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Patent GB-190501929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Cars and other Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BARKER GERALD
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 1929. Barker, G. Jan. 31. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to vehicles in which all four wheels are used for driving and steering, and comprises constructions of vehicles having undercarriages adjusted and connected for steering purposes, the body of the vehicle being tilted or moved inwards when rounding curves, and also a construction of vehicle in which the wheels are all mounted on swivelling axles. In the vehicle shown in plan in Fig. 2, two undercarriages pivoted to the main framing are adjusted simultaneously for steering purposes, from the vertical spindle 15, through bevel gearing, the shafts 17, and pinions 16, mounted on the ends of the shafts and gearing with toothed sectors on the undercarriages. The pivots of the undercarriages may be placed beyond the axle so that the body of the vehicle is moved laterally inwards when the vehicle is turning. The wheels 11 are driven from the motor through the gearing 4, universally - jointed shafts 5, differential gear 7, and toothed gearing 9. Figs. 3 and 4 show an elevation and plan of another form of vehicle in which two undercarriages 19, connected to the main frame by links, are jointed together by the vertical pin 23, which is adjusted transversely to the frame for steering by suitable means. The wheels 11 are all driven from a motor mounted on one of the undercarriages through bevel-gearing carried on the pivot pin 23, jointed shafts 5, and differential gearing 7. Links 22, arranged two at each end of the vehicle, connect the body to the undercarriages in such a way that the body is tilted inwards when the vehicle is rounding a curve. The two links at each end are parallel to one another when the undercarriages are adjusted for straight running, but are inclined downwards towards the centre of the vehicle. The coiled springs 28 tend to keep the vehicle in a straight path. Figs. 6 and 7 show a plan and end view of a vehicle having the wheels mounted on swivelling axles. The wheels are all operated for steering from the lever 14, being connected by link-work of the kind described in Specification No. 12,886, A.D. 1900. In order that the driving may be effected with but one differential gear, the two wheels on each side of the vehicle are connected to the corresponding longitudinal shafts 5 on each side by bevel-gearing concentric with the vertical steering-pivots, the two shafts being connected by chains 33 to the differential gear mounted on the shaft 3 connected to the motor.
Patent GB-190503436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Cleaning of Filter Cloths of Dust Collectors.
Inventor: BETH WILHELM FRIEDRICH LUDWIG
Filed: 1905-02-18
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 3436. Beth, W. F. L. Feb. 25, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cam mechanism is described in connexion with an arrangement for cleaning the filter cloths of tubular dust-collectors ; the cloths, which are supported so as to hang loosely during the filtering process, are cleaned by first drawing them taut, and then suddenly arresting the subsequent slackening movement. In the forms shown, the filters a are suspended from a pivoted lever b which is tripped periodically by a rotating cam d, the return movement being arrested suddenly by a stop i engaging a block c. Three devices are described for bringing the lever b periodically into the path of the cam d ; (1) the lever is linked so as to be capable cf lateral movement, and is operated by means of a cam disk l and push-rod m ; (2) the lever is pivoted in a vertical slot p and operated by a segmental cam o ; (3) the lever is provided with a projecting pivoted detent, which is operated by a segmental cam.
Patent GB-190507904-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Automatically Sustaining the Suction Influence in Suction Gas Producers.
Inventor: THWAITE BENJAMIN HOWARTH
Filed: 1905-04-13
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 7904. Thwaite, B. H. April 13. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Generators or producers.-In order to sustain the suction influence in a gas-producer, a bellows is inserted between the producer and the engine. The top b of the bellows a is fixed and connected by means of stand-pipes c to the main d between the producer and the engine, and light non-return valves g are provided at the engine connexion f. A weighted bottom plate x is drawn up by means of counterbalance weights h, so that, when the gas valves of the engine are closed, this plate falls and the gas is drawn into the bellows from the producer. When the gas valves are again opened, the gas is drawn away from the bellows. According to the Provisional Specification, the bottom of the bellows is fixed and the top is connected to counterweights by means of cords passing over pulleys ; also a spring may be used to facilitate the rising and falling of the bellows.
Patent GB-190508716-A (GB)
Title: Combined Inertia and Centrifugal Speed Governor, partly applicable as Centrifugal Governor only.
Inventor: WILKINSON JAMES
Filed: 1905-04-25
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 8716. Wilkinson, J. May 2, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Ball bearings for a centrifugal governor are placed between a piece 45 and a collar 44. A double cone 51 is screwed to the collar and holds two sets of balls in the ball races 47, 48, the latter of which is screwed into position. Lubricating. - A slip collar 63 is lubricated by an oil ring 65. Suitable oil passages 67 are provided, as shown. The weight of the ring acts to produce forced lubrication.
Patent GB-190509927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slow Combustion Stoves
Inventor: FREISE HEINRICH
Filed: 1905-05-11
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 9927. Freise, H. Mav 21, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Slow-combustion stoves; linings. - In slow-combustion stoves provided with vertical grooves b in the lining a, for the passage of the products of combustion, a series of horizontal grooves c is also provided, with deepenings d at the parts where they cross the vertical grooves. Inclined connecting- passages f may be provided at a number of places, in order that the smoke may have an exit if all of the vertical grooves b are choked.
Patent GB-190510204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Explosion Turbines and in the Method of Working or Operating the same
Inventor: ZOELLY HEINRICH
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 10,204. Zoelly, H. May 15. Drawings to Specification. Steam generation by gas engine exhaust.-In an explosion turbine, the gases in the explosion chamber are cooled by steam, which is generated in coils placed in the turbine case and heated by the exhaust gases.
Patent GB-190511536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Motor Control Systems.
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 11,536. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 2. Switches.-In controlling electric motors for manipulating independently separate parts of apparatus, such as rolling-lift bridges, means are provided for preventing the motors from being supplied with current until all locks and brakes are released, and for arresting the motion of one part if out of its proper order. For a rolling-lift bridge, Figs. 2 and 3, with two leaves A, B, separate motors M, M', Fig. 1, are provided, each of which has similarly-arranged controlling and locking apparatus. A controller C of the drum or other type, has two extra contacts c, c<1>, which may be enclosed in a casing 11 attached to the upper plate as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Bridging-contacts c<2>, c<3>, which may be connected through a blow-out coil c<4>, are mounted on an arm 14 on the shaft 10, and serve to complete a circuit through the lock and brake releasing coils l, f on the first clockwise movement of the handle 9. A spring detent 15 on the arm 14 prevents further movement until all the locks and brakes fall back and complete circuit through an electro-magnet K, which pulls in the detent 15. A spring 16<a>, secured to the arm 14 and casing 11, returns the controller to the ' off ' position when the handle is released. The power circuit can then be completed, the reversing-switch E, if the leaf starts from the closed position, being thrown for forward running, which operation also brings the contacts e, e' over the fixed contacts e<2>, e<3> and bridges a gap in series with contacts g<1> in circuit with the tripping-coil d of the main circuit-breaker D. Resistance is cut out in the usual way, and the leaf is raised, ultimately, at its extreme position, throwing over the switch G, closing the contacts g<1>, and opening the circuit-breaker. To lower the bridge, the reversing-switch is thrown in the opposite direction, opening the tripping-circuit through g<1> and bridging a gap in series with the lower contacts g, and the operations are repeated, the final closed position of the leaf throwing back the switch G and again tripping the circuit-breaker D. To cause the two leaves of the bridge to set themselves in proper order for interlocking the edges a, b, switches H, H<1> are placed in series in another circuit through the tripping-coil d<1> of the circuit-breaker D<1>. One of the switches is initially closed and the other open, as in Fig. 2. If the leaf B leads in passing downwards through the position of Fig. 3, the switch H is opened before the other is closed. If the leaf A leads, the switch H<1> closes the tripping-circuit through the coil d', and its motion is arrested. An additional switch h may be added, adapted to be opened by the leaf B if it is desired to arrest the latter in a certain position during the downward motion. In that case a hand-switch S in the same circuit is closed after the bridge has passed the same point in the upward movement.
Patent GB-190511648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Thread or Yarn Sample Cards.
Inventor: WILKINSON ALFRED
Filed: 1905-06-03
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 11,648. Wilkinson, A. June 3. Pattern cards.-Relates to improvements in machines of the kind described in Specifications No. 26,220, A.D. 1902, and No. 19,822, A.D. 1903, for affixing thread or yarn to pattern cards, and consists: (1) in making the bar 13, which fits into a longitudinal groove 12<a> in the cylinder 2 to fix the end of the card thereto, in two parts, Figs. 4 and 5, the upper part 13<a> being hinged at 70 and secured to the lower part 13<b> by a pin 72, thus securing the threads between the upper part 13<a> and an india-rubber strip 71 ; (2) in providing a detachable guard 76 for the guidepins 17, 18 between which the threads pass ; (3) in the driving - mechanism for the cylinder 2, consisting of a hand lever 85, toothed segments 86, and a rocking shaft 7 carrying a cam 77 which drives a ratchet-wheel 12 by means of an adjustable lever 15 and a weighted pawl 14, the ratchetwheel 12 being attached to a disk 78 on the shaft 6 by a pin 80 in the disk and a hole 79 in the ratchet-wheel, so that the said wheel may be readily removed and a different one substituted ; and (4) in providing a pointer 90 on one end of the cylinder 2 to register with another pointer 91 on the frame to show when the next movement of the lever 85 will cause the gumming of the threads. According to the Provisional Specification, the composite bar 13 may be hinged to the cylinder 2 instead of being secured thereto by pins 20 as shown.
Patent GB-190520777-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Reinforcing Buttonholes.
Inventor: MACPHERSON JAMES A
Filed: 1905-10-13
Granted: 1906-10-13
Abstract: 20,777. Lake, H. H., [MacPherson, J. A., and Gardner, G. E.]. Oct. 13. Button - holes in collars are protected from injury by inclosing the stitches 6, forming the button-hole within a two - pronged hook 16, Fig. 1, made of aluminium or other suitable material. The button-hole is first made, and the hook is then placed in position between the plies of linen, the edges of the plies being sewn up afterwards.
Patent GB-190520779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Hinged Paper Leaves and to Apparatus for Making the same.
Inventor: BARKER JAMES
Filed: 1905-10-13
Granted: 1906-10-13
Abstract: 20,779. Barker, J., and Winfield, W. N., [trading as Winfield & Barker]. Oct. 13. Filing papers.-Zones of greater flexibility are produced on a web of paper to be used for book leaves, particularly in connexion with looseleaf ledgers and binders, by rings or ribs J, Fig. 2, placed round the coucher or dandy-roll B<1> of a paper-machine. The ribs form a series of channels in the pulp, and the web then passes through press, finisher, and calender rolls in the ordinary manner. The finished product is cut up into leaves as shown in Fig. 4. The ribs J are held on the dandy-roll by frictional contact only, and may be adjusted to suit any size of sheet. Reference is made to the method of making bookleaves described in Specification No. 12,894, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190600516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus used in Electro Plating.
Filed: 1906-01-08
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 516. Benson & Co., W. A. S., and Leaver, A. J. Jan. 8. Aerating liquids.-In electro-plating processes, the liquid is agitated or aerated by means of a screw propeller contained in a trunk bent through a right-angle and immersed in the vat, the arrangement being preferably that shown in Fig. 1. A platform b is fixed on the side a of the vat, and a frame c is pivoted at the point c<1> to the platform and can be adjusted to any angle by means of the nuts d. Bars c<3> support the trunk e which contains the propeller f, the propeller being carried by the shaft f<1> which works in bearings c<3> and is driven by the motor g. To aerate the solution, the trunk is raised until the propeller is partly above the surface of the liquid. The trunk may be made telescopic as shown.
Patent GB-190605055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Striking Means for Bell Buoys.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1906-03-01
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 5055. Thompson, W. P., [Willson, T. L.]. March 1. Signals, marine.-In a bell buoy, the striking-mechanism is located in a closed chamber so as to avoid trouble caused by the formation of ice and rust, and in the case of submarine bells to avoid the retarding effect of the water. The end of the closed chamber D, Fig. 3, is preferably a flexible diaphragm E having a solid central portion g adapted to receive the impact of the striking-ball F and communicate it to the bell B. The other end of the chamber D is concave and lined with leather &c. to lessen the blow of the ball F. The vibratory diaphragm may be inserted between the bell and the striking means apart from the use of a closed chamber, and serves to withdraw the striking means from the bell after a blow has been struck. The bell is mounted on the buoy as shown in Fig. 1, four chambers D being placed around the bell. A submarine bell G of similar construction is also shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190613031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Advertising Signs, Scoring Boards and the like.
Inventor: BOWATER ALICK VANSITTART
Filed: 1906-06-05
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 13,031. Bowater, A. V. June 5. Scoring and marking.-Relates to apparatus for producing letters and numbers for advertising, or for scoring in cricket, football, &c. Flaps 1 are arranged on a screen 25 in such a way that any letter or figure can be formed by turning back a group of flaps. Each flap has a cord 27 attached to its back and another cord 29 to its front, the cords passing back through the holes in the screen 25 and being attached to a spring 28 and a bellcrank lever 30, 31, respectively. The arm 31 is connected to a rod 32, the upper end 33 of which passes through a hole 34 in a platform 35. An arm 38 oscillating about a pivot 39 carries a drum 37 which at each upward stroke of the arm 38 is driven by a pawl 41 striking one of the projections 40 on the drum 37 thus driving the cards 36 forwards. The cards are perforated so as to allow a group of ends 33 to project through while stopping others, thus turning back a set of flaps and producing a letter or figure on the screen. To prevent the rods 32 from rising when the rod 38 is raised, each carries a spur 43 adapted to engage a spring bell-crank 46, 47 which is moved out of engagement at the right time by means of a rod 49, spur 51, and cam wheel 52. When several flaps are used superposed, each is connected to a separate rod 32, the ends 33 of which are of different heights, so as to be operated in succession and the spurs 43 are also of different lengths, as shown at 53, 54, 55, Fig. 5, so as to be released in succession. The Provisional Specification states that the plates which select the levers 32 may each have holes adapted to engage pegs on the platform 35 when pressed down, and describes a modification in which each flap is connected to an eye adapted to be engaged by a hook.
Patent GB-190614770-A (GB)
Title: Improved Motor Car Bonnet or Cover.
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 14,770. Lamplough, F., and Albany Manufacturing Co. June 28. Motor road vehicles.-The bonnet of a motor-car and the cover beneath the machinery are formed of flexible metal, such as the thin corrugated sheet shown in Fig. 1, or of a series of interlocking sections, as shown in Fig. 5. Each section a is in the form of a flattened tube having a small space between its meeting edges, so that the sections may be hooked into one another. Alternate sections may be made longer than the others, and the end bent over to prevent any of the sections from sliding out endways ; or rivets k may be provided for the same purpose. The bonnet rests upon a ledge c on the dash-board, as shown in Fig. 2, and a similar ledge on the back of the radiator, and is held in position by bolts g or similar means. The cover i below the machinery is supported in curved guides j, and can be slid in or out when one side of the bonnet is raised.
Patent GB-190615815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Envelopes or Postal Packages or the like.
Inventor: CAMPBELL MARSHALL JOHN
Filed: 1906-07-12
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 15,815. Campbell, M. J. July 12. Advertising.-To make up the envelope blank shown in Fig. 1, the flap d is turned over on to flap c, the gummed edge f is turned round the edge of flap c, and the edges f, e are then gummed to flaps c, b, respectively. To close the envelope, it is doubled along the line h and the sealing-flap a secured to flap d. The back of flaps b, c carries advertisements, pictures, or printed matter.
Patent GB-190708707-A (GB)
Title: Improved Free Wheel and Brake Gear for Bicycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: WILLIAMS HORACE
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 8707. Williams, H. April 15. Brakes; driving - mechanism for bicycles and other vehicles. In the type of free-wheel and back-pedalling brake mechanism wherein a doubleconed nut j is used to engage a friction-clutch member g for driving purposes and a non-rotatable sliding member or thrust block l to apply the brake, the right-hand portion of the hub is formed with halves of different internal radii to receive correspondingly shaped rotatable washers m, intermediate washers n of smaller diameter and with angular apertures being also threaded upon the square sleeve c of the fixed bearing cone b. The driving-sleeve is drilled at u, the race g is recessed on its inuer surface and the cone j is recessed at its right-hand end for the passage of lubricant. To facilitate the screwing and unscrewing of the hub races g, p, their inner edges are formed with opposite recesses q into which a portion standing out at right-angles to the anchoring-arm of the brake may be inserted to serve as a screwdriver.
Patent GB-190708940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Post Marking Machines
Inventor: SVENDSEN CARL WALERIUS
Filed: 1907-04-17
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 8940. Svendsen, C. W. April 17. Feeding sheets.-Relates to postmarking-machines and in particular to feeding-mechanism whereby the letters are fed off from the pile at a low speed and then accelerated and fed on to the stamping mechanism. The letters are placed with their edges against a wall 3 on an inclined table 2 and are fed by gravity toward the rubber-edged disks 4, 5, on a shaft 15. Between the disks 4, 5 are two smooth-edged disks 7, 8 having extended por tions 9 which project from between the disks 4, 5, and india-rubber feeding-blocks 11, the disks 7, 8 being driven by gearing 12, 13, 14 at a lower peripheral speed than the disks 4, 5. At the front of the wall 3 are a finger 16 carried by an arm 19 controlled by a spring 20, and a finger 21 pressed against the finger 16 by a weak spring 23. The foremost letter remains stationary,in contact with the projecting portion of the disks 7, 8, until it is fed by the blocks 11 between the fingers 16, 21. The reduced portions 10 of the disks 7, 8, then being adjacent to the pile allows the disks 4, 5 to contact with and feed forward the letter at the speed of the printing-mechanism. The letter is then stamped by a rotating segment 27 on a shaft 31, driven by gearing from the shaft 15, which also carries a feeding disk 26. This disk contacts with a disk 32 which latter is connected by an Oldham coupling with the impression roller 33. The disk 32 and roller 33 are respectively, journaled on sliding links 37, 39, coupled to a rocking lever 40, which is pressed toward the printing segment by a spring 42. The advancing' letter separates the disks 26, 32, and by means of the links 37, 40, 39, forces the roller 33 against the segment 27 against the action of the spring 45, which may be adjusted to determine the space between the segment 27 and the roller 33. The disk 32 and roller 33 are forced together away from the disk 26 and segment 27 to permit the passage of a thick letter.
Patent GB-190711544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Violins or other Stringed Instruments.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1907-05-17
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 11,544. Willis, P. R. J., [Northrop, I. A.]. May 17. Sound-magnifying appliances.-A violin or other stringed instrument has a box extension provided with diaphragms connected to the bridge, which communicates with a horn or resonator. Fig. 4 is a section on the line y-y, Fig. 1. The downwardly extended box 5 is divided into compartments by a wall 6, containing two elliptical openings covered by diaphragms 8. A connecting-bar 9 is attached to the diaphragms by studs, and a member 10 supported on a cross-bar 12 extends from the bridge 14 to the bar 9 to which it is attached by a flexible cord. The diaphragms are pressed upon at their edges by a series of rings 18, spanned by crossbars, the pressure upon which can be adjusted by means of rotatable pins, and cushion rings 19 are provided above and below the diaphragms. The small end of the horn 16 is cylindrical and flanged, and engages a socket at the side of the box which is connected by sound-ducts to the diaphragms. The pressure of the strings on the bridge can be adjusted by a bar 28 connected to a rotatable pin, and holes 32 are provided in the top of the box.
Patent GB-190712373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Projectiles for Ordnance.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-05-28
Granted: 1908-08-28
Abstract: 12,373. Lake, W. E., [Cabella, A., Cabella, R., and Cabella (nÚe Dell'Oro), S.]. May 28. Projectiles, ordnance.-In a projectile having at its forward end a cup shaped recess R surmounted by an ogival collapsible cap o containing lubricating-material m, the explosive charge contained in a chamber p, q at the rear end of the projectile is fired by a pin z, which extends into the recess R and is operated by the metal P which, upon impact, is punched out of the armour-plate by the tapered edge A B of the projectile. The collapsible cap o is fixed to the projectile by an external copper or soft-metal ring r to provide a larger surface for the impact pressure, and channels x provide for the passage of a portion of the lubricating-material to the outside of the projectile.