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Patent GB-190504532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FIELD EDWARD
Filed: 1905-03-04
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 4532. Field, E., and Morris, F. S. March 4. Gas and likeengines. - The pressure developed on ignition is utilized to force water into the combustion chamber, to be vaporized by the hot gases. A plunger b is arranged over a hole f in the wall of the combustion chamber, and is kept down by a spring or the like strong enough to hold it except against the explosion pressure. Water enters the space above the plunger b from the cylinder jacket l past a non- return valve m and a hand-regulated needle valve o. When the plunger rises under the action of the explosion, the water above it is forced past a delivery valve q to a spraying-nozzle s<1> in the combustion chamber. Several coils s<2> of the delivery tube may be placed in the combustion chamber to heat the water before spraying.
Patent GB-190505218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches.
Inventor: CRAFT OWEN BRADFORD
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 5218. Craft, O. B. March 13. Spanners.-In a slot E in the movable jaw D of an instantaneous -grip " wrench " is pivoted a lever H having a tooth I which is pressed against the shank in any required position by the thumb and is locked in position by the engagement of a rib on the lug J with grooves K in the movable jaw, the lug being in some cases held down by a spring secured to the lever pivot.
Patent GB-190507998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising, Lowering, and Transferring Merchandize.
Inventor: METCALFE HENRY WRAY
Filed: 1905-04-14
Granted: 1906-04-14
Abstract: 7998. Metcalfe, H. W. April 14. Rope railways.-Relates to apparatus for lifting, lowering, and transferring merchandise, in which the load, on being hoisted, automatically connects with a carriage and is conveyed to any desired place without being detached from the hoisting- rope. The invention is described with reference to the unloading of a ship's hold. The load is hoisted by a whipping-rope e, passing over a leading-block c at the extremity of a derrick d. The whip passes through a lead in a carriage, Figs. 3 and 5, running upon a jackstay b, connected to the outer end of the derrick and to a convenient point on the quay, so that the load may run down by gravity. When the load is fully hoisted, a conical stop e<2> engages with and forces apart a pair of pawl-plates g upon the carriage. These pawl-plates g are linked by levers k to other pawlplates j so arranged that both sets are normally closed together under the action of a spring m. The opening of the pawl-plates g therefore also opens the pawl-plates j, and allows the carriage under the control of the whipping-drum f to pass an inverted conical stop b<1>, by which it is retained when at the upper end of its travel. On reaching the quay, tha load is removed and the stop e<2> is freed from the carriage automatically or by hand ; also a hinged shuttle l is interposed between the stop e<2> and the plates g, so. that on the carriage being hauled up, the pawl-plates remain closed under the action of the spring m until the plates j are caught behind the retaining-stop b<1>, when on release of the whipping-drum the carriage is sustained and the hinged plate l falls. back clear of the whipping-rope. The apparatus may be employed for stowing bales, packages, and the like into trucks or a warehouse on the quay.
Patent GB-190512457-A (GB)
Title: An Hydro-pneumatic Power-transmission Apparatus
Inventor: LECOCHE JULES
Filed: 1905-06-15
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 12,457. Lecoche, J. June 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Turbines.-Power is transmitted from a constantspeed motor by means of a liquid set :n rotation by a fan on the engine shaft, and thus caused to act centrifugally on wedge - shaped surfaces in the casing, which is thereby set in motion. Fig. 7 shows one form of the apparatus in half-section. The fan F is mounted on a shaft R, and the casing is mounted on another shaft in line with the former. The casing carries a number of wedge-surfaces W, and the pressure on these surfaces, due to the centrifugal force of the revolving liquid, causes the casing to rotate. When only small power is required, only a small amount of liquid is passed into the fan chamber, and when it is required to stop, the whole of the water is allowed to escape. In another arrangement, the power is varied by swinging the blades of the fan about radial axes. The speed of the driven member accommodates itself automatically to the resistance, the torque transmitted becoming greater as the speed of the driven member decreases. In a modification, the wedges are carried by a series of disks between which are rotated fans fixed to the driving-shaft. The disks are enclosed in a casing, which may be keyed either to the driving or to the driven shaft. In another modification, a number of wedge-shaped rings are fastened within, or cast integral with, a drum, which is carried round by the adhesion of liquid set in rotation by a fan revolving within the drum.
Patent GB-190519630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor and other Cars or Carriages.
Inventor: ZECHLIN MAX RUDOLF
Filed: 1905-09-28
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 19,630. Zechlin, M. R. Sept. 28. Luggage holders.-In an arrangement of seats for motor and other cars or carriages, in which the driver's seat is placed centrally, holders for accessories or luggage may be arranged on each side of the motor slightly below the level and in front of the driver's seat.
Patent GB-190519807-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Flexible Shafting or the like.
Inventor: SOAR HENRY
Filed: 1905-09-30
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 19,807. Soar, H. Sept. 30. Hair-brushing apparatus; horse-clippers and the like. -Relates to flexible shafting stated in the Provisional Specification to be applicable for operating rotary cutters, revolving hairbrushes, horse-clipping and sheep-shearing apparatus, or other power-transmission means. The shafting consists of short lengths of rods 1, 2, connected by universal or like joints such as the hooks and eyes 3, 4. On to each or each alternate rod 2 a bushing 5, preferably of lignum vitµ, is threaded and kept in place between washers 7 by means of the eyes 4 riveted to the ends of the rods 2. The bushes 5 support the rods in a guidetube 6 formed of flexible material such as stiffened canvas, rubber, leather, or metallic flexible tubing, or of rigid tubing forced into fixed curves, or tubing partly rigid and partly flexible. The interior of the guide-tube 6 may be lubricated by plumbago, vaseline, &c. This also lubricates the rods 2 through the holes 8.
Patent GB-190601557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sculpturing Machines.
Inventor: GAZE EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-01-20
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 1557. Gaze, E. W. Jan. 20. Copying and carving machines; grooving. - Sculpturing-machines of the type in which the movement of a guide-pin effects a corresponding tool movement through a fluid - pressure agent have improved work-supporting arrangements, pointer guides, and tool-drive. The machines are also particularly adapted for turning and fluting columns. The guide t, Fig. 2, for the rising motion of the pointer is formed as a quadrant, and the body portion u of that part of the machine is mounted on a slide u<1>. The tool spindle is directly driven from a motor mounted above it through a pair of change - wheels on the motor and tool spindles respectively. The work and pattern are carried by rotary tables m carried on balls, Fig. 1, and driven either by hand at n<4> through gearing n<1>, n<3> or from friction gearing q, change-gearing, and a clutch o. The velocity-ratio of the gearing q is adjustable at q<3>, q, q<4>, and drive is also imparted to a shaft s geared to screws which raise or lower the work beam e and a cross-beam f carrying centres l and supporting at an adjustable distance from the beam e by screws g. The beams are guided by columns a on the base-plate and by pillars d carried by cross-heads c of the columns a. The screws are preferably carried on ball bearings. In place of the centres l, one or more pairs of centres may be provided at the upper portions of the guide-pillars. When rotary motion only of the tables is required, the gears driving the shaft s may be slid out of mesh. A vertical rod q<5> is connected to a handlever and controls the engagement of the friction surfaces of the disks q by a bell-crank lever q<6>, Fig. 5, which raises a weighted lever q<7> connected to the sliding shaft q<8>. A notch q<11> determines the 'off' position, which coincides with the centre position of the hand-lever to enable the feed to be stopped by the beam e when travelling in either direction by means of a bracket q<13> and dogs q<12>. This arrangement is of especial utility when fluting columns, for which purpose a divisionplate is provided at the hand-wheel. n<4>.
Patent GB-190605140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: PURDIE JOSEPH JAMES
Filed: 1906-03-02
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 5140. Purdie, J. J. March 2. Felloes or rims; tyres, pneumatic.-The tyre A is screwed upon the fel'oe C by means of side flanges B, one or both of which may be detachable, and a continuous metallic ring D adapted to engage the inner edges of the cover A as shown. Retaining-wires &c. A<2>, embedded in the tyre beads, are arranged preferably under inturned lips B<3> on the side flanges.
Patent GB-190607598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Heated Shaft-furnaces.
Filed: 1906-03-29
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 7598. Allmõnna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget. March 30, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Blast and cupola furnaces.-Blast furnaces and other shaft furnaces using fuel are constructed so that supplementary electric heating may be used, the hearths being for this purpose divided by walls or columns so as to constitute curved or tortuous channels, at the ends of which electrodes are fitted. The molten metal or other material treated, a coating on the walls of the hearth, or both, serve to conduct the current. The walls or columns may be hollow, so that air or other cooling-fluid may be passed through them. One wall, or three walls extending from two sides of the hearth, may be used when the shaft is square in section. In a furnace having a shaft of circular section, a column 7 and dividing- wall 8 are provided. The column 7, and in some cases the wall 8, may extend to the top of the furnace, the column then serving, if hollow, to produce a draught of air. Such furnaces may be used for the direct production of malleable iron from iron-ore, the refining of pig-iron, the production of steel, or the reduction of other metals, or, if a conductor is provided at the bottom of the furnace, for the distillation of zinc.
Patent GB-190607764-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Lock for the Locking of Railway Carriage and other Doors and the like.
Inventor: FULLER THOMAS
Filed: 1906-03-31
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 7764. Fuller, T. March 31. Fastenings, railway and other carriage door &c.- A bolt d, Fig. 1, sliding in a casing e is connected by a rod f to a barrel g, in which telescopes the barrel h, which is connected by means of a rod k bearing a disk p to the hollow piston m, which is actuated by pneumatic pressure to shoot the bolt. A compression spring i inside the barrels connects the rods f and k and allows the door to be closed when the bolt is shot ; also a spring r in the casing e bearing against the disk p withdraws the bolt when the pressure is released. The arm w may be turned by a key if it is required to lock a particular door independently of the air pressure. The pin v may operate an indicator to show inside the carriage whether the door is locked or unlocked.
Patent GB-190608685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Polo Apparatus.
Inventor: CONKLING JOHN FREMONT
Filed: 1906-04-10
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 8685. Conkling, J. F. May 4, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Water polo &c.- A game similar to water polo is played on lakes, rivers, &c., in a space enclosed by wooden planks c suitably connected, to which goals g are attached. The players occupy canoes, and manipulate'the ball by means of the paddies. The planks c are secured together by transverse staples d, which are passed through keepers e, and also by side fastenings which connect adjacent sections. The goals g consist of parallel members h, to which screens i are secured b y means of detachable pins k. The ball is delivered to the centre of the space by means of a raised guide n provided with a central ring o, through which the ball is passed. Other games, such as basket ball, may be played within the frame c. The whole frame may be made so as to be easily disconnected.
Patent GB-190609401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Linen
Inventor: BARTELT FRIEDRICH LUDWIG
Filed: 1906-04-21
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 9401. Bartelt, F. L. April 21. Washing-machines.-Shelves or trays are arranged in a tank so as to leave a zigzag passage between them, and the movable parts of adjacent shelves are made to approach and recede from each other alternately so that the linen and the washing-liquid are circulated along the passage. The shelves d, e belonging to the structures b, c are composed of movable and corrugated bars, while the bars of the fixed shelves f, care -smooth. The stationary frames are threaded on rods h which pass loosely through holes i in the movable frames, and each of the movable frames is threaded on rods j passing loosely through holes in the bars of the stationary frames and through holes u in the bars of the other movable frame. The stationary frames are supported, e.g. by battens v, but the rods are supported by links k, l, m, n slung from the cranks of the shafts o and tied together by diagonal bars p, q. Rods r strengthen the bars of the frames d, e. Feed and delivery rollers s, t are provided,
Patent GB-190610048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Fans.
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
Filed: 1906-04-30
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 10,048. Keith, J. April 30. Fans.-Relates to improvements in centrifugal fans of the type described in Specification No. 13,871, A.D. 1884, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.], and consists in attaching the edges of the blades to L-section guard-rings and furnishing the casing with similar annular guardcheeks closely fitting the rings of the fan. This construction is stated to prevent any back flow and to ensure the balancing of the wheel while being driven from one side at high speed. The casing A, Fig. 1, is of the usual form. An open bracket B is provided with bearings to carry the shaft C, on which is secured the fan wheel E'. The blades F are secured to two rings G of the shape shown. Similar rings or cheeks H are bolted to the casing.
Patent GB-190617871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Tongs
Inventor: HARRIS ALEXANDER CHARLES
Filed: 1906-08-09
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 17,871. Harris, A. C. Aug. 9. Fire-tongs.-A rod C or a wire, running through or alongside the handle B, is operated by a handlever E so as to close the movable jaw or jaws of the tongs. Fig. 1 shows one jaw movable. A spring G between the pins M and the washer K opens the jaw again. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, both jaws are movable and are mounted in the splayed end F of the tube B. The inner ends of the jaws H are fitted between the nut L and the washer K. The connexion between the wires C and the jaws may be made otherwise, e.g., by a flexible extremity of the wire lying on the curbed inner end of the jaw.
Patent GB-190622184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marine Life-saving Apparatus of the Breeches-buoy Type.
Inventor: DALTON JOHN WILFRED
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 22,184. Dalton, J. W. Oct. 8. Signals, marine.-Marine life-saving apparatus of the breeches-buoy type is provided with (1) means for indicating to those on shore that the buoy has been occupied, (2) a cushion 16, Fig. 3, and distance-pieces 16<a> to protect the passengers from blows caused by the block 2<x>, and (3) a spreader (not shown) above the signal 5 so as to provide more room for the latter. The signal is operated by means of a pull 13<1>, 13, Fig. 1, which may be caused to bring a coloured shade 7, Fig. 2, in front of an electric or other lamp 6, this shade being kept clear of the lamp, when the buoy is unoccupied, by means of a weight 10 and spring 11. Instead of a lamp, other forms of signals may be used ; for example, a rocket may be fired as the result of occupation of the buoy.
Patent GB-190622379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Voltameters.
Inventor: HATFIELD HENRY STAFFORD
Filed: 1906-10-10
Granted: 1908-01-10
Abstract: 22,379. Hatfield, H. S. Oct. 10. Quantity meters.-For measuring gas in a sealed gas voltameter, a transparent three-limbed siphon A, B, C is used, which empties itself when full of gas into a tube G. The total volume of gas is read from two scales F. The Figure shows a voltameter in which the gas from one electrode E is measured. The bulb H is provided with an overflow tube K to keep the surface of the liquid in the bulb at the same level as in the siphon when the latter is on the point of discharging, in order to obviate error due to temperature changes. The siphon may be constructed with one limb inside another, and the upper part of the tube G may consist of a number of bulbs joined end to end.
Patent GB-190626078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clothes Pins.
Inventor: BOESE CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-17
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 26,078. Boese, C. W. Nov. 17,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Clothes-pegs.- A wire helix encloses the line as shown and is continued in a pair of coils 12, 13 extending as arms 14, 15, which support at their ends V-shaped riders 20, 21 ending in angular finger-pieces 24, 25. The riders 20, 21 are depressed on to articles placed on the line, and the depression causes the coils 12, 13 also to be clamped on to the articles to be dried. The coils 12, 13 may be supported from the helix by fairly long bent wires.
Patent GB-190700150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Light Cylinder Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: ENRIETTI CARLO
Filed: 1907-01-02
Granted: 1908-02-01
Abstract: 150. Enrietti, C. Jan. 2. Revolving-cylinder type, -The stationary cylinder four - stroke - cycle internal-combustion engine shown in Fig. 1 may operate as a revolving - cylinder engine by fixing the crank - shaft. The light cylinders are arranged in pairs, having common combustion chambers, on either side of a central crank-shaft X to which motion is communicated through mechanism N, M and side shafts carrying links connected to a beam (not shown) supported by the crank-shaft. The invention is suitable for use on motor road vehicles and ships, and also for aeronautics.
Patent GB-190704024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shutters for Photographic Apparatus
Inventor: KENNGOTT WILHELM
Filed: 1907-02-18
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 4024. Kenngott, W. Feb. 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Shutters; lens fillings.-In a camera shutter of the type described in Specification No. 1740, A.D. 1905, for time, bulb, or instantaneous exposure, the parts are so arranged that the shutter gives a time exposure if the indicator is properly set, even if the spring for instantaneous exposure is inadvertently wound. The speed of the shutter is made adjustable by the use of a pneumatic brake 6, Fig: 1, arranged tangentially to the shutter casing. The spring being set for instantaneous exposure by movement of a handle 3 as shown by the arrow, a stop 15 is caused to pass a detent 19, which forms one end of a lever-piece 20 pivoted at 12<1>. The setting of the indicator 37 to the most rapid speed rotates cams 28, 36, so that the former 28, through ports as shown, removes a projection 34 in connexion with the brake mechanism from the path of the stop 16, while the latter, 36, moves a piece 38 which presses upon a bent lever 40 pivoted at 41, so that its other end, which carries a spring 43 bearing upon a pin 42 on a link 14, force's this link into engagement with a stud 45 upon a movable ring, by which the leaves 10 of the shutter are operated. Under these circumstances, the movement of a finger-lever 4 or of a piston in a cylinder 5, rocks a piece 24, and through a finger 23 thereon which operates the lever 20, removes the detent 19, thus releasing the mainspring which gives a reciprocating movement to the link 14, by which the opening and closing of the leaves 10 of the shutter are effected. For less rapid exposures, the cam 28 moves the projection 34 more or less into the path of the stop 16, thus bringing the brake 6 into action. For time exposures, the cam 36 takes up such a position that the piece 38 is moved away from the lever 40, so that its other end disengages the link 14 from the stud 45. For this position of the parts, the setting of the spring will not effect the motion of the shutter. The exposure is obtained by means of the piece 48 engaging a stud 57, and may be arranged to be effected either by a single motion of the lever, the leaves closing on release, or by two motions, one opening, and the second closing the aperture. The blades 62, Fig. 3, of the iris diaphragm employed in connexion with the shutter, are enclosed in a dished ring 65 which is rotated for variation of aperture by an index finger 66, secured to the back of the ring and bent over as shown.
Patent GB-190705355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sights for Guns.
Inventor: NEWITT EDWARD JAMES DUNN
Filed: 1907-03-05
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 5355. Newitt, E. J D. March 5. Sights.-An aperture fore-sight a has a depending needle b, which is capable of transverse adjustment preferably by being eccentrically mounted in a rotatable disk b<1>. The walls of the aperture are made thin, and may be slightly divergent. A disclaiming reference is made to Specification No. 1995, A.D. 1900, which describes a telescope sight having a depending needle eccentrically mounted on a rotatable spindle.
Patent GB-190706320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas-regulating Valve-mechanisms for Water Heaters.
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 6320. Ewart & Son, and Ewart, G. H. March 15. Water-heaters; gas supply, controlling.-The gasvalve chamber b is attached to the upper part of the casing a of the water-heater, and is in communication with it by an opening e, through which extends the spindle / carrying the arms k, i of the float j and the gas valve h. The fitting is adapted for use with the automatic device described in Specification No. 9749, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Heating], and is such that the stuffing-box fitted in that device may be omitted.