 17,722. Lake, H. H., [Submarine Signal Co.]. Sept. 1. Signals, marine and ship.-Microphones for use in submarine signalling are supported in a watertight chamber from a tautly-stretched diaphragm which has been secured to the walls of the chamber while expanded under heat and has contracted in cooling. The chamber containing the microphone may be partly surrounded with wax to protect the microphone from dampness. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the transmitter casing 3 issupported. from the suspension cord 7 by the extension 8, sleeve 9, packing 10, washer 11, and lock-nut 12. The diaphragm 18, secured to the chamber 3 while hot so as to respond freely to vibrations of high frequency, supports the microphone 19 by means of the screw 23, insulating sleeve 24, and threaded extension 22, in such a way that the microphone is not affected by the pressure of the water but responds to sound vibrations by reason of its own inertia. The microphone consists of a cup 26 containing fibrous material 36 surrounding the carbon electrodes 32, 34 and the granular carbon 35. A disk of mica 28 preveats moisture from passing between the edge of the disk 30 and the ring 29. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of apparatus in which a saucer-shaped diaphragm 48 replaces the partition 20, Fig. 1, and carries a celluloid cup 50 large enough to protect the microphone, supported by the diaphragm 18 as before. The space between the cup 50 and the casing 3 is filled with wax 51 to protect the microphone from dampness. A supporting-tube 52, secured to the casing 3, passes through a suitable support 53, provided with a washer 54 of rubber &c. to deaden the vibration received from the motion of the ship. The opening 42, Fig. 1, and screw 45 provide means whereby the water-tightness of the apparatus can be tested.
Patent GB-190520564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Grain, Corn, Maize, Oats, Barley, Wheat, Peas, Beans, and the like Materials.
Inventor: YOUNG JAMES ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-10-11
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 20,564. Young, J. A. Oct. 11. Feeding - devices. -The feed-hopper 3 of an apparatus for sifting grain and seeds is provided with a regulator 4 operated by a lever 5 through a rod 6 from a handwheel 7.
Patent GB-190521181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrical Measuring Instruments
Inventor: VARLEY THOMAS WILCOCK
Filed: 1905-10-18
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 21,181. Varley, T. W. Oct. 18. Current and energy meters.-Stationary coils and movable coils are so arranged in connexion with permanent magnets that the distortion of the field - produced by the current in the former causes the rotation of the latter coils. The instruments may be arranged as watt-meters, watt-hour meters, ammeters, or volt-meters for either direct or alternating currents. In the watt-hour meter shown in sectional plan in Fig. 4, a permanent magnet 1 is provided with soft-iron pole-pieces 2 and a central core (not shown). On an aluminium cup 6 surrounding the central core are mounted windings arranged in this case to form a four-pole armature. The brushes 12, 13 are so arranged that in the undistorted field the armature is in balance. The stationary coils 14, 15, 16, 17, connected as a shunt to a resistance 19 in the main circuit, are so arranged that the current in them tends to shift the magnetic flux towards the pole-tips 20, 23. The armature is connected with an adjustable resistance 33 across the mains. In a modification, a two-pole armature is used, the stationary coils being arranged to shift the flux in a rotary direction. The pole-pieces may be slotted for the reception of the stationary coils. In the form shown in Fig. 5, a three-pole magnet is used, the central pole 36 being of opposite polarity to the outer poles 35. The latter are joined by a laminated soft-iron ring 37, surrounding a similar ring 38 mounted on the central pole. Stationary coils 49, 50 are mounted in slots 39 in the outer ring 37, one of them, 50, being connected with the main circuit and the other being connected in series with the two-pole armature to compensate for friction. This latter object may also be effected by a magnetic shunt consisting of a soft-iron bridge-piece 52, indicated in dotted lines. The retardation by eddy currents induced in the aluminium cup is unaffected by the distortion of the flux.
Patent GB-190526559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stoppers for Tanks, and the like
Inventor: LEROI LOUIS
Filed: 1905-12-20
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 26,559. Leroi, L., and Domenech, M. Dec. 20. Stoppers, bayonetjoint and like.-A stopper for tanks &c. comprises a ring b which is adapted to be secured to the tank by a flange c, and upon which a plate g is held seated by springs f. The springs surround hollow studs d, which are integral with the plate, and work on guide-pins e depending from a cap a, which is secured to the ring b by a bayonetjoint. The plate g may have a facing h of leather or other material.
Patent GB-190600260-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Locking Device for Arc Lamp Couplings and the like.
Inventor: SCHAEFER OSCAR
Filed: 1906-01-04
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 260. Schaefer, O. Jan. 4. Disengaging-couplings.-Relates to devices for supporting arc lamps &c. in a raised position of the kind described in Specifications No. 2676, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Electric lamps &c.], and No. 23,878, A.D. 1905, in which the weight of the lamp is carried by balls supporting an enlargement on the hoisting-rope, and consists in providing several sets of balls arranged in such a way that the lamp may be supported or released alternately by winding the hoisting-rope as far as possible and then slackening. One example is shown in Fig. 2 in half section. The hoisting-rope passes through a tubular stem E with a conical enlargement at its upper end. The fixed part of the device consists of a tubular carrier A with longitudinal slots B for the locking-balls C and arresting-balls D. The slide G, which moves vertically within limits, has recesses G<1>, G<2> formed by projections G<a>, Gb. The electric contact-plugs are carried by a cap L, which slides loosely on the carrier A, and is guided into correct angular position by a vertical web N, Fig. 4, engaging a slot in the carrier. In the position shown in Fig. 2, the lamp is supported by the balls C engaging under the conical head. To release the device the stem is raised, and after a certain movement it picks up the cap L and lifts the slide G, thereby allowing both sets of balls to fall into the recesses G<1>, and leaving the stem E free to be lowered. When it is again raised, the conical head pushes both sets of balls upwards until the balls C are level with the recesses G<2>, the balls D being pressed against the upper end of the slot. The locking-balls C now run back and support the load when the rope is slackened. The slide is held in the position shown by the friction of the contactplugs in their sockets. If no electric couplings are used, other suitable means are provided for sustaining the slide. An example of this kind is shown in Figs. 6 and 8. The stem A with conical head B is in this case fixed, and the carrier D with locking and arresting balls K, M move up and down with the lamp. The carrier, shown in Fig. 8, has two slots, H, L, the upper one having a circular enlargement L'. The slide N also has upper and lower slots, and the two sets of balls are respectively prevented from falling outwards by sloping projections P and a heavy or spring-pressed ring R with inner surface bevelled. In the Figure the lamp is supported, and in order to release the lamp, the carrier D and slide N are raised, the locking bolts K then falling outwards and allowing the conical head to pass downwards. When the lamp is again raised, the balls K,. which are resting on the sloping pieces P, are pressed outwards by the conical head B, and then run back so as to rest on the head B. If the lamp carrier D is then lowered, the balls K engage the slide N and retain it, so that the arresting- balls M move along the upper slot L and into the circular ends L', thereby locking the slide in its upper position.
Patent GB-190604898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Compiling Tabulating or Sorting Statistical or other Data.
Inventor: HOLLERITH HERMAN
Filed: 1906-02-28
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 4898. Hollerith, H. Feb. 28. Calculating - apparatus; compiling statistics mechanically.-Improvements are described in the card systems for recording, sorting, and compiling data set forth in Specification No. 10,502, A.D. 1901, in particular, and also in Specifications No. 19,372, A.D. 1901, and No. 27,072, A.D. 1904. In these systems, each class of information to be recorded on the card has a row or rows of index points thereon alloted to it, and one or more of these points is punched out to represent either singly or in combination the number to be registered for that particular class ; subsequently, the cards are passed into a selective electric contact-apparatus which registers and totalizes the punched numbers for all classes upon systems of counters, or may sort the cards according to the records they bear. The plan view, Fig. 2, shows one row of the selective contact-pins 27, and, in operation, a card is placed vertically to the right of a card plate 6 remaining supported upon fingers 45, the electric motor reciprocates longitudinally the slide rods 8 and sliding frame 5 carrying this plate, and the card is thereby clamped against a pressure plate 23, which has an aperture opposite each contact-pin. Simultaneously, the cam pieces 67 move away from the rollers shown, in order that the adjustable centring-arms 60 may spring into slots in the cards and pressure plates to ensure correct registration, and. as the slide rods finish their stroke to the right the pressure plate is forced over the contact-pins and the card presses back all the pins for which it has not corresponding holes. Each pin moved slides through an insulating-bush in a metal plate 32, Fig. 7, connected to one pole of the battery, Fig. 9, and carries several.spring arms 40 off the plate, the pin itself being connected to the other pole by means of the socket 30; in this way, the main switch 70, 71 being temporarily closed by the slide reciprocating mechanism, the electro-magnets 92 of such counters only as have their pins remaining in the normal position of the pin 85 will be energized, and only these counters will register, namely those corresponding to holes in the record card. The zero pin 80 merely completes circuit through a resistance 91, and a guard-pin 94 is also provided to interrupt the circuit should a card be sufficiently out of adjustment to force it in. To release a card which has registered, an electro-magnet 52 is included in the main circuit and upon the closure of the main switch the attraction of its armature releases an arm 49 upon the spindle 46 to which the supporting arms 45 are fixed ; the arms are turned down by a spring, the card falls when unclamped, and the return of the sliding frame by means of a roller 54 relatches the arm and fingers in position to support the next card.
Patent GB-190607957-A (GB)
Title: An Attachment for Shaving Brushes.
Inventor: SINGLETON CHARLES HUGH
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 7957. Singleton, C. H. April 2. Shaving brushes. -A strip 4, Fig. 1, of absorbent material, such as sponge, is threaded with a piece of twine or waxed thread, so that it may be tied round the handle of a shaving-brush, thereby forming a collar which prevents moisture from reaching the fingers of the user.
Patent GB-190614430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas Cooking Stoves and the like.
Inventor: PIRRIE JOHN MILLER
Filed: 1906-06-23
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 14,430. Pirrie, J. M. June 23. Gas stoves ; water-heaters; hot-plates.-The hotplate of a gas or like stove is formed so as to prevent the escape of the hot gases and is constructed in one with or in close contact with a shallow flat boiler, which, further, is provided with baffling and heat-conducting ribs &c., so that as much as possible of the waste heat is utilized. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 show, in plan and sections, one form of the invention, in which the heater comprises portions cast in one with the hot-plate a and divided up by partitions b, and other portions formed by cast-in tubes p extending across the apertures i. The apertures i are normally closed, to prevent the escape of hot gases, either by the cooking-vessels placed over them or by lidsj. The whole or part of the combined hot plate and heater may be separate from the remainder of the hot-plate to allow for expansion, and is then supported in such a way as to prevent the escape of hot gases. Ribs such as k, or bars cast in or placed'loosely across the apertures i, may be employed to increase the transference of heat to the water. One or more of the heater tubes may be arranged around the edge of and underneath the hot-plate to serve as a baffle. Several modifications are described. In one, the pipes p are not used ; in another, the heater consists entirely of pipes in series held in close contact with saddle-shaped ribs on the hot-plate, while in a third the water is contained between a corrugated plate and the hotplate. The different sections of the heater are preferably always in series. The heater may also form part of the oven hot-plate, and, according to the Provisional Specification, may also be applied in the oven.
Patent GB-190614789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Current Supply Systems for Telephone and the like Circuits.
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 14,789. British Thomson- Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 28. Telephone systems; telephone calls.- A dynamo-electric machine having a uniform homopolar field of constant strength is used as a current generator, or as a rotary converter, for supplying current in telephone and like systems. The Figure shows such a machine used as a converter, receiving high-voltage current from the lighting-mains D and supplying current to the stations of a party-line telephone system. The field magnet A and field coils a extend circumferentially round the shaft of the armature B, which carries a plurality of armature conductors b connected at opposite ends to collector rings C. By means of brushes c, the conductors b are all connected in series. The terminals of the armature circuit are connected to the lighting mains D, while the telephone linewires E can be connected by the switch e across only a portion of the armature conductors. The machine thus acts as a voltage transformer, and is stated to smooth out the small pulsations in the current received from the lighting mains. The call bells G of the party-line stations are polarized and connected to one or the other line-wire. The generator shaft is provided with two make-andbreak contact-devices H connected to opposite ends of the armature circuit, which is grounded at its middle point, so that current of the desired polarity may be sent to either line-wire by closing the proper switch h. The machine may be disconnected from the lighting circuit by the switch d, and may be driven mechanically so as to act as a generator.
Patent GB-190614802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spring Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: WALTERS HARRY ERNEST
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 14,802. Walters, H. E., and Woodcock, W. H. June 28. Spring wheels ; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. - A wire cable 1 fitted in a leather sleeve 2 or other flexible tread band is fitted with metal shoes 3 and is supported by means of metal (or rubber) springs 4, 13, which are put in initial compression, as shown in Fig. 7, for assembling the tread, and are maintained in compression. The springs may be guided by telescopic tubes 5, 6 or by means of yokes 10, 14. In either case, the members 6,10,14 engage between adjacent shoes 3 to prevent creeping of the tread band, and these members are further provided with lateral lugs 16 to prevent rolling of the tread. The springs may be compressed in the manner shown in Fig. 7, or screw bolts may be entered in tapped recesses 9 in the members 6, 10, 14 and drawn inwards by nuts bearing on the rim.
Patent GB-190627865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kettle Lamps and other like Lamps.
Filed: 1906-12-07
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 27,865. Elkington & Co., and Hutton, F. W. Dec. 7. Wick burners, flame-regulating in; extinguishing wick burners. - The wick-tube b is surrounded by a long secondary sleeve c, which is raised or lowered by the lever d so as to regulate or extinguish the flame. The. lever d is pivoted on a roller f, which facilitates the movement of the slotted part on the pin g, but may be mounted on an ordinary pivot, the trunnion pins e being fitted in slotted arms extending half-way round the sleeve c. A flange h may be placed on the sleeve to prevent the flame from flashing back to the mouth of the reservoir a. The lamp is intended for heating kettles, hot-water jugs, food warmers, and breakfast dishes, &c.