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Patent GB-190408792-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Supporting & Arresting Derailed Vehicles
Inventor: SCHROER ERNST
Filed: 1904-04-16
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 8792. Schroer, E. April 16. Breakdowns, preventing accidents through.-To support a vehicle when de-railed, flat bar irons b are connected to a light i r o n framework which is suspended on the axles by ball bearings a. Should the wheels leave the rails, notches in the bar irons slide upon the latter, as shown in Fig. 3. The bushes d, which are not provided with balls, transmit jolts to the bearing- springs. The vehicle is replaced on the rails by means of jacks, which can be applied to the bar irons.
Patent GB-190413421-A (GB)
Title: Cork-puller
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1904-06-14
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 13,421. Fairweather, W., [Gerlach, F.]. June 14. Cork - drawers.-Relates to a corkdrawing apparatus, provided with a corkscrew 27, a carrier 19, in which the corkscrew is journalled, a nut 20 for rotating the corkscrew, and operating-mechanism comprising a handlever 13 and a link 22, means being provided whereby the nut is caused to move longitudinally in unison with the corkscrew during the cork-drawing operation, such means being moved into and out of operative position by the operating-link. Fig. 1 shows the parts in normal position, the nut 20 being locked against vertical movement by a lever 45, pivoted to the case at 47. Fig. 2 shows the parts in position assumed at the commencement of a cork-drawing operation. In operation, a bottle is held beneath the frame, and the operator swings the lever 13 upwards and rearwards, causing the crank 16 to reciprocate the corkscrew 27 and carrier 19 by means of the link 22, the corkscrew working during its downward motion through the nut 20 and entering the cork. While the carrier is approaching its lowest position, a cam 51 on the shaft 14 moves the pivoted lever 45 into the position shown in Fig. 2, so as to free the nut, and, as the crank crosses the dead centre, lugs 40, 41 on the link 22 and nut respectively interlock, so that, during the further movement of the opoating- lever, the carrier and nut move upwards in unison while the cork is being withdrawn. After the withdrawal of the cork, the lever 13 is moved in the reverse direction ; during the first part of this movement, the carrier and nut are lowered together to bring the cork into position for being stripped from the corkscrew. When the crank has passed the dead centre, the lugs 40, 41 are disensaged, and the cam 51 restores the lever 45 to the position shown in Fig. 1, the corkscrew and carrier then moving upwards to strip the cork from the corkscrew. Fig. 5 shows the means for attaching the corkscrew to the carrier. The head 28 of the corkscrew fits loosely between bearing- surfaces 32, 33, the bearing-surface 32 being formed of a ring or washer encircling the shank of the corkscrew and resting over an open recess 29 formed in the carrier ; the upper part of the head 28 is reduced to enter the seating 33.
Patent GB-190415627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Clocks.
Inventor: BOWELL GEORGE BENNETT
Filed: 1904-07-13
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 15,627. Bowell, G. B. July 13. Electric clocks.-In systems of electrically-operated clocks, the teeth of the scape-wheel s, Fig. 1, of the master-clock are omitted between the points t<2>, t<1>, and the pinion of this scape-wheel carries a cam C, Fig. 2; which operates the electric contactdevice. Springs s<1>, s<2> are attached to blocks s<3>, s<4> connected to the line and battery respectively, the other pole of the battery being connected to the line and a non-inductive resistance attached to the block s<9>. When the scape-wheel is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the cam on its axis is in the position shown in Fig. 2, so that, when the pallet p moves out from the scape-wheel, it runs forwards until the tooth t<1> comes to rest on the dead surface of the pallet p<1>, and the cam c simultaneously raises the spring s', separating the contacts s<7>, s<8> and pressing together the contacts s<6>, s<6>, thereby closing the circuit through the line and battery and breaking that through the resistance. After the tooth t<1> has pushed aside the pallet p<1>, the wheel moves through a similar large arc until the tooth t<1> falls on the pallet p and the cam clears the spring s', breaking the circuit through the line and battery, but not before the other circuit has been completed through the resistance by the contacts s<7>, s<8>, thus preventing injurious sparking of the terminals s<5>, s<6>. The long forward run of the scape-wheel may be controlled by a fly f, the tooth t<1>, thickened if necessary, and the cam c mounted on the third or centre wheel of the driving-train. Instead of employing a clock driven by a mainspring or weight wound up by hand, there may be used a small mainspring wound up at regular intervals by an electromagnet controlled by the contact-device.
Patent GB-190419116-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fluid Motive Power Pump
Inventor: FARNSWORTH HENRY TURNBAUGH
Filed: 1904-09-05
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 19,116. Farnsworth, H. T. Sept. 5, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Hydraulicallyactuated pumps; pump valves.-Consists in a pump, which is worked by the pressure of one body of water for the purpose of pumping a portion of the same or of an entirely different body of water, the actuating-liquid and the liquid acted upon being kept separate. The inlet and outlet valves of the pump are arranged upon a pivoted lever, which is connected to the piston of the pressure cylinder by means of a yielding connection, the parts being so arranged that the closing movement of the valve will be opposed by the opposite movement of the piston, the greater area of the latter finally causing a quick opening of the valve. Fig. 2 shows a sectional view of the lower part of such a pump, the inlet valve 8 and the outlet valve 12 being mounted on the pivoted lever 7, which is connected to the casing 36 attached to the piston-rod 31 by a spring 37. The inlet valve 8 and its seating are concentric with the pivot 6 and the water cannot therefore impede the free movement of the valve to any material extent. The piston 24 works in the cylinder 16 and is connected to the pump piston, which works in the cylinder 18 connected to the top of the cylinder 16, by a rod 31. The inclination of the valve 12 is such that the water has a greater tendency to keep the valve closed than if the latter were arranged in a vertical line. The piston 24 is made to fit tightly in the cylinder by means of a ring of leather or like material 25, which is forced out in coatact with the cylinder by a split metal ring 26. The rings are held in place by a disc 27 bolted to the.body of the piston. Fig. 5 shows a modification of the yielding connection which in this case comprises a flanged rod 40 extending up through the compression spring 37<1>.
Patent GB-190425847-A (GB)
Title: Lifting-jacks and the like.
Inventor: ALLISON CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 2 5 , 8 4 7. Allison, C. A., [Searls, A.]. Nov. 28. Lifting-jacks.-Consists of a telescopic ratchet jack intended more especially for use with motor cars. The jack is shown open in Fig. 1 and closed in Figs. 5 and 6. To a head H, in which slides the lifting rack-bar R, are pivoted at p and p<1> legs L, L<1> connected at the bottom by a folding brace l, l<1>, a projection e on which is guided in a slot s in an extension A' of the head H. The feet of the legs L, L<1> have each two faces so that the jack n ay stand up in the closed as well as in the open position, the legs being then locked together by a catch c', and the head H steadied by engagement of its extension A<1> with the inner sides of the legs. Pivoted at p<2> in the top of the head H is a lever A, to the short arm of which is pivoted a pawl P adapted to engage the teeth r of the rack-bar. The similar retaining-pawl P<1> is pivoted at p<3>. The reverse action of the pawls for lowering is obtained by means of a weighted lever C pivoted at p<3>. A lug l<3> on the pawl P' can engage a slot in the arm a of the lever C, and a finger f on the pawl P can engage the top of the arm a, the arrangement being such that the weight C raises the pawl P' as soon as the load is taken by the pawl P, which latter near the end of its downward movement depresses the arm a, thus allowing the pawl P' again to engage the rack R. The rack is formed to take a telescopic part T. which is adjustably secured to it by lugs l<4>, l<5> on the one engaging apertures in the other. The teeth r are in the form of cross-bars connecting the sides of the rack-bar. In a modification intended for heavier loads, the teeth are solid and of the more usual serrated form, and the pawls are correspondingly modified in shape.
Patent GB-190426976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Semi-rotary Fluid-pressure Motors.
Inventor: TOWLSON EDWARD
Filed: 1904-12-10
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 26,976. Towlson, E., Moulton, H. R., and Hiam, G. T. Dec. 10. Oscillating vane type.-In engines in which pistons are moved in opposite directions by the expansion of the motor fluid, dead centres are avoided by employing more than two expansion chambers. In Figs. 1 and 2, three such chambers are shown, and each of the double-ended pistons b is connected to a separate shaft or sleeve c, c<1>, c<2> which drives a separate crank. The engines may work compound, one chamber exhausting through an intermediate receiver into two others. The engines may also be reversing. In explosion engines, the pistons may uncover terminal exhaust ports.
Patent GB-190500986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Pedal Plates.
Inventor: CHESTERMAN ALBERT WALSTEAD
Filed: 1905-01-18
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 986. Chesterman, A. W. Jan. 18. Pedals.-To enable a cyclist to obtain a firm grip upon the pedals, the plates a are formed with inturned semicircular lugs b carrying hard steel conical spikes c which stick into the soles of the rider's boots.
Patent GB-190511789-A (GB)
Title: Telescopic Smokestacks for Submarine Boats.
Inventor: LAKE SIMON
Filed: 1905-06-05
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 11,789. Lake, S. June 5. Submarine vessels.-The products of combustion of the motors used for propelling a submarine vessel are discharged by the fixed pipe 9, through the vessel's hull 1, into a. chamber 10. The return of the products is prevented by the valve 11, held on its seat by the weak spring 23. When the vessel is cruising upon the surface, the telescopic smokestack 30 is raised to its highest 'position by the screw 34, and the gases pass into the atmosphere through the openings 31, which then are in the chamber 10. In the position shown in Fig. 2, the boat is submerged and a casing 41 encloses the whole apparatus. The gases then escape through the valve 26 and the apertures 42. Each engine or set of engines may be provided with separate discharge pipes 9, which exhaust into a common chamber. '
Patent GB-190518614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drop Stamps.
Inventor: SWEENEY FRANK
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 18,614. Sweeney, F., Sweeney, L., and Sweeney, A. Sept. 15, Hammers, power.-Relates to means for adjustably securing the upper and lower ends of the guiderods of drop stamps. A screw pin 7, Fig. 2, with a shoulder 8, is screwed into the lower part of the guide-rod 4 and locked by a pin, the outer end of the screw passing through a lug 6 on the anvil block and being provided with adjusting-nuts 11. A similar screw 12, Fig. 1, passing through a slotted hole 16 in a lug 17 on the head casting 18 is provided for the lateral adjustment of the upper end of the rod 4. A V-shaped projection 26 on the head casting fits in a groove in the upper end of the guide-rod, and, to allow the latter to be placed in position, the upper part of the vertical screw 20, locked by a pin 22 in the casting, passes through a fixed beam 24 and is provided with adjusting-nuts 25.
Patent GB-190525610-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding or Crushing Mills.
Inventor: CHAVANNE IRENEE ALEXIS
Filed: 1905-12-08
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 25,610. Chavanne, I. A., and Ollagnier, B. Sept. 27, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Adjusting bearings. - The driving - shaft q of a disk mill for grinding grain &c. is supported by a footstep w, which is adjustable laterally by screws x and vertically by a screw-threaded piece y provided with handles.
Patent GB-190603953-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Conveying Coal in Mining.
Inventor: SCALLEY JAMES MUIR
Filed: 1906-02-17
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 3953. Scalley, J. M. Feb 17. Loading.-Comprises means for conveying coal in a mine from the working face to the hutches orcorves. Plates A are inserted beneath the undercut working face previous to blasting. These plates are provided with coupling or like means for fastening them together and for connecting them to a rope. The outer edges are flanged or upturned as at A', and the carrying faces are spiked as at a. The cutting-machine or independent apparatus is used for hauling or withdrawing the single or coupled plates to the hutches after the coal has been brought down upon them.
Patent GB-190604514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electric Motor Control.
Filed: 1906-02-23
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 4514. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 23. Switches.-Relates to means for starting or stopping an electric motor, such as for printing-presses, from any one of several stations, without altering the position of the main controller after it has been moved to a running position. The motor M, having series and shunt field windings b, c, is connected to the line through a controller K, and may be started from any one of the stations 1, 2, 3, 4. The switch lever 8 is normally held in the position shown by means of the spring 11 ; when it is moved to make contact with either of the contacts 9, current passes from the line L, through the switch S, the relay O, switch arm 8, contact 9, lead 6, controller contacts k, k<1>, k<2>, k<3>, and the other side of the switch S to the line L'. This energizes the relay O, and maintains it as long as the contacts k, k<1> are in engagement, preferably during the low-speed positions of the controller. The relay O connects the contacts o<1>, allowing current to flow from the line L through the switch S, contacts o', and the shunt field c to the line L<1>. Another circuit comprises the contacts o', series field b, armature a, wire 12, resistance R, controller contacts k<5>, k<4>, k<3>, k<2>, switch S, and the line L<1>. Thus the motor can be started or stopped from any one of the stations while the controller is in low-speed positions. If the arm 8 is brought into engagement with the contact 10, a circuit io shunt with the controller is established from the wire 5 to the wire 7, and thence through the resistance r and switch S, as before, back to the line. This maintains the relay, but by reason of the resistance r the current in this circuit is not sufficient to operate the relay, but only to hold it after it has been operated through the actuating-circuit: The arm is held in the portion 10 by means.of an electromagnet 13 in circuit with the push-buttons p. At any time, when it is required to stop the motor, on depression of one of the buttons p, the magnets 13 are de-energized, the spring 11 draws the lever 8 back to the position shown, the relay circuit is broken, and the contacts o<2> short-circuit the armature through the resistance shown and stop the motor.
Patent GB-190614910-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Junction-box for Electric Cables
Inventor: READER THOMAS BERTRAM
Filed: 1906-06-30
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 14,910. Reader, T. B. June 30. Junction boxes are made with slotted metallic U-shaped walls a round the orifices through which the leads pass to the box, and, as shown in Fig. 4. a flexible metallic strip P, T is partly wound round the cable c, so that, on driving in the wedge W, good contact is obtained between the cable sheath and the box, whereby the former is effectively eaithed. The wedges form the walls of sealing - chambers A, which, together with the channel G, are filled with bitumen or the like, and a flanged lid is secured in position by clamping-screws or the like. The lid may have a vent hole fitted with a screw plug. Specification No. 12,473, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190620141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fly-catchers.
Inventor: RANCE CHARLES HUMPHRIS
Filed: 1906-09-10
Granted: 1907-09-10
Abstract: 20,141. Rance, C. H., [Rance, H. C.]. Sept. 10. Traps for flies. The casing having two compartments, one for string or the like and the other for sticky material, is made partly or entirely of paper, cardboard, celluloid, rubber, or other flexible material. In the form shown, a tube of grease-proof paper, cardboard, or rubber is tied at the centre to produce a constriction D and similarly closed at the lower end D', the top being either closed or left open as desired. Modifications are described in which the container may have the form of two cones with coincident bases, the chambers being separated by a disk having a small aperture, or the compartment A may be of paper &c., and a rubber or other flexible cap may form the container B, being thickened to close round the string. The container B may have an internal coating of grease to assist the flow of the gum and facilitate its introduction. The gum may otherwise be enclosed in a covering of thin tissue paper. The string A<1> is introduced in the form of a ball or packet. For preventing the loss of gum and for regulating the size of the orifice B<1>, a wedge F may be used. According to the Provisional Specification, parts of the casing may be of wood, brass, or other metal, glass, or earthenware, and it may have the form of an hourglass, or of two wedges or cones with their bases outwards.
Patent GB-190622343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or pertaining to Shadow Pictures.
Inventor: BELSON FANNY
Filed: 1906-10-09
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 22,343. Belson, F., and Moase, G. Oct. 9. Drawings to Specification. Shadow pictures, producing.-To produce shadow pictures with soft effects, parts are cut out of opaque sheets of suitable material corresponding to the high lights and tones of the desired representation. Cardboard is preferably used, and the cards may be further employed as bookmarkers or post cards. The designs may, however, be stamped out of thin metal.
Patent GB-190625621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Facing Stone.
Inventor: WOERDEHOFF ANTON
Filed: 1906-11-13
Granted: 1907-11-13
Abstract: 25,621. Woerdehoff, A. Nov. 13. Drawings to Specification. Stone, artificial and imitation ; stonework, ornamental.-Facing-stone for imitating sandstone is made by applying to the faces of the moulded blocks incombustible material, such as clay, brickdust, slag, &c., with or without combustible material, such as coal. The material is then pressed or rammed, and the blocks are burnt.
Patent GB-190625957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spray Carburetters for use with Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: LECOCHE JULES
Filed: 1906-11-16
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 25,957. Lecoche, J. Nov. 16. Gas'or explosivevapour engines. carburetting in and starting. The carburettor has two nozzles for light and heavy fuel respectively, opened and closed alternately by valves attached to, or worked by, the armature of a permanent magnet with nickel pole-pieces. Light oil is used at starting, the carburettor being heated by the exhaust; when the temperature is high enough, the nickel ceases to be magnetic, so that the light oil is cut off and the heavy oil admitted. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation, showing the magnet f with nickel pole-pieces h traversing the exhaust jacket d and connected to the magnet f by metallic strips g. The armature l shown in the cross-section, Fig. 2, is adjustably mounted on a spindle k and carries valves t, u for closing the fuel nozzles o, p, respectively. A spring (not shown) tends to set the armature so as to keep the heavy oil nozzle open. In a modified form, the armature is of nickel and the pole-pieces are of iron.
Patent GB-190700963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air and Gas Engines.
Inventor: BUSH CHARLES ADAMS
Filed: 1907-01-14
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 963. Bush, C. A. Jan. 15, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Heating buildings &c. -Relates to a combined internal combustion engine, air - compressor, and compressed - air engine. The exhaust from the compressed-air engine is passed through the jacket of the internal-combustion engine, with the exhaust of which it is afterwards mixed ; the mixture is used for heating buildings.
Patent GB-190708889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: CROPLEY WILLIAM FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-04-23
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 8889. Cropley, W. F. April 23. Uppers. - Boots and shoes are made with elastic inserts 11, 12 placed close to the instep opening and extending from the top of the upper and gradually increasing in width until they meet the golosh. The button-hole flap 14 overlaps the insert 11, and if desired a false overlap with false buttons and button-holes may overlap the other insert 12.
Patent GB-190709534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Saving Devices.
Inventor: BARCA FRIEDRICH THEODOR
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 9534. Kirkham, J. D. April 24. Sash fastenings.-A sash holder and fastener, of the type dtscribed in Specifications No. 10,709, A.D. 1897, No. 8180, A.D. 1898, No. 17,574, A.D. 1903, and No. 13,214, A.D. 1904, consists of a screwed cotter b, Fig. 1, loosely mounted on the inner sash, and carrying a wing-nut d by which the rounded T-head b<1> is secured in a slot g in a folding shaft mounted on the outer sash, as shown in Fig. 4. An additional key slot h serves for securing the closed window. The head b<1> may be withdrawn from the slotted shaft by turning the cotter so that the shoulders b<3> enter the slots f. A ring e or the like retains the nut d on the cotter b.