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Patent GB-190319733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for use in connection with Steering Machinery for Ships, and other such like Machinery
Filed: 1903-09-14
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 19,733. Davis & Co., and Boothman, J. L. Sept. 14. Steering - gear. - Consists of improvements in apparatus for economizing the flow of steam to a steering-engine, such as that described in Specification No. 7014, A.D. 1895. To prevent racing when the rudder is near its central position and but little power is required, a stop valve a, shown in Fig. 1, is fitted in the steam passage leading to the controlling-valve. This valve is so arranged that the amount of its opening depends upon the displacement of the rudder from its mid-position. It is lifted by steam in the cylinder m supplied from the casing n by the valve e, the spindle f of which is connected to the controlling-valve spindle or hunting-gear of the engine. To regulate the lift of the valve a, the spindle h has a hole p with inclined lower surfaces, as shown, engaging with similar surfaces i on a shaft operated by the controlling - shaft s. When the steering - wheel is moved, the valve a lifts until the wedge surfaces are in contact. Racing is prevented by the wiredrawing of the steam, owing to the small lift of the valve a, when the rudder is near its central position. In a modification, the valve a is closed by steam instead of by the spring g.
Patent GB-190321485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and in Apparatus for Weighing Granulated Sugar and the like.
Inventor: MARSHALL JOHN JAMES
Filed: 1903-10-06
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 21,485. Marshall, J. J. Oct. 6. Automatic-feed weighers.-In a modification of the apparatus described in Specification No. 25,463, A.D. 1898, for weighing out sugar, rice, seed, or other granular &c. materials into parcels of predetermined weight, the main equi-armed scale beam D carrying the pans C, C' for the bags and the weight E is suspended by means of a crosshead I, two pairs of chains 1<2>, and two brackets I' from an auxiliary beam 0, from which is also suspended the weight 0<1> which governs the reducing-slide K. When the parcel approaches in weight to the weight E, the beam 0 tilts, the movement being limited by stops H, J, and by means of a rod Q actuates an adjustable lever S to free a catch R from a pin P and so to release the slide K. When the exact weight of material has entered the bag, the beam D tilts, raises a rod J<1>, and frees the cut-off slide L by disengaging the catch G<1> from a pin F<1>. The advance of the slide L acts by means of an incline P', a hanging link M<1>, and two levers M<3>, M<2> to lift the compensating-weight F from its pan F<4> and thus to leave the beam D free to ride at a balance for the final test of the weighing. The weight F is adjustable by means of a removable cap F<3>, and is connected by open links to the lever M' to obviate friction during the actual weighing.
Patent GB-190324142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regulating Means for Mercury Vapour or like Electric Lamps.
Inventor: LEVIS HOWARD COPPUCK
Filed: 1903-11-06
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 24,142. Levis, H. C., [Davis, A. G.]. Nov. 6. Vacuum tubes.-A mercury vapour or like lamp is provided with means operated by changes of temperature of the lamp to regulate the current taken by it. In the form shown, the lamp 1 is surrounded by a strip 7 formed of two metals; one end of the strip is carried by a support 8, and the other end carries a contact-bar 10 over the studs 9 of a divided resistance. The bar 10 and one end of the resistance are respectively connected to a supply wire and a main electrode of the lamp. When the lamp becomes hot, the strip 7 uncurls and varies the resistance in circuit, so as to vary the electric pressure applied to the lamp. In a modification, the strip 7 is held in place by a bend in it fitting on a projection formed on the lamp.
Patent GB-190327939-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Floor Cleaning Brush and Scrubber
Inventor: LANE EDWARD CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-04-28
Abstract: 27,939. Lane, E. C. Dec. 21. Squeegees combined with longhandled scrubbing- brushes. The stock of a brush is fitted with a trough d, which is open at the bottom and closed by a flexible india-rubber squeegee f acting as a valve. In use, after the scrubbing operation is performed, the brush is turned over and the squeegee brought into operation, whereby the water is collected in the trough and retained therein. The water is discharged through an aperture e in the trough by tilting the brush. The closing of the squeegee is assisted by springs g.
Patent GB-190406123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathe Headstocks.
Inventor: HERBERT ALFRED
Filed: 1904-03-12
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 6123. Herbert, A., and Vernon, P. V. March 12. Lathes ; milling ; drilling ; gearing, driving.- The invention is stated to be applicable to milling and drilling machines, but is described with reference to lathe headstocks, and comprises means for driving the spindle at various speeds from a single pulley running at a constant speed, the levers for operating the change-gearing employed being interlocked to avoid breaking the teeth. Fig. 10 is a diagram of the arrangement. A constant-speed pulley 1 may be clutched to a shaft 2 on which a long pinion 5 is cut. A sliding wheel 7 mounted in a swiug frame can mesh with wheels 10, 11, 12, 13 on a shaft to which wheels 31, 32 can be clutched to drive a sleeve 35, loose on the spindle. A wheel 37 on the sleeve drives through back-gearing a wbeel loose on the spindle; the sleeve and wheel are connectable to the spindle by clutches. The clutch 3 in the pulley 1 is engaged by the action on a wedge 50 of a bowl 53 mounted in a rod traversed in the hollow shaft 2 by a pin mounted in a bronze ring 68, rotatably secured in a sleeve 69 which is formed with a rack in gear with a pinion 72 on the shaft of a lever 4. The pinion 72 also gears with a rack - bar 74, formed with a doubly-reduced end 76, 75 engaging a slot in the swing frame 6, which carries the sliding wheel 7. When the clutch 3 is engaged, the end 76 engages one of a number of recesses in the frame 6 and prevents movement of the latter. In the 'off' position, the end 75 permits free movement of the frame, which is adjusted by a spring handle 14 having a conical part arranged to take into a series of holes in the headstock framing. The lateral adjustment of the wheel 7 is effected by cheeks 22 which embrace the wheel and are mounted on a slide movable into and held in the required positions by a second spring handle 20. A series of projections 77, 78, 79, 80 on the frame 6 engage the cheeks 22 in all positions except the uppermost, thus preventing lateral movement of the wheel 7 except when out of engagement with the wheels 10, 11, 12, 13. A hand-wheel 81 enables the shaft to be turned when necessary to secure re-engagement of the wheel teeth. The clutches in the wheels 31, 32 are controlled by a lever on a shaft 61, Fig. 8, having a segment 62 operating a rod 66 through an idle wheel, rack-bar, and yoke piece. The clutches are expanded similarly to the clutch 3. A sleeve on the shaft 61, operated by a separate handle, is geared into a rack on a fork 57 which slides a sleeve 43<1> to operate the clutches on the lathe spindle. The headstock may be driven direct from a motor.
Patent GB-190425393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Luminous Signs.
Inventor: HORVATH RICHARD VON
Filed: 1904-11-22
Granted: 1905-12-22
Abstract: 25,393. Horvßth, R. von. Nov. 22. Signals, electric-lamp.- Letters and figures carrying a number of small incandescent electric lamps are so constructed that they may be arranged and interchanged at will upon a supporting-frame. Two plates a, d, Fig. 2, of the shape of the desired letter, are electrically insulated from each other. The lamps c are received in holes in the front plate d, and their ends make connection across the open space with the back-plate alpha, the plates being of metal or carrying connecting-strips, and are thus fed in parallel. The lower conductive ends of the plates a, d, preferably elastic, clip the letters to and take the current from the special rod f of the supporting-frame, Fig. 3, preferably rectangularly formed with other sides e. This rod f consists of conducting-strips on opposite sides of a strip of insulating-material, connection being made with wires g which may also support the frame. If the letters are to be in series, the conducting-strips are alternately interrupted, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The lamps used being of only about 3¢ or 4 volts, the ordinary supply must be transformed down.
Patent GB-190502894-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Lampholder with Locking Device to Prevent the Withdrawal of a Lamp therefrom
Inventor: HIRST HUGO
Filed: 1905-02-13
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 2894. Hirst, H., and Bevis, H. Feb. 13. Fastenings, bayonetjoint. An electric lamp-holder is provided with a locking-device to prevent removal of the lamp. A wire C, attached to the end of one of the hollow plungers B<1> of the lamp-holder, or forming a continuation of the spring A', passes into a hollow screwed stem F which holds the plunger cylinder D in place. A screw H can be turned by a special key, inserted through a hole in the casing K, so as to grip, or to form a stop for, the wire C, after the lamp has been placed in the holder. The key may be of square section, and be slotted at its end to engage the end of the screw.
Patent GB-190507844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Bee-hives.
Inventor: GOUTTEFANGEAS JEAN MARIE
Filed: 1905-04-12
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 7844. Gouttefangeas, J. M. April 12. Beehives.-Relates to a darkened ventilating- device comprising perforated tubes or channels which may be attached to bar frame beehives or to common skeps. Fig. 1 shows one form of the appliance. A hive 5 is provided with a porch 4 and door 7. In the porch are two upright tubes 1 perforated a little above their lower ends with small holes 2 and provided with pivoted hoods 3. Another form consists of a square perforated conduit to be fixed against the front of the hive over the entrance. This can be adapted to skeps by providing them with a small porch 12, Fig. 9, to which the conduit 8 is attached. A small chimney 13 with a hinged hood may be attached to the porch. Similar perforated tubes, provided with covers sliding in grooves, may be attached to hives and used in combination with the above-mentioned devices. Cotton or similar material may be placed in the tubes to prevent draughts.
Patent GB-190510260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Testing Machinery and the like
Inventor: HIPKINS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1905-05-16
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 10,260. Hipkins, W. E. May 16. Testing strength of materials.-A testing-machine, in which a spring or.other resistance returns to normal position' when a specimen breaks, is provided with a device for preventing the return to zero of the indicating-appliance. Rods a for transmitting the strain from the specimen to the indicating-appliance are connected by studs to a nut b, which engages a screwed spindle. The spindle can turn easily, and carries a pulley h with a cord and weight tending to turn the screw proportionally to the strain. When the specimen breaks, the nut and indicator cannot return against the action of the weight, until the screw, is turned by hand-operated gearing which is disconnected during the test. The nut b may be replaced by rollers, or a roller bearing-surface or other friction-reducing device may be employed.
Patent GB-190515566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smokeless Powders.
Filed: 1905-07-29
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 15,566. Cocking, A. T., and Kynoch, Ltd. July 29. Explosives.-Consists in the addition to smokeless powders of a salt of an alkali metal together with a salt of an alkaline earth. A mixture quoted contains 4 per cent of barium tartrate and 0À9 per cent of potassium tartrate. Other salts, such as acetates, borates, citrates, oxalates, and bi-carbonates, which produce carbonates on combustion, may be employed. The salts are preferably prepared in the form of an impalpable powder by precipitation from an aqueous solution. The Provisional Specification states that any of the salts described may be employed separately.
Patent GB-190517499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sprocket Wheels.
Inventor: ROBINSON GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1905-08-30
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 17,499. Robinson, G. H. Aug. 30. Chain - wheels.-In a yielding sprocket-wheel, particularly applicable for use on motor-cycles, the drive is transmitted through springs J. In the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 2, chain-teeth are formed on segments B attached, at intervals, by screws C to a pair of rings A. The rings A lie inside a grooved and slotted outer rim D through which the segments B protrude. The rim D is integral with, or fixed to, the spokes or arms E and supports flanges on the segments B by means of ledges &c. formed in the slots. Between lugs F on the outer rim D and the segments B are arranged the coil springs J, alined by means of projecting pegs G, H, as shown. In a modification, to each of the radial arms of the wheel is attached a block E', Fig. 4, with a curved slot through its side. These blocks lie between the rim rings A which carry the segments B. Through the rings and each slot is a rivet &c. K, the spring J being arranged in the slot as shown. In the Provisional Specification, the peg G is stated to be carried by a separate notched plate, supported by the rabbets in the slots.
Patent GB-190523125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Tires.
Inventor: BEASLEY WILLIAM FESSENDEN
Filed: 1905-11-10
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 23,125. Beasley, W. F. Nov. 10. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Relates to tyres with resilient cores. The cover 5 of rubber stiffened with canvas has a convex tread 7, and also a continuous cavity formed with ribs 8. The resilient core consists of a number of longitudinal truss walls of zigzag section, and is formed initially as a straight strip or as a ring. When the tyre is in use, the pressure is distributed, by means of the walls, over the sides of the cavity 6, the ribs 8 assisting to prevent permanent distortion of the core. In a modification, one system of walls, or the one core, is placed above another, from which it is separated by an elastic band serving also to transmit pressure along the circumference. Fig. 4 shows the form adopted in a bicycle tyre. The two parts are solutioned together with the aid of intermediate rubber sheets.
Patent GB-190526202-A (GB)
Title: Improved Globe or Shade Holder for Lamps
Inventor: ROSS JOHN HOWARD
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 26,202. Ross, J. H. Dec. 16. Globe holders ; lamp - shade holders. Spring fastenings 9 for supporting a globe or shade are provided with upward projections 11 which engage with eccentric slots 12 in an horizontal, part rotatable, washer or the like 13 encircling a vertical band 4. The fastenings 9 are secured to the band 4 having slots 5 through which the bent ends 6 of fastenings project. The globe neck is inserted when the washer 13 is in the position shown in Fig. 2, and is gripped by the fastenings 6 by partly rotating the washer.
Patent GB-190602808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Hinged Gates, DOors, Windows, and the like.
Inventor: FOSTER JOHN
Filed: 1906-02-05
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 2808. Foster, J. Feb. 5. Catches, gravity and spring.-The sagging of gates, windows, doors, &c. is prevented by a lever which as the gate is closed is arranged to be moved from an inclined to a vertical position and so to take the weight. The lever a, Fig. 2, is pivoted at b to the head c of the gate, and engages with a notch k in a casting i secured to the gate-post. The lever is raised to a vertical position as the gate is shut and at the same time the upper end lifts a latch g over a catch j. In a modification, the lever a, Fig. 6, is pivoted to the gate-post and is formed with a forked head which engages with a staple k<1> secured to the gate head, while the lower end is slotted to retain the latch g. By providing stops and suitably shaping the lower part, the lever shown in Fig. 6 may be used to enable the gate to be opened in either direction.
Patent GB-190604449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engine Room Telegraphs and the like.
Inventor: COLLIE JAMES HUNTER
Filed: 1906-02-23
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 4449. Collie, J. H. Feb. 23. Drawings to Specification. Revolution-direction indicators; speed indicators. -An electric telegraph, of the class used to telegraph orders from the bridge to the engine-room on boardsbip is described, the angular motion of the transmitting-handle being reproduced by an index hand in the receiver. The apparatus may be adapted for indicating at a distance the speed and direction of revolution of engines by driving the transmitter spindle from the engine shaft, whereby the receiver spindle rotates in the direction of, and at a rate proportional to, this shaft.
Patent GB-190608653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gyratory Sifters.
Inventor: BRANTINGHAM ALLEN CYRUS
Filed: 1906-04-10
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 8653. Brantingham, A. C. April 10. Supporting or mounting bearings.-A gyratory sifter 21, Figs. 1 and 4, is suspended by flexible rods 22 and actuated by a vertical shaft 31,the lower end of which is mounted in a step bearing 41 in a yieldingly - mounted bridge-tree 42 h a v i n g three or more arms connected by ball-and-socket joints 65 to links 64 similarly jointed to the arms of bracket 61 secured to the floor of the building. Fig. 6 shows a machine 121 suspended by rods 122 and actuated by a vertical shaft, the e bridge-tree 142 being suspended by rods 161.
Patent GB-190609618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam-engine and like Indicators.
Inventor: LEHMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 9618. Lehmann, W. April 24. Steam-engine indicators.-Relates to steamengine indicators of the type in which the pistonspring is mounted externally, and consists in a new method of mounting the spring and the pencil-lever. Fig.1 shows the spring H mounted externally on the support b, through which passes concentrically the piston-rod c. The spring is connected to the rotatable head k of the pistonrod, and is kept in place by a screw cap t. The forked pencil-lever m is connected to the pistonrod by means of links e<1> pivoted to the pin S, which is attached to the piston-rod and works in the slot g of the support b. The links. e<1> are further connected to pillars e<2> by pivoted links e. The fulcrum of the lever m is at one end of a link e<3> which is pivoted to a stud in the rotatable plate d. The pillars e' are also attached to the plate d, the rotation of the latter allowing the pencil to be moved out of contact with the paper.
Patent GB-190610557-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Construction of Fountain Pens
Inventor: BATTY THOMAS
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 10,557. Batty, T. May 5. Pens, reservoir. Relates to fountain and stylographic pens provided with means for readily filling them. The ink-barrel B, Fig. 3, is provided with a sliding cap or sleeve A normally screwed on to a screw-thread c. To fill the pen, the point E is placed in ink and the cap A is drawn up. The pen is then placed point upward for a short time, and while in this position the cap A is secured in the retracted position. In a modification for holding a larger supply of ink, the cap A is normally held in the extended position by a spiral spring between the closed end of the cap A and the barrel B. The cap A is preferably made of transparent material, such as xylonite or insoluble gelatine. In the case of stylographic pens, the air-tube carrying the needle point is mounted in the end of the cap A, and is closed during the filling operation.
Patent GB-190615407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Mounting or Pivoting of Articles such as the Blocks in Counting Frames and other similar Educational Devices
Inventor: BETIS VICTOR
Filed: 1906-07-06
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 15,407. Betia, V. July 6. Toy mosaics.-Cubes, prisms, spheres, disks, or other articles such as are used in counting-frames, spelling-blocks, &c. are frictionally mounted on axes and moved to present different faces or sides, either by fingers, as in Fig. 22, or by special form of rollers, Fig. 25, or rakes, sometimes guided by the side frames B, Fig. 29, supporting the axes on which the tubes &c. are, pivoted. In some cases, the cubes &c. have spring bearings, Fig. 16, turning on a fixed shaft. In other cases, Fig. 19, the side frames have the spring frictional bearings, such as those shown, formed of cork. The shafts in other alternative methods are formed of rubber &c. with a metal core, Fig. 18. The rollers for turning the blocks, which are arranged in parallel rows on shafts, as above described, are either short, for turning single blocks, or long to turn several blocks simultaneously, or a short and long roller are attached to one handle as in Fig. 25. For some articles, such as cylinders, disks, &c., flat or inclined rulers or rakes suitably provided with handles are used instead of rollers, and the side frames B so shaped as to enable the roller or rake to rapidly turn one row after the other to the right position exactly. The cubes, prisms, &c. may be provided with flaps to engage with the instruments used in rotating them.
Patent GB-190617849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Keyboard Musical Instruments.
Filed: 1906-08-08
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 17,849. Marks, E. C. R., [Chase & Baker Co.]. Aug. 8. Automatic instruments.-A pneumatic playing- attachment is removably fitted to an ordinary piano or similar instrument, and is arranged to facilitate access to, or removal of, the attachment or the piano action. The tracker D and the tunesheet rollers d, d' are arranged in front of the piano action, and the tracker ducts are connected by flexible tubes n' to ports in a bar N<1>. The bar is divided vertically into front and rear sections, and in the latter section are fitted fine gauze diaphragms or strainers o. A bar or rail N, permanently fitted to the back of the key bottom, has its passages n rigidly connected to the ports in the bar N' by metallic tubes n<1>, between which the stickers of the piano action pass freely and removably. The passages n are connected by flexible tubes to the ports in the rear sections of the wind-chests C, these sections being permanently secured to a pair of uprights P. The remaining sections of the wind-chests with the downwardlyacting motor pneumatics E are bolted to the rear sections. The pneumatics E are connected by trackers f to levers f<1>, which are pivoted on a bar G formed integrally with the wind-chests and are provided with adjustable stops h. Stickers f<2>, passing through holes in the key bottom, rest loosely on the levers f<1> and act upon the key levers B.
Patent GB-190618410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sighting Apparatus for Guns.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER CHARLES PROSPER EUGE
Filed: 1906-08-16
Granted: 1907-08-16
Abstract: 1 8 , 4 1 0 . Schneider, C. P. E., and Rimailho, E. Aug. 16. Sights. - Relates to means for compensating for the inclination of the wheel base when the sights are mounted upon the cradle or carriage of the gun. Fig. 3 is a side elevation and Fig. 5 a sectional rear elevation on the line B-B, Fig. 3, showing the sights mounted upon the carriage f. The sights c are carried by a support a which can turn, in the vertical plane, upon the end of an arm p hinged at b to a " trun- " nion " g mounted in the side of the carriage f. The "trunnion" g is coupled by links l, z, m to the trunnion t of the gun, so as to follow the movements of the latter, the hinge pin b being thereby maintained parallel to the axis of the bore of the gun. When the wheels are inclined, the sights are levelled by means of the screw v, ball-and-socket coupling q, u, and the level n. The gun may then be elevated without disturbing the vertical setting of the sights; the plane of sight, however, is always parallel to the plane of fire. Specification No. 22,811, A.D. 1904, is referred to.