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Patent GB-190506544-A (GB)
Title: Means for Playing a New Game
Inventor: COLLIER ALFRED
Filed: 1905-03-28
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 6544. Collier, A. March 28. Games played with boards, dice, and disks.-A game, resembling "Ludo," is played on a board marked out as in Fig. 1, the numbered marginal divisions bearing representations, preferably those of ordinary playing-cards, and the four corners A, B, C, D being suitably stamped to represent "monarch corners." Certain of the squares k, l in the cross-arms, which separate the squares I, J, K, L, known as "Balks," are stamped with crowns and feathers, respectively. The disks, coloured as in Ludo, are moved on the result of dice throws, and according to certain rules which are indicated in the Specification.
Patent GB-190506981-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Shedding Motion for Looms.
Inventor: ABELL ROBERT
Filed: 1905-04-03
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 6981. Abell, R. April 3. Vertical looms ; shedding-motions.- In a vertical loom for weaving smallware, such as tapes or webbings, the horizontal heald d frames 6, 7 slide, one above the other, in guides 8, and are provided with frames 4, 5 surrounding eccentrics or cams 2, 3 on a vertical shaft 9. This shaft is driven by bevel-gearing from the main shaft 12, and, in order to cause the healds to dwell while the shuttle is passing through the shed, the driving bevel-wheel has two spaces with no teeth at diametrically-opposite points.
Patent GB-190508507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: BYRD CHARLES MACKEY
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 8507. Byrd, C. M., and Travis, G. H. April 23, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lubricators. - A condensation lubricator for locomotives consists of an oil reservoir A and a condensing-chamber B divided by partitions into compartments b. The chamber B is filled with water up to the level of the oil outlets C, and steam from the pipe S is admitted by the inlets e, which are lower t h a n the outlets C. Water passes from the chamber B to the bottom of the reservoir A by the pipe a, and oil escapes through the nipples t, regulated by the valves v. Sight-glasses g are provided.
Patent GB-190514706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Ships' Progress Indicators.
Inventor: WHITTLE THOMAS
Filed: 1905-07-17
Granted: 1906-10-17
Abstract: 14,706. Whittle, T. July 17. Course indicators ;logs. -Relates to more or less automatic apparatus for indicating upon a chart the approximate position of a ship throughout a voyage. For this purpose, as shown by Fig. 1, the chart is made with a slot, coinciding with the usual route between two ports, in which an indicator is adjusted by hand, or caused to travel, to indicate the position of the ship. The indicator may be driven from a log or from the engine. In the apparatus for this purpose shown by Fig. 3, the air-pump of the engine is used to close momentarily and periodically at the end of a certain number of strokes a switch to start a motor which drives a chain to which the indicator, working in the slot on the chart, is fixed. The apparatus is mounted at the back of the map so that the slots g in the plate h are immediately behind the slots in the route map, Fig. 1. The-motor f drives a sprocket-wheel f<8> engaging with a chain d, which is led by suitable guidepulleys e along the slot g and carrier the indicator c, projecting through to the face of the map. An electro-magnetic switch H and a commutator E are fitted to control the circuits. When the starting-switch, already referred to as being closed momentarily at certain intervals by the action of the air-pump, is operated, it closes a circuit through the terminal 1, conductor s, starting-switch, terminal 2, terminal 3, contact-bobbin G, terminals 4, 5, commutator E, terminal 6, switch D, terminal 7, commutator E, terminal f<10>, motor armature, terminal f<11>, contact 9, commutator E, contact 10, motor field coils, terminal 16, and the battery t, back to. the starting-terminal 1. The establishment of this circuit starts the motor and by 'the electro-magnet G raises the armature B' and closes the switch B<2> thus closing the shunt circuit through the terminal 1, switch A, bobbin H, terminal 12, switch B<2>, and terminal 4. The switch A is opened when the motor has run for a certain time by contact with a pin f<9> on the gear-wheel f<5>. The bobbin H is thus de-energized, the switch B' opened, and the motor circuit thus broken, until the air-pump has again made the necessary number of strokes to operate the starting-switch. Switches C<1>, D', mounted at the ends of the slots g, are opened by contact with the indicator as it reaches the end of its travel. The indicator may be adjusted by hand when desired, and the direction of its travel reversed.
Patent GB-190517680-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Silencer for the Exhaust Gases from Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HUTTON HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1905-09-01
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 17,680. Hutton, H. T. Sept. 1. Exhaustsilencers for explosion engines consists of a number of eccentrically-arranged cylinders A, B, C, D, E of equal length secured together by bolts F ; their ends are closed by disks of asbestos or other material held in position by flanges G, which are kept in place by plates J screwed on the inlet pipe. The passage of the gases is as shown in Fig. 2 through perforations in the cylinder walls. The tubes may be seamless, brazed tubes, or sheets of metal lapped over, or a sheet forming a continuous spiral may replace them. The inlet may be in the side of the cylinders, and a valve may be supplied to allow for free exhaust. The inner cylinders may be secured together by studs F<1> and removed bodily.
Patent GB-190520501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telegraph and like Poles or Masts.
Inventor: SCHUETZ WILHELM
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 20,501. Sch³tz, W. Oct. 10. Posts made of glass, such as are described in Specification No. 16,487, A.D. 1903, for telegraphic and like purposes, are strengthened by placing a protective jacket round the portion most subject to strain. As shown, the glass post a is surrounded by a casing b of some easily-moulded material, such as mortar, cement, &c., with variously-shaped inlays c. To prevent the entrance of moisture, rings d may be formed on the glass mast, and in some cases, e.g. when the posts are for use in street railway systems, the jacket may be made with an ornamental outline.
Patent GB-190521419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Mechanism for the Selfacting Feeding of the Pile of Paper on a Perforating Machine.
Inventor: SCHMIDT KARL
Filed: 1905-10-21
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 21,419. Schmidt, K. Oct. 21. Punching and perforating machines for paper.- Consists of a device for automatically and successively advancing the pile of paper on an ordinary perforating-machine predetermined d i s - tances, which may be equal or unequal. The back fence 4, Figs. 1 and 2, to which the paper is held by a clip 33, is fixed to a pin 5 moving in a slot 6 in the table 1 and engaging the slotted end 9 of a lever 8 pivoted at 7. A spring 32, connected to the lever 8, pushes the paper forward until a spring 19 on the lever 8, Fig. 13, strikes the first of a number of adjustable stops 15 on a curved bar 14. The perforation is then made and a rod 17, Fig. 4, attached to a treadle is drawn down, bringing with it a curved lever 16, pivoted at 23 and having a serrated lower edge, the end 18 of the lever 16 engaging a slot in the rod 17. The weight of the lever 16 resting upon the lever 8 depresses it, so that the spring 19 ceases to engage the stop 16 and upon the rise of the treadle allows the lever 8 to swing forward to the next stop. The paper is thus moved forward between each descent of the perforating-needles a distance depending upon the position of the stops 15, until a hook-shaped projection 30, Fig. 9, on the lever 8 strikes a lever 20 pivoted at 7 and presses a spring 31 attached to it in contact with an adjustable stop 28 clamped to a pair of parallel curved bars 21. The depression of the lever 8 at the last perforation carries the lever 20 down also and allows the spring 31 to engage the underside of the stop 28, Fig. 11. The projection 30 also strikes a stop 26 on a rod 24 between the bars 21. This causes the rod 24 to move a short distance longitudinally. The lever 8 is then drawn back by a cord 39 attached to a treadle till the hook 30 strikes a stop 25 on the rod 24, thus moving it back to its original position and releasing the lever 20 from its engagement with the stop 28. If desired, the cord 39 may be wound upon a power-driven drum 53, Fig. 3, the rotation of which is controlled by a friction clutch 50 operated automatically by the movement of the rod 24.
Patent GB-190523182-A (GB)
Title: A Window Sash Lock.
Inventor: BRAY THOMAS
Filed: 1905-11-11
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 23,182. Bray, T. Nov. 11. S a s h fastenings; locks, key; keys.-In the meeting rail of the lower sash is mounted the sliding latch or bolt C adapted to engage the striking-plate E in the lower rail of the upper sash under the pressure of the spring G, and to be withdrawn therefrom by screwing in the internally-threaded key F which engages with the screwed part c of the bolt tail.
Patent GB-190523958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recording Instruments.
Inventor: ELPHINSTONE GEORGE KEITH BULLE
Filed: 1905-11-21
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 23,958. Elphinstone, G. K. B. Nov. 21. Driving-mechanism for record strips; record sheets specially prepared for.-apparatus of the type described in Specification No. 17,577, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Measuring &c.], means are described for keeping the record sheet pressed against the feeding-wheels, clamping the sheet to and removing it from the taking-up drum, marking time divisions upon the sheet, and driving from the clock through friction gearing. The supply roll N has one of its supports M hinged to admit of removal, and the sheet passes therefrom underneath a guard-plate O and through the slit P to the serrated feeding-wheels A, A' against which it is pressed by spring-controlled rollers B, Bl. Although the levers carrying these rollers are both mounted upon the same spindle and can both be displaced to free the sheet by the depression of an extension E upon one of them, the provision of a little lost motion allows each spring to press its lever independently against the sheet. The spindle Q to which the feeding-wheels are fixed is driven through the simple disk friction clutch at one end, shown in Fig. 3, and a similar clutch at the other end drives the pinion R giving motion to the flanged taking-up drum, Fig. 6. One flange of this drum is removable, and uf the centres upon which it rotates one is spring-held and can be withdrawn axially to release the drum ; a section 6 of the drum is eccentrically pivoted at 9, and provides means for clamping the end of the record sheet and also for diminishing the circumference of the drum when drawing off. Fig. 7 shows the method of marking the record sheet with distinctive lines for each hour, half-hour, and quarter-hour. The Provisional Specification also refers to Specification No. 5270, A.D. 1904.
Patent GB-190525733-A (GB)
Title: Improved Screw Adjustment Side Lays for Printing Machines.
Inventor: PAGE WILLIAM HAYWARD
Filed: 1905-12-11
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 25,733. Page, W. H. Dec. 11. Feeding sheets.- The side lay E is provided with a fine adjusting - screw G and a locking-screw J, and is secured on the usual bar of the p ri nting - machine by means of a boss A and thumbscrew. The screw G is mounted in an arm C on the boss A and engages with the end of a square boss F of the lay E. The boss F is fitted to slide in a boss D on an arm B on the boss A.
Patent GB-190602147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-playing Attachments for Pianos and other Keyed Musical Instruments.
Inventor: DAVIS GEORGE HOWLETT
Filed: 1906-01-27
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 2147. Davis, G. H. Jan. 27. Dynamos and motors for special purposes; ; field magnets.-In an electric self-playing attachment for keyboard musical instruments, a battery 35 supplies current to a motor 12 to drive the various moving parts, and to magnets 26 ; or the motor 12 may be changed into a generator to supply current to the magnets 26, a motor 38<1> then being supplied with current to rotate the generator and various parts. The field casting 3 is yoke-shaped, and is disposed so as to constitute a part of the frame of the instrument. When the electric machine is not a motor convertible into a generator, but is a generator in the first instance, the armature shaft, instead of having a bearing in the field casting, is carried through and connected by pulley and belt gearing with a prime motor.
Patent GB-190605623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Shrouding or Turbine Blades or Vanes
Inventor: CLARKE ATHOL WILFRID
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 5623. Clarke, A. W. March 8. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Relates to shrouding and to means for securing it to turbine blades. The upper corners of the blades 1, Figs. 2 and 3, have dovetailed recesses, and the shrouding ring 4 has corresponding projections 5 and the ring is sufficiently elastic to allow it to be deformed and sprung into place. The segments of the ring have overlapping ends secured together by rivets 8, which may have elongated bolt holes to allow for expansion. The ring may have lateral flanges 6, which are slotted at intervals. In a modification, a straight-sided groove 10, Fig. 5, with projecting ridges 11 is formed in the top of each blade, and a corresponding dovetailed projection 9 is formed on the shrouding ring. The ring is placed in position and secured by flattening the ridges by pressure. The groove and ridges may be reversed in position.
Patent GB-190607599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Stencils or Stencil Materials.
Inventor: REUBER EMIL
Filed: 1906-03-29
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 7599. Reuber, E., and Peters, J. March 29. Stencils. - A material for wood - graining &c. stencils is made of hemp paper impregnated with a mixture of wax and linseed oil while hot, and provided with a textile backing applied before the impregeating-material sets. The design is pricked in with a bluut needle or needle roller or plate, and the burrs produced on the back are ground off or otherwise removed.
Patent GB-190607687-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Cleaning, Filling and Disinfecting Bed-feathers.
Inventor: SCHEIBLER ALFRED
Filed: 1906-03-30
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 7687. Scheibler, A. March 30. Feathers, cleaning.-Apparatus s for cleaning and disinfecting feathers and filling them into bags consists of a casing a, with slanting lids band bottom flap e. Within the casing is a sieve i, adjustable by means of cords or chains m, and a crank-shaft L. The lid is provided with an aperture c with cloth flap d so that the arm may . be inserted for manipulating the feathers. Hot gases from a lamp are passed in through the aperture s. to disinfect the feathers, which, when cleaned, are filled into bags through the funnelshaped opening h. During the disinfecting-process, the aperture c is closed by a slide u.
Patent GB-190612249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: MOLAS JEAN
Filed: 1906-05-25
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 12,249. Molas, J. May 25. Spring wheels. - The outer part of a wheel comprises three annular elements, a rim or tyre a of channel section, a discontinuous spring band D, and a discontinuous straining - band B sprung on the felloe. To arrange the members in position, the ends of the band D, which may be of the form shown with notches at intervals, are overlapped, and the band is inserted and brought to bear upon the seating E by making the ends abut, the rim and band being then connected by screws e. The split band B, which is of spring metal of less diameter than the felloe, is placed within the spring D and expanded upon the felloe and against the spring, a key-piece being afterwards inserted in the gap left between the ends. Screws then connect the band and felloe. Two spring bands may be used side by side.
Patent GB-190620428-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Band or Cover for rendering Pneumatic Tyres entirely Unpuncturable.
Inventor: OGLANBY DANIEL
Filed: 1906-09-14
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 20,428. Oglanby, D. Sept. 14. Drawings to Specification. Tyres, pneumatic.-A puncture-preventing band for the tyres of motor-cars, cycles, &c., consists of steel segments connected together by rivets passing through slots in the centre of the segments, and is inserted between the inner tube and the cover. The whole band may be enclosed in a rubber or other casing.
Patent GB-190620703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Resistances.
Inventor: DAVY WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1906-09-18
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 20,703. Davy, W. J. Sept. 18. Resistance coils are enclosed in annular casings with insulating-linings. An annular metal case a, closed in a water-tight manner by a lid b, contains a resistance coil d, insulated by mica. The resistance may be fitted on top of an arc lamp, with the terminals projecting down into the latter, to act as a line or a substitute resistance.
Patent GB-190626459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Hanging Up Washing.
Inventor: MUELLER ANTON
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 26,459. M³ller, A. Nov. 22. Clothes - racks.-One arm of a wire bow-piece a terminates in a hook c, while the other is bent round and continued as a corrugated or serpentine rod d, which is threaded through the button-holes of the articles to be dried. The spring eye b of the bow-piece is then passed over the clothes line, and the end of the rod is placed within the hook.
Patent GB-190627210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo-electric Generators.
Inventor: LEITNER HENRY
Filed: 1906-11-29
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 27,210. Leitner, H. Nov. 29. Commutators; dynamos, regulating.-Relates to self-regulating dynamo-electric machines of the type employing auxiliary brushes, such as are described in Specification No. 9655, A.D. 1905, and working in conjunction with a storage battery to supply current to lamps, fans. &c. on railway trains. The invention consists in replacing one of the main brushes of the machine by two subsidiary brushes d, e, Figs. 1 and 2. With the armature rotating in the direction shown in Fig. 1, the battery f is connected across the single main brush c and the subsidiary brush d acting as the main negative brush, and the lamps g are arranged between the main brush c and the subsidiary brush e. The brushes d, e are so positioned upon the commutator that the arc of the armature supplying the lamp voltage has a descending voltage characteristic, and the arc of the armature supplying the battery an ascending characteristic, due to the field distortion produced by increased load. When the direction of rotation is reversed, Fig. 2, the brushes are rocked round and the connexions changed so that the brush e serves as the main negative brush and the brush d is connected to the lamp circuit.
Patent GB-190627778-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lower Fitting for Water Gauge
Inventor: HINDES CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1906-12-06
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 27,778. Hindes, C. G. Dec. 6. Water levels, indicating.-The lower fitting of a gauge glass is provided with the usual safety-ball valve and with an asbestos-packed cock, which will allow of all the operations usually performed by two or more cocks. The plug P, Fig. 1, which may be cylindrical or tapered, is formed with a passage P' extending from side to side, and with a passage P<2> starting from the side and opening out at the inner end of the plug. The ball valve is shown at BV.
Patent GB-190704515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Suspending Arc Lamps and other Articles.
Inventor: SPENCER ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1907-02-23
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 4515. Spencer, A. E. Feb. 23. Disengaging-couplings. - Relates to suspension apparatus for arc lamps and other articles, of the type in which a movable part carrying the lamp &c., when first raised, operates a hook member mounted upon a fixed part, so as to hold the movable part after a further downward movement, and is adapted, when again raised, to operate the hook member so as to allow a free downward movement. The present invention consists in operating the hook member by means of two actuating-pins carried on the movable part, thereby avoiding the use of a separate releasing-lever. Fig. 1 shows the mechanism in position for supporting the lamp, and Fig. 4 shows the position just previous to lowering. The lamp carrier is provided with a central rod, to which the hoisting-rope is attached, and an arm L carrying two pins H, K. The pin K is adapted to enter a slot in a guide-tube, and both pins are adapted to engage cam-surfaces on the hook D pivotally suspended on a pin U from the fixed bracket C. When the lamp is raised, the pin K first engages the face M of the hook which is forced backwards until the pin passes the point of the hook. The other pin H then pushes the hook forward by riding up the face N until it enters the notch W. When the hoisting-rope is again paid out, the pin K engages the face 0 of the hook and supports the lamp. In order to release the lamp, it is again raised so that the pin K travels along the bottom face of an auxiliary lever P, pivoted on the book D, thus forcing the lever up until it engages a stop Q. The pin K then passes into a forked opening in the front of the lever P. In the meantime, the pin H rides up the rear surface R of the hook and engages the notch R<1>. When the rope is again paid out, the hook D is prevented from swinging forward by the engagement of the pin K with the lever P, so that the pin H enters the slot S on the hook and retracts the point of the hook from the path of the pin K, as shown in Fig. 4. The lever P may be dispensed with by making the pivot U of the hook D work stiffly, and by providing the front of the hook with suitable cam-surfaces. The hook D may be arranged to slide bodily instead of turning on a pin. In another modification, the cam-surfaces are arranged on the periphery of a vertical cylinder, the pins H, K being radial and preferably at right-angles to each other. The hook member D and the pins H, K may be duplicated.
Patent GB-190707195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Measuring Piece Goods & the like
Inventor: FLETCHER PHILIP HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-26
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 7195. Fletcher, P. H. March 26. Measuring.-In apparatus for measuring piece goods, more particularly woollen, worsted, or other goods liable to stretch, the wheel D is rotated by the fabric being drawn between it and the spring or equivalent K on the bed J. The periphery of the wheel D is sinuous, to release at intervals the escapement E of a clock-work counter A. In a modification, the wheel D has a cam-slot, or carries a grooved cam to engage the escapement pin.