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Patent GB-190428739-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hook and Eye Fastening for Belts, Harness, and other Articles
Inventor: WEEGAR PERCY LEEMAN
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 28,739. Weegar, P. L. Dec. 29. Fastening.-The fastening consists of two parts 1, 2 made of spring steel. The part 1 is a continuous ring formed with a straight bar 9, for attachment to the harness strap, and an inwardlyprojecting spear head 5. The other part 2 is formed with two parallel legs 11, 12 terminating in hooks 3, adapted to form a spring connection with the spear head 5 as shown. The parts are disconnected by turning the part 1 at right-angles to the other part.
Patent GB-190428749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telephones for the use more particularly of Divers.
Inventor: LACEY EDWIN CHARLES
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 28,749. Lacey, E. C., and Holman, J. Dec. 29. Signals, electricbell.-Relates to a telephone e q u i pment for divers and persons working in an irrespirable atmosphere whereby the diver &c. can communicate b y bell as well as by telephone with the surface station, and vice versÔ. Couplings for the cables used to connect the two stations are also described. Fig. 2 shows part of a diver's helmet c, to the inside of which are secured by the nut 5 a transmitter 1, receiver 2, and an annunciator (not shown). A junction and switch box d, secured to the outside of the helmet by the nut 5, serves to connect the quadruple cable with the instruments 1, 2, and with the switch controlling the bell circuit. The tubulure 4, Fig. 2, is closed by a plug 8<a>, Fig. 3, fitted with four tubular contacts 9 which pass through the plug to engage four contact-pins 10 connected to the telephone instruments. Each of the contacts 9 has spring contacts 12, engaging contact-pins 16 connected to the four cable wires. Two of the contacts 9 have also spring contacts 11, one of which carries a tongue 11<a> adapted to be pressed against the other, so as to close the bell circuit, by the flattened end 15<a> of the spindle 15 carrying the ringing key 14. The contact-pins 16 are mounted in an insulating-block 17 at the inner end of a tubular socket 18, adapted to receive the end of the cable. About half the thickness of the block 17 and pins 16 is cut away so as to expose a flat surface 19, terminated inwardly by a shoulder 20 forming a stop for the cable end. The outer end of the cable is of flattened form as shown in Fig. 6, and is inserted in the socket 18 till the edge 20<a> engages the shoulder 20, the pins 21<a> then sliding in grooves in the exposed flat surfaces 19 of the pins 16. The coupling is secured by a plug screwed into the aperture 24. The coupling of the two consecutive lengths of cable is effected by means similar to those just described, the ends of the cable lengths being inserted in a double-ended socket, each half of which resembles the socket 18. In the above form, the cable is twisted round the diver's air pipe. The conductors of the cable may, however, be permanently incorporated with the air pipe as shown in Fig. 9. The several conductors 21 are wound about the wall of the pipe, upon which a further coating of rubber is applied to embed the conductors. In order to couple successive portions of the air pipe, the ends of the conductors 21 are attached to pins 16 on the insulating-block 17, which is fitted in one end of a socket 18<a> similar to the socket 18 previously described. The socket 18<a> is integral with a saddle 30 clamped to the air pipe by a bridge-piece 31. Contiguous sockets 18<a> are connected by a short length f of cable passing loosely round the air pipe coupling g. At the surface station, the conductors of the cable are connected to contact-pins adapted to engage tubular contacts connected to the telephone instruments, bell, battery, &c.
Patent GB-190506160-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method and Means for Winding Fabrics in Continuous Bleaching Apparatus, applicable also to other purposes.
Inventor: ROVIRA MANUEL MUNTADAS Y
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1906-03-23
Abstract: 6160. Rovira, M. M. y. March 23, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bleaching; dyeing; washing.-Relates to a device for use in continuous bleaching -apparatus and for other purposes, which accumulates the fabric being treated while the latter is continuously travelling on, by means of a special system of winding, the fabric being rolled in double folds. Diagrams are given and described for illustrating the special system similar to those shown in Specification No. 23,310, A.D. 1903. Two rollers A, A', Fig. 6, are provided with spikes and are pivoted about a centre O. They are respectively rotated by larger rollers G', G, which are driven as shown by the arrows for winding the fabric and in the opposite direction for unwinding. When starting, the fabric a passes through rollers a' and through others a<5> mounted upon a guiding-lever a<50> and then outside the apparatus to a sufficient extent. Upon the lever a<50> being then brought over to the left and the left-hand roller A' being driven, the spikes thereon catch a fold of the fabric and a double fold roll is formed, half of the fabric being drawn from the bottom and half being drawn back from the top. The shafts of the rollers G, G<1> and of the guiding-lever a<50> pass through glands in the casing, and are operated at the right time by any suitable means (not shown). Thus, upon the roller A' being filled, the rotation of the roller G is reversed and that of the roller G<1> started, the lever a<50> being turned to the right. A fold is then caught by the roller A and a roll of fabric formed thereon, half being drawn from the bottom and half from the first roller A'. The other half from the roller A<1> is then fed away from the apparatus at the top, and from thenceforth there is a continuous travel of fabric from the apparatus corresponding to the supply, while all the while there is an accumulation thereof on one or both of the two rollers A, A<1>. Fig. 6 shows the right-hand roller A nearly full, the lever a<5O> just about to be moved to the left, the left driving-roller G about to be started, and the other G<1> to be reversed. The rollers A, A<1> may be completely free and ascend and descend along inclined planes P.
Patent GB-190507994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mercury-vapour Lamps.
Inventor: SIIM-JENSEN HANS VIGGO
Filed: 1905-04-14
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 7994. Jensen, H. V. Siim-. June 18,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Vacuum tubes.-A starting-device for mercury lamps consists of a vessel f fused into the receptacle c for one of the mercury electrodes. By rotation of the lamp, mercury contained in the vessel f can be caused to flow out and establish connexion between the electrodes. The lamp is then placed in its normal position with the tube a inclined and the vessel f lowermost, whereupon the excess of mercury flows back into the vessel f through a small hole h, thus breaking connexion between the electrodes and slowly lengthening the arc.
Patent GB-190515616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Permanent Way of Railways.
Inventor: WALKER JOHN HINDLEY
Filed: 1905-07-31
Granted: 1906-07-31
Abstract: 15,616. Walker, J. H., [Perry, H. W.]. July 31. Rails.-Relates to rails which are intended for use without sleepers. The rails are of a split section with the feet considerably widened or extended laterally. Fig. 1 shows a form suitable for temporary or light lines, and Fig. 2 a form with a slightly curved or arched foot suitable for heavier lines. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 4809, A.D. 1880, and No. 15,363, A.D. 1884.]
Patent GB-190515733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razor Sharpening Machines.
Inventor: WILLETT SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-08-01
Granted: 1906-08-01
Abstract: 15,733. Willett, S. Aug. 1. Sharpening.-In a stropping -device for ordinary razor blades, the blade is held in a clip n, Fig. 1, on a carrier k, the ends q, o of which are slotted to take over the pin c. A roller e is mounted on a sleeve f loose on this pin. A plate i, Figs. 1 and 3, is fixed to the end of the pin c and on it is mounted a semicircular pinion h, which gears with a pinion j on the sleeve f. The pinion h carries with it a semicircular plate g, which is slotted to pass over the sleeve f, and a pin m on this plate engages with a hole in the end q of the blade-carrier. The passage of the roller e over the strop thus rocks the plate g and with it the blade-carrier. The head of the pin m comes in contact with a wire spring p attached to the end of the pin c, when the plate g is swung over in either direction.
Patent GB-190519725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Pulverising, Crushing, Stamping, and other Operations, Performed by a Weight, or Weights, which is, or are, Lifted and then allowed to Fall
Inventor: BONNARD GUSTAVE RICHARD
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 19,725. Bonnard, G. R., Beynon, G. W., and Mackillop, G. H. Sept. 29. Hammers, power.-Relates to apparatus for pulverizing, crushing, stamping, and other operations performed by a falling weight, in which a downward impulse is given to the stamp or weight A by means of a supplementary cam E engaging a tappet F on the stamp stem B, and consists in mounting the cam E on the same shaft G as the lifting-cam C, the tappet F being provided with a cupped part f to accommodate the movement of the cam C.
Patent GB-190524845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vacuum Brake Apparatus for Railway Trains.
Inventor: HARDY JOSEPH ROBERT
Filed: 1905-11-30
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 24,845. Hardy, J. R. Nov. 30. Brakes.-Relates to modifications of the end inlet valves for vacuum brakes described in Specification No. 24,893, A.D. 1904, the object being to delay the operation of the end inlet valve 6, Fig. 1, until the quick-action valves 3 along the train have closed, thus causing a second opening of the quick-action valves by the influx of air into the train-pipe through the end inlet valve, and, in consequence, a more rapid action of the brake in emergency applications. The end inlet valve is constructed with two valves 7, 8, Fig. 2, opening into a common chamber 19 and normally closing communication between it and a train-pipe connexion 33 and a chamber 20 opening into the atmosphere. The valve 8 does not open until a short time after the valve 7, and closes before it. The space above the diaphragm 11, to which the valve 7 is attached, is extended into a chamber 9 which is normally exhausted through passages 12, 13. The space 24 above the diaphragm of the valve 8 communicates with a chamber 10 by leakage past an extension 21 of the valve 8. The chamber 10 is normally open to the atmosphere through a passage 16, a groove 15 on an extension 14 of the valve 7, and an aperture 18. When the valve 7 is opened by the influx of air into the trainpipe due to an emergency operation of the driver's valve, it first stops up the passage 16 and then opens the chamber 10 to the chamber 9 through a passage 26. The consequent exhaustion of the chamber 10 causes the valve 8 to open and to admit air freely to the train-pipe, the parts being adjusted so that this does not take place until after the closing of the quick-action valves 3, Fig. 1. When the valve 8 is raised, the chamber 10 is opened to the atmosphere through a passage 30, and to the chamber 24 through a passage 29, thus causing the chamber 10 to be refilled and the valve 8 to close, the valve 7 remaining open until the train-pipe is exhausted to take off the brakes. When the valve 7 opens, an annular rib 27 upon it comes into contact with a rubber seating 28 and cuts off the chamber 9 from the train-pipe. The valve 8 has a similar rib 31 which rises against an abutment 32. The difference of areas of the diaphragm 25 and the circle covered by the rib 31 is made smaller than the difference of areas of the diaphragm 11 and the rib 27 in order that the valve 8 may close before the valve 7.
Patent GB-190525713-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Machine for Cleaning Out the Grooves in Tramway Rails, and for the like purposes.
Inventor: PEXTON DAVID LOWELL
Filed: 1905-12-11
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 25,713. Pexton, D. L. Dec. 11. Rails, cleaning. A machine for cleaning tramway rails, which in a modified form may be used for cleaning roads, and which is similar in type to the machine described in Specification No. 20,808, A.D. 1895, [Abridgment, Class Railw a y &c, vehicles], is comprised by a scraping- tool or share C and a conveyer brush G which sweeps the scrapings up a trough D<1> into a receptacle A. A plate D projects from the bottom of the trough D<1> and extends forwards on each side of the share C. The share is yieldingly mounted in a guide C<1>. The whole apparatus is mounted on a pair of wheels B and a third wheel B<2> which can be adjusted by a rod b<4> to lift the scraper from the rail. The brush is enclosed in a casing F and is driven from the wheels B. A door 0 is provided at the back of the receptacle A. A handle may be provided either at the back or at the front.
Patent GB-190526649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Studs.
Inventor: GRIFFITH SYDNEY
Filed: 1905-12-21
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 26,649. Griffith, S. Dec. 21. Studs.-In order to avoid riveting the shank to the back-plate, the shank 10 is made flattened with its lower end 10<b> turned up at right-angles. It is threaded through a rectangular opening 12<a> in the plate 12 so that the turned-up end lies against the rear side of the plate 12. This plate is enclosed in a shell 11, the edges 13 of which are turned over to secure the whole together, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower end of the shank may be split and one half turned in the opposite direction to the other, as 10<b>, Fig. 6. If the rear portion 11 of the back is made of a non-metallic substance, the edges of the plate 12<b> may be turned over the back 11<a>, Fig. 7. In some cases, an undercut recess is made in the non-metallic backing and the edges of the plate 12<b> pushed under it as in Fig. 8.
Patent GB-190600222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Electric Converters.
Inventor: THOMAS PERCY HOLBROOK
Filed: 1906-01-03
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 222. Thomas, P. H. Jan. 13, 1905, [dat applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Vacuum tubes.- In mercury-vapour and like rectifiers, discharge directly between the anodes 2, 3 is prevented by placing these in chambers 8, 9 of glass or other insulating-material, open on sides remote from each other. The leading-in wires 5, 6 are embedded in insulating-material.
Patent GB-190601155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Arresting and Collecting Matter Carried in Suspension by a Current of Air, such as Cotton Fibre Fluff or the like.
Inventor: WILSON THOMAS EDWARD
Filed: 1906-01-16
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 1155. Wilson, T. E. Jan. 16. Dust &c., separating from air.-Apparatus for arresting and collecting matter carried in suspension by a rrent of air, which is specially applicable for removing fibre, fluff, &c. from the air current discharged from cotton openers or scutchers, consists of a sifting or filtering screen, a pneumatic suction device with a narrow nozzle extending close to and along the surface of the screen, an exhauster to draw air through the suction device, and means for causing relative motion between the suction device and screen so as to withdraw the arrested matter from the whole area of the screen. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the screen is movable and comprises a rotary wire-gauze drum 3<a> arranged in front of the inlet 9 to a delivery duct 2 ; the drum is provided with rims 19, 19<a>, by which it is rotatably carried on grooved supporting-rollers 20, and is driven through the chain and spur gearing shown. The suction device 12<a>, which leads to an exhausting-fan 16, extends along the cylindrical surface and also across the circular end, and is provided with a narrow slot or nozzle 14<a>, Fig. 5. The drum may be mounted on a shaft instead of being supported on rollers. In a modification, an endless vertical screen is mounted on rollers. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the circular screen 3<b> is stationary, the suction device comprising two slit pipes 12<b>, with closed outer ends, carried on a rotary hollow member 25 entering the mouth of the fixed suction pipe 13.
Patent GB-190604230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Extracting Tar from Illuminating Gas
Inventor: HOLMES PERCY FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 4230. Holmes, P. F., Holmes, E. D., and Cameron, E. G. Feb. 20. Tar.-Relates to means for cleaning the drum employed in tar extractors of the type described in Specifications No. 25,493, A.D.1901, and No. 20,677, A.D. 1903, and for adjusting the position or number of the plates used in the drum. The inner and outer sets of plates c<1>, c are received by pockets b<1>, b, formed on the underside of the drum top a, and are secured between corner posts d, d' and cover strips f, f the cover strips being fixed to the posts by means of bolts g. Each set of plates may be assembled by means of lead rivets, and a single bolt through the centre. Swaying of the drum is prevented by means of rods connected to the drum top and engaging with circular guides supported from the casing.
Patent GB-190604694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Strip Material suitable for the Blades of Turbines, Turbo-pumps and the like.
Inventor: FERRANTI SEBASTIAN ZIANI DE
Filed: 1906-02-26
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 4694. Ferranti, S. Z. de. Feb. 26. Turbines.-Turbine blades, such as are described in Specification No. 18,413, A.D. 1906, are shaped as shown in Fig. 2, so as to reduce the eddy spaces b to a minimum, and are made by first rolling and are then finished by swaging. The blades may be of nickel, nickel steel, or other nickel alloys or other material.
Patent GB-190605931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Prepayment Gas Meters and other Coin Freed Apparatus
Inventor: COLSON ALFRED
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 5931. Colson, A. March 12. Money-boxes; gas-meters. - The cash-box a is enclosed in an outer protective casing b, which is secured to the strengthening - plate j on the casing of the meter or other apparatus by means of bolts h and nuts i. To prevent escape of gas, a cap k enclosing the plate j and nuts i is soldered to the meter casing. The open lower end of the outer box b is closed by means of a detachable piece e, one end e<1> of which rests between lips b<1>, while the other e<2> abuts against a lip b' over which the bolt of the lock f projects, securely closing the box. The piece e may be arranged on one side of the box b and hinged at one end.
Patent GB-190606086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fittings for Inverted Incandescent Gas Lighting.
Inventor: HOARE GEORGE CHARLES
Filed: 1906-03-13
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 6086. Hoare, G. C., and Sheat, H. L. March 13. Incandescent gas lamps; gas supply. -The gas supply i s throttled b y passing it through a perforated disk or plug e, and is then expanded and heated d in a straight, spiral, or other tube a o r chamber before entering an i nverted burner. The plug e may rest in a seating d, and may be dished at its upper end g.
Patent GB-190607504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Regulating Mechanism for Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1906-03-28
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 7504. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 28. Arc lamps.-A regtilating-mechanism particularly for use in flaming arc-lamps has two clutches connected together and serving, respectively, to raise the lower electrode against the upper one and to limit its descent in striking the arc. The fixed upper electrode 10, Fig. 2, may be of copper or like material, while the lower electrode 16 is formed of, or contains a substance such as magnetite or titanium oxide or carbide, and is carried by an arm on a square hollow rod 18 which slides through an aperture in the base-plate 6 and over a guiderod 18<1>. Each of the clutches 22, 28 is shaped so as to engage the rod at different levels on opposite sides. In one arrangement of the mechanism, the clutch 22 is integral with a plate 19 whose motion is limited by a fixed stop 23 and by the bent end of a plate 24 adjustably attached to the stop. The end of the plate 19 is connected by a link 34 to a lever 29, the fulcrum of which consists of a pair of rounded posts supported by a bracket on a dashpot 37. These posts enter indentations in the lever, which is further retained in place' by plates attached to the sides of the posts. The lever is connected by a split pin to the clutch 28. The dash-pot, the piston of which is connected to the base-plate'6, is attached to the core 39 of a double shunt solenoid 41. In the normal and out-ofservice conditions of the lamp, the clutch 28 rests by its hooked end on the clutch 22, which rests on the stop 23. Excitation of the solenoid causes both clutches to grip the rod 18 and to be raised together until the lower one meets the bent plate 24, causing it to release the rod. The upper clutch is then raised more quickly on account of the rocking of the lever 29. When current flows through the electrodes, a series solenoid 53 raises a contact-piece 56 from a contact-piece 57, and opens the circuit of the solenoid 41, whereupon the solenoid-core clutches and lower electrode descend until the plate 19 meets the stop 23. If the voltage of the arc becomes excessive, a solenoid 59 in shunt to the contact-pieces raises the piece 57, causing a repetition of the above-mentioned operations. In a modified form of the mechanism, a lever 29<1>, Fig. 4, pivoted at 84 to a part of the dash-pot, has its short arm linked to the upper clutch 28<1> and its long arm connected to the extension of the lower clutch by a link 34'. A spring 87 attached to an arm on the link and to the extension tends to make the lower clutch grip the rod. The stops for this clutch are formed by a shoulder on a plate 24<1> adjustably attached to the piston-rod of the dash-pot, and by the lower end of that rod.
Patent GB-190609550-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Controller Contact.
Inventor: MCCORMICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 9550. McCormick, W. April 24. Switches.-A controller contact comprises a fingerbar a provided with two extensions b, between which a contact c is fixed by a pin d, whereby the contact may be reversed or changed without detaching the finger-bar. One form of the contact c consists of a cylinder provided with a recess e, into which a projection f of the bar a engages, and is preferably a good fit between the projections b in order to prevent sparking.
Patent GB-190613644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Belts for Elevating and like Machines.
Inventor: BAXTER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-06-14
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 13,644. Baxter, W. H. June 14. Elevators ; conveyers.-Belts for elevators and like machines are composed of an endless main portion of woven wire webbing A, Fig. 1, formed in one or more endless strips and having a longitudinal loop or series of loops through which are passed flexible strengthening-rods E. Buckets G may be attached to the webbing A. The woven strips A, Figs. 5 and 6, may be used with or without the rods E but in combination with transverse metal plates B such as are described in Specifications No. 29,910, A.D. 1897, No. 8338, A.D. 1900, No. 19,948, A.D. 1904, and No: 8602, A.D. 1905, so as to obtain a broader belt than when the strips A are side by side. More than one loop may be woven in the fabric as shown at D. Strips C, Figs. 5 and 8, of canvas may be arranged on one or each side of the webbing A.