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Patent GB-190417185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Cleaning Printers' Rollers and the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-08-05
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 17,185. Boult, A. J., [Crump, S.]. Aug. 5. Inking-apparatus.-Relates to machines for removing accumulations of matter from printers' and similar rollers without injuring the same, and specially adapted for the removal of ink, paper fibre, &c. from printers' inking-rollers. Solvent is applied to the roller for softening the accumulated matter, and the latter is removed by rotating the roller in contact with scraping-blades. Fig. 2 shows a section of the machine. The printers' roller 28 is rotated by virtue of its contact with a rough-surfaced roller 26 which is driven from a driving-pulley 23 through the gears 24, 29. By pulling over the lever 30, the arms 25 at each end of the machine supporting the roller 26 are rotated to bring the roller 26 out of contact with the roller 28 to the rear of the machine. The shaft of the roller 28 is cradled in two loops formed in the frames 33, wherein are provided roller bearings. The rear ends of the frames 33 are forked to rest upon a rod 35, while the front ends rest upon the edge of the tank 21, and this arrangement allows the frames to be moved longitudinally so as to accommodate various lengths of roller. A series of scraping-blades 39 is supported on pins 42 passing through a series of apertures in a bar 38, which is carried on two vertically-sliding members 37 adapted to be raised or lowered by means of a lever 53 secured to a shaft 49, a crank 51 secured to the same shaft, and a series of links. The blades 39 have concave scraping-edges formed on an arc of a circle greater in diameter than that of the roller to be treated, so that, by varying the obliquity of the scrapers to the roller, various sizes of roller can be accommodated. The scrapers are sufficiently close together to ensure that the whole length of roller is acted upon. The pins 42 are coupled by cranks 43 to a common bar 44, so that, by rotating the arm 45, the obliquity of the scrapers can be varied. The arm 45 is locked in position by a spring catch engaging in a series of serrations in a segmental locking-plate 46. The action of the counterbalance 54 is to retain the scrapers in yielding contact with the roller 28. The solvent solution is applied from a tank 21 to the roller 28, preferably by means of a brush 63 mounted between two arms 65 adapted to be rotated by an arm 68, so that, after replenishing the brush with solvent from the tank, it may be brought into contact with the roller. The brush rotates by virtue of its contact with the roller, For cleaning lithographic rollers, a scraper with a serrated edge is employed, while for ordinary typographic rollers smooth, bevelled, knife-edged blades are used. If the printers' &c. roller be given a longitudinal motion in addition to its rotary motion, a smaller number of scrapers can be used.
Patent GB-190421291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Disc Water Meters.
Inventor: THOMSON JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-04
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 21,291. Thomson, J. Oct. 4. Disc - engine and inclined-shaft types; freezing, preventing injury. from.-Relates to water meters of the kind described in Specifications No. 10,022, A.D. 1894, and No. 1134, A.D. 1898, in which, when an enclosing-head is blown out by the expansive action of freezing, the inner measuring-case is free to follow the head and separate into two parts horizontally. The disc casing is placed in the lower main casing and secured against its seat 10 by the rim 12 of the upper main casing, and the two casings are fastened together by bolts arranged to yield under a pressure greater than that to which the meter is normally subjected ; one form of such bolts is described in Specification No. 21,290, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Glass Nails &c.]. In the lower main casing is placed a strainer 22 made in two parts, the first having larger holes than the other. The disc I is kept in contact with the conical frusta r, s by means of a pin 28 bearing against a circular slot 30 bored in the casing. The thrust against the disc is taken by a spindle 37 having at the end 38 a number of projections engaging with the guide 39 situated in the inlet port. Motion is transmitted to the recording-train by means of a circular slot 35<a> in the ball in which the end of the first spindle is fitted. On the top of the disc casing, a plane surface 40 is turned, and a similar surface 41 is formed on the inner head of the upper main casing on which the rounded ends of the train spindles 42, 43 bear. The thrust on the main spindle is taken by a collar 51 turned to bear on the nut 47. The stuffing-box has an additional nut 48 on it which may be taken off in order to investigate the state of lubrication of the collar 51, and the friction on the spindle 50 may be tried by hand.
Patent GB-190422596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Wire and other Brushes for Cleaning Boiler Tubes, and for similar purposes.
Inventor: LINE ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1904-10-20
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 22,596. Line, A. E., and Marriott, R. L. Oct. 20. Pipe and tube cleaning brushes; bristles, fixing; stocks.-A b r u s h for cleaning the flues and tubes of steam boilers consists of (1) a metal tube a, Fig. 1, pierced with holes b arranged at equal distances opposite one another in a double spiral, and (2) metal or other bristles c longer than the diameter of the boiler tube d which they are to clean. The bristles c are locked in place by a pointed mandrel e, Fig. 2, driven up the tube a. The brush is provided with a screw shank g and a loose ring f. When used for cleaning water tubes in boilers, stronger wires are employed.
Patent GB-190423932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley Wire Supports.
Inventor: PATON DAVID MORTON
Filed: 1904-11-05
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 23,932. Paton, D. M. Nov. 5. Electric railways and tramways on the overheadconductor system. Conductors. - In a safety coupling for use on overhead electric conductors to cut off current from a broken wire, the wire E passes round the grooved segmental part E<1> of the bar D and is bent over to secure it after passing through an orifice e. This bar D has at the other end a collar C of insulating-material, over which slides a thimble B carrying pins b. These pins rest in hooks on the arms A' of the suspending-piece A, to which the current flows. The other half (not shown) is symmetrical. Tension of the conductor normally maintains contact at a', e', ee, but breakage of the wire destroys it in the manner shown in the dotted portion of the Figure. Pins b<1> are provided to prevent the bar D disengaging from the hook and also to limit the motion so that the wire E cannot be brought into contact with the central piece A.
Patent GB-190425872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LAWLESS PHILIP CHARLES
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1906-02-28
Abstract: 25,872. Lawless, P. C. Nov. 28. Gas and like engines.-In fourstroke - cycle engines, at the end of the suction stroke, air, which has been compressed in the crank chamber, is admitted to the space above the free piston f from a reservoir o<2>, there. by compressing the charge in the combustion chamber before the beginning of the compression stroke. When ignition takes place, the explosion forces the piston f upwards and uncovers a ring of ports a<2>, through which the compressed air enters the combustion chamber, flowing over the cylinder wall and cooling it. Towards the end of the expansion stroke, the exhaust valve k is opened, and the piston f is depressed by a spring h and by the expansion of the air above it far enough to meet the piston b on its up-stroke. The downward movement of the piston f is checked by a dash-pot piston f<2>. A valve p is opened periodically to relieve the pressure beneath it in case a miss-fire should occur. The Provisional- Specification states that the space m<1> may form the combustion chamber and the space i the air chamber, or that both spaces may form combustion chambers and an additional air chamber be provided. Water spray may enter the combustion chamber with the air.
Patent GB-190502099-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Making Golf Tees.
Inventor: SCHULTZ GEORGE
Filed: 1905-02-02
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 2099. Schultz, G. Feb. 2. Golf.-A device for making tees from sand consists of a metal or other conical mould a, provided with a handle b, which enables the tee to be formed without waste of sand and without soiling of the hands. The formed tee is expelled from the mould by depression of a plunger d, which is preferably formed with a convex head e and passes through a sleeve c on the mould. The plunger is normally held in its raised position by means of a spring g or other device.
Patent GB-190503473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Printing Photographs and the like.
Filed: 1905-02-20
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 3473. Kodak, Ltd., [Maddox, W. J.]. Feb. 20. Printing.-A structure enabling a number of printing-frames to be arranged round a central light comprises the three detachable sections A, B, C of the globular cabinet as shown in Fig. 2. The structure revolves on the upper conical end 5 of the spindle 4, which fits the recess 3 of the supporting-base 2. The rotatable cap 6 has crosschannels 7 and an oil-hole 8, and screws on to the sleeve 10 surrounding the spindle 4. The structure is made more rigid by the trusses 13, 14. The printing-frames rest against flanges 21, and may be retained in position by latches 22, these being necessary for the frames in the lower tier.
Patent GB-190503928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Inverted Incandescent Gas Fittings
Inventor: NEGAL MORRIS
Filed: 1905-02-24
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 3928. Negal, M. Feb. 24. Incandescent gas lamps.-The mixing- tube D of an inverted lamp fits loosely on the neck C of the mixing - chamber B, and the burner head is held centrally by arms K within a globe holder H carried by two arms G from the chamber B.
Patent GB-190509099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism for the Drawing Drums of Wire Drawing Machines.
Inventor: CARTER WOODHOUSE
Filed: 1905-05-01
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 9099. Carter, W., and Hodgson, E. May 1. Drawing. - The drums of a continuous wire - drawing machine are driven through differential gearing so arranged that, if the speed of any one drum is retarded, that of each of the succeeding drums is correspondinglyaccelerated. The main driving-shaft is divided into sections 4, 4<A>, 4<B>, &c., and on each section is keyed a cage 6<A>, carrying pinions 8 mounted on studs. These pinions engage an annular wheel 9<A> forming part of a bevel-wheel, loosely mounted on the boss of the cage and driving a bevel-gear 10 from which the drum 1 receives its motion, and also with a pinion 11 keyed to the next section of the driving- shaft. If any particular drum is retarded, the pinions 8 will rotate and cause the pinion 11 and thus the succeeding drums to accelerate. Pawls 12 are inserted between the bevel-wheels and the cages to permit relative motion in one direction only and thus ensure that, if the resistance to any particular drum ceases, that drum will not run at increased speed and the succeeding drums remain stationary.
Patent GB-190511344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Insulators for Electric Conductors such as the Live Rails of Electric Traction Systems.
Inventor: REDMAYNE ROBERT NORMAN
Filed: 1905-05-30
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 11,344. Hedmayne, R. N. May 30. Electric railways and tramways.-Insulators for the live rails used in electric traction systems are made with grooves and lateral depending flanges so as to prevent the formation of a film of moisture on the insulator. As shown, the flanges g, j are formed by simple angular undercuts f, h, but undercuts may be made which are channelled in various ways. The surface b which supports the live rail is preferably of less width than the base of the rail, so that the latter overhangs the waterways d, which are bevelled off at k and may slope away from the centre. The walls e preferably rise above the base of the rail, and the insulator may be made in several parts.
Patent GB-190514117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Proof Doors and the like.
Inventor: BERNER EUGEN
Filed: 1905-07-08
Granted: 1906-07-07
Abstract: 14,117. Berner, E. July 8, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fire-proof coverings. - Fire - proof doors are constructed by applying to the metal plate h a layer i of asbestos, which is protected by covering with a perforated metal plate or netting j, the whole being secured together by bolts k. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 also describes a heat insulating or resisting covering for girders, beams, and the like, consisting of a double casing of thin sheet metal packed with asbestos ; for pipes consisting of a layer of asbestos protected by a surrounding seamless tube ; and for plates and the like comprising an asbestos layer and an outer continuous or perforated metallic sheet or network. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190517503-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rubber, for Rubbing Animals' Coats, and similar purposes.
Inventor: SIMPSON RICARDO
Filed: 1905-08-30
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 17,503. Simpson, R. Aug. 30. Flesh-rubbers.-A sheet of coarse fabric, such as canvas or sacking, is impregnated with common salt, and is used as a rubber for animals' coats or the human skin.
Patent GB-190520253-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hopper or Container for Ore, Fuel or other Materials.
Inventor: DEFAYS VICTOR
Filed: 1905-10-06
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 20,253. Defays, V. Oct. 6, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Feeding-devices.-A hopper or container for ore, fuel, or other materials is formed of metal bands 3, Figs. 1 and 2, hooked to supports 10 on the girders 2 so that each band hangs in a catenary curve, the intervening spaces 4 being covered by a lining 5 of wood or other material and the end plates 11 independent of the body of the hopper, to allow the bands 3 to assume a curve corresponding to the supported load. Discharge valves 6 are arranged between the bands at the bottom of the hopper. The girders 2 may carry a roof 7 and a framework 8 serving to support a railway 9.
Patent GB-190600241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rifles serving as Aiming or Practice Tubes for Breech Loading Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1906-01-03
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 241. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Jan. 3. Ordnance, adapting for miniature - ammunition practice.-Consists in the employment for practice purposes of the barrel and lock of an ordinary rifle, such as the Service rifle. The rifle barrel B is mounted in a .sleeve E, screwed at its rear end to a clip G which embraces the lug b of the barrel, and centred in the breech of the parent gun A by a two-part adapter C, C' and a centring rest F. The part C of the adapter engages the sleeve by interrupted collars e and is locked thereto by a spring - bolt C<2>. The sear lever D' is arranged to be actuated at will either by the electro-magnet D<1> or by a lanyard attached to the lever D<8>.
Patent GB-190601099-A (GB)
Title: A Means for Controlling the Contact Lever of Electrical Igniting Apparatus for Explosion Motors.
Inventor: EISEMANN ERNST
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 1099. Elsemann, E. Jan. 15. Gas and like engines, igniting in. In hightension systems, the primary circuit breaking - lever is given a positive motion by a cam-groove. The primary circuit 1, from the magneto, is closed by the lever f and broken again after the maximum potential has been reached. One of the contacts h may be made with a spring action. The other end g of the lever f is actuated by the groove e in the cam-disk d. Instead of a magneto, a battery may be used to supply the current.
Patent GB-190606268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Guards for Tramway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: LEADBETTER THOMAS ABNEY NAPIER
Filed: 1906-03-15
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 6268. Leadbetter, T. A. N. March 15. Obstruction-removers or life-guards for tramway and like vehicles. The gate can swing through a small angle in both directions without operating the guard proper 4. For this purpose it is connected with the release rod 14 by a pin-and-slot joint 13, 15. The rear end of the release rod 14 is connected to a pivoted catch, shown separately in Fig. 3, which engages a tooth 21 on the resetting- rod 17. When the gate swings so far inwards that the end of the slot 13 reaches the pin 15, further movement will pull the rod 14 to the right and thus draw down the retaining-catch from engagement with the tooth 21. A spring 28 will then lower the guard 4 and will, at the same time, move the resetting-rod 17 to the right. The gate having swung back to a vertical position, a spring 26 pulls back the rod 14 and raises the retaining- catch ready for engagement with the tooth 21 when the driver operates the hand-lever 20 to re-set the apparatus. The retaining-catch may be so placed as to be operated directly by the gate, and it may be of bell-crank or other form.
Patent GB-190610398-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for the Prevention of Side Slip with Mechanically Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: MOLESWORTH HENRY BRIDGES
Filed: 1906-05-03
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 10,398. Molesworth, H. B. May 3. Wheels with two or more rims side by side.-To prevent side-slipping by maintaining rolling contact, subsidiary wheels are mounted on the same axle as the driving-wheels and arranged to bear part of the load while remaining free to revolve. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement in which the extra wheel a is mounted beside the driving-wheel b, the sprocket-wheel c and brake drum d being connected to the latter only. In modifications, the additional wheel is mounted on the hub of the driving-wheel as in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190612958-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Separating Reduced Wheat or Middlings and other Millers' and others' Stock.
Inventor: STACEY FRANK
Filed: 1906-06-05
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 12,958. Stacey, F. June 5. Feeding-devices.-In a modification of the machine described in Specification No. 27,577, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Sifting &c.], for sifting reduced wheat or middlings &c. through a vertical sifting-surface h by means of beaters d' carried by a revolving drum d, the stock is fed into the machine by a small propeller x consisting of inclined blades x<6> mounted on a vertical axis in a chamber x<3> adjacent to the bottom x<2> of the machine. The propeller is, preferably, driven by a belt y from the main shaft e, and the walls of the chamber are inclined as shown. The stock is fed into the chamber by an inlet x<4>, and escapes through the outlet x<5> into the sifting-apparatus. In a modification, a disk with upstanding radial blades or vanes is employed.
Patent GB-190626582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stage Lamps.
Inventor: MACHIN CHARLES
Filed: 1906-11-23
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 26,582. Machin, C. Nov. 23. Lanterns; signal lamps ; oxyhydrogen and l i k e lamps.-In a stage lamp having a series of coloured slides adapted to be drawn in front of an electric arc or other lamp, the slides are provided with automatic retractile devices such as springs or pneumatic arrangements, enabling the lamp to be used at any angle, for example for emitting light vertically upwards or downwards. Springs 9 are employed, in the construction shown in Fig. 2, each being connected by a hook 1 to a slide d so as to be stretched when the slide is pulled by cords in front of the lamp. The springs, which may be arranged variously and may be compressed instead of extended when the slide is pulled out, may be replaced by other retractile devices such as an aircompressing piston and cylinder. The retractile springs may support the slides and thus act as cushion springs, or friction or other retarding means may be used, such as cushioning-springs 6, Fig. 2, or rubber-tipped spring stops, Fig. 4. The slides may be of glass, or frames covered with coloured fabric, and may be provided with antifriction rollers 4 mounted on screws in slots in the frames. Specification No. 19,813, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190627310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to String and Cord Retaining Devices
Inventor: BROWN EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-11-30
Abstract: 27,310. Brown, E. W. Nov. 30. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Parcel-carriers.-A device for use in stringing parcels &c. comprises lugs g<1>, bent over towards one another, at the ends of plates g<3>, which are connected by a handle g<4>. The lugs are formed with holes g<7> in the bent-over part, and a ridge g<2> is pressed up from the plate g<3>. The Provisional Specification describes a form of lug in which the bent-over part is provided with a depression instead of the hole g<7>.
Patent GB-190628976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ties, Scarves, Mufflers, and all Knitted Neckwear, and in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: BRIGGS ISAAC
Filed: 1906-12-19
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 28,976. Briggs, I. Dec 19. Neck-ties ; shawls.-Ties, scarfs, mufflers, and all knitted neckwear are made with a narrower and thinner portion B C D at the back of the neck, by the employment of a yarn of varying thickness, such as described in Specification No. 16,995, A.D. 1898. The effect may be increased by adding to, or reducing, the number of stitches at any part. According to the Provisional Specification, an approximation to the above effect may be obtained by using yarns of varying counts or thicknesses, or by using yarns of various folds, or by the addition to or subtraction from the number of threads of yarn.
Patent GB-190629376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres
Inventor: VOURIOT HENRI ALCIBIADE
Filed: 1906-12-24
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 29,376. Vouriot, H. A. Dec. 24. Tyres, pneumatic.-A detachable tread formed by rings 16 of leather, cotton, compressed fibre, hemp, rubber, &c., separated by steel blades 17, is fastened by bolts 18 to U-shoes 15, which engage over pieces 13 of ebonite or other non- conductor of heat riveted to a band 12 fixed on the tyre. In a modification, the shoes 15 have recessed sides and rest on the tyre engaging between the correspondingly-formed pieces 13, the pieces 13 being covered with metal and the shoes being lined with non-conducting material. The ends of the shoes may be strengthened by corrugations or ribs.
Patent GB-190701900-A (GB)
Title: Improved Signals on Locomotive Engines and the Stopping of Locomotive Engines
Inventor: HARBOTTLE JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-01-25
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 1900. Harbottle, J. Jan. 25. Stopping engines and trains.-The regulator of a locomotive is closed, and the brake valve is opened, by apparatus which is released to perform its work by the fracture of a copper rod when a lever on the engine encounters an upstanding plate on the track. A lever C, pivoted at B so as to swing in either direction in case the engine is reversed, is provided at the lower end with a cushioning-device consisting of rubber or spring backed plates so as to lessen shock on contact with a track plate D. At the other end of the lever C is a soft copper rod A, which holds down a lever F attached to springs arranged in a dash-pot E and by a rod S and bell-crank K to the regulator. A projection on the lever F may be similarly connected with a brake valve H, as shown, or a chain J off the rod S may make the necessary connexion. When the lever C strikes the plate D, the rod A is broken and the springs E operate both the steam and the brake valve.