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Patent GB-190602194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wireless Telegraph Systems.
Inventor: BRAUNERHJELM CARL GUSTAF GEORG
Filed: 1906-01-29
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 2194. Braunerhjelm, C. G. G. Feb. 3, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs.-Relates to the construction of aerials for wireless telegraphy. In order to obtain effects at great distances, the current should be as great as possible at the top of the aerial; this is accomplished without increase in height by forming a network at the top and then continuing the aerial conductor downward again. This latter portion 2 has a reverse effect and must be screened as shown ; the screen 3 is constructed in sections. The total length of upward and downward conductors should be a quarter wave-length. A spark-gap 8 is inserted at the junction of the two conductors.
Patent GB-190606703-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Facia, Tablet and other Advertisement Sign
Inventor: CHINNERY HOWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-03-20
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 6703. Chinnery, H. W., Chinnery, G. W., and Chinnery, F. March 20. Signs; name-plates. - Facia, tablets, and other advertisement signs are produced by stencilling the letters &c. upon a sheet a of glass, the letters being transparent and the sheet opaque as shown, or vice versa, and placing behind it a sheet b of silvered, plated, or gilded metal, divided into a number of squares, each of which is convex to the stencilled glass. The sheet of metal may or may not be perforated with a number of holes, and, in the former case, may have a coloured background c of glass ; the effect is then different according as the sign is lit from the back or from the front. The whole is placed in a suitable frame.
Patent GB-190609972-A (GB)
Title: Improved Plastic Material for Printing and like purposes.
Inventor: DETHLEFFS MAX
Filed: 1906-04-28
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 9972. Dethleffs, M. April 28. Type, setting.-A plastic composition not liable to shrink, crack, or warp and capable of being worked like wood for making mounting-blocks for printing surfaces, type-setting boards, reglets, &c. comprises catch stuff, a short-fibred waste product from the manufacture of paper, pulverized wood or sawdust, and adhesives such as gum, resin, casein, animal glue, magnesia-cement, or the like. The material is moulded and compressed, and after drying is further hardened and made waterproof by treating with linseed or other drying oil.
Patent GB-190611384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Supporting Music Rolls in Automatic Musical Instruments.
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1907-05-15
Abstract: 11,384. Lake, H. H., [Aeolian Co.]. May 15. Automatic instruments. - The supporting and driving members for tubular or hollow-ended music rolls are also adapted to take pin-ended rolls, a central recess 27, Fig. 8, preferably of conical form, being provided in the supporting- member 20, and a central recess provided in the driving-member, Fig. 4, for receiving the winged pin or other engaging device. The supporting- member has a central projecting part 20, Fig. 8, a rim 21, and a sharp-pointed pivot 22 bearing against a spring-pressed socket 25, in which it is retained by a screw 24 ; the pivot and bearing- surface may be reversed. The driving-member, which may be of circular form, or cut away as shown in Fig. 4, has a part 10 for centring the roll, a groove 12 with a clutch or tooth 13, and a rim 11 for positioning the roll endways The music roll, Fig. 1, has a core of paper, pasteboard, cellulose, or the like, and thin end flanges 3, preferably of fibre, held together by thin metal sleeves 4, which are secured by tubular rivets 8 and have beaded rims or flanges 5 with one or more notches to engage with the tooth 13. In a modification, the end flanges and sleeves are formed in one piece of thin metal.
Patent GB-190613239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shuttles used in the Manufacture of Chenille Carpets, Rugs and the like.
Inventor: GRAY WILLIAM CRAWFORD
Filed: 1906-06-08
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 13,239. Gray, W. C., and Wallace, J. June 8. Loom shuttles.-A shuttle for containing chenille or fur weft for making carpets, rugs, &c. consists of a boxlike body B, into which the weft is filled, and a hinged end A<1> adapted to be secured by a spring G engaging with a hook H. A hole or slot D, which may be formed in a separate plate, guides the weft from the box B to the eye E.
Patent GB-190615082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cigarettes and the like.
Inventor: BALL EMMANUEL
Filed: 1906-07-03
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 15,082. Ball, E. July 3. Cigarette holders; cigarettes.- Cigarette mouthpieces are made up in sheet form, Fig. 1, from. which one may be detached, bent over the end of the cigarette, and held in place by a suitable adhesive, side openings c<1> being left for the egress of smoke. The end of the mouthpiece may have perforations s<1> and-may enclose a linen disk D, Figs. 4 and 5. In a modification, a shield; preferably of celluloid, is secured to the cigarette by a spike s<2>, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190619762-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tramway Point and Operating Mechanism therefor.
Inventor: MATHER JOSEPH BERTRAM
Filed: 1906-09-05
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 19,762. Mather, J. B. Sept. 5. Points and switches, tramway. Three tongues adapted to move vertically are used in place of the usual horizontally-movable tongue, and are mechanically operated from the vehicles. Fig. 1 shows a sectional side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan, with the cover-plates removed, of the tongues and the operating-mechanism. The junction comprises a central tongue 6 and two side tongues 7, 8 fitted into the rail grooves 9, 11, 12, respectively, and normally held in their raised position by springs 14. Under each end of the tongues 7, 8 are cranks 17, 18, mounted on shafts 16 and adapted to engage the underside of the tongues and stirrup pieces 20 secured to the tongues. The cranks are connected by bars 17x and 18x so that they all operate simultaneously. The depression of either set of cranks brings the other set up into a vertical position so as to support rigidly the other tongue. The central tongue can be locked to either of the other tongues, so as to move therewith, by means of a transverse bolt 23 operated by a weighted cam-wheel 28 when a block 30 is depressed by the vehicle wheels. The wheel 28 can be locked in two positions by a projection 35, which is mounted on a pivoted lever 33 and enters recesses 36, 37. This lever is controlled by a cam 39, operated through the pawl and ratchetwheel shown from the central tongue 6, and also by the plunger 32 which is operated by the vehicle wheels. When a vehicle requires to pass on to the branch line 12, its speed is reduced so that the wheels pass slowly over the plungers 32, 30, thus rocking the wheel 28 sufficiently for the catch 35 to drop into the recess 36 and lock the wheel in this position. The tongues 6, 8 are then locked together and become depressed by the vehicle wheels, while the other tongue is rigidly supported by the cranks 17 and acts as a wheel guide. The depression of the central tongue operates the pawl- and-ratchet mechanism to rotate the cam 39 a quarter-revolution, and, by means of the eccentric 41, pushes the enlarged portion of the rod 42 from between the plunger 32 and the end of the lever 33. This allows the plunger to descend out of its operative position. The tongues 6, 8 are again depressed when the rear wheels of the vehicle reach them, thus giving another quarter-revolution to the cam 39, which re-sets the mechanism. When it is intended to keep-on the main line 9, 11, the speed is not reduced, whereby a greater movement is given to the wheel 28. The catch 35 passes into the second recess 37, and the tongues 6, 7 are locked together. According to the Provisional Specification, two independent bell-crank levers connected to the locking-bolt 23 are used. The bell-crank levers are operated by a plunger placed in the rail groove, which is caused to act on one or the other by means of a trigger mechanism controlled from the vehicle.
Patent GB-190620101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Odometers and similar Registering Devices.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-09-10
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 20,101. Justice, P. M., [Veeder Manufacturing Co.]. Sept. 10. Shaft couplings.-Relates to driving-mechanism for odometers and similar registering-devices. A shaft b, suitably actuated from the vehicle wheel &c., is mounted on a bracket a. Bevel-wheels c fit loosely on the shaft b, and are provided with oneway clutches whereby the bevel-wheel d is driven in one direction independently of the direction of rotation of the shaft b. The cap a<3> of the bracket a is provided with a sleeve a<1> in which slides a shaft f staked to the bevel-wheel d and formed with a key f<3> sliding in a slot g cut in a sleeve g<1> sweated to a flexible shaft g<2> so that in case of undue strain the shaft g<2> will pull out of the bevelwheel sleeve f. A sheath h surrounds the flexible shaft, and is joined to the bracket by means of a connecting-piece h<1>. A thrust bracket e bridges the shaft b between the bevel-wheels.
Patent GB-190623634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet-metal Saddle-trees.
Inventor: MILLS CLAUDE KENNEDY
Filed: 1906-10-24
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 23,634. Mills, C. K., [Guilleaume, R.]. Oct. 24. Saddles. - In a sheet - metal saddle - tree, the pommel plate d, side plates a, and cantle b are formed with strengthening - ribs e, which taper from the middle towards the ends.
Patent GB-190625160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: ASHTON THOMAS ROBERT RANEY
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 25,160. Ashton, T. R. R. Nov. 8. Spring wheels; felloes or rims.-The rim is connected to the hub, or to the ends of short spokes, by blade springs rigidly fixed at one end and attached by a pivoted link at the other. The springs and links are tangentially and oppositely arranged in two series. The central part of the wheel, Figs. 1 and 2, consists of two starshaped members p, o secured together by bolts or rivets x, y. The links e, e' are pivoted to the springs r by pins g, and the links f, f to the springs s by pins h. The pivot i is surrounded by the boss k of the link e, and the boss k by the boss l of the pin f, and the bosses of the links e<1>, f<1> are mounted on the boss l, which passes through the eyes m, n formed at the ends of the spokes o, p. The part of the pin i adjacent to the head is square and passes through a washer q with a tongue q' bent down into a groove in the link f to prevent the washer and pin from turning. A similar washer t is mounted on the pin h. Each of the pivot pins has an axial oil chamber, and leather collars u, v and w are fitted. Fig. 3 shows a section of the rim. The outer ends of the springs may be secured by means of screws, or mortise or dovetail joints. In a modification, the springs are curved. Fig. 6 shows a form in which the inner ends of the links are not co-axial, but are separated along the circumference of an inner member connected to the hub, according to the Provisional Specification, by light spokes or a spider-wheel.
Patent GB-190626959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Engine Indicators.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORRY
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 26,959. Fell, J. C., [Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Co.]. Nov. 27. Steam-engine indicators of the type in which a series of diagrams is recorded on a paper strip carried on a drum without removing the paper from the drum. A vertical spindle 6 is carried by the indicator arm 5, and upon it is mounted a drum 3, carrying the paper strip, which is drawn from a spindle 32 carried by the drum and passes round a roller 30, over the drum, round the roller 29, and is secured to a reel 20 rotatably mounted in the drum and depending from an opening in the top. Carried by the reel is a ratchet 21 having inner and outer teeth 22, 23, Fig. 3, with which pawls 14, 24 engage. The latter is carried by the drum and the former is pivoted in a slot in a hub 12 mounted on the spindle. Secured in the hub by a screw 19 and slot 16 is a cam 15 capable of partial rotation and formed with a flat in the upper part. The pawl 14 normally rests against the flat and is thrown out of engagement by rotating the cam. On the outward movement of the disk in the direction of the arrow 27, the reel is held stationary by the pawl 14, and the paper is drawn off the spindle 32. On the return journey, the pawl 24 locks the reel to the drum, and the whole is revolved by the spring 7.
Patent GB-190628497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Springs for Vehicles.
Inventor: THUNER ROBERT
Filed: 1906-12-13
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 28,497. Lake, H. H., [Thuner, R.]. Dec. 13. Motor road vehicles.- The bodies of automobiles, when supported upon a special arrangement of pneumatic cushions, are fitted with brackets 56, 57 connected respectively to the axles 2, 3 by distance-rods 55, 58.
Patent GB-190702561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Gas and Air Ports for Open Hearth, Melting or like Furnaces.
Inventor: TALBOT BENJAMIN
Filed: 1907-02-01
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 2561. Talbot, B. Feb. 1. Gaseous-fuel fittings.-Relates to gas and air ports of the kind described in Specification No. 13,050, A.D. 1900, for open - hearth furnaces, particularly of the tilting type employed in the manufacture of steel and for the storage and refining of pig-iron. Instead of the " chill" or water-cooled frame being attached to the furnace structure as hitherto, it consists of a water-cooled, wedge-shaped structure e, as shown in Fig. 1, attached to a lifting-device, such as an hydraulic jack, by means of which it is raised or lowered into the desired position. " Chills " c, d, fare also provided on the furnace and gas or air passages a, b. The " chills " f, d may be dispensed with. According to another modification, the port a may be mounted on wheels or on brackets, and may be provided with a flange dipping into a water seal.
Patent GB-190706527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Instruments for Registering the use of Electric Current in Electrically Propelled Vehicles
Filed: 1907-03-18
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 6527. Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges. March 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Recording electric currents.-In an electrically-propelled vehicle, the duration of the current and the number of times it has been switched off are registered. The pivoted armature 2 of an electromagnet has at one end a spring 9 for stopping the escapement of a clock when the magnet is not energized, and at the other end a pawl 4, which turns a ratchet-wheel 7 through one division whenever the circuit is broken. When the current is switched on, the spring 9 gives the escapement a slight jerk to start the clock.
Patent GB-190709323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Filling and like Decanting Apparatus.
Inventor: BARBOU GASTON
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 9323. Barbou, G. April 20, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bottling. - Relates to an apparatus for filling bottles to a predetermined level while in a crate or other receptacle. The flow of liquid is controlled by an electric device actuated by the liquid in the bottle on reaching the required height. The apparatus comprises a frame a adapted to rest on the bottle mouth and provided with a filling-tube band vent tube f. The liquid outlet of the filling-tube is controlled by a sleeve b<1> having a lateral port b<2> and normally held in closed position by a spring i<2> surrounding the stem of an operating-rod z. The tube b is connected at b<3> with the source of liquid supply. Secured upon the frame a are three closed vessels c, d, e communicating by a pipe c<2> and passage d<1> with one another. The vent pipe f is adjusted in length by a button f<3>, and communicates with the vessel c by holes f<4>. In the vessel e is a float e<1> adapted to rise and engage an insulated rod e<3> and close an electric circuit at h, h<1>. The operating-rod i of the sleeve b<1> carries a detent i<5>, Fig. 2, adapted to engage a recess j<3> in a bell-crank lever j pivoted at j<1> to the frame. The upper end of the lever is adapted to be engaged by a spring- controlled catch k pivoted on a pin k<1> to which the armature m of an electro-magnet m<1> is rigidly connected. A contact-breaker p is attached to the rod i. In operation, the rod i is depressed to open the filling-orifice; this action trips the lever j which is held by the catch k, and the electric circuit is closed at p, p<1>, but remains open at b, b<1>. When the liquid rises in the bottle and submerges the end of the vent tube, the air pressure acts on the liquid in the vessel d and causes the float e<1> to rise and lift the rod e<2>. This closes the circuit at h, h<1> and excites the magnet m<1>, which attracts its armature and so releases the catch k and lever j ; the arm i then rises under the action of the spring i<2> and closes the filling-orifice, and, at the same time, breaks the circuit at p, p<1>. In a modification, used for narrow necked vessels, the vent tube is placed within the filling-tube, and the liquid passage b3, Fig. 5, is controlled by a valve v<2> operated by the rod i. The filling-tube is surrounded by a sleeve b<6>, which, when the apparatus is removed from a bottle, descends by its own weight and prevents the escape of any liquid remaining in the filling-tube.
Patent GB-190714088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type Setting and Casting Machines.
Inventor: KOSKE OTTO
Filed: 1907-06-18
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 14,088. Koske, O. June 18. Linotype machines.-Relates to (1) the matrices of linotype machines and (2) to means for conveying the matrices from the assembling to the distributing position. (1) The matrices are provided with deep slots 32, Fig. 1, to receive a rail which supports and guides them. (2) The matrices are carried from the assembling to the distributing position by a slide 6, Fig. 2, which moves vertically between standards 2, 3. A rack 18 attached to the slide gears with a pinion on a shaft 21 which is rotated by suitable means. The slide 6 is provided with a base-plate 27, and with a rail 7 which engages the slots 32 in the matrices. The matrices are conveyed to the rail 7 from a magazine 4 by means of an inclined rail 5. After the casting of the linotype, the matrices are carried up to the distributing position by rotation of the shaft 21. The matrices are pushed off the rail 7 on to the distributing-rail by a slide 16 actuated by a lever 14 which is under the tension of a spring 34. To the lever 14 is pivoted a lever 23 which normally rests in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8. As the slide 6 rises, a notch 35 in the rack 18 engages and lifts the lever 23 whereby the lever 14 and slide 16 are moved to the left. When the slide 6 reaches its highest position, the lever 23 enters a recess 36 in the rack 18 and the matrices are pushed off the rail 7 by the slide 16. The slide 6 is supported in the upper position by a lever 10 which slips beneath the plate 27. The lever 10 is pushed back to permit the slide 6 to descend by a rod 11 which is engaged by a projection 25 on the lever 14.
Patent GB-190715866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dobbies of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HARKER BOYS
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 15,866. Harker, B. July 10. Loom dobbies.-A double-acting needle 1, having a curved base-plate 2 for actuation by the pegs 5, acts on the catch-levers 6, 8, the former of which is arranged in a recess 3 in the needle. A series of tumbler catches 10 maintains the raised catchlevers in correct positions ; the catch may be raised by a handle 16, which is pivoted on a transverse rod 17 and is provided with a retaining-finger 18 resting on the side frame of the dobby.
Patent GB-190722545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburettors, particularly for Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1907-10-12
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 22,545. Triumph Cycle Co., and Hathaway, C. W. Oct., 12. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. Upon the float chamber of a carburettor for a motor-cycle are cast a bracket B which holds the fuel nozzle C and a split clamp D tightened by a bolt and nut E for securing the float chamber to the spraying-chamber. The spraying-chamber is extended into two cylinders M, K which carry the piston valves L, N. The pistons may be moved by Bowden mechanism, and serve respectively to throttle the mixture escaping by the pipe J and to control the admission of supplementary air through holes O.
Patent GB-190726837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Cabin and Side-lights
Inventor: FOGGIN WALTER THOMAS MUIR
Filed: 1907-12-04
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 26,837. Foggin, W. T. M. Dec. 4. Cabin and deck lights. - In those cabin and side lights that have a pivoted light and an axially-movable locking - ring, the ring is actuated by an annular rotatable screwed nut and is attached in such a manner that the locking-ring does not rotate. The glass-carrying frame c is mounted on pivots carried by the fixed frame b. The locking- ring e slides over pins k in the frame b. The nut f has a collar r which rotates freely in a groove in the ring e, and is also internally threaded to engage the thread h on the frame b ; externally, it forms a toothed wheel which meshes with a pinion l. The pinion l has a squared extension n for taking a key. As shown in Fig. 4, the nut is screwed to the ring e, while an internal collar t screwed on the nut engages a flange on the fixed frame b. The nut f, Fig. 5, is screwed to both the locking-ring e and frame b, the threads being right and left handed respectively. As shown in Fig. 6, projections on the ring enter holes in the frame in place of the pins k. The rubber seating is in a plane parallel to the fixed frame in this modification. In all cases, the surface of the ring e is part of a spherical surface, with the bearing-faces of the frame b and locking-ring correspondingly shaped as described in Specification No. 23,132, A.D. 1907.
Patent GB-190727362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachable Rims for Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: PARSONS HARRY
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 27,362. Parsons, H. June 11, 1908. Felloes or rims.-Relates to detachable divided rims in which the two parts A, A' are held together and to the wheel by security bolts, comprising a head B, a boss b which projects through registering-holes in the rim parts, and a shank B', and consists in providing the felloe ring X with slots x to engage the protruding ends of the bosses b for taking the drive. Those slots that are situated at a distance approximately equal to quarter of the perimeter of the wheel from the valve opening are widened out as shown at x<1>, Fig. 2, to allow the rim to be placed in position. The edge a of one of the rim parts is turned down, so that in assembling the rim parts, the bolt-head B is pushed outwards and automatically returns under the pressure of the partly inflated tube.
Patent GB-190809233-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Extracting Nitrogen Peroxide from Nitric Oxide Air Mixtures Containing only a Small Quantity of Nitric Oxide.
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 9233. Allgemeine Elektricitõts - Ges. May 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Nitrogen oxides; nitric acid.-Nitrogen peroxide is extracted from air mixtures containing a small quantity of nitric oxide, for example a mixture obtained by striking an electric are in air, by cooling the gas to a very low temperature, and centrifugally separating the mist of nitrogen peroxide. In a modification, a small quantity of steam is added to convert part of the nitrogen peroxide into nitric acid. The separation is effected in a rotary drum, and the gas may be cooled before entering, or while in the drum.
Patent GB-190809949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governors for Steam Engines.
Inventor: DICKERSON ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-05-07
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 9949. Dickerson, A., Boley, H. D., and Ambrose, N. M. May 7. Brakes.-The speed of a steam-engine governor is determined by means of an adjustable stop 24 which engages a friction disk 25 connected to the governor weights.