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Patent GB-190424352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Brakes for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: CLOUD JOHN WILLS
Filed: 1904-11-10
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 24,352. Cloud, J. W. Nov. 10. Brakes, vacuum. In order to enable the driver to set the brakes in the first instance with any required degree of force, and subsequently to increase the same by as small increments as desired, a reservoir containing air at atmospheric pressure, termed a "vestibule reservoir," is employed on the car, and means controlled directly by the driver are provided for opening communication to any desired extent between the reservoir and the train-pipe and for re-charging the reservoir by opening to any desired extent an atmospheric port leading to it, and, in the event of a full application of the brakes being necessary, for opening wide communication between the atmosphere and the reservoir and train-pipe. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the casing of the driver's brake valve 16 communicates with the vestibule reservoir 26 and with the train-pipe 1, and with the atmosphere through a passage 27. The valve 17 is shown in inverted plan in Fig. 3, and the seat on which the valve turns is shown in plan in Fig. 2. When the handle is in the position B, the reservoir 26 is connected with the atmosphere through the passage 25, ports 22, 30, channel 33 in the valve, ports 31, 23, and passage 27. When the handle is turned to the lap position C, all the ports are closed. In the position D, the reservoir 26 is connected with the train-pipe through the passage 25, ports 22, 29, channel 32 in the valve, ports 28, 21, and passage 24. As the handle is moved further the port 29 in the valve moves over the atmospheric port 23 in the casing, until, in the position E, a wide opening is made from the atmosphere to the reservoir through the passage 27, ports 23, 29, channel 32, ports 28, 22, and passage 25, and to the train-pipe through the ports 28, 21, and passage 24. The lap position C may be dispensed with, the handle being then returned to the position B for re-charging the reservoir after a partial application of the brakes. The reservoir may be provided with a small atmospheric orifice for re-charging it automatically, in which case the ports 30, 31 and channel 33 in the valve are dispensed with. In cases where an ejector is employed for controlling the admission of air to the train-pipe, the handle of the ejector may be adapted to control the action of the vestibule reservoir.
Patent GB-190427615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: PARIK PETER
Filed: 1904-12-17
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,615. Parik, P. Dec. 17. Spokes; hubs; felloes or rims.-Wheels are constructed so that the spokes may be removed or inserted separately. The nave, shown in section in Fig. 2, is provided with flanges 2, 3 of different diameters. Openings 17, Fig. 4, are cut in the flange 3 to allow the wedge-shaped inner ends 8 of the spokes 6 to slip through. A securing-ring 4 fitted over the flange 3 is fastened to the other flange 2 by bolts 5 passing through the spokes. When the spokes are to be inserted together, the tenons 9, Fig. 3, are placed in openings 14 in the outwardly-flanged felloe 7, their inner ends being between the flanges 2, 3 ; pressure on the nave in the direction of the axis moves the spokes and the nave to the final position. Flanged caps 12 are passed over the tenons and secure the filling-pieces 10 in position. The spokes may be removed or inserted separately by removing the plate 4 and rotating the nave until one of the openings 17 comes opposite the corresponding end of the spoke.
Patent GB-190428104-A (GB)
Title: Device for Testing the Tensile Strength and Extensibility of Yarns.
Inventor: FELME EUGENE
Filed: 1904-12-22
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 28,104. FelmÚ, E. Dec. 22. Yarns and threads, testing. - Two horse - shoe shaped flat parts of nickelled steel plates a, b are fitted with projecting rims c, d round which the yarn or thread is wound, and are made to slide one over the other. The friction between the two slides is lessened by having guiding - screws f sliding in grooves e in the slide band guiding- bands g attached to the slide b, surrounding the slide a. When the slides are fixed in their normal position by the spring bolt k, the periphery of the rims c, d is exactly one metre. The yarn is wound on with the slides in their normal position, the number of windings depending on the lifting-weight of the dynamometer on which the apparatus is hung. Pressure is applied by hand to the handle i and the slides are extended until the thread breaks. The extension is read off from a scale on the device and the dynamometer reading gives the tensile strength.
Patent GB-190428554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Thermo-electric Couples.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,554. Boult, A. J., [Hoskins, W.]. Dec. 28. Thermo-electric batteries.-One member of the couple is formed of chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, or uranium, alone or alloyed separately or together with nickel, and the other member is preferably of a nickel-copper alloy, or of cobalt, alone or alloyed with any suitable metal, or nickel alone.
Patent GB-190429415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clockwork-operated Mechanism for Lighting and Extinguishing Gas or similar Lights at Fixed Times.
Inventor: WILDSCHIODTZ CARL CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 29,415. Wildschiodtz, C. C. Dec. 31. Lighting and extinguishing gas.-Relates to clockwork-operated mechanism for lighting and extinguishing gas at fixed times, of the kind described in Specification No. 25,293, A.D. 1904, and consists in taxing the clockwork as little as possible by arranging that it is only required to raise a light lever 16 to set the gas-cock operating-mechanism in motion. The set-dial 5, Fig. 3, carries on a bevel ring 6 two or three riders 8 with projecting pins 9. The set-dial is fixed on the spindle 4, Fig. 1, and, as it revolves, the pin 9 raises a lever 16, Fig. 1, which in turn raises a second lever 27 by means of a pin 23. The pawl 25, fixed on the axle 26 connected with the gas-cock operating-mechanism, is thus released from the hook 29 at the end of the second lever, consequently, the apparatus starts, but it is immediately checked because the pawl 25 catches on the pin 24. During the continued action of the clock, the lever 16 is raised so high that the pawl 37, actuated by a spring 42, and situated at the free end of the lever 16, will slip over to the right side of the pin 33 on the notched wheel 30 connected to the cock-operating mechanism at the same time as the pin 9 on the rider reaches the tooth 21 on the underside of the lever 16. The pawl 25 will then be released from the pin 24, and the mechanism will be able to move freely until a tooth on the underside of the lever 27 drops into the next notch 35 on the wheel 30.
Patent GB-190502488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brakes for Railway and Tramway Vehicles or Trains.
Inventor: PECKHAM EDGAR
Filed: 1905-02-07
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 2488. Peckham, E. Feb. 7. Brakes.-The brakes at the two ends of a railway or tramway vehicle are connected by rods so that both sets can be applied from one end, elastic cushions being interposed to cause a gradual application ; and the shoes can be adjusted relatively to the wheels. The main beams at each end of the vehicle 4, Fig. 1, carrying the shoes 16, can slide on the sidemembers 1 of the underframe, and floating beams 5 have their ends fixed in offsets on rods 10. These rods can slide in brackets 12 beneath the beams 4, and spring or rubber cushions 14 are interposed between the beams 4 and adjusting-nuts 13 on the rods. The beams 4, 5 are connected by links 6, 7 to the operating-levers 8. The shoe 16, Fig. 2, is pivoted at 20 to a bracket 15 bolted to the main beam 4, and is secured in position by bolting the flattened end of a bar 21, connected to the shoe at 22<1>, beneath the beam, adjusting-plates 23 being interposed.
Patent GB-190506685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Thermostats and the like
Inventor: EMUSS FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 6685. Emuss, F. W., and Prout, M. P. March 29. Lift valves.-Tbe valve of the thermostat shown in Fig. 1 is formed by two dished plates E, W, which when pressed together by the differential expansion of the tubes B, P or otherwise form an approximately tight closure. Gas is admitted to the casing N by a pipe S and passes through au outlet T to the burners. Adjustment is made by a thumb-screw G carrying a pointer Q which moves over a dial A. In a modification, the lower plate W is dispensed with, the box N being formed with an internal rim upon which the plate E closes.
Patent GB-190509875-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of Stratified Blocks of Plumbago.
Filed: 1905-05-19
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 9875. Morgan Crucible Co., and Speirs, C. W. May 10. Carbon.-Crystalline or flaked natural plumbago is ground and then strongly compressed in suitable moulds, the result being that the laminµ set themselves parallel to the plane of pressure and there is obtained a solid block of a stratified character the properties of which, parallel to and at right-angles to the planes of stratification, are different. The plumbago mined in Ceylon is suitable, and is ground so as to pas3 through a 100-mesh sieve. A pressure of not less than 20 tons per sq. in. is employed, and must be suitably directed with reference to the purpose for which the block is required, or the block must be cut and finished with lines of stratification arranged with reference to such purposes. In commutator brushes, these lines should run in the direction of flow of the current. For wearing-surfaces, the planes of stratification should be at right-angles to such surface.
Patent GB-190511178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Preserving Eggs
Inventor: JAKOB LUND
Filed: 1905-05-29
Abstract: 11,178. Lund, J. June 3, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Preserving eggs.-Eggs are preserved by submitting them to a dry heat, by means of a hot air or a flame, and then dipping them into a solution of shellac in spirits containing " hydric borate." Other closing and preserving solutions may be used.
Patent GB-190511569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Escapes
Inventor: CLAASSEN RICHARD
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 11,569. Claassen, R. June 2. Jib cranes.-Relates to fire-escapes of the kind described in Specification No. 12,736, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Fire, Extinction &c. of], in which a platform is elevated by fluid under pressure admitted to telescopic tubes, and is provided with an adjustable bar, along which a carriage supporting a basket or cage is adapted to run. The present invention consists in arranging the bar so as to swivel in a horizontal plane. In the centre of the platform a is arranged a rotatable plate b, to which are connected sleeves d for supporting and clamping the bar e. The bar is secured in angular position by a pin n entering one of a series of holes in the plate a. The carriage for supporting the basket h is traversed by ropes which may conveniently be passed through the bar. Some of the supports for the rail j are arranged to lift out of their sockets in order that the rotary motion of the bar e may not be interfered with.
Patent GB-190514886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Horns for Sound Recording and Reproducing Intruments
Filed: 1905-07-19
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 1 4, 8 8 6. Lake, H. H., [Tea Tray Co.]. July 19. Trumpets.-Horns for phonographs &c., constructed of a number of longitudinal sections 2 joined together at their edges 5, are formed with the end edge 3 of said sections concave or otherwise cut away so that the weight of the horn is supported by the seams.
Patent GB-190515196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Signalling Systems, particularly applicable to Telephony.
Filed: 1905-07-24
Granted: 1906-08-24
Abstract: 15,196. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 24. Signals, electric. -Relates to a diplex telephone system also applicable for the transmission of signals of any sort, in which one message is superimposed on the positive halfwaves of an alternating current, the other message being impressed on the negative half-waves of the current. The separation of the half-waves at both the transmitting and the receiving stations is effected by means of mercury rectifiers. The rectifier 1, Fig. 1, has two carbon electrodes 3, 4 and a mercury electrode 5. A condensing-chamber 7 is situated near the cathode 5. A small platinum wire 5<1>, projecting above the mercury, enables the rectifier to work more smoothly and with smaller currents. The two rectifiers' 1, 10 are placed between the line-wire 8 and the alternator 9, so that the positive and negative half-waves pass through rectifiers 1, 10, respectively. At the receiving-station, rectifiers 15, 16 are similarly disposed. If sound waves are impressed upon the currents passing through the rectifiers 1 or 10 by the microphones 11 or 12, the sounds will be reproduced in the receivers 19 or 20 respectively. If the frequency of the alternator is above forty cycles per second, no difficulty is experienced from the loss of half the sound vibrations. Storage batteries 6 maintain an arc from the anode 4 to the cathode 5, thus keeping the mercury vapour conductive for current flowing from the anode 3. Batteries 25, 26 are placed as shown to overcome the counter electromotive force of the rectifier. The line-wire may be connected to the local circuits through transformers, thus lessening the resistance loss of energy in the line-wires. To overcome the disturbing influence of the alternating current on the receivers, a compensating- circuit is arranged as shown in Fig. 4. The receivers 42 are connected to secondaries 43 of transformers having two primaries 44, 45, one 44 receiving current from the line-wire as before, and the other 45 being in a compensating-circuit leading to the transmitting-station. The core of the transformer might constitute the magnet of the receiver itself. The resistance 50 is adjusted so that the two currents are 180 degrees out of phase. Other compensating-arrangements are described. In a modified system, the transmitters 51, Fig. 6, are supplied with current from storage batteries and are connected to the rectifler circuit through transformers 60. The batteries 63, 64 are arranged as shown to oppose a flow of the current fluctuations produced in the transformer 60 through a local circuit including both rectifiers 56, 57 and the secondaries of the transformers 60, instead of through the line-wire. In place of an ordinary alternator, a rotating commutator may be used to impress on the line-wire current waves of a rectangular form.
Patent GB-190517120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or in the Manufacture or Production of Library and Analogous Slot-indicators
Inventor: COTGREAVE ALFRED
Filed: 1905-08-24
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 17,120. Cotgreave, A., and Maconochie, R. Aug. 24. Indicators, library.-Indicators for libraries and for like purposes are built up of strips of wood or other material in which slots are cut on one side. The slots may be cut either horizontal or at any angle. Strips c of wood are slotted right through from front to back of the indicator for a portion of their thickness, leaving portions f between the slots d. The strips are either built up as shown in Fig. 1, with the slotted face of one strip against the uncut face of the next, or with slotted faces adjacent, with or without a dividing-piece between the slots. A piece g of cardboard, paper, or other material with holes pierced to register with the slots in the wood, and with numerals or other references inscribed on it, is attached to the front of the indicator and serves to hold the strips together.
Patent GB-190517491-A (GB)
Title: Improved Garbage Bag.
Inventor: DEEGAN EDWARD JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-08-29
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 17,491. Deegan, E. J., and Proffen, C. H. Aug. 29. Dust-bins.-A bag for containing garbage is made from a rectangular piece of waterproof and air-tight fabric, such as strong waterproof paper, which is folded across its centre to form the bottom of the bag, the sides of the bag being secured by means of metal strips E arranged as shown in Fig. 3. When the mouth of the bag is twisted in the manner shown in Fig. 2, the notched strips E grip the material and ensure an air-tight closure of the bag. The pockets H, which are fixed to the side walls of the bag and contain a disinfecting- powder, are made of tissue paper or the like, so that, when they become damp, they break and allow the disinfectant to act on the material in the bag.
Patent GB-190519350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paint Tubes
Inventor: DRUMMOND ISAAC WYMAN
Filed: 1905-09-25
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 19,350. Drummond, I. W. Sept. 25. Tubes or containers, collapsible. -Tubes for paint &c. have in addition to the screwed cap D a thin diaphragm E formed with the stem C and projecting from it as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or level with it as shown in Fig. 3. The thin diaphragm can be easily removed or punctured by a knife-blade or the like.
Patent GB-190523404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Rail Joints.
Inventor: EVANS JOHN TUDOR
Filed: 1905-11-14
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 23,404. Evans, J. T. Nov. 14. Rail joints ; rails.-The rails are formed with recesses 3, 5, at the ends of the head d and base flanges, which are engaged by shaped fish-plates 7 secured to the sleepers by spikes 11. These spikes pass through elongated . holes in the base flange of the rail to allow the latter to expand. A modified form of fish-plate has its vertical flange slightly curved inwardly to meet the correspondingly-shaped rail web. The slotted portions of each rail are of sufficient length to receive the. whole length of the fish-plates while the adjacent rail is placed in position. In a modified form, the rails are provided with slots in the base flange only, the upper ends of the fish-plates bearing against the heads of the rails in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190527059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Trolley Pole Standards of Electric Tramcars and the like.
Inventor: MOUNTAIN MONTAGUE BROWN
Filed: 1905-12-28
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 27,059. Mountain, M. B., and Gibson, G. M. Dec. 28. Electric tramways on the overhead - conductor system. Collectors.-The usual inner tube connected to the head d of the trolly.arm standard a is dispensed with and the tension spring i for the trolly arm is placed between projections on the inside of the standard a and a nut h screwed to the end of the rod g. The nut h is prevented from rotating by guides or feathers e, and is secured by a locking- nut j, which is accessible through an opening in the standard. The swivelling head d, preferably of the type described in Specifications No. 28,525, A.D. 1904, and No. 27,057, A.D. 1905, is mounted on the seating c at the top of the standard, and is provided with a hook-like flange m which engages with an internal flange l. Portions of the flange l .are cut away so that the trolly pole may be removed or inserted when swung at right-angles to the car.
Patent GB-190601033-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or connected with Fans Blowers and the like
Inventor: HALL DANIEL
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 1033. Hall, D., and Kay, J. H. Jan. 15. Fans.-In places where a fan is exposed to great heat, as when employed adjacent to steam-boiler furnaces, the fan shaft a is made hollow so that a current of cold air is drawn through it from outside. A conical cap e or baffle-plate is secured on the inner end to avoid a reversal of the air current by the hot flue gases. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 14,133,A.D. 1888, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.].]
Patent GB-190601204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Catalytic Apparatus.
Filed: 1906-01-16
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 1204. Lake, H. H., [Nordyke & Marmon Co.]. Jan. 16. Ammonium nitrate; catalysis; nitrogen oxides.- Relates to catalytic apparatus for the production of endothermic and exothermic compounds, and in particular for the production of nitrogen oxides. The catalytic chamber 4 is of helical form, and is made of platinum or a metal of the platinum group ; according to the Provisional Specification, iridium or copper may be used. It is first heated by an electric current or other means, and ammonia is then passed in by the pipe 1 and air by the pipe 2 ; the product passes into the chamber 5, where it may be mixed with air or oxygen supplied by means of the valve 7 and pipe 6. The supply of ammonia is regulated by the valve 3, and nitric oxide or ammonium nitrate is formed. The Provisional Specification states that the chamber may be made in other tortuous forms.
Patent GB-190603472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Jacks and Connectors of Dobbies for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: WILLIAM SENIOR
Filed: 1906-02-13
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 3472. Senior, W. Feb. 13. Loom dobbies; shedding- levers.-Relates to means for connecting the jacks and vibrator connectors in the " Hollingworth & " Knowles' " or like type of dobby. The lever is provided with a thickened bifurcated or recessed extension a<1>, and a slot b<2> in the solid end of the connector b is passed over a pin a<3> cast integrally with or secured in the recess. A pin c prevents disengagement. If the ordinary bifurcated connector is employed, its end is closed up to make it practically solid. The thickened extensions serve as guides, and prevent lateral motion of the jack levers.
Patent GB-190604654-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Mechanically Animated Signs or Letters.
Inventor: EVERSON WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1906-02-26
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 4654. Everson, W. H. Feb. 26. Letters and numerals; signs.- Relates to illustrated signs in which scintillating effects are produced. Two or more plates A, B, C, Fig. 6, have letters &c. produced upon them by circular, square, or other perforations, and are mounted upon eccentrics driven by suitable means. A translucent, transparent, or opalescent screen v<1>, Fig. 3, may be placed between the light T and the perforated sheets, or as at v<2> may be placed close in front of the sheets, or it may be placed between the sheets A, B. Or the screen may be placed a suitable distance in front of the sheets A, B, Fig. 4, or light may be projected through the perforations by a magiclantern arrangement, Fig. 5, on to a screen X, or the sheets A, B may be reflective, in which case the light is placed slightly in front of them so as to reflect them on to a screen. The sheets A, B may be curved, Fig. 10, and may form complete circles in plan. Instead of being opaque and perforated, the sheets A, B may be transparent or translucent and the letters &c. may be formed thereon by marks or blanks, or where perforations are used they may be covered by coloured glass.
Patent GB-190605732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Blades or Vanes of Elastic-fluid Turbines and the like.
Inventor: WAGENHORST JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1906-03-09
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 5732. Wagenhorst, J. H. March 18,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In turbines or compressors, the outer ends of the blades are secured by threading a strip of metal through holes in the blades, the parts of the strip between adjacent blades being then distorted. Fig. 2 illustrates the use of a double strip 5 for this purpose. At the ends of the binding-strips, the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is adopted. A second binding- strip 11 is threaded through the blades below the first strip 5, and is distorted in the space in which the ends abut. By this means an expanding joint is obtained suitable for placing between groups of blades.