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Patent GB-190427148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Harness for Animals.
Inventor: SCHREVEN JOHANN
Filed: 1904-12-13
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 27,148. Schreven, J. Dec. 13. Traces; backbands; harnessing, systems of.-The traces are suspended by straps h, d to prevent horses &c. from overstepping them. The straps are hooked at one end to collars l, adapted to be fastened by means of screws in any position on the traces, and at the other end to straps a, b, c, which are connected together and to the collar. If a girth is used, the front strap a may be omitted.
Patent GB-190500832-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Straining Attachments for Kitchen Sinks.
Inventor: SAVARD ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-01-16
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 832. Savard, A. Jan. 16. Traps for sinks. A perforated receptacle 14 is supported in the trapped outlet of a sink 1 by a collar 11 on the interior of a cylinder 9 screwed to the underside of a depressed flange 2. Above the orifice is hinged a perforated lid 7, on raising which the receptacle may be lifted out by means of the handle 13. A perforated bottom 16 is held in position by a ring 15. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 16,142, A.D. 1891, and No. 11,592, A.D. 1895, [Abridgment Class Closets &c.].]
Patent GB-190502628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Ignition Arrangements for Explosion Motors.
Inventor: SCHOELLER ALFRED
Filed: 1905-02-09
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 2628. Schoeller, A. Feb. 9. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The necessary movement of the sparking-device is obtained by a flexible rod-actuated by the shaft of the generator. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the electrode S' is moved at the right moment by a flexible rod W<1>, guided by a rigid tube R<1>, and actuated by a cam on the armature shaft A<1>. The shaft W<1> and tube R<1> may act as current conductors. A rotary instead of a sliding motion may be communicated by the flexible shaft W<2> in a tube R' as in Fig, 2. Sparking occurs at P<2>. The shaft W<2> is driven from the armature shaft A<2>. The shaftina tube may be replaced by a hollow shaft W<3> enveloping a rigid metallic wire D<3> as in Fig. 3. The flexible connexions W<1>, W<2> may consist of metallic cable, spiral wire, a series of balls, or an arrangement of links. The shaft W<1> may be made to bear against an electrode in the explosion chamber and be liberated in such a manner that it may be forced away sharply by a spring at the right instant to produce a spark.
Patent GB-190503295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Interlocking Apparatus for Railway Points and Signals
Inventor: SYKES WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1905-02-17
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 3295. Sykes, W. R. Feb. 17. Levers.-In interlocking apparatus for railway point and signal levers, a special mechanism connecting the hand-lever with the interlocking tappet ensures that the tappet shall only be moved at the beginning and end of the stroke of the lever. The tappet B is connected to a movable curved rack D sliding in a guide E, and a toothed wheel F pivoted on the hand-lever rotates freely on the rack during the greater part of the lever movement without moving the rack or the tappet B. Near each end of the stroke, however, a fixed projection G<1> on the frame engages a radial slot g<1> in the wheel, and prevents its rotation, so that the hand-lever, the wheel, and the rack move together to actuate the tappet B. A corresponding slot g is similarly used at the other end of the stroke. To prevent movement of the rack D during the inactive portion of the stroke a fixed rack is employed, parallel to and behind the rack D, while the wheel F engages the teeth of both racks except at the end portions where the teeth of the fixed rack are cut away. To allow the slight vertical motion of the rack D during actuation of the tappet B, the wheel F is pivoted in a block J sliding vertically on the band-lever, and provided with projecting pin j beneath the rack D to keep the wheel and rack in contact. This arrangement also allows straight racks to be substituted for the curved racks. In a modification, the projection G<1> is carried on the wheel with the corresponding radial slot formed in a fixed piece attached to the frame. By adjusting the size of the wheel F, a single notch may replace the two notches g, g<1>, or a sector may replace the wheel F. In some cases the rack D may only be moved at one end of the handlever stroke.
Patent GB-190503390-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Attaching Loose Cuffs to Wristbands of Shirts.
Inventor: WARD WILLIAM JAMES BEECHER
Filed: 1905-02-18
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 3390. Ward, W. J. B. Feb. 18. Right to Patent relinquished. Shirts; cuffs.- A device for attaching loose cuffs to wristbands of shirts consists of a spring band B, Fig. 1, which is placed inside the wristband and has studs S', S', S<3>, arranged to pass through holes in the wristband. The cuff is placed over the wristband as usual and has holes corresponding to the studs, by which the cuff is attached.
Patent GB-190514740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Enabling a Supply of Fluid to be Delivered into Sunken Submarine Vessels and other Submerged Vessels.
Inventor: HIME HARRY
Filed: 1905-07-18
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 14,740. Hime, H. July 18. B r a n c h e s and mains, connecting; screw unions. - A hollow screw fitting is introduced into the side of submerged submarine vessel-for the purpose of supplying fluid, principally air. A screwed plug c is screwed in a socket b attached to the vessel's plating, and an internally and externally threaded tube e is provided with notches to engage the tongue d, so that it may be screwed into the socket b when turned by the handles e<1>. A smaller tube f screws into the tube e and is fitted with a cock g, by which the air is supplied from the surface through the pipe h.
Patent GB-190514984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Railway and like Vehicles
Inventor: SINCLAIR ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-07-21
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 14,984. Sinclair, A., and Windley, J. W. July 21. Couplings, automatic and non-automatic.-A jointed link 2, 3 is pivoted to the ordinary drawhook, and is raised, by means of a cross-shaft 7 having cam-arms 8 engaging pins 15, 16 on the link, through the successive positions a, b, c, Fig. 5, until the lugs 19 on the back part 2 are caught by the catches 11 on the cross-shaft 10. When this occurs, the link is held rigidly extended in the position d over the adjacent draw-hook 5, on to which it is dropped non-automatically by turning the shaft 10 by band to raise the catches 11. It may also be lowered on the hook by raising it short of engagement with the catches and suddenly dropping the cam-arms. For automatic engagement, levers 12, Figs. 1 and 7, are mounted on the shaft 10 so that impact of the buffers will drive wedges 20 beneath them or actuate equivalent means to raise them and turn the shaft. Uncoupling is effected by carrying the link through the positions e, c, b, a. An alternative construction of the cams is described, whereby rotation of the shaft 7 raises the link to the position c and then lowers it into engagement with the hook 5. Further rotation raises it to the position d, locked under the catches ready for automatic coupling or for separation of the uncoupled vehicles. To enable the cams to be operated from one side of the vehicle without motion of the handle at the other side, the handles 14 are secured on the shaft 7 by clutches or by pin-and-slot joints as shown. The cam frame may be similarly mounted.
Patent GB-190516161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Journal Lubricators.
Inventor: BERRY AUSTIN
Filed: 1905-08-08
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 16,161. Berry, A. Aug. 8. Lubricators.-A journal lubricator is supported wholly by the journal without contact with the axle-box. The lubricating-wheelf is mounted on the sleeve g, rotated by the gear-wheels h, i, j. The pins k, mare supported by the arm d, loosely mounted on the pin c or the end of the journal b, and retained by the nut e.
Patent GB-190517069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plate and Letterpress Printing Machines
Inventor: MACDONALD THOMAS
Filed: 1905-08-23
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 17,069. Macdonald, T. Aug. 23. Printing from engraved plates.-A plate or letterpress printing-machine is constructed so that rolling pressure is obtained by means of a travelling pressure carriage or frame bearing upon the periphery of a stationary roller or its journal or axle, the roller bearing upon a travelling bed moving in the opposite direction to that of the pressure carriage. In the case of letterpress printing, or for light plate printing, or for short rollers, lateral pressure carriages A provided with runner rollers F, G are used, leaving the space above the pressure roller or rollers B clear for the arrangement of blankets, tapes, &c. For heavy plate printing, the top flat body A<1> is used, as described in Specification No. 22,790, A.D. 1904, The rollers F run against the top beams I, and the rollers G run on ledges H. The bed C runs on rollers T, and is provided with a wedge adjustment. The rollers B are held up by spring-supported holders K. The carriages A and the bed C are reciprocated by means of racks O, Q and pinions N, and the speed proportion is such as to keep the rollers B practically stationary.
Patent GB-190520863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shaft-tugs.
Inventor: SALTER HENRY
Filed: 1905-10-14
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 2 0 , 8 6 3. Salter, H., and Cowles, F. Oct. 14. Tugs, shaft.- Leather shaft tugs are provided with a thick inner lining of metal B secured thereto by means of screws C. The lining is formed without side flanges, and may be forced into the interior of the tug. It may be made in two or more parts which may interlock, being secured by screws or rivets. In applying the invention to existing tugs, a portion of the leather is removed to admit the metal sleeve.
Patent GB-190525673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: REICHENBACH FRITZ
Filed: 1905-12-09
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 25,673. Reichenbach, F. Dec. 9. Pistons of air and gas engines are shaped as shown at k in order to form with the similatlyshaped cylinder cover an annular combustion chamber a.
Patent GB-190602515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined or Convertible Gas and Coal Fire Kitchen Ranges or the like.
Inventor: HART WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-02-01
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 2515. Hart, W. J. Feb. 1. Combined or convertible coal and gas stoves.-A kitchen range is provided with gas fittings to enable the use of solid fuel to be dispensed with in summer. The oven has a removable false bottom c, engaging guides c<1>, c<2>, below which are arranged the gas burners j which are provided with guards i. A removable tray e for catching soot is supported in guides d, d<1> below the burners j. The gas pipe k is situated in a recess r, and is connected by a union l to a chamber m connected to ring burners n carried by a removable frame o resting on the oven top. The frame o is held in position by projections p, q on the oven top.
Patent GB-190607179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Submarine Boats.
Inventor: CAGE JOHN MILTON
Filed: 1906-03-24
Granted: 1907-03-23
Abstract: 7179. Cage, J. M. March 24. Manoeuvring submarine vessels.-To facilitate the movement of submarine vessels in a vertical plane, screw propellers 17 are arranged in vertical conduits 14 passing through the vessel near the bow and stern. The propellers are mounted in pairs and are driven either from independent motors or from a single motor through bevel-gearing 22 so that they rotate in opposite directions. A sleeve 36 surrounds the vertical shaft between the hubs to diminish friction in the bevel-gearing. The gearing is enclosed by a water-tight housing 24, fitted with stuffing-boxes 25, and is secured to the wall of the conduit 14 by a laterally-extending sleeve 27. Covers may be provided to fit the outer ends of the conduits 14. Submergence is effected by the rotation of the propellers controlled by switch mechanism supplying power to the motors.
Patent GB-190623405-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sliding Door.
Inventor: HOLSTERS PAUL FERDINAND
Filed: 1906-10-22
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 23,405. Holsters, P. F. Oct 22. Doors. -Two horizontal guides s are employed, one being at about the -level of the door - knob, the other being above the door, as usual. For the upper guide, the construction of rollers running on a rail is preferred. For convenience in mounting and dismounting the lower guide, short tongues v, sliding in the groove f are preferred. The tongues are attached to cylindrical studs with heads w provided with flats and annular grooves s. The studs are passed through the door a and the grooves s engage with slotted retaining-plates q.
Patent GB-190626866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Tipping Railway Trucks, Dredging Apparatus and the like.
Inventor: AUMUND HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-11-26
Granted: 1907-12-24
Abstract: 26,866. Aumund, H. Nov. 26. Dredging. - Comprises improvements in the tipping-apparatus for railway trucks described in Specification No. 7024, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Lifting &c.], the apparatus also being stated in the Provisional Specification to be applicable to dredging-apparatus. The tipping-frame in the present case is revoluble about a vertical axis, and also about an horizontal axis either parallel to the railway track or at rightangles to it. By-this means the inclination of the tipping-frame can be increased after the truck has been drawn up on to it, and thus the whole of the contents can be delivered at any desired point through the end or side doors of the truck, while the empty truck can be delivered at' either end of the frame for removal. Fig. 2 shows a tipping- track mounted on a wheeled frame upon which the railway truck k is drawn by means of the roller truck b and the draw chain e, in the known manner. The draw chain in this case is coiled on a winch m driven by the electric motor l, but hydraulic or other suitable mechanism may be employed for this purpose. The tipping-track is revoluble about a vertical pivot j on the frame by means of spur and bevel gear r driven from a motor q. The inclination of the track is varied by means of an electric motor n which drives a worm o, meshing with a curved rack p on the tipping-track. In a modified apparatus for railway trucks with side doors, the tipping-frame is revoluble about an horizontal axis parallel to the track. The. tipping-frame is transported alongthe railway track by means of an electromotor s which drives the wheels. When the apparatus is used as a supporting-frame for a dredging-apparatus, this apparatus is drawn up on to the tipping-frame in the same manner as the railway truck, and the upper part of the frame rotated to enable the dredger to receive its chargeon one side of the frame and discharge it into trucks on the other side for transport.
Patent GB-190705692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Colour Photography.
Inventor: WOODIWISS GEORGE
Filed: 1907-03-09
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 5692. Woodiwiss, G. March 9. Printing in several colours.-Relates to the use of four special colours on four printing-blocks, which by a process described have been obtained from three negative colour records. The colours are red, blue, violet, and yellow, and are specially chosen to give close approximations to the spectrum colours, magenta, grays, and black ; those adopted are eosine red (or erythrosine), naphthol yellow. Mollin's patent blue, and methyl violet (or mauve). The four colours are defined by the approximate wave lengths 7000, 5550, 4900, and 4250, 10-' mm., and are suitable for all processes of photo-mechanical reproduction.
Patent GB-190710283-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Name and Address Plate for Umbrellas, Hand Bags and for other Articles.
Inventor: SPENCER HAROLD
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 10,283. Spencer, H., and Davies, P. B. May 3. Address labels.- Relates to name and address plates for umbrellas, tobacco pipes, handbags, portmanteaux, cigar and dressing cases, &c. A silver or other metal mount b fixed upon the end of the umbrella &c. is provided with slightlyprojecting guides c in which slides a plate d normally covering a piece f of celluloid bearing the address &c. of the owner; the cover-plate is provided with an operating knob e. In modifications, the name-plate is formed as part of the usual silver band or tip cup on an umbrella handle. When applied to hand-bags &c., the base-plate is secured to the bag &c. by fangs or rivets.
Patent GB-190715465-A (GB)
Title: Chemical Fire Extinguisher with Double Nozzle
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 15,465. Graaff & Co., W. July 9, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Extincteurs nozzles.- The discharge pipe b of an extincteur is connected to a stop-cock c, provided with a hand-wheel i, by means of which communication can be opened with one or other of two nozzles d, e, the former provided with a central orifice f and the latter with an eccentric orifice g. The nozzle e is particularly applicable for use in extinguishing fires in difficultly accessible situations on electric railway cars, and under furniture, floors, &c. The discharge pipe b is preferably provided with a siphon k, in order to allow of the operation of the extincteur in an inverted position.
Patent GB-190715801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Weather Screens and the like for Motor Road Vehicles, Motor Boats and the like.
Inventor: SMITH HAROLD ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-07-09
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 15,801. Smith, H. A., and Wolstenholme, R. A. July 9. Stays.-In order to render it possible to adjust weather screens for motor road vehicles, motor boats, &c. from any point along the width of the screen, the locking or retaining means are connected by an operating cross-bar or, according to the Provisional Specification, the retaining means may be such as to yield to pressure applied to the screen. The following means are described : (1) The upper hinged screen 1, Fig. 2, is provided at each side with a sliding pin 8 having a spiral groove with which a fixed stud 12 engages. The square end 9 of the pin slides in a rotatable socket 10 secured to dependent arms 5 connected by the cross-bar 6. By raising the cross-bar, the pin 8 is retracted from holes in the quadrant 3 secured to the lower fixed screen, when the screen 1 may be adjusted. A spring-pressed ball 13 engaging with a second series of holes in the quadrant serves to centre the locking means. Fig. 4 shows the means applied to a screen in which the upper portion 1 is carried on the uprights 17 by pivoted rods 16, to one pair of which the quadrants 3 are secured, while the lower screen 2, which is hinged to the screen 1, slides in a slot in or over the top of the dashboard. (2) Cams 29, Fig. 7, mounted loosely on trunnions 28 fixed in the screen 1, are secured to the arms 5, and in one position, slide in the slot in the quadrants, but, when rotated, lock by friction. (3) The cam 29, Fig. 8, screws on to the trunnions and binds to the outer side of the quadrants when rotated by the cross-bar. (4) A spring-controlled side rod 31, Fig. 10, placed each side of the screen 1, has a projection 32 which engages notches on the quadrant 3. The side-rods are operated by means of the cross-bar 6 carried by the cam-levers 36, which are held tightly against the top of the screen by the spring 37. Alternatively the cross-bar 6 is arranged as shown in Fig. 2, in which case the rotation of the arm 5 rotates a plate mounted on the same axis and provided with a slot through wbich passes a pin secured to the side rod. A spring-controlled ball 34 for centring is provided. (5) The crownwheel 41, Fig. 12, is mounted loosely on the bar 40 but rigidly secured to the screen 1, while the crown-wheel 43 can move laterally only on the bar 40 owing to the key-piece 44. A squared collar 46 is provided with a pin engaging an are-shaped slot 50 in the wheel 43 so that either collar can rotate freely on the bar 40, but lateral motion, imparted to it by means of a pin on the side-rod 49 running in the slot 47, is communicated to the wheel 43. The side-rods are operated as before described. The centring-device 13 is provided. According to the Provisional Specification, the spring-pressed ball device described above may also constitute the securing means, with or without coil springs arranged at the hinge tending to keep the screen in a vertical position.
Patent GB-190723477-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Vacuum Cleaning Apparatus
Inventor: HOLDER CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1907-10-24
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 23,477. Holder, C. Oct. 24. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 22,788, A.D. 1906, in which a spring-controlled diaphragm is employed for assisting the exhaust pump so as to render the suction continuous. According to the present invention, a portable apparatus comprises two superposed flexible-diaphragm pumps a, b, which are actuated simultaneously by a hand-lever c and draw dust-laden air through a a filter i, and a device for rendering the suction of these pumps continuous in the form of a bellows f located above the filter and fitted with an internal controlling - spring h. The bellows creates an auxiliary suction at the ends of the strokes of the pumps when, for the moment, their suction effect ceases, the net effect being to create a continuous suction.
Patent GB-190725541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Resilient Tyres for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: FUCHS FRITZ
Filed: 1907-11-18
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 25,541. Fuchs, F. Nov. 18. Check valves.-Resilient balls for filling tyres are forced through the valve device shown, comprising a casing 5 open at the sides and provided with screwed extensions 6, 7 and two hinged troughshaped valves 10 closed by springs 9, which bear on a sleeve 12 surrounding the casing.
Patent GB-190726149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Canopies or Hoods for Perambulators and the like.
Inventor: HODGES HENRY
Filed: 1908-05-26
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 26,149. Hodges, H. May 26, 1908. Perambulators.-A fitting for securing canopy hoods to the bodies of perambulators &c. comprises a plate a to which the hoops b, c, d are pivoted by means of pins b<1>, c<1>, d<1> formed integral with the hoops. The plate is cranked at a' to close the ordinary hood, and the lower portion is provided with a boss a<4> through which passes the securing- bolt.
Patent GB-190801329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Photographic Developing and like Apparatus.
Filed: 1908-01-20
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 1329. Kodak, Ltd., [Barnes, F. W., and Punnett, M. B.]. Jan. 20. Trays, dishes, &c.-A rack with several plates slides into a tank which is longer than the rack, and is fitted with a fluidtight lid so that the tank can be inverted and the rack slid from one end to the other during development. The rack, Fig. 3, is formed by a bent metal strip forming the top, side, and bottom, the ends of the top and bottom being joined by a metal binding-rim 3. The plates slide through this open side between the corrugated strips attached to the top and bottom. The top is perforated to allow circulation when the tank is inverted. The lid 12, Fig. 1, of the tank has a surrounding flange 13, and a recess 15 containing an elastic washer forming a fluid-tight joint with the sides. The lid is drawn down by hooks 22, Fig. 4, operated by arms 20. The arms 20 are eccentrically mounted, and are formed with bosses 19, which are punched clear of the arms and occupy a plane parallel therewith. The hooks 22 rotate on the bosses and have projections 24, 25 engaged by spurs 26, which are provided on the arms 20 for limiting the relative movement of the arms and hooks, and are positioned so that, when the arms are rotated downwards from the position shown in Fig. 4, the hooks are rotated frictionally to engage above the catches 23 and are then drawn downwards by virtue of the eccentric mounting of the arm 20.