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Patent GB-190408890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Harvesting and Thrashing Peas, Beans, and like Crops.
Inventor: THACH BENJAMIN WHITE
Filed: 1904-04-18
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 8890. Thach, B. W. April 21, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Harvesting-machines.-A machine for harvesting and thrashing peas, beans, and the like is provided with special adjustable means for cutting the crop and elevating it to the thrashing- apparatus, which consists of crushing-rollers to break the pods, toothed bars to shake the stalks and pods and to discharge them behind the machine, a separator to sift the peas &c., and an elevator to discharge them into a sack or other receptacle. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the machine, and Fig. 12 a view of the frames carrying the cutting-apparatus. The pole or tongue 3 is connected to blocks loosely mounted on the axle 1 by an arched bar 4 and braces 5, and the front of the machine is raised and adjusted by means of the lever 11, spring catch 12, toothed segment 13, spindle 7, arms 8, and links 9. The wheels are connected to the axle by ratchets. The framework consists of the supporting frame 14 and the elevating frame 15, which is composed of two inclined boards 16 converging at the rear, two guide boards 17, and a trough 18. The cutting- apparatus consists of two stationary blades 24 and a reciprocating blade 26 on a bar 25. Lifting-shoes 20 are applied at the points of the two frames carrying the cutting-apparatus, and the inner bars 22 are furnished with offsets 23 to bring them nearer to the ground than the outer bars 21. Motion is imparted to the bar 25 by means of a pitman connected to a crank on a shaft 28, which is rotated by bevel and spur gearing from the axle. The cut crop is forced along the trough 18 to the fluted rollers 41, 42 by projections 39 on some of the links of chains 38, which are driven by sprocket-wheels 34 and bevel-wheels 35, 36. Stripping-bars 40 are provided. The rollers are connected by long toothed gearing, motion being imparted to them by a chain. The V-shaped ribs on them inter-mesh with one another without touching. From the rollers, the material falls upon toothed bars 47, mounted in openings in a transverse bar 48 and vibrated in alternation by cranks on a shaft 49 rotated by a band from a shaft 53. The peas fall upon a screen 59 attached to a separating-shoe 55 vibrated by a crank on the shaft 53. They then pass along the trough 56 to a well 57, elevator 60, and spout 61. A platform is provided to support a sack or other receptacle, and the elevator is driven by a chain 63.
Patent GB-190408978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Kilns
Inventor: DON THOMAS
Filed: 1904-04-19
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 8978. Don, T. April 19. Dressing bricks; hand tools.-Wedge or key blocks of firebrick for the linings of rotary cement kilns are cut to the desired shape by the tool shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The tool consists of an iron frame f shaped to receive a block of firebrick, and provided with a hinged knife f <3>. The block to be cut is placed under the knife, which is then struck by a hammer to indent the block. The block is then reversed and the operation repeated to sever the block in the required place.
Patent GB-190409815-A (GB)
Title: Method of Charging Storage Batteries without the Aid of Auxiliary or Special Apparatus.
Inventor: KRAFT CHARLES
Filed: 1904-04-29
Granted: 1904-08-11
Abstract: 9815. Kraft, C. April 29. Secondary batteries. - Storage batteries are charged with the usual supply plant and without the aid of resistances &c., the batteries being available for use during charging. The batteries are divided into four groups of cells A, B, C, D which, for discharge purposes, are connected in series. When charging only, the groups C, D are in parallel, the double group being in series with the groups A, B, and, when the charging of the latter is two-thirds completed, they are placed in parallel and the groups C, D in series with the new double group A, B by suitable rearrangement of the plugs in the plug switch u. The symmetrical arrangement gives an equal length of time for each stage of charging. In the Figure, the batteries are shown connected for being charged by the dynamo M and for supplying energy at the same time. With 110 volt plant, 60 batteries or cells are necessary. Any type of switch may be used.
Patent GB-190414424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coolers or Refrigerators.
Inventor: ENOCK ARTHUR GUY
Filed: 1904-06-27
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 14,424. Enock, A. G. June 27. Cooling chambers. - An apparatus for cooling goods such as chocolate during or after manufacture, or for storing the same, consists of a chamber A cooled by brine or evaporation pipes B, within which a cage-like frame C is rotated on a shaft c. Platforms E, on which are arranged trays containing the materials treated, are suspended from pivots on the cage C, suitable weights being provided if necessary to keep the platforms horizontal. In a modification, this object is effected by a cam or eccentric acting on the principle of the feathering paddle-wheel. The trays are inserted through a door G which is just large enough to admit them, the fresh trays pushing out the ones to be discharged through a similar door in the opposite side of the casing. A notched pulley may be fitted on the shaft c, a spring detent holding it as each platform comes opposite the door.
Patent GB-190417291-A (GB)
Title: Slide-rule
Inventor: TROEGER KARL EMIL
Filed: 1904-08-08
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 17,291. Tr÷ger, K. E. Aug. 8. Drawings to Specification. Slide rules.-Two concentric, rotatable, circular discs have adjacent logarithmic scales on their edges whereby multiplication and division may be performed.
Patent GB-190510958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fluid Pressure Brake Apparatus.
Filed: 1905-05-25
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 10,958. Westinghouse Brake Co., [ Westinghouse Eisenbahn Bremsen Ges.]. May 25. Brakes, pneumatic-pressure. In order that, in emergency applications of the brakes, the greatest braking force that can operate without skidding the wheels may be always applied as the train slows down, each vehicle is fitted with, in addition to the usual main brake set, an auxiliary set of the differential - chamber type, both sets being operated from the same train-pipe. The full braking force of the main set is not, by itself, sufficient to produce skidding, even just before the stop. The auxiliary set is intended to provide, in emergency applications, an extra braking force, which at first gradually increases and then decreases to nothing, to compensate for the variation in the friction between the blocks and the wheels as the speed decreases, the final breaking force being due to the main set only. The main set may comprise a brake cylinder 1, piston 2, auxiliary reservoir 3, and a triple valve 4, which is connected, by a branch 5, to the train-pipe 6. The auxiliary set consists of a piston 9 in a brake cylinder having a reservoir chamber 8 and a cylinder chamber 7, which is connected to the train-pipe 6 through a pipe 10 and cut-out cock 11. In the arrangement of rigging shown, the rod of the main piston 2 is connected, in the ordinary way, to the brake lever 12, while the connexion between this lever and the rod of the auxiliary piston 9 allows the main piston to act to a certain extent independently of the auxiliary piston. The apparatus is shown in its normal position. On a reduction of train-pipe pressure, the triple valve 4 acts, in the usual manner, to apply the brakes. At the same time the pressure in the chamber 7 of the auxiliary cylinder is reduced, and, when this reduction is considerable, the piston 9 is driven forwards, by the pressure in the chamber 8, so as to exert a pressure upon the brake lever 12. The pressures on the two sides of the piston 9 are gradually equalized through a leakage groove 13 in the cylinder, and this piston is then returned to its normal position by a spring 14. The time required to release the auxiliary apparatus completely can be lessened by admitting pressure to the trainpipe. Instead of allowing the excess pressure in the chamber 8 to vent into the train-pipe, a valve, Fig. 2, may be inserted between the pipe 10 and the cylinder for venting it to atmosphere. When the pressure in the chamber 7 is greater than train-pipe pressure, the piston 15 will be moved to the right, carrying with it the valve 16 and uncovering the atmospheric port 18. An excess of train-pipe pressure will return the piston and slide valve to the position shown, and charge the cylinder through the valve 17. According to the Provisional Specification, the leakage groove 13 may be replaced by a hole in the piston 9, and the main set of apparatus may be actuated electrically.
Patent GB-190512690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Intercommunication Telephone Systems.
Inventor: BIRNBAUM ISIDORE BERNARD
Filed: 1905-06-19
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 12,690. Birnbaum, I. B., and White, H. G. June 19. Telephone systems. -In n a commonbattery intercommunication system, the battery is connected through impedance coils and line-wires with the telephone sets at the respective stations, jacks or equivalent devices being provided for making the connexions between the said stations. Each station is connected to each of the other stations by a separate p a i r o f lines, all the lines being brought to a cross-connecting board. Fig. 1 shows the system for three stations, plugs and jacks being used for making the required connexions. Each station is provided with a receiver and transmitter in series, a key k, a plugp, jack springs, and a call indicator w. The line-wires l, m from each station are connected to the common battery through impedances d<1> ... d<6>. If subscriber 1 wishes to call station 2, he inserts the plug p in the jack corresponding to station 2 and presses the key k. The calling - current flows from the battery b through the coil d<1>, line l to station 1, key k, hinge g, tip of the plug p, jack spring f to spring f at station 2, indicator w, spring s, line x to the spring s at station 1, line m, the coil d', and back to the battery. The subscriber at station 2 then inserts his plug in the jack of the calling-station, cutting out the indicator w. When the keys k of the hand-sets are depressed, current is supplied to the microphones from the battery b through the wire l, contacts h, i, transmitter t, receiver r, and line m. The battery current can flow through the impedances, but the talking current flows over the following circuit : from the receiver r at station 1, through the transmitter t, key k, hinge g, tip of the plug p, line y to the tip of the plug at station 2, hinge g, key k, transmitter t, receiver r, wires n, o, sleeve of the plug p, by line x to the sleeve of the plug at station 1, wires o, n, and back to the receiver r. The impedance coils should be mounted as close to the battery as possible, preferably on the cross-connecting board, to diminish the resistance between the coils and the battery. The line-wires are twisted together to avoid induction effects.
Patent GB-190513562-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Coating Machine for Coating or Covering Metal Sheets with Varnish, Printing Ink, or Colours Ground in Oil or other suitable Substance
Inventor: BIRKBECK HENRY
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 13,562. Birkbeck, H., [Fuchs & Lang Manufacturing Co.]. July 1. Painting and varnishing.-Relates to a machine for coating metal sheets with varnish, printing-ink, or colours ground in oil or other suitable substance, so arranged as not to feed any varnish &c. when the sheets are not being fed through the machine. An iron supporting-roller 3 for the sheets to be coated is journaled in vertically adjustable boxes 4 which move in guide-slots 5 in the framing. The bottom of. each box is pivoted to a connecting-rod 6, which is connected with crank 7 on a rock-shaft 8. The shaft is rocked by an arm 9, the motion being limited by a pin 11 on the framing, which projects into a segmental slot 10 in the arm 9. Brackets 14 projecting from the boxes 4 support a rock-shaft 15, to which is secured a scraper 16. Two arms 17 extend outwards from the top of the shaft 15, their free ends coming in contact, in the operative position, with adjustable stops 18 carried by a cross-bar 19 mounted on two brackets 20, which project from the framing and support a feed-table 21. A composition roller 22 is mounted above the roller 3, the bearings 23 being pressed upwards by springs 24 and downwards by adjusting screws 25. An ink fountain or pan is located in the bottom of a box containing inking-rollers. At each end of the rollers is a eloping scraper in contact with the ends of the three rollers at or directly below their points of contact. The scrapers are suspended by arms from a transverse shaft, which may be locked in position by a screw after adjustment of the scrapers. The rollers are all driven by gearing- from the driving-shaft. When plates are to be coated, the arm 9 is swung down to raise the roller 3 against the roller 22, and to bring the scraper 16 into contact with the roller 3, the reverse operations being performed when no plates are to be coated. The scraper 16 during the operation of the machine removes any ink &c. from the roller 3, the ink &c. thus removed falling into a drip pan. The coated plates are removed by a belt.
Patent GB-190519307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mechanical Piano-players and the like
Inventor: LOGAN HUMPHREY THOMAS
Filed: 1905-09-25
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 19,307. Logan, H. T. Sept. 25. Compressed - air engines; vacuum engines. - A link a for use in a mechanical piano-player for transmitting motion from a motor connecting-rod f to a valve g of a pneumatic motor is made of wire, with its ends bent at right-angles and inserted into bearings in the blocks d, e. Flanges j, k prevent the ends of the rod a from working out of the bearings, and slots l, m formed in the flanges allow for the insertion and withdrawal of the rod, when either block d, e has been detached. The flange j may be replaced by a bent wire.
Patent GB-190525264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governor-heads.
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 25,264. Lake, H. H., [Pickering Governor Co.]. Dec. 5. Centrifugal governors.-The balls of a centrifugal governor are supported by leaf spring, but transmit their motion to the valve-rod independently by links. The lioks 2, Fig. 1, are pivoted to a sleeve 8 which actuates the valverod 17, Fig. 3, through a cap 20. The sleeve 9 to which the springs are secured is loose on the sleeve 8, which has lubricating - grooves 10. In a modified form, the lower end of the sleeve 8 is below the level of the balls.
Patent GB-190526298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Measuring Rods.
Inventor: WARD OSCAR
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 26,298. Ward, O., and Callow, J. W. Dec. 16. Measures of length.- To avoid inaccuracy in the measurement of fabrics &c., with a yard stick, such as are caused by placing the thumb over one end of the stick, a ferrule'C is fitted to one end of the stick A and carries a finger shield or stop B with its inner face exactly in line with the end of the stick. In measuring-off, the finger and thumb holding the material are brought to the inner face of the stop. Otherwise the stop may be placed at any desired point on the stick. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 16,646, A.D. 1895.]
Patent GB-190526486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Frames of Automobiles.
Inventor: SANCHIS ENRIQUE
Filed: 1905-12-19
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 26,486. Sanchis, E. Sept. 18, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the frames and bodies of automobiles, especially tri-cars. The frame is composed of two side structures a supported at the front and rear on the axles b, c, and extending upwards so as to form the side frames of the car body. The two frames a are connected by a cross-plate d. The upper part of the vehicle is formed of a platform e spring-supported on the front axle, and a seat g<1> connected by springs to the plate d. Elastic blocks k prevent lateral displacement of the seat. The motor and transmission gearing are supported beneath the platform e. In a modification, the lower frames a are suspended from the axles by springs, and in this case the springs supporting the platform and the seat may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190526685-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Window Sash Fastener.
Inventor: WATSON ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1905-12-21
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 26,685. Watson, A. E. Dec. 21. Sash fastenings.-The pivoted arm a of a window sash fastener carries a pawl f, which is pressed by the spring h and engages with teeth cut in a segmental piece c. The projection e enables the pawl f to be disengaged before the arm a is turned into its withdrawn position. The spring i presses against the arm a and prevents the latter from moving too freely.
Patent GB-190604039-A (GB)
Title: A Belt Lacing Tool
Inventor: FREEZE SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-02-19
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 4039. Freeze, S. Feb. 19. Belt and b a n d fa stenings.-A readily detachable tubular metallic point for facilitating lacing a belt is constructed as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The lace end is cut to provide a narrow neck portion F which is pressed into the channel of the wedge - shaped recess C D. Upon the lace being pulled taut, its end is retained in the recess by means of the contracted opening C. When in use, the sliding shield B is pushed against the l a c e end to present a continuous surface.
Patent GB-190605547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: TUETOLA HEIKKI
Filed: 1906-03-07
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 5547. T³tola, H. March 7. Centrifugal pumps.-The vessel h of the pressure pump shown in Fig. 1 is caused to rotate with the suction pipe a by toothed gearing c, d driven by hand or otherwise. It is fitted with vanes m, Fig. 3, and radial nozzles l, through which the water is discharged into an hermeticallyclosed air vessel i. The air pressure of this chamber forces the water into the outlet k. For starting, the vessel h and the pipe a, which has a valve x at the bottom, are filled with water through an aperture p, which is then closed by a plug r. Fig. 2 shows the apparatus modified to act as a lift pump. The chamber h is closed, but the outer chamber i is open. For starting, the vessel h only is filled, the upper end of the pipe a being above the water level. When the pump is rotated, discharge takes place through the nozzles l, and the necessary suction effect is produced in the pipe a. The suction pipe may be made in two portions, the lower being fixed.
Patent GB-190609267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Running-out Gear for Barrel Recoil Ordnance.
Filed: 1906-04-19
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 9267. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. July 8, 1905, [date capplied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Mountings.-Relates to running- out gear. Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of the apparatus, Fig. 2 a cross - section, and Fig. 4 a sectional plan on the line 4-4, Fig. 2. The recoil cylinder C and the compressor cylinder E are mounted within the compressed-air reservoir G, to which they are attached by a screwed flange H. Communication between the cylinder E and reservoir G is made by way of the back-pressure valve M, N, passage K, and ports k<1>, k<2>, the cylinder E and passage K being filled, and the reservoir G partly filled, with liquid so that the air in the reservoir may not enter the cylinder E. The valve seat N is provided with small by-pass passages n<1> to throttle the liquid during the running-out movement.
Patent GB-190609472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vessels for Dispensing Liquids
Filed: 1906-04-23
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 9472. Langstaff, L. G., and West Disinfecting Co. April 23. Measured quantities, delivering.-Apparatus, more particularly for delivering a predetermined amount of liquid soap or other liquid cleansing or antiseptic substance, consists of a globular receiver swung on trunnions in a bracket 2 and fitted with a nozzle 7. A tapered guide 9, slotted along its whole length, extends from the nozzle to the opposite wall of the receiver. It contains a free weighted plunger 11, which terminates in a nose 13, the exact size of the interior of the nozzle 7. When the receiver is tilted by pressing the finger on the piece 18, the plunger slides down the guide and positively ejects a quantity of liquid from the nozzle. The slot in the guide allows the liquid to accumulate in the guide even when the receiver is nearly empty, so that practically the whole of the contents can be ejected.
Patent GB-190611286-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mixing and Kneading Machine.
Inventor: LAURICK CARL
Filed: 1906-05-14
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 11,286. Laurick, C. May 14. Moving - beater apparatus. - In a kneading and mixing machine for dough-like and other substances, mixing-arms c are actuated by a rocking- lever a, to which they are pivoted at b, and connecting-rods g driven by cranks h. The lever a is driven by a crank f, revolving twice as fast as the cranks h, in a similar manner to that described in Specification No. 7126, A.D. 1905. The lever a may be a single - armed lever and the arms c double as shown, or conversely. The kneading trough t is supported on a carriage w, attached to the frame of the mixer by the coupling shown in Fig. 4. On a shaft i attached to the carriage ware mounted sleeves engaging with recesses p in bolts q attached to the frame n of the machine and passing through holes in the bar s of the trough carriage. The sleeve j is held in position by a ratchet v and pawl x, and is released from the bolt q by turning it so that a flattened portion comes under the bolt. The ends of the bolt q engage with projections z on the trough t, to prevent the latter being raised when in position. The shaft i is also connected with a winding-drum, by means of which the trough t can be raised by a cord passing over a pulley 5 on an arm 4, which can be lowered into the position shown to allow the carriage w to be coupled to the frame. A small form of the apparatus for domestic and like uses is also described. In this case, the trough t is carried on brackets 10, Fig. 6, by means of which with clamps 12 the apparatus may be attached to a table. The trough t may be attached to the brackets by projections 15, 16 fitting into guides 14, into which they may be slid or which may be slid, on a frame to engage with the projections.
Patent GB-190618718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Ornamented Concrete Bricks and the like
Inventor: BARTLETT GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1906-08-21
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 18,718. Bartlett, G. H. Aug. 21. Facing-bricks.-In making concrete bricks &c. having polished faces, concrete containing hydraulic cement and an excess of water is poured into a multiple mould provided with a glossy bottom panel a, and, during the setting, the excess of water is allowed to drain off, so that the last hardening takes place in the portion of the material which is in contact with the glossy panel. In order to produce an ornamental concrete article, a layer of hydraulic cement is first deposited upon the smooth mould surface, and then a mass of concrete containing an excess of water is poured in to fill the mould. A suitable concrete consists of six parts of broken stone, three of sand, and one of cement. The panel a may be made of celluloid, hard rubber, or japanned or nickled plates. One or more sides of the bricks &c. may be made smooth by means of glossy panels placed against the walls of the mould. Smooth spherical concrete bodies may be formed in a similar manner. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 1535, A.D. 1877, and No. 19,740, A.D. 1891.]
Patent GB-190623142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Casks and Barrels.
Inventor: STANDEN RICHARD
Filed: 1906-10-19
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 23,142. Standen, R., and Moreland, W. H. Oct. 19. Wood casks; heads.-The removable head e, Figs. 1 and 3, screws into a ring d fitted into the recess c, the projection d<2> making a tight joint with the rubber ring h.