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Patent GB-190319588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Fastening the Heads of Metal Cans and like Vessels to the Bodies thereof
Inventor: STECHER CHARLES
Filed: 1903-09-11
Granted: 1903-11-05
Abstract: 19,588. Stecher, C. Sept. 11. Metal, sheet, seaming and joining.-Relates to a machine for crimping or fastening the heads or caps of cylindrical metal cans &c. to the bodies. Upper die-bars B are carried by cross-bars B' secured to standards A' of the framework of the machine. The lower die consists of an endless chain of dies C, the dies being coupled together by rods C<1>. Preferably, the ends of the rods C' are fitted with rollers c<2> working on guides or supports A<3>. The chain of dies passes over pulleys D, D' notched to receive the rods C<1>. The driving- pulley for the machine is fixed to the shaft D<2> carrying the pulleys D. The working-faces of the dies preferably consist of steel facing-strips, so arranged that an inward inclination is given to the flanged heads of the cans. The cans are guided during passage through the machine by bars E supported by vertical bars E' adjustably bolted to the die-bars B. The cans are delivered to the machine down a shoot made up of four angle-irons f, f<1> attached to arms F<1> secured to the cross-bars A<2> of the framework. A curved flat plate f<4> is arranged between the bars E to assist delivery. To adapt the machine for operating upon cans of various diameters and lengths, the bars B' are connected to the standards A<2> by bolt-and-slot connections so as to be adjustable vertically, and one of the die-bars B is mounted in a similar manner so as to be adjustable horizontally on the bars B' ; one chain of dies C is fixed to the rods C' by set-screws so as to be correspondingly adjustable. The bars f of the shoot are connected to the arms F<1> by bolt-and-slot connections so as to be adjustable, and one of the arms F<1> is adjustably mounted in a similar manner upon the cross-bar A<2>. The cans with the heads in place are delivered to the machine from the shoot, and are rotated and carried forwards by the moving dies ; the heads are pressed between the dies so as to crimp or fasten them to the bodies. The cans are discbarged from the machine down a shoot formed by the curved extensions e<3> of the guide-bars E, to which angle-bars e<4> are secured by struts e<5>. Instead of the chain of dies, rigid reciprocating dies may be employed ; one set of dies only may be provided with crimping-sorfaces. The main features of the machine may be applied for performing other work on cans &c. such as double seaming the heads or caps to the bodies.
Patent GB-190325650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Oil Lamps.
Inventor: LOOMS GEORGE
Filed: 1903-11-24
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 25,650. Looms, G. Nov. 24. Oil - lamp reservoirs; oil supply; wick-tubes ; wicks.- In the event of the lamp being upset, the escape of oil at the burner and the consequent risk of fire are minimized by the use of an annular or coiled-tube reservoir 2, which communicates by a bent tube 4 with a wick-cup or chamber 5 capable of containing only sufficient oil to feed the wick. When the lamp is upset, the oil in the chamber 5 partly returns by the bell-mouthed tube 4 to the reservoir 2, partly escapes by tubes 10 to a chamber 11 formed in the top of the casing 7. and partly flows into the space 13 behind the serrated baffle 12. An efficient supply of oil to the burning wick 6 is ensured by the provision of lateral feeding-wicks 16, which are held in position by tongues 17 on the wick-tube 14. The Provisional Specification states that the escape of oil may be prevented by a small ball or other valve carried by the wick.
Patent GB-190328421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Audible Railway Signalling Apparatus and the like.
Inventor: LEDBROOK JOHN
Filed: 1903-12-28
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 28,421. Ledbrook, J., Lewis, E. E., and Hawkins, T. Dec. 28. Fogand audible signals; contacts, mechanical; indicators or repeaters, signal. - A bell, gong, or other audible fog signal is actuated bya train passing over a contact-bar, which may be moved into an operative position by connec. tion with the ordinary semaphore signals. The contact-bar 1, Fig. 2, slides vertically upon the forked ends of a bar 4 which, on movement of the bar 1 in a horizontal direction away from the rail by a wheel flange moves upon roller bearings 5 and lowers a vertical rod 7 through a pivoted bell-crank lever 6 provided with a balance weight 15. This rod 7, Fig. 1, lowers a rod 8 through a lever 9, thereby actuating bell hammers 11 through a cam 10. An adjustable pneumatic dash-pot 14 attached to the lever 9, together with the weight 15 ensures the lapse of a time interval between successive operations. The bar 1 may be lowered to an inoperative position by a chain 21, Fig. 2, in connection with the operating-mechanism of the semaphore signals rotating a rod 17, on which one of a pair of cranks 16 is fixed, these cranks 16 being attached also by a sliding connection to the bar 1. The bar may be replaced by a simple block tilting the rod 4, which actuates the bell mechanism. The weight 15 is preferably attached to the lever 9, when the apparatus is fixed in a tunnel, and an indicator may be employed to indicate the movement of the apparatus into an operative position and vice versÔ.
Patent GB-190415556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Wrenches.
Inventor: HEADSON FRANK ANTHONY
Filed: 1904-07-12
Granted: 1904-08-18
Abstract: 15,556. Headson, F. A. July 12. Wrenches.-A pipe wrench consists of a fixed jaw a with ratchet-teeth c, joined by a link g pivoted at h, i to a movable jaw d. The liuk has a pawl k with lug which is pivoted at l and pressed by a spring m. The heel t of the jaw d is made to contact with the jaw a.
Patent GB-190423080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines and the like.
Inventor: HODSON HORACE MALCOLM
Filed: 1904-10-26
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 23,080. Hodson, H. M. Oct. 26. Annular and crescent-shaped chamber types.- The vanes are mounted so that the stresses are transmitted directly to or from them and the shaft, and not through the drum. In the case of the pumps shown in Fig. 1, the vanes C, C' are mounted nn crank-pins S<1>, S', the axis of the crank-shaft being situated midway between the axes of the chamber E and drum D. Fig. 3 shows the vanes C connected to the shaft S by means of a block Sx embraced by a crosshead C<x> on the vanes. This construction is applicable to pumps which compress or exhaust in stages, as a hole not longer than the shaft S need be made in the wall separating two pumps. The invention is applicable to engines and meters.
Patent GB-190508117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change Speed Driving Gear.
Inventor: FAIRFAX JOSEPH SINCLAIR
Filed: 1905-04-17
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 8117. Fairfax, J. S. April 17. Turbines.-Relates to variable-speed and reversing epicyclic gearing of the type in which different trains are brought into operation by means of brakes. It is stated to be applicable to turbines, and reference is made to Specifications Nos. 12,321 and 22,646, A.D. 1902, Nos. 17,637 and 23,307, A.D. 1903 [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.], No. 8316, A.D. 1904. [Abridgment Class Metals, Cutting &c.], and Nos. 2334 and 7029, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.]. The planet carrier which may be in two parts C, C', is keyed to the driving-shaft A, and planet pinions a<1>, a<2>, a<3>, a<4> mesh with internally-toothed rings B', B<3>, B<3>, B<4>, respectively, any one of which may be arrested by a brake so as to cause a planet pinion a<5> to drive an internally-toothed wheel E, which may be formed as a pulley &c. to transmit power. To produce the reverse, the pinion a' is made larger than the pinion a<5>.
Patent GB-190511598-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Apparatus for Spraying Liquids.
Inventor: CARTER JOHN BONHAM
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 11,598. Carter, J. B. June 2. Spray - producers. - A valve is applied to a spray-producing nozzle such that when and only when the latter is in its normal position on the hose or coupling, the valve is unfailingly held open. The nozzle d is screwed on to a valvebox f, which in turn is screwed to the branch b of the hose. In the box f is placed a ball valve g guided by ribs p and forced towards the seat h by the flowing liquid. The valve g is held away from the seat by a projection k which is preferably attached to the conical spraying-plug l secured in the nozzle d. A pin or a ring n prevents the valve from dropping out of the box when detached from the pipe b.
Patent GB-190511661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilators for Railway and other Carriages, and for Analogous Uses
Inventor: LEVICK JOHN
Filed: 1905-06-03
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 11,661. Levick, J. June 3. Ventilators.-Relates to a rotary hit-and-miss ventilator consisting of two shell members fitting one over the other. The inner cup-like shell provided with apertures a<1> for the passage of air and with a flange a<2> pierced by screw-holes for fixing it in position, is pivotally connected to the outer shell b by means of a bolt d. This bolt is provided with a collar d<1> passing through an aperture b<3> in the outer shell, the head d' of the bolt engaging with the shell and holding it in position. To obviate friction between the two shells, studs or depressions e are formed on the inner shell and engage with a circumferential groove f on the outer shell. A handle o is attached to the shell b for the purpose of rotating it, this rotation being limited by means of a stop k engaging with a slot m. To prevent the bolt d from rotating, it is formed with a square shank d3 which fits into the square hole a<5> in the shell a. A spring h is also fitted over the bolt d and engages with the inner shell a or a washer i, and with an adjustable nut so as to keep the parts together and prevent looseness and rattling.
Patent GB-190512096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buckles.
Inventor: MANN CHARLES AYTON
Filed: 1905-06-09
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 12,096. Mann, C. A., and Nye, G. B. June 9. Buckles.-Relates to buckles for the back straps of vests and trousers, and to means for locking the prong plate in its locked position. The frame of the buckle is U-shape with the plane of the crossbar a' at rightangles to that of the side bars a. The prong piece B is made in one with the attaching-loop E, and is pivoted to the frame at b, the resilience of the frame allowing it to be inserted after the frame is completed. In the side-pieces a, recesses g are made as shown in Fig. 4, adapted for spring engagement with projections f on the prong plate B, so that the latter is locked in the closed position.
Patent GB-190513023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Facias, Name Plates and the like
Inventor: IDE JOHN
Filed: 1905-06-23
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 13,023. Ide, J. June 23. Signs.-Relates to illuminated facias of the kind in which the letters are formed on some transparent or translucent material and illuminated by electric or other lamps at the back, and consists in providing the facia box c with a bottom composed of a sheet e of transparent or translucent material, so as to throw a portion of the light down on the shop front. The facia itself is of ordinary construction, comprising a sheet a of glass with the letters left transparent, behind which one or more sheets d of coloured glass are placed.
Patent GB-190518274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Restaurants.
Inventor: MOREL CHARLES
Filed: 1905-09-09
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 18,274. Morel, C. Sept. 9. Restaurants.-A restaurant is provided with tables and seats mounted on an endless train of platforms so as to pass in succession in front of buffets. Fig. 2 shows a plan of a restaurant, and Figs. 3 and 4 sectional elevations on an enlarged scale. Customers enter by a door A and leave by a door B. The buffets C may be on one or both sides of the tables. The platforms E, F have rollers G running on a track D, and are guided by edge-runners I engaging a trough-s hap e d track H ; the platforms are jointed by the spindles J of the wheels I. Motion is communicated by one or more pinions M driven by gearing 0 and engaging an endless chain L fixed to the platforms.
Patent GB-190526945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Lubricators
Inventor: LUCAS RALPH
Filed: 1905-12-27
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 26,945. Lucas, R. Dec. 27. Lubricating-pumps.-The pump is immersed in a reservoir a, Fig. 2, containing lubricant. The plunger g, fixed to a cross-bar h, is actuated by a. roller q on a crank-pin p, fixed to a shaft m operated by worm gearing, and is retracted by a spring j. A guide-rod k slides in an idle cylinder l. An adjustable stop r limits the throw of the plunger.
Patent GB-190603418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Icing Cakes and the like
Inventor: CARTER CLARENCE WILSON
Filed: 1906-02-12
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 3418. Carter, C. W. Feb. 12. Moulding icing on cakes &c.-Icing is applied to cakes or the like by means of a rotary sieve-like die, which is automatically thrown out of action if no cake is presented by the feeding- mechanism. The cakes are fed from a magazine 16 by the conveyer 7, which runs over a yielding table 3 to engage with the revolving die 23. This die, Fig. 3, consists of a sleeve 23, provided with one or more preferably flanged openings 25, and adapted to rotate about a fixed inner tube 19 connected with the icing container 17, and provided with a slit 20. As the cake passes along, the die rolls over it and applies the icing fed from the slit 20. The die is rotated by the gear 26, running loosely on the die shaft 22 and carrying clutch dogs 29, Fig. 4, which normally engage a lug 28 on the wheel 27 fixed to the die shaft. A rocking shaft 35 carries a finger 40 in the path of the cakes and a claw 34 which tends to press on the clutch dogs 29 at the part of the periphery not protected by the detention flanges 32. If a cake is not found on the conveyer, the finger 40 is not raised and the claw is thereby permitted to act on the clutch dogs and so to throw them out of engagement with the lug 28, so that the die ceases to rotate, and in such a position that the feeding-slit 19 is covered.
Patent GB-190604587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Actuating Submersion Budders for Torpedoes.
Inventor: JONES ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1906-02-24
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 4587. Jones, A. E. Feb. 24. Torpedoes.-The depth-keeping gear consists of an hydrostatic plate m combined with a weighted arm, or pendulum g, and connected by a link v with the servo-motor w of the submersion rudder z. The apparatus is mounted in a chamber c located in the hydrostatic chamber a.
Patent GB-190607173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Road Wheels.
Inventor: FLOQUET GASTON
Filed: 1906-03-24
Granted: 1907-03-23
Abstract: 7173. Floquet, G. March 24. Spring wheels; felloes or rims; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-In an elastic wheel comprising an inner rigid rim a, an outer flexible rim consisting of links formed with bent-over side flanges d to hold rubber facing-blockd l vulcanized in place, and blade springs i, the springs are shaped and arranged so that they fit radial slots with enlarged inner ends j in the inner rim and are removably pivoted to the links, their length being.such that they are always in compression. The springs are additionally secured to the rim a by bolts c passing through annular face-plates, and two or more rows of springs may be arranged side by side, with adjacent springs curved in opposite directions, to hold the blocks more firmly. The links, which are provided with the usual lugs for jointing together, are preferably provided with dovetail grooves m arranged diagonally or otherwise.
Patent GB-190607944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Washing Machines.
Inventor: LAIBLE PHILIP DIETRICH
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 7944. Laible, P. D. April 2. Cleaning bottles. - The bottles are supported radially with respect to a divided drum rotating in a series of tanks, the arrangement being such that the bottles are automatically passed from one end of the drum to the other in addition to revolving therewith,. In the construction shown in plan and elevation in Figs. 1 and 2, the bottles are inserted between blocks 6 and guiding-slats 15 carried by the spokes 7 of the sectional drum 50, revolving in a tank 2, divided into compartments by means of 'partitions 3. The blocks 6 have opposing obliquely-inclined surfaces 10, 11 which cause the bottle successively to fall into the positions 13, 14, &c. at each rotation of the wheel and consequently to pass automatically from one end of the tank to the other. To ensure the correct alinement of the bottle, stationary guides 18 are provided to engage with and laterally shift the bottle neck. Recesses 16 in the drum 50 prevent the closure of the bottle mouths. In the modification shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 5, the bottle-receiving blocks 21 are not provided with oblique surfaces, but fixed guides, some of which are shown at 29, force the bottle from one pair of blocks to the next. Semicircular tanks 35 are shown in this construction, the blocks 21 being provided with brushes to sweep out labels &c. accumulating in the tanks.
Patent GB-190608817-A (GB)
Title: Vulcanising Appliance or Apparatus particularly for Repairing India-rubber Tyres.
Inventor: POUNTNEY HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1907-04-12
Abstract: 8817. Pountney, H. E. April 12. India-rubber, vulcanizing.-A vulcanizer, suitable for repairing the covers or inner tubes of tyres or for vulcanizing an entire cover, comprises moulds C<1>, C<2>, Fig. 2, internally heated, e.g. by means of Bunsen burners, or by steam, and adjustable by means of a parallel-vice mechanism consisting of a screw B and of guides. The moulds are readily detached from the plates a', a<2> so that moulds of different sizes or two consave moulds may be used. Clamps E may be employed on the tops of the moulds for vulcanizing patches. When vulcanizing an entire cover, a common central convex mould is used and a series of movable moulds radially adjustable are arranged around it.
Patent GB-190610937-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Dustpan.
Inventor: TAYLOR JOHN ROOSE
Filed: 1906-05-10
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 10,937. Taylor, J. R. May 10. No Patent granted (Seading fee not paid). Dust-pans.-The back d and bottom c of a dust-pan are formed of tin with the front edge e turned over, as shown. The top g is formed of wire mesh, and a handle j is provided to obviate kneeling. A door may be provided at the back.
Patent GB-190611742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Burners for Acetylene and other Gases
Inventor: PITTS HERMAN HENRY
Filed: 1906-05-19
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 11,742. Pitts, H. H. May 19. Drawings to Specification. Acetylene purified by passage through a chromic acid solution and kieselguhr.
Patent GB-190614495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Mechanism and the like.
Inventor: REID WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-06-25
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 14,495. Reid, W. June 25. Controlling signals; semaphore signals.-An apparatus which may be readily changed to serve as controller or reverser for a semaphore signal has a stop-plate carrying stop-pieces in different positions for controlling the movement of a pivoted slotted lever which serves to fix or release a pivot on a lever attached to the thrustrod of the signal. The stop-plate F is moved by the electro-magnet A and the stop G on the back of the plate (not shown) engages the pin K on the escapement-lever y. The semaphore arm d pivoted on the lever e is moved by the thrustrod made in two parts k, p, a stop o being provided to relieve the lever l of strain in the danger position. The lower end of the rod p is pivoted to the lever q which is pivoted to the counter. weight lever b. The pin r on the lever q moves in a slot in a plate fixed to the post and in a slot in the pivoted lever v. In the position of the lever v shown in Fig. 1, the pin r is held fast by the disagreement in position of the slots if the lever y is held against movement by a stop G, H. If the lever y is free to move and the chain c is pulled, the pin r rises in the slots, rocking the lever v since the resistance to motion of the pivot r<1> causesthat pivot to remain in its original position and the signal arm is not moved. But when the lever y is held by a stop and the chain c is pulled, the pivot r<1> is lifted and the signal set to "safety." To serve as a signalcontroller, the stop G is put into the path of the pin K by the energized magnet A, but if the apparatus is to be used as a reverser, the plate F is reversed to bring the stop H into the path of the pin K when the magnet is not energized. The stop-plate may be moved by an electro-magnet as shown, or by mechanical means.
Patent GB-190615148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Ships Lanterns.
Inventor: GALKIN GREGORY
Filed: 1906-07-03
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 15,148. Galkin, G. July 3. Signal lamps; vapour lamps.-In incandescent vapour lamps for use on ships, the lantern consists of a casing a with a chimney e, reflector a<1>, glass b, and a chamber c for the petroleum storage tank d. The whole is mounted on springs o. The support provides angular adjustment both horizontally and vertically. A plate h<1> has spindles h fitting in bearings g in two feet f, and another plate i rests by ball bearings on the plate h, a central pin k being also provided. The lamp is secured in any adjusted position by a pin n, which fits in registering holes of a lug m and a pivoted arm x. The burner comprises a vaporizing-tube a<2> filled with a filter of asbestos threads, a Bunsen nipple c<1>, and a chamber f<1> in which non-volatile constituents of the mixture are deposited and are drained off by a pipe n<1>. Heat is conveyed to the tube a<2> by the tubes g<2>, l<1>, which are heated by the main flame and also by a small flame from a side passage m<1>. A wedge-shaped baffle g<1> prevents the gaseous mixture from impinging on the tube a<2>. The burner is started by burning some petroleum in a cup o<1>. Petroleum is poured into the tank d by a filling- plug p, and compressed air is supplied through a valve c' to a pressure.indicated by a manometer.
Patent GB-190615947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying Machines.
Inventor: WHITELEY JOE BOOTH
Filed: 1906-07-14
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 15,947. Whiteley, J. B., Whiteley, G., and Peace, W. July 14. Conveyers.-Carrier bands for drying purposes are made of wire in sections each carried by a pair of links d of the side driving-chains and consisting of a wire framework a carrying thin wires b strengthened by cross-wires c. The frame a may be strengthened by a cross-bar or angle-iron f. They are hinged together by pieces of metal twisted into ? shape.
Patent GB-190623565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Resilient Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: ALLEN ALFRED JUKES
Filed: 1906-10-23
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 23,565. Allen, A. J. Oct. 23. Wooden wheels; felloes or rims.-An inner flexible felloe of wood C, surrounded, if desired, by a thin metal band D, is separated from a similar felloe E carrying a rubber tyre G by studs Hand distancepieces J, placed at points between the ends of the spokes so that the tread is resilient at all points.