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Patent GB-190427348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches
Inventor: EASON GEORGE
Filed: 1904-12-15
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,348. Eason, G. Dec. 15. Incandescent lamps, holders for, with switches. A switch has contacts carried by a plunger adapted to slide in a cylindrical tube or other suitablyshaped casing. A plunger B of insulating-material, which may or may not have a metallic centre, is fixed to a rod F adapted to slide in a hole in an insulating-disc. The rod F is provided with notches G, with which engage the arms H, H of the levers C, C, which are pivoted at D, D. By pressing together the ends of the levers the plunger B is moved up or down, the movement being assisted by springs L, L which press on angular projections K, K. The terminals M, M to which the conductors are fixed are connected by spiral or sliding wires N, N to the contacts P, P carried by the plunger B.
Patent GB-190427563-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Holding Appliance for Suspending the Guide Ropes of Pit Cages.
Inventor: BECKER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1904-12-17
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,563. Becker, W. H., and Williams, R. F. Dec. 17. Cleats or holders. -A holder or grip for suspending the guide-ropes of pit cages consists of wedges a, b, which hold the rope between them, are fitted within a divided tapered sleeve c, and are interlocked as at a<1> so that if there is any movement within the sleeve both the wedges and the rope move together, the rope being thus gripped more firmly. The sleeve c is secured by bolts and clamping-rings f.
Patent GB-190501477-A (GB)
Title: A Non-puncturable Pneumatic Tyre
Inventor: EDIS HENRY JOHN
Filed: 1905-01-25
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 1477. Edis, H. J. Jan. 25. Tyres, pneumatic. -A puncture-preventing device consists of a flat-sectioned band of steel b<1>, formed with turned-over or beaded edges, the overlapping portion b<2> sliding in the groove thus formed. Bearing- balls c', enclosed in cases c<2>, project through perforations in the portion b<2>. The overlapping portions may be enclosed in an additional collar, and shoulders a<2> are formed on the outer cover to keep the protective band in place.
Patent GB-190502662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Conveying and Distributing Cotton in Cotton Mills.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-02-09
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 2662. Boult, A. J., [Morton, A. H.]. Feb. 9. Conveyers.-Relates to means for transferring cotton from the storeroom in which the bales are stored and opened to the picker room and distributing it as desired to one or other of a number of hopper feeders. A pneumatic tube 1, Fig. 3, of any usual and suitable kind, provided with a blower 2 and exhaust fan 5 transfers the cotton from the storeroom to a condenser 3, in which the cotton is collected and from which it is deposited on a travelling band 7 which passes above a row of hopper feeders 10. The sides of the band 7 are protected by walls 9, in one of which are hinged doors or gates 11 which when open form part of the side wall 9 but which may be turned into an inclined position across the band so as to cause the cotton thereon to be deposited into one or other of the hopper feeders 10 beneath. The gates 11 may be operated by hand or automatically. When the gates are operated automatically according to the supply of material in the hoppers, each hopper contains a weighted feeler 13, Fig. 5, which, when the supply of cotton in the hopper is insufficient, swings to the left under the action of the weighted lever 18 and toothed segments 17, 16 and oscillates a three-armed trigger lever 21, 34, 35, so as to depress the arm 35 into the path of the reciprocating dog 33. The trigger lever is pivoted on the lever 24 connected with the hinged gate 11, and at the next movement of the dog 33 to the right the lever 24 is moved so as to set the gate across the conveyer 7, so that cotton is supplied to the hopper. When the hopper is full, the feeler is moved so as to set the trigger lever in the position shown, and the reciprocating dog 32 moves the lever 24 so as to place the gate in the plane of the side wall 9. A bevelled spring bolt 38 ensures that the trigger lever shall move into and remain in one or other of its extreme positions, and a notched lever 41 with a bevelled end and pressed upwards by a spring 45 holds the lever 24 in its extreme position.
Patent GB-190509048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dividers for Plotting a Ship's Position on a Chart.
Inventor: KEANE EDWARD
Filed: 1905-04-29
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 9048. Keane, E. April 29. Dividers.-Three-legged dividers for plotting a ship's position on a chart are made with the two wing-pieces D, hinged together at the top of one leg, and having the legs B, C pivoted to them as shown. The wings can be folded together as shown in Fig. 3, or opened out as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to a position at right-angles to one another. In plotting the ship's position, one of the legs is placed at the intersection of the nearest meridian and parallel of latitude on the chart, the latitude and longitude being measured off at right-angles to one another by the other legs.
Patent GB-190510182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Glazing Bars.
Inventor: SCOTT-KING THOMAS
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 10,182. King, T. Scott-. May 15. Glazing roofs.-Consists in forming the glazing- bar with a groove d, Fig. 4, into which the folded lead strip e is inserted and secured in position by forcing over the ridges f or expanding tho base of the strip. Two flaps may be formed on the lead strip to engage with both faces of the glass.
Patent GB-190513087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hoods for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HOPPER JOHN
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 13,087. Kopper, J. June 24. Stays.-The hood of a motor or other vehicle is extended by means of lazy-tongs which are supported by uprights attached to the vehicle sides X. The uprights B are secured, when the hood is extended, in forked brackets b<1> by thumb-screws b<3>. The lazy-tongs A are provided with sleeves a' sliding on the uprights B and are secured by brackets x<1> to the top of the uprights. Jointed stays Y are provided to support the uprights when the hood is open, and straps are attached at the end a<2> of the hood to secure it to the forward end of the vehicle. The hood can be further secured in its open position by a device consisting of a slotted plate x' secured to the bracket x<1>, Fig. 3, to which is pivoted a cam-shaped lever C adapted to engage a pin a<3> on the sleeve a<1> and draw it into the slot in the plate x<2>.
Patent GB-190513388-A (GB)
Inventor: BECK ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1905-06-29
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 13,388. Beck, A. E. June 29. Making pipes etc.; f o r g i n g.-Gas, water, steam, and other pipes are made by compressing and piercing puddled balls or cast-steel ingots fresh from the puddling furnace or ingot mould while in a plastic condition and pilger-rolling the product without re-heating it, either after being subjected or not to a hollow-rolling process. The metal is compressed between cylindrical and annular dies c, e and d, f, and pierced by the convex and concave ended dies c, e, the thin disk of metal remaining betwen such dies being severed from the ingot when the die c recedes or the die d advances. The die c may project slightly above the die d to leave a space g for the accumulation of slag. The ingot is retained by the die f while the die e is being withdrawn, and is discharged from the container b by the die d or dies c, d. A false nose h may be used for compressing the ingot and partially piercing it.
Patent GB-190515336-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means or Apparatus for Enabling Motor Cars and similar Vehicles to have their Machinery Inspected, Cleaned, Repaired, or the like.
Inventor: MOUNTFORD FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-07-26
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 15,336. Mountford, F. July 26. Inclined platforms.-Relates to raised platforms adapted to support vehicles above the ground level so as to facilitate inspection, adjustment, repairing, and cleaning. In one construction, shown in Fig. 1, the platform is inclined at one end, and is supported on a vertical leg a at the other. A band-winch d is provided to haul the vehicle up the incline. The width between the tracks b is adjusted by transverse screws operated by crank-axles e'. The platform may have inclined portions at each end, and these may be adapted to swing into the posi. tion shown by the dotted lines a<2>. The legs a may be provided with wheels to facilitate the moving of the platform. In a modification, the platform is curved throughout its length, adjustable stops being arranged to hold the vehicle in position. In the construction shown in Fig. 5, the platform is pivoted on a central support or wheel i, and is provided with fixed or hinged legs, kept in position in some cases by springs. When the legs are hinged, they may be provided .with a roller m to facilitate moving from place to place.
Patent GB-190516154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hollow Roll Pastry.
Inventor: DIENER FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1905-08-08
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 16,154. Diener, F. Oct. 17, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Moulding pastry.-Pastry is made up in the form shown in Fig. 1, consisting of inner rolls a, and outer shells c, separated by a filling- material d, and may be cut lengthways to form cylinders or transversely to form rings. Series of half-cylinders a, joined by flanges b, are formed in press moulds. Two series of these are caused to adhere, to form whole cylinders, by moistening the flanges. The cylinders are covered with filling-material d by a shovel with protecting grooves. A second series of connected larger half-cylinders c are attached on the outside. The filling-material may be applied to the inside of the cylinder c and the parts a pressed upon it.
Patent GB-190516569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolling Mills with Helical Rolls.
Inventor: PRICE WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT
Filed: 1905-08-15
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 16,569. Price, W. L., and Price, F. L. Aug. 15. Rolling; shearing.-A mill for rolling either the left or right handed parts of switch-points or bars of' varying cross-sections has a spiral projection e with one vertical and one inclined face on one roll b to engage a corresponding grooved/in the other roll a to prevent any relative end movement of the rolls, and in and on the remaining groove d and flange are formed the acting faces of the rolls, which in the case shown are divided by stops g, g<1>, h, h<1> into three parts. The billet is first placed in contact with the stops g, g<1> and rolled in one division of the rolls, then placed against the stops h, h<1> and rolled in the middle division, and finally finished in the third division, the rail end. being trimmed off by the knives i, i<1>. The work p is moved longitudinally of the rolls during the rolling operation by a worm j, and is fed beneath a bar s to the rolls at the proper times by rollers K, a stop l, a lever m, and a pin o on the bottom roll.
Patent GB-190519670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces for Re-heating and like purposes.
Inventor: HART HENRY
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 19,670. Hart, H. Sept. 29. Reverberatory furnaces; air supply, heating.- Air for primary combustion in a metal-heating furnace is forced by a fan or other suitable means through a flue E, arranged beneath the bed of the furnace as shown, and is delivered under the fire bars. The supply can be regulated by a damper G. Specification No. 2631, A.D. 1883, which shows an air-heating flue for a smelting-furnace, is referred to.
Patent GB-190520985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles and like Receptacles.
Inventor: BARKER HOWARD
Filed: 1905-10-16
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 20,985. Barker, H., and Cooper, W. E. Oct. 16. Stoppers. - Relates to bail-stoppers, and consists in the provision of an antifriction block c between the bow b and the wire cam frames a. The block c has a curved or eccentric surface c<2> adapted to be engaged by the bow when the stopper is closed. The bow is forced into an angular portion c<3> of the block when it is desired to remove the stopper.
Patent GB-190521442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tire Shrinkers and Jacks.
Inventor: HORNER WALTER HOPKINS
Filed: 1905-10-21
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 21,442. Horner, W. H., and Buck, E. A. Oct. 21. Making wheel tyres.-A lifting-jack of the type in which a screw is rotated continuously in either direction by the reciprocating motion of a handle in connexion with ratchet mechanism is provided with gripping-levers for shrinking tyres, so that the operations of lifting and tyre-shrinking may be carried on singly or simultaneously. Figs. 2 and 4 show the jack as used for lifting. The screw 15 is operated by a round nut 19 rotating on ball bearings 18 and secured in position by a metal ring 20 entering a circumferential slot, thus transmitting motion to the suitably-shaped head 23 and foot 13 of the jack. The upper portion of the nut 19 has ratchet teeth engaged by one of a pair of pawls 35, Fig. 4, pivoted at 36 to the casing 31 forming the end of the reciprocating handle 34 for operating the jack, and carrying a projection 37 adapted to be engaged by the curved arms 40. These arms are mounted on a stud 39, which passes beneath the casing to a lever 41 provided with a ratchet-retaining device and adapted to throw either pawl into engagement with the ratchet-nut for operating the screw in opposite directions. Fig. 6 shows the jack as fitted for shrinking tyres. In this case, the operating-handle is shown in a vertical position, the ratchet-wheel being fixed to the bevelwheel 43, and a second bevel-wheel 42 being formed integral with the nut. One set of gripping- jaws is fitted on the plate 50, which is bolted to the frame 10 and may have an extension 61 for securing to a fixed pillar. The jaw 54 slides between the strip 52 and plate 50, and is adjusted by packing-strips 58. The retaining-jaw 55<1> is eccentrically pivoted, so that, by depression of the handle 56, the heated tyre is gripped between the jaws. A similar set of jaws is secured to the movable foot 14, and the two sets of jaws approach one another when the jack is worked, and thus shrink the tyre. When used for tyre-shrinking, the frame 10 is preferably bolted to a base-block 60.
Patent GB-190526599-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Manufacture of Fabrics by Covering Leather, Rubber, and other Materials, with Cork.
Filed: 1905-12-20
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 26,599. Soc. Anon. du Grimson. July 5, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Compound fabrics. -Relates to the joining of cork sheets to fabrics, tissues, leather, or other materials for non-skidding pneumetic tyre covers for cycles and motor and other vehicles, and for other purposes. Thin sheet cork, which has been treated and demineralized according to a known process with turpentine or carbon sulphide. glycerin, rubber, and hydrochloric acid, is soaked in a bath of benzene and Para rubber, and, after drying, is attached to the fabric by a rubber cement, which is subsequently vulcanized. The composition of the cement and amount of sulphur it contains depend on the quality of the rubber and the solvent employed. The fabrics may be replaced by sheets of rubber. The process is stated to be applicable for securing cork to paper.
Patent GB-190600405-A (GB)
Filed: 1906-01-06
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 405. Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co., Pickard, G. A., and Slinger, F. Jan. 6. Shutters.-A roller-blind shutter is provided with an auxiliary shutter, normally covering the lens aperture, and operated by the movement of the mechanism for releasing the blind shutter. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the auxiliary shutter D is pivoted at a and has an eccentric pin d working in a slot in an extension b of the usual releasing lever B for the blind shutter A. In modifications, the push b<1> may act directly on the pin d, or an intermediate lever may be inserted between the lever B and the pin d. In all cases the shutter D uncovers the lens aperture before the lever B has moved sufficiently to release the blind shutter.
Patent GB-190602521-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Asphalting applicable to Roofs, Damp Courses and the like.
Inventor: FIELD ALBERT
Filed: 1906-02-01
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 2521. Field, A. Feb. 1. Water supply.-A material for lining reservoirs, and for like purposes, consists of expanded metal on one or both sides of which is spread mastic asphalt or like bituminous substances. The melted material is poured over the metal and spread by a trowel or float or otherwise.
Patent GB-190602905-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hose Coupling or Union.
Inventor: AMBOR JACOB
Filed: 1906-02-06
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 2905. Ambor, J. Feb. 6. Swivelling joints; hose pipes.-A hose pipe is connected to a mouthpiece to enable the pipe to be used either, as a portable squirt or, as shown, as an automatic sprinkler. The coupling consists of a curved tube a adapted to be connected to a hose and having a cylindrical extension c with orifices d and a screwed projection i, the extension c fitting within a hollow piece f and being secured by a nut h and washer g. The mouthpiece is secured to the screwed portion e. When the apparatus is used as an automatic lawn sprinkler, it is supported on a prop fitting within a recess in the part f. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 6342, A.D. 1894, No. 13,318, A.D. 1896, No. 8099, A.D. 1897, No. 16,894, A.D. 1900, No. 20,051, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Hydraulic machinery &c.], and No. 11,662, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190605632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Operating Railway Points and Switches from the Vehicle
Inventor: HEYVAERT FRANS
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 5632. Heyvaert, F. March 8. Points and switches, railway, operating mechanically from the vehicles. Fig. 3 shows a plan and Figs. 1 and 2 sectional side and end elevation, respectively, of the track and point operating- mechanism. Slidably mounted on the stretcher bar 11 is a block 12, connected thereto by the spring 13 and having a bevelled edge adapted to engage with an helicoidal surface on the disk 17. This disk has an arm 18 which normally lies flush with the surface of the track and the grooves 10. Depending from the underside of the car is an arm 1 carrying rollers 2 and a shoe 3 and adapted to be raised or lowered, by the motorman, through the link-work shown. On approaching the points, the arm 1 is depressed if it is desired to move them over. The shoe then engages with the arm 18 and rotates it through 180 degrees, thus moving the block 12 and the point tongues as desired. The arm 18 is forced over against the action of the spring 27, and is kept in this position by bars 29 until all the cars have passed. When the car has passed, the arm 18 moves back into its normal position on to the yielding block 22, and the point tongues are then moved back by the spring 14. The spring 13 prevents damage in case of any obstruction, but, should either of the springs 13,14 break, the points can be operated by means of a key placed on the spindle 30 on which the eccentric pulley 31, engaging with the stretcher-bar extension 32, is secured..
Patent GB-190605824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Washing Wool and other Fibrous Materials.
Inventor: PETRIE FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-03-10
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 5824. Petrie, F. W., and Petrie, F. B. March 10. Washing.-A machine for washing wool and other fibrous materials, in which the tank has an upper portion a with a perforated bottom c, through which the muddied liquid descends, has its feed and delivery ends respectively connected with the suction and delivery ends of a pump, so that the washing-liquid moves continuously in a direction opposite to that in which the fibrous material is moving. With the top and bottom portions a, b in one part, the lower compartment b is divided transversely by vertical plates d, Fig. 1, into compartments connected by pipes g and a pump h for conveying liquid from the feed end f to the delivery end e. At this end, the liquid rises through the perforated bottom c into the upper part a of the tank, along which it flows to gravitate into the compartment f again. The liquid from the feed end f may be delivered through the pipe g directly into the upper portion a of the tank, at the delivery end, by means of pipes i, Fig. 4, or else by a single pipe, which may just penetrate the perforated bottom c of the upper compartment a.
Patent GB-190612563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Discharge Doors of Hopper Dredgers and Barges.
Inventor: LOBNITZ FRED
Filed: 1906-05-30
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 12,563. Lobnitz, F. May 30. Barges; dredgers.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 26,095, A.D. 1896. The doors a of hopper dredgers and barges are connected by short chains or rods b to bars c, which are connected by chains e to an horizontal sliding bar h operated by screw-and-worm gearing p. When the doors are closed, a wedge q is inserted in the block at the end of the screw l and prevents them from being opened until it is withdrawn. Modifications are described in which the doors are operated by hydraulic rams, the valve-rods of which are provided with notches, so that wedges, which are similar to that described above and which support the doors when closed, when in position lock the controlling valve in order that the doors cannot be opened until the wedges are withdrawn. An hydraulic ram may also replace the screw-andworm gearing.
Patent GB-190622233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Catching Dust from Vehicle Wheels
Inventor: STAINES CHARLES
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 22,233. Staines, C. Oct. 8. Motor road vehicles.-In apparatus for prevent ing the raising of dust by vehicle wheels, the dust is drawn through flared guards at the rear of the wheels into a chamber by means of a pump, and afterwards is drawn through the pump chamber and delivered to a second settling-chamber. As shown in Fig. 2, the guards at the rear of the road wheels are connected by pipes l, preferably of india-rubber, with the chamber i. The pump c, beneath the driver's seat, is connected on the suction side to the chamber i by a pipe h, and on the delivery side to the settling-chamber k by a valved pipe j. The settling-chamber is at a lower level than the chamber i and is provided with suitable spring doors or the like for discharging the dust. The pump may be driven by any suitable mechanism, e.g. a belt d embracing a pulley on the front wheel axle.
Patent GB-190622611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Vaporizers for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-10-12
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 22,611. Boult, A. J., [Scheibert, A., (Firm of). Oct. 12. Gas and like engines. - The valve closing the f u e l inlet to a carburett r using benzene or other fuel is connected by a spring to the air valve ; the compression of this spring when t h e fuel valve is opened by suction assists in opening the air valve. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement, with the fuel valve i and air valve d covering ports p. The opening of the fuel valve compresses a spring k abutting on a bridge h, which is attached to tube c carrying the disk d, and thereby assists in raising the disk d against its own spring. A hole, not registering with any of the holes p, is made in the disk d for the passage of air. The carburettor is particularly applicable for use in motor road vehicles.