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Patent GB-190406039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Valves for use in connection with Pneumatic Brake Sytems
Filed: 1904-03-11
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 6039. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 11. Signals on engines or trains. - The air-brake controlling-valves on street-railway cars &c. are provided with devices which prevent unauthorized persons from operating the auxiliary valves controlling the supply of air to pneumatic signals &c. separate from the brake system. In the valve shown in Fig. 1, the port 28, leading to the signalling-apparatus, is covered by a valve 37 when the main valve 11 is moved to the lap position preparatory to removing the handle 14 from the spindle, so that the depression of the auxiliary valve 30 by means of the pushbutton 33 is rendered ineffective. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7, the auxiliary valve is operated by a removable pushbutton 39, and, in the arrangement shown in Fig. 9, the valve spindle is locked by a sliding plate 42, which is shot into the groove 43 in the spindle by a V-shaped spring 44 ; the handle 14, as it is replaced, bears on the rounded nose of the plate 42 and pushes it back.
Patent GB-190412583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Selvedges on Cotton and other Textile Fabrics and in Means therefor.
Filed: 1904-06-03
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,583. Calico Printers' Association, and Wilson, W. W. June 3. Printing fabrics.-In a device for printing the selvages of fabrics as they leave the stentering- machine, the fabric a, on leaving the tenter chains, passes between two sets of india-rubber or other belts c, passing over pulleys d, and beneath an india-rubber-covered impression roller e, where it is printed at the edges by two narrow printing- rollers f, supplied with ink by rollers g from a trough h. The roller e is cleaned by a doctor i.
Patent GB-190414383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Gas Producers.
Inventor: POETTER HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-06-25
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 14,383. Poetter, H. June 25. Gas - producers; firebars and grates. -To cool the grate and provide for the generation of vapour, hollow perforated tubes d, which assist in supporting the firebars, supply water, the water flowing into the ashpits a. Extensions b support stepped bearers b<1> for side grate-bars c, one or more of which may be removed to suit the quality of the ash or cinder. To enabfe the grate to be inspected, bars h a r e temporarily thrust through the fuel from doors g in order to support the fuel. Compressed air is supplied to the perforated tube f.
Patent GB-190418266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Meters for Liquids.
Inventor: LEINERT WENZEL
Filed: 1904-08-23
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 18,266. Leinert, W. Aug. 23. Liquid meters.-Two vessels a, b, mounted on knife-edges c arranged on axes which do not pass through their centres of gravity, are arranged to tip alternately and be emptied by a siphon. As shown in Fig. 1, the tilting trough n, the motion of which is limited by stops r, is adapted to fill the vessels a, b alternately. Each vessel is raised at one end f, Fig. 3, to prevent the liquid from spilling and to cause the siphon h to start. As one of the vessels, say b, tips, it reverses the trough n to fill the vessel a, and, after a certain amount of water has been withdrawn from the vessel b by the siphon, the weighted end i restores it to the horizontal position and the siphon then empties it completely. The counting-mechanism is connected to the trough n, and not to the vessels a, b.
Patent GB-190421366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flue Tubes of Steam Generators.
Inventor: HOPKINSON JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-10-05
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 21,366. Hopkinson, J., and West, P. A. Oct. 5. Steam-generator furnace flues.-The corrugations are of considerable pitch and of a depth about equal to the thickness of metal. The flue is built up of comparatively short sections, each having two corrugations, as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190422545-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tool for Forming the Necks of Bottles.
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1904-10-19
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 22,545. Marks, G. C., [Crown Cork and Seal Co.]. Oct. 19. Bottle &c. necks, making; stoppers.- Relates to a tool for the formation of necks to receive stoppers of the kind shown in Figs. 3 and 4. A metal cup a, Fig. 3, is inserted in the neck and expanded into an internal groove. A metal cap b is then placed on top and pressed into an external groove. The cup a and cap b may be combined in the manner shown in Fig. 4. Two links 8, Fig. 2, are hinged at one end to spring tongs 1, 2, and at the other end to a spindle 11 which is inserted in the bottle neck. The tongs are then closed and rotated. The ends 12 of the links 8 form an internal groove on the neck, while a corresponding external groove is formed by projections 17 on the tongs.
Patent GB-190423362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for Wheels and in the Method of Attaching the same.
Inventor: COOPER JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-29
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 23,362. Cooper, J. Oct. 29. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Solid tyres are built up of layers of canvas cemented together by dermatine, indiarubber, or the like, and have embedded in their bases bands or flattened tubes d' of metal. Bolts e, Fig. 1, passing through the rim, screw into the flattened tube d', or the bolts may screw into the metal rim band project through holes in a metal band. In the form shown in Fig. 2, tubes f connected by circumferential bands are embedded in the tyre, and bolts g pass through them and the side flanges c. In another form, the bands have pieces which project into holes in the side flanges.
Patent GB-190428703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines or Apparatus for the Aeration of Water and other Beverages
Inventor: ELWORTHY HERBERT SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 28,703. Elworthy, H. S. Dec. 29. Bottling; corking; stoppering.-Apparatus for charging the contents of siphon bottles and screwstoppefed or corked bottles with carbon dioxide, oxygen, or other gas is provided also with means for inserting the screw stoppers or corks. A siphon bottle is held in a frame E by a head G screw-adjusted, as shown, or consisting of a piston working in a cylinder against the action of a spring. The frame is rocked or oscillated on the standards A. Gas is admitted to the siphon through a hollow trunnion, a pipe L, and a hollow metal block P, containing an india-rubber plug P', having side gas passages which, by inflation of the plug, serve to hold the block on the spout. The bottom of the siphon is supported by a table with a screw stem or a stem with ratchet teeth which engage with a spring ratchet. The valve lever K is depressed during aeration by a screw J. To aÙrate the contents of screw stoppered bottles and co close the bottles, a spindle Q, Fig. 4, projecting through a cap 0, carries a disc S with pins T, which fit into holes or slots in the stoppers; or a gripping-device may he used. The cap S is fitted with an indiarubber washer 0<2>, which is expanded by the gas pressure to grip the bottle. For bottles to be closed by a cork, the cap 0 is fitted with a tube U, Fig. 6, tapering at its lower end, where it receives a cork V. The tube is provided with a screw spindle to press the cork into the neck of the bottle.
Patent GB-190503214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Aerodromes or Flying Machines
Inventor: MUMFORD EDWIN RICHARD
Filed: 1905-02-16
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 3214. Mumford, E. R. Feb. 16. Aerial machines without aerostats; propelling; steering. - A framework with motors is raised and propelled by an even number of propellers on shafts the inclination of which can be varied, and has steering-rudders. Six propellers A', Figs. 2 and 3, rotate oppositely in pairs to neutralize turning movement and are formed of textile screens A', laced on bamboo arms A stayed by guys A<3>. The propellers are carried on shafts A<2> driven by universal joints B<2> and bevel-gear from longitudinal shafts C<2>, which are driven by bevel-gear from a countershaft and motor D, preferably a petrol motor. The shifts are connected by links E so as to be inclined together by means of wires E', E<2> connected to wires E<3>, E<4> wound oppositely on a drum E<5>, fitted with an operating hand-wheel E<6>. The transverse members F, F<1> carry a vertical arm to which is attached a rudder F<2> which is operated by wires F<4> led over side pulleys to the drum G on an inclined shaft G<1> having a steering hand-wheel. A similar horizontal rudder H is operated by wires H<3>, H' from a hand-wheel H<5>. The motor and controlling-mechanism are carried on a floor J formed of slots supported by the bamboo framework. Any even number of propellers may be employed, and movable weights may be used on the platform J for balancing. Rudders may be arranged at both ends, and horizontal rudders at the sides, or additional steadying - planes may be fitted. The proportion of motor power for a given machine is stated.
Patent GB-190513354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding Sheets of Paper.
Inventor: DAVIDSON ALAN JOHN
Filed: 1905-06-28
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 13,354. Davidson, A. J. June 28. Feeding sheets.-The pile of sheets A to be fed to a printing or other machine is supported diagonally on a table B, raised by screws 21, intermittently actuated through friction bevel-gearing to keep the top level of the pile constant. The engaging of the bevel-gear is controlled by a lever actuated through a shaft which is moved by the rising or failing of rollers 12. resting on the top of the pile A. Over the front corner of the top sheet is a small pair of bellows, or a sucker, preferably consisting of a flat perforated spring J and a similar non-perforated spring I, both supported at one end by a bar 0, and having the leather bellows H between. When this sucker is first opened out, and then lifted by a lever L, worked from a cam F on a shaft E, it lifts the corner of the top sheet with it, and the front end of a pivoted finger U, actuated by a cam G on the shaft E, passes underneath the top sheet and holds the rest of the pile, while oval disks a with rubber or other frictional surfaces, adjustably mounted on springs attached to supports V on the shaft E, come down on to the top sheet and push it diagonally forward to the feed-rolls C, D. Any lower sheets accidentally raised with the top sheet are at the same time held back by a frictional surface s on the top of the finger U.
Patent GB-190513451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Displaying Apparatus.
Inventor: SYMES ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-06-29
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 13,451. Symes, A. June 29. Displaying.-Relates to displaying-apparatus in which a pair of endless carriers are mounted upon pairs of idle pulleys so as to be capable of relative motion, and are driven by mechanism independent of the pulleys. Means may be provided for adjusting the length of the carriers, and for maintaining the shelves or other displaying means sup. ported thereby, in a horizontal or other position. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3, two carriers 17 are mounted side by side upon pulleys 9, 11, idly mounted upon shafts 8, 13, supported in vertically adjustable bearings in a frame. The carriers in this form each comprise a belt and rope secured together at intervals by brackets 23, adapted to receive rods 21 which connect the two carriers. The brackets 23, Fig. 10, consist of castings each provided with a side wall 24 adapted to engage grooves in the idle pulleys, with a flange 26 having a socket to receive the rods 21, and with a flange 25 formed with a central dome. The band and cable pass through the eye of a bolt 30 by which they are drawn into the dome. They are clamped by the head 32 of a bolt passing through the side of the dome. Rollers 36 are provided on the brackets to engage guides 37 arranged over the idle pulleys. The carriers are driven by drivers 38, 39, secured on the driving-shaft 8, and formed with forked arms to engage the rods 21, or rollers mounted thereon. In a modification, rollers are provided on the forks. The shelves 22 or other means of display, mounted on the rods 21, are held in a horizontal or other position by rods 55, connected rigidly to the rods 21, and connected by sliding joints 54 to the brackets of an endless band 50, resembling exactly the bands 17, and supported by idle pulleys on studs 47 mounted in vertically adjustable arms 45. The band 50 is shown driven by forked arms 56, similarly to the drivers 38, 39, and connected by gearing 59 to the shaft 8, but it may be driven only by the rods 55. The inclination of the display devices is varied by raising or lowering the studs 47. Drivers may be provided on each side of the idle pulleys. Fig. 15 shows a modified form of bracket in which the band and cable pass through a clamping-eye b and two adjusting-eyes a, c. Fig. 17 shows a modification adapted for heavy work, in which the carrier comprises a number of cables. The cables are clamped by means-of a block l and bolt k to the cros3-bar i of a casting comprising two side walls connected together by webs f, g, h arranged as shown. A block m, adjustable on the web f by means of screws, serves to adjust the length of the cables. When chains are used as carriers, the links v, Fig. 19, of each section of the chain are secured by pins t, u to connectors r carrying a sleeve for the rods 21. One or both of the pins t, u is adjustable by screws x in the connectors r. The means for controlling the inclination of the shelves &c. may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190517249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Making Machines.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1905-08-25
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 17,249. Harrison, G., [Strickland, L. P.]. Aug. 25. Drying.-Relates to an apparatus for automatically regulating the supply of steam to the drying-cylinder so as to ensure the uniform drying of the web of paper. A roller 4, Fig. 1, round which the paper 3 passes after leaving the drying- cylinder 2, is supported by hangers 5, secured to a hollow rock-shaft 6 through which passes a shaft 9 carrying on its farther end a spur-wheel in gear with another spur-wheel on the shaft of the roller 4. On the front end of the shaft 9 is a spur-wheel 14, Fig. 2, which rotates an arm carrying a wiper 18, through spur-wheels 15,16, mounted in a frame 10 fixed to the hollow shaft 6 and having an upward extension 13 supporting a pendulum 24. Mounted on the frame 10 is a screw shaft 21 Having feathered on to it star-wheels 19, 20, joined by a sleeve 33 which is engaged by the pendulum arm 24. By means of a steam valve, the temperature of the drying-cylinders is adjusted so that the paper is of the proper degree of dryness, and weights 31 are hung on to the frame 10 until the pendulum 24 holds the star-wheels so that the wiper 18 misses both of them. If the web becomes too wet or too dry, the tension on the roller 4 becomes increased or diminished and the shaft 6 is turned alightly, thus raising or lowering the frame 10. The pendulum in swinging back into a vertical position moves one of the starwheels into contact with the wiper 18, and the screw shaft is rotated. The nut 22 is moved to the right or left, and, as it is connected by a cord 25 to the lever 27 of the steam valve 28 which supplies the drying-cylinder with steam, more or less steam is admitted as required. The lever 27 may form the arm of a switch controlling an electric heater or beaters. A slotted arm 23, surrounding the pendulum 24, prevents too great a travel of the nut 22 along the shaft 21 by acting on the pendulum and pushing the star-wheel out of contact with the wiper 18. Fig. 4 shows a modification of the apparatus in whish the pendulum 24, when displaced, brings into operation a forked pawl 39, eccentrically mounted on a rotating shaft, so that normally the forked ends miss the teeth of a double ratchet-wheel 40 fixed to the screw shaft 21, but, when the pawl is displaced to the right or left by the pendulum 24 acting through the link 38, the shaft 21 is rotated as before. The teeth on opposite sides of the ratchet-wheel project in opposite directions, so that as the pawl travel downwards it may engage one face, and a's it travels upwards it may engage the other.
Patent GB-190518222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Post Cards, Christmas Cards and the like.
Inventor: MASON FLORENCE LOUISA
Filed: 1905-09-09
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 18,222. Mason, F. L. Sept. 9. Pictures.-A series of views on a paper or other band c, wound on and fastened at the ends to rollers b<1>, b<2>, may be shown through an aperture d in the face of a post card, view book, album, box top, or the like. When applied to a post card, the latter is made of two cards a<1>, a<2> joined at the edges, and having attached to one of them bearings of bent metal, or eyelets, to support the shafts b<1>, b<2>, on the ends of which are small milled heads to facilitate turning. A piece of card or paper j keeps the band c against the opening d. One or m o r e openings, with suitable borders, may be provided, and also several bands c if desired.
Patent GB-190522696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book or Copy Holders.
Inventor: MERCERET AMELIE
Filed: 1905-11-06
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 22,696. Merceret, A. Nov. 6. Reading-desks; leaf-holders.-The apparatus consists of a plate 22, shown in rear view in Fig. 3, adjustably supported on a stand, and having a line guide 36 and paper clamp 42. The plate 22 with the supporting-ledge 23 can pivot about a bolt 26, slidable in slotted guides 24 on the plate, and attached to a rod vertically adjustable in the pillar 16 attached to the base 14 and board 10, which may be clamped to a support 45 or slotted and shaped to support a typewriter. The clip 42 is secured to the ledge 23 by a chain. The backwardly-turned end of the line guide 36 is so secured to a block 35 on a pivoted bar 33 that it may be folded alongside the bar 33 at the back of the plate 22. A spring 34 pressing against the flat bar 33 normally keeps the guide 36 in place.
Patent GB-190600226-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Obtaining and Working Electric Currents of High Periodicity.
Inventor: BROWN SIDNEY GEORGE
Filed: 1906-01-03
Granted: 1907-04-03
Abstract: 226. Brown, S. G. Jan. 3. Telegraphs; telephone s y s t e m s.- Relates to the production and employment of electric currents of high periodicity, applicable for r use in connexion with wireless telegraphy, telephony, and other purposes for which such currents are required. Oscillations of high periodicity are produced by effecting sparking between metal poles a shunted by a suitable capacity b, a high inductance c being placed in series with the spark-gap. A battery d maintains the spark, and a resistance e prevents a dangerous short-circuit at the gap. Another inductance c' may be added in series with the capacity band gap to permit the system to be tuned. The inductance c<1> may be replaced by a step-up transformer c<x>, of which the secondary c<o> is connected through a spark-gap a‹ with the aerial f. A microphone or an electrostatic Dolbear telephone g<x>, Fig. 5, may be introduced into the primary of the transformer circuit or across the tuning capacity b to vary the value of the current for the purpose of wireless telephony. Instead of the tuning being altered by variation of the capacity b, an inductance c' in series with the microphone or electrostatic telephone g<x> may be varied by varying the distance between two parallel coils by means of a diaphragm. The metal electrodes are cooled by fitting plates a<3> to the poles a, Fig. 1, or surrounding the poles with water-jackets, or by causing the sparking to occur between a fixed plate a<x> and a moving disk or drum a<xx>, Fig. 3, of which there may be two or more in series when high voltages are used. In a modification, a metal rod or bar may be arranged to move to and fro upon a metal strip. The sparking electrodes may be of copper, zinc, iron, aluminium, hard carbon, or mercury, and the discharge may take place in an atmosphere of compressed air, nitrogen, hydrogen, or other gas. Fig. 7 shows an electrolytic interrupter comprising an electrode l of platinum. nickel, or other metal, sheathed in an insulator l<1> and dipping into an electrolyte m of dilute sulphuric acid or a solution of caustic potash so as to expose only a small surface. A large anode n of metal unattackable by the electrolyte is employed. A condenser b shunts the interrupter. The cathode l may be arranged on the surface quite close to but not touching the anode n. On the passage of a strong current, oscillations are produced. The transformer and other wireless apparatus are connected at o.
Patent GB-190601818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches for Electric Traction on the Surface Contact System.
Inventor: BROWN ROBERT
Filed: 1906-01-24
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 1818. Brown, R. Jan. 24. Electric railways on the surface-contact system. Switches.-Relates to the switches used to put the studs in circuit successively The form of switch shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is enclosed in a water-tight box 2, is preferably placed in a slot or conduit in the track, and is provided with flanges 3 for bolting to the rail. The conductors 10, 11 lead to terminals 7, 8 which are put in connexion by the movement of a bridging-piece 6 carried by a spindle 1 and normally lying out of contact, a lever 4 fixed on the spindle projecting horizontally across the conduit. The operating-bar 5 carried by the vehicle, in advancing to the position 5<a>, turns the lever 4 and makes contact. To bring back the spindle to its normal position when the train has passed, use is made of a pair of angularly cut sleeves 16, 17, of which the lower is rotatable and the upper non- rotatable by the spindle, whereby a spring 19 is compressed in the turning-on movement and furnishes the force required to bring the parts back. The upper part of the casing where the sleeves work may be filled with a lubricant, which serves also to keep out moisture. A slightly modified form has the operating-lever 4 geared to the switch spindle, and is employed when it is desirable to set the switch back from the conduit. Another form is shown in Fig. 4, where the spindle 1 works longitudinally in the casing 2 under the control of a spring 25. The operating-lever 4 carries an eccentric 22 with a flattened part 23 bearing normally against the flattened end 24 of the spindle, to which position the parts return after being operated by the bar 5.
Patent GB-190602120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Violins or like Stringed Instruments.
Inventor: ROESSLER GEORGE PAPROTH
Filed: 1906-01-27
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 2120. Roessler, G. P. Jan. 27. Violins and like bowed instruments. -Music scores are arranged on or in front of the bridge or against the finger-board. The bridge may be so made that the music may be produced, permanently or otherwise, upon it, and may be enlarged. Preferably separate sheets or cards are used, and are fitted, as shown, against the bridge b and held between the strings and belly. To avoid contact with the bridge, the latter is preferably hollowed as shown, or a projection on the back of the card may bear upon the '' kidney" of the bridge. A flap d hinged by means of Japanese copying- paper to a rib e on the card a may either rest on the belly or be adapted to fall down upon it when the instrument is inclined. The cards may also be held by means of books, slides, or clips.
Patent GB-190605356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Rivets or Studs for Non-skid Tyre Covers.
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 5356. Gerlach, A., and Continental Caoutchouc und Gutta-Percha Cie. March 5. Rivets; studs; washers.-The rivets or studs used to prevent wheel tyres from skidding have circular or angular dished washers a which prevent the heads of the rivets or studs from cutting the treads b of the tyres. When the washers are angular, they can be arranged close together to protect the tyres from puncture, as shown in Fig. 5, which illustrates circular washers each having four projections.