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Patent GB-190606966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Net-making Machines
Inventor: ZANG CHARLES
Filed: 1906-03-23
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 6966. Zang, C. July 4, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Net-making.-Relates to the Jouannin or French type of machine, and includes methods of forming, beating-up, and tightening the knots, tension apparatus for the shuttle threads, and a variable-speed gear. The net can be made by the hooks 14 tying shuttle threads in zigzag fashion to vertical spool threads. The row of hooks 14 is arranged in a box 1 carried at the ends of a pair of oscillating levers such as 2<a>. The other ends slide on squared centres 2<b>. The levers are given horizontal movement by cams on the wheel 20, and vertical movement by similar cams on the wheel 7. Carried by the levers 2<a> and driven by bevel-gear 4, 8, 9, 11 from the wheel 7 are edge cams, such as 2. One of these acts on an intermediate lever 12 to move the hooks as a whole, laterally ; the other carries a rack which rotates each hook on its own axis. Suitable additional lateral movements given to the hook bar 1 would enable the hooks to tie the same or different spool threads to different shuttle threads, or the same results would be obtained by suitably moving the spool-thread comb 16, the reed 17, or the shuttle carriage 18. If suitable movements are imparted to the other instruments, the comb 16 can be kept stationary in a lateral direction and given a downward movement only for holding the knots, as they are tightened, against a bar 23. To counteract the tendency of the workrollers to tighten the selvedge knots unduly and thus to cause the reed 17 to miss the selvedge threads, the end teeth 24, Fig. 6, of the reed are pivoted to a separate plate 30, so that if necessary they may be spaced farther apart than the centre teeth. The gauge of the teeth can be adjusted by means of a bar 25 lying obliquely across the teeth and connected thereto. The bar can be shifted by pulling a chain secured to a bell-crank 27. The plate 30 can be attached to any part of the length of the reed. The shuttle-thread tension apparatus consists of a series of pins 32, Fig. 3, and a pivoted arm 33, the corrugated end of which indents the thread on the pins. A second arm 35 pivoted to the first is provided with a screw by which the tension is regulated. The variable-speed gear is for gradually diminishing the velocity of the parts previous to the engagement of the shuttles and the completion of the knots. The shafts 41, 44 are connected by friction disks 39, 40, the disk 39 carrying an upstanding leather collar serving as a friction clutch. The shaft 44 is connected to the wheel 20, through the intermediate shafts 46, 52, and is carried by arms mounted on the former shaft. It is moved away from or towards the shaft 41 by which it is driven, by means of a depending link 49 attached to bell-crank 48. The other bell-crank arm runs on a disk 57 provided with cams 55, 56.
Patent GB-190607486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Needle Holders.
Inventor: ROBERTSON ROBERT
Filed: 1906-03-28
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 7486. Robertson, R. March 28. Pincushions.-A conical metal case a, adapted to be inserted in the hole in a cotton reel, is filled with f elt d to hold needles.
Patent GB-190608788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: COOPER BERTRAM GEORGE
Filed: 1906-04-11
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 8788. Cooper, B. G. April 11. Fastenings, clamp, for photographic cameras. The arm G to be clamped is supported on the pivot e<1> and held on the one side by the washer wand nut e<4> and on the other side by the coacting cam elements e<5>, e<3>. The surface of the part e<5> is concavely waved so that in one section it shows a concave section whereas at right-angles it shows a flat section. The surface of the part 6<3> is oppositely curved or waved, showing convexly in one direction and flat in another. The part e<3> can be revolved while the coacting element e<5> is fixed by a slot in the part G. Normally, the surfaces of the parts e<3>, e<5> fit within each other, the link G being clamped by revolving the part e<3>. The clamp is further applied to more than one sliding section.
Patent GB-190613070-A (GB)
Title: A Book for Holding Newspaper Cuttings, Scraps, Bills, and such like.
Inventor: MACAULEY MATTHEW LINDEN
Filed: 1906-06-06
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 13,070. Macauley, M. L. June 6. Albums. - The leaves of books for holding g newspaper cuttings, scraps, bills, notes, &c. are provided with one or more sets of tongues of the form shown in Fig. 2. Each set comprises two tongues d', d<2> projecting towards the outer edge and two tongues d, d' projecting towards the centre of the book. The cuttings &c. are held d by oppositely - directed tongues of different sets. The tongues may be arranged horizontally, vertically, or diagonally on the leaves. According to the Provisional Specification, the sets of tongues may be arranged side by side.
Patent GB-190614590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Selecting Switch Mechanism suitable for Advertising, Signalling and like purposes.
Inventor: FRICKER GUY CAREY
Filed: 1906-06-26
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 14,590. Fricker, G. C. June 26. Signals, electric -lamp.-The moving contacts of a selecting - switch of the kind described in Specification No. 4273, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Regulating &c.], for advertising and like purposes are removably attached to a revolving drum which is intermittently driven by a motor through Geneva-stop mechanism. Contact-bars d are fixed around disks b, the ends of the bars being provided with notches which engage with projections formed by making an annular depression in each of the end plates, the latter being provided with radial cuts forming spring fingers. The bars d are provided with projections which engage with spring contacts f connected to the lamps. The disks bare mounted upon a shaft c which is revolved intermittently by a Geneva-stop, shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The stop wheel o, the shaft of which is connected to the shaft C through reducing-mechanism, is driven by a compound wheel consisting of two disks p, p<1>, each provided with cam-like projections q, q<1> and a tooth r in the form of a roller carried by a screw s. The distance between these teeth may be varied by means of slots p<2> and set-screws p<3>, the latter also fastening the disks together. The surfaces q<1>, q<2> between the teeth engage with the surfaces o<1> between the slots n in the wheel o, thereby locking the latter.
Patent GB-190615945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Studs, Solitaires and the like.
Inventor: BAKER FRANCIS ROBERT
Filed: 1906-07-14
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 15,945. Baker, F. R. July 14. Studs a n d solitaires.-A two-part s t u d has a flat shank 1, Fig. 1, stamped from a piece of wire, two opposite edges 2, Fig. 7, of the shank being bevelled nearly to thebottom so as to leave projections 3. The shank is inserted in the slot 5 of a baseplate 4, Fig. 5, and then becomes partly rotated by a circular spring 6 having a straight piece 7 extending across the slot, so that the projections 3 engage with the slot to hold the parts together.
Patent GB-190618640-A (GB)
Title: Improved Rigging for Square Sails of Ships.
Inventor: RAEGENER HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 18,640. Rõgener, H. Aug. 20. Rigging.-In square sails which are in halves and are reefed towards the mast so that they are operated from the deck, the bolt-rope i is arranged to run on a part of the fixed rigging j which is adapted to be moved towards or away from the yard R in order to tighten or s l a ck e the sail h. Adjustment is effected by screws S, S', through the eyes of which the fixed rigging j passes ; the rigging j is kept taut by tightening - screws d. In order to keep a clear space at the mast, the bolt-rope i near the mast is in the form of a bow and is secured by a cord f to a hoop E secured to the yard R.
Patent GB-190623878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Cutting and Facing Bricks and the like.
Inventor: FREYTAG GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 23,878. Freytag, G. Oct. 26. Moulding bricks &c.- The clay stream n issuing from the press m is supported on rollers or slides on a frame connected by rods e to a pivoted frame b, which, with a stay-rod d, also serves to support the cutting - table a carrying slides or rollers p. The clay supported on the rollers p is cut into bricks in the position shown ; the table a is then swung to the right, separating the cut bricks from the column. The table on turning pushes back the stream-supporting frame, which has moved slightly, to its original position, and the operation recommences.
Patent GB-190624742-A (GB)
Title: A New Process for Manufacturing Agglomerated Fuels or Briquettes.
Inventor: TAVERNIER ALPHONSE
Filed: 1906-11-05
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 24,742. Tavernier, A. Nov. 5. Materials for making coke and like products.- An agglutinant for fuel briquettes is made from the liquid waste obtained in boiling wood with sulphurous acid in paper-making. This liquid is concentrated, dried, and moulded into cylinders at the paper-mill, waste heat being utilized ; the cylinders are coated with pitch or tar to resist damp. To prepare the agglutinant, the cylinders are broken and made into a syrup with water, small amounts of sulphuric acid and lime being added. The product is pugged with fuel and then pressed into briquettes, which are dried by hydrochloric acid gas heated by superheated steam, in a brick chamber lined with red lead. The agglutinant is carbonized by this treatment, rendering the briquettes waterproof.
Patent GB-190626281-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spring for Corsets, Dresses or other Articles of Clothing.
Inventor: TORLEY HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-11-20
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 26,281. Torley, H. Nov. 20. Springs; stays or stiffeners. - Springs for corsets, dresses, &c. consist of wire helices a or other wirework embedded in a plastic substance, such as celluloid, casein, rubber, &c. The covering may be of a material which becomes elastic on being suitably treated. The wire springs may consist of one or more helical springs interlaced or connected together. Springs so formed do not need cape at the end. --
Patent GB-190700440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of Regulating Alternating Current Electric Motors of the Commutator Type.
Filed: 1907-01-07
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 440. British Thomson - Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges.]. Jan. 7. Motors, alternating - current.- In an alternating- current commutator motor having s h o r t - circuited brushes A, A, starting is effected by moving these brushes from their running position and returning them to it when the machine is up to speed. The exciting - brushes B, B remain stationary, the current supply to them being either interrupted or maintained. The method is applicable to all motors in which the armature is short-circuited along the working-axis, whether the short-circuit is diametrical or along several chords.
Patent GB-190701776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combined Sinks or Washing Basins and Coppers
Inventor: CORNES JAMES
Filed: 1907-01-23
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 1776. Cornes, J., and Haighton, W. Jan. 23. Boiling-pans.-In a combined copper and sink or washing-basin, preferably arranged in conjunction with a bath, the sink or washing basin B is hinged above a copper A, a draining-board C, with scap receptacles C<1>, being also provided. A channel J conveys to the waste pipe H the water escaping from the sink when turned up. The combustion products from the fire of the range G &c. may be diverted, by means of dampers, to heat the copper. The bath M may be supplied with hot water by a pipe leading from the copper, and is provided with a cover M<1>.
Patent GB-190702274-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Drawing Table.
Inventor: WEYERMANN JAIME
Filed: 1907-01-29
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 2274. Weyermann, J. Jan. 29. Tables.-Drawing-tables having tops which can be fixed at various inclinations are constructed by mounting the top a on the frame d by means of guide-bars b, c, so that it can be moved in the direction of the bars. The frame d is pivoted at f to the standard. The top is counterbalanced by a weight n carried on a wire rope &c. h, which passes over the pulleys m, k, i and is attached to the table top at g as indicated, so that the top can be adjusted without moving the weight n by hand. Supports o and set-screws p allow the table to be clamped in any position, and the guide-bars c can be pressed against the frame by screws q.
Patent GB-190712177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telemeters with Separating Prism Systems
Inventor: KOENIG ALBERT
Filed: 1907-05-27
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 12,177. K÷nig, A. May 27. Range-finders.-A telemeter of the coincidence type is adapted to enable measurements to be taken over an obstacle sheltering the observer. The images formed by the objectives are erected without magnification by a lens system, the axis of which when in use is vertical. The greater part of the increase of length is thus made in a downward direction and supplies the required difference of level between the objective and the eyepiece. One form of the instrument is shown in Fig. 1. Objective prisms a are placed in front of objectives b the common focus of which is in the upper margin of the separating surface of the prisms c, d. This surface is arranged so that the lower half of the inverted image formed by the right objective is combined with the upper half of the image formed by the left objective. By moving the refracting prism e along the axis, the partial images can be brought into coincidence. The axis is reflected downwards by the prism f, and the image is erected by the inverting lens g, and after another reflection by the prism h is viewed through the Ramsden eyepiece i, k. In Fig. 5, the parts are shown assembled in a tube, and in this case the separating prisms l, m are constructed to combine the axes in a vertical plane, so that only one additional reflection is necessary to form the horizontal ocular axis. In this case the observer sees in the upper half of the field of view the movable partial image coming from the right objective. In one modification the separating prism is arranged to combine the axes in the horizontal plane, the combined axis being immediately deflected downwards by a reflecting surface on one of the components of the separating prism. In another modification, the axes are combined in the vertical plane and the combined axis is turned into the horizontal direction by a simple reflecting prism. In this case the observer sees the movable partial image projected by the right objective in the left half of the field of view and the movable image is horizontally inverted. The inverting lens system consisting of three parts cemented together may be replaced by a more composite system. Specification No. 16,950, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190713859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Excluding Water or the like from the Windows of Railway Carriages, Motor and other Road Vehicles, Ships, and other purposes.
Inventor: MAITRE JOHN BRACHE LE
Filed: 1907-06-15
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 13,859. Le Maitre, J. B. June 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Weather excluders ; windows.-In order to prevent water &c. from entering the windows of railway, motor, and other vehicles or ships, a curved rail b<1>, hinged or pivoted to the frame, engages with hooked catches e below the sash w. The arrangement may be reversed, or a double operating- catch may be used in conjunction with two rails b<1>, mounted on either side of the window ; the external rail serves to exclude w a t e r, and the internal rail prevents draughts. The hooked pieces e and a depending angle-piece c may be in one or more pieces.
Patent GB-190716164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fare Indicators or Taximeters.
Inventor: JENSEN CHRISTIAN ALBERT
Filed: 1907-07-13
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 16,164. Jensen, C. A., [D³nh÷lter & Sch÷lzel]. July 13. Fares, registering.-Taxameters having zeroizing- mechanism of the heart-cam type are provided with an auxiliary lever i pivoted at i<2> and engaging a pin k on the main operating-lever g, which is pivoted at g<2> and provided with rollers h, h<1> to engage heart cams e, f on the pence and shillings disks. The lever i is operated by pins m on a slider n operated by the flag.
Patent GB-190716518-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Teaching Arithmetic.
Inventor: HANSMANN KARL
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 16,518. Hansmann, K. July 18. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Arithmetic, teaching.-An apparatus for teaching arithmetic consists of a casing a, on the oblique front wall d of which are ten preferably removable steps f<1>-f<10>, each divided by lines into ten squares g ; the back c is extended upwardly to form a blackboard e. For multiplication, division, and rule-of-three, a single tier h<1>-h<10> of the size of one square g is arranged at each end of the steps. For calculating, coloured prisms, cubes, and fractional parts of cubes are used, each cube representing unity, ten, &c. as desired. The fifth and sixth steps and the border line between the fifth and sixth squares g are distinctively coloured.
Patent GB-190717817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Making Electrically Conducting Joints in Metallic Filament Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: HYDE AUGUSTUS CHARLES
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 17,817. Hyde, A. C. Aug. 6. Working by electricity; soldering and brazing.- Electric-lamp filaments of tungsten, molybdenum, niobium, and other metals are attached to leading-in wires by applying a paste containing an ordinary gelatinous metallic hydrate, for example precipitated copper or nickel hydrate, and optionally a metal such as tungsten, copper, or nickel, and by subsequently heating the joints by a high-pressure electric arc in hydrogen or other reducing-gas or by a current of hot hydrogen in a protecting gas. In the former method of heating, hydrogen may be passed downwards through a tube A open at its lower end and having a sidetube C, to which is attached a rubber sleeve D. Through the sleeve passes a glass-enclosed wire E, the end of which is exposed and bent upwards, to serve as an electrode. The leading-in wires are connected to the other terminal of the supply source, which may be a transformer giving a pressure of 1000 volts, so as to start the arc without effecting contact. The leading-in wires may be of platinum, iron, nickel, or alloys. Specifications No. 27,714, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Electric lamps &c.], No. 15,462, A.D. 1905, and No. 8057, A.D. 1906, are referred to.
Patent GB-190722288-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Support for Attachment to Revolvers or like Fire-arms as an Aid in Firing Them.
Inventor: RENFORS HERMAN
Filed: 1907-10-09
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 22,288. Renfors, H. Oct. 9. Stocks.-A telescopic tube a is attached to the butt of a revolver instead of an ordinary walking- stick as described in Specification No. 26,611, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190723678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Extracting Dust from Carpets and other Materials by Air Suction.
Filed: 1907-10-26
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 23,678. Jones, E., and Kynoch, Ltd. Oct. 26. Drawings to Specification. Links.-Links forming part of the connexion between a piston-rod and its hand-actuating-lever consist of wooden disks strengthened by bands of iron.
Patent GB-190800630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pumps.
Inventor: MILNER HANS
Filed: 1908-01-10
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 630. Milner, H. Jan. 10. Bucket pumps; suction reservoirs; valves.-The efficiency is increased by causing a special plunger to exhaust charges from the suction air chamber. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a hollow plunger e, which forms an extension of the plunger l, is fitted with annular valves f and works in the suction chamber a, the upper part a' of which contains rarefied air. When the plunger e is displaced, a charge of liquid is exausted into its cavity through the valves f, while on the return stroke, the liquid is discharged through valves g and a pipe c. The conical part n of the plunger acts to prevent eddies and to increase the liquid pressure. In the form shown in Fig. 2, a counter-plunger p is connected to the bucket e, while eddying is prevented by the casing h. Air-vessels are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and may be provided with yielding walls, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190805440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Application of Portable Motor Generators for Charging Cells and other purposes.
Inventor: CRAIG JOHN RICHARDSON
Filed: 1908-03-11
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 5440. Craig, J. R. March 11. Direction of currents, indicating.-To enable secondary batteries to be connected correctly to the secondary terminals E, E<1> of a direct-current rotary transformer A, a small needle instrument G is fixed on the top or side of the frame of the machine. When the machine is running, and the needle points north to the machine, the positive terminal E<1> is marked in red and the terminal E in black. To charge the cells at any time thereafter, the plug or adapter F is inserted in its socket so that the needle points north to the machine, and the cells are then connected to the terminals E, E'.
Patent GB-190807874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ladders or the like for use in Balancing Performances.
Inventor: YAMAMOTO KOSABRO
Filed: 1908-04-09
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 7874. Yamamoto, K. April 9. Gymnastic &c. apparatus.-Relates to ladders used in acrobatic performances, in which a portion of one side, together with the corresponding rungs, can fall away from the other side. The sides are of bamboo and are wound with twine, cord, wire, &c. C, on top of which canvas, linen, &c. D is wound, the whole being secured together by an adhesive substance. The sides are provided with metal caps E, externally screw-threaded to screw into the supporting-feet G, and are connected near the bottom by rungs J, J<1>, which are further connected to the sides by angleirons H, bolts, and nuts. The fixed portion of the side A and the bottom part of the side B are provided with metal strengthening cores L. The rungs J are hollow, and are provided with metal cores M which project sufficiently from the rungs to take into holes in the side B. Cords N secure these rungs to the removable part of the side A, which is released from engagement with the side B by pulling on the cord P, thereby removing pins R, R<1> from the top rung and a slip cord S respectively.
Patent GB-190808508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment of Coke
Inventor: DUNAL CHARLES FREDERIC RAOUL
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 8508. Dunal, C. F. R., and Masse, R. April 16. Loading railway trucks. Coke is cooled by being spread in a thin layer over a platform consisting of a number of plates f connected at their centres or at any other suitable point to pivots g, all of which may be oscillated together by means of levers j and connecting-rods i to turn the plates into a vertical position, whereupon the coke falls through a hopper e into the trucks. The balance movement of the plates may be replaced by a sliding movement. The coke is drawn from the retorts into a receptacle c and is sifted therefrom by an elevator d to the platform over which it is spread with a rake or mechanically. The platform may be inclined to allow excess water to run off, and may be placed below the level of the retorts, in which case the receptacle c and elevator d are replaced by an inclined plane on which the coke is moistened as it passes to the platform. The platform may be placed at the outlet from the hopper e or the hopper may be dispensed with, in which case inwardly inclined plates are arranged along the frame of the platform to cause the coke to fall into the truck.