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Patent GB-190523232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Speed Gearing
Inventor: LEECHMAN GEORGE DOUGLAS
Filed: 1905-11-11
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 23,232. Leechman, G. D. 'Nov. 11. Variable-speed gearing, applicable to velocipedes &c., of the type in which two separate epicyclic trains are employed, one gearing up and the other down. Between the driving-part A and the driven part or hub A<1> there is a loose ring D, which carries the internally-toothed rings of both trains. The part A carries spindles E for planet-pinions E<1> in mesh with a sun-wheel E'. The part A' carries spindles F for planet-wheels F<1> in mesh with a sun-pinion F'. The wheel E' is provided with radial slots E<3> with which a key H sliding in slots B' is adapted to engage when the wheel E<2> is to be held against rotation, and with a circular recess E<4> that does not engage the key H. The wheel F' is adapted to be held stationary by a free-wheel clutch J or to be locked to a sleeve K which slides in grooves A<3> in the part A'. The sleeve K carries teeth K<1>, K<2> which can engage teeth F<3> on the boss of the pinion F<2>, parts of the sleeve projecting between the planet-wheels F<1>. The sleeve K is operated by a key M projecting through slots B<2> and carried by a rod L which also carries the key H. In the position shown, the part A drives the ring D directly through ratchet pawls G, the pinion F<2> is held by the clutch J, and the part A' is driven at the lowest speed. For the second speed, the solid drive, the rod L is moved one step to the left and the key H enters the recess E<4>, the teeth K<1> engaging the teeth F<3>. Further movement of the rod L causes the key H to enter the recesses E<3> and liberates the teeth F<3> so that both trains become operative. The high speed is obtained when the teeth K<2> engage the teeth F<3> and the train E<2>, E', D is alone in operation. A modification is described in which the ring D is supported by a flange resting on the boss of the wheel E<2> and in which one of the ball bearings C<1> is dispensed with. The gearing may also be arranged for two or three speeds.
Patent GB-190525356-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electrical Winding Device for Clocks.
Inventor: TRILKE ADOLF HEINRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1905-12-06
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 25,356. Trilke, A. H. W. Dec. 6. Electric clocks. - The heavy ratchet levers i, j, Fig. 1, for driving separate wheel trainsusually the going and the striking trains-are both lifted by a single rocking armature a centrally pivoted between the poles n, s of an electro-magnet. Normally, the armature is in the oblique position, but, when the ratchet lever i or j weighs upon it, the pin-bearing fork b at its centre turns a.star u and therewith a switch for the current. The armature, in coming to the horizontal, further actuates the star-wheel to break the circuit. A detent r prevents the released armature from swinging back enough to close the circuit. A weak spring intervenes between the The remaining clocks are stopped similarly by the ratchet-wheel and the driving-wheel g<1>. The switch consists of a cross v, of which the bevelled arms v<1>, Fig. 5, wipe an insulated pin d on a spring finger q having also an uninsulated pin e, so that the latter makes and breaks contact with the cross,' a second finger p being always in contact.
Patent GB-190526839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepayment Delivery Mechanism for the Supply of Gas or other Fluid.
Filed: 1905-12-23
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 26,839. Mercer, A., and Meters, Ltd. Dec. 23. Meters.- Relates to prepayment mechanism applicable to a gas-meter of the type described in Specification No 10,512, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Coin-freed apparatus &c.]. In the present case, the apparatus is not coin freed, the coin being paid to the collector, who then sets the meter to deliver the amount of gas for 'which prepayment has been made. A short shaft A is turned by means of a key fitting the end A', and carries a worm M gearing into the measuring-wheel B of the delivery mechanism, and rotates it till the usual pointer indicates the number of cubic feet paid for. Unauthorized access is prevented by a padlock E passing through the cap H, or by other means.
Patent GB-190602520-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Camphor
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1906-02-01
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 2520. Imray, O., [Society of Chemical Industry in Basle]. Feb. 1. Camphor is obtained by treating isoborneol, suspended or emulsified in water, with a hypochlorite such as chloride of lime or sodium hypochlorite, with or without an oxygen carrier. The hypochlorite may be formed during the operation, e.g. by electrolyzing a mixture of the emulsion with a chloride, such as sodium, potassium, or calcium chloride, or by passing chlorine into a mixture of the emulsion with caustic alkali. Oxygen carriers, such as manganese dioxide, potassium bichromate, or salts of nickel or cobalt, may also be used.
Patent GB-190603575-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Extraction of Gold, Platinum, Silver, Nickel, Copper, and other Metals.
Inventor: MILLS CLAUDE KENNEDY
Filed: 1906-02-13
Granted: 1907-02-13
Abstract: 3575. Mills, C. K., [Seigle, A.]. Feb. 13. Cyanides.-Poor auriferous wastes, residues, &c., if not sufficiently silicious, are mixed with silica and the powdered mixture is made into a paste with a solution of potassium ferrocyanide. The material is then introduced into an autoclave having mixing-blades, and treated with steam under a pressure of 40 lbs. or more per square inch. Or instead of being made into a paste, the mixture may be made into balls, which after treatment are ground and then have the soluble matter washed out. The solutions obtained may be treated by known methods to obtain the metals. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 883, A.D. 1859, and No. 8332, A.D. 1888, [Abridgment Class Metals and alloys].]
Patent GB-190607399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sewing Machines.
Inventor: ONGLEY CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 7399. Ongley, C. E. March 27. Button-attaching machines.-Relates to a button sewing attachment for sewing-machines, capable of attaching buttons as shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11. The actuating-lever 24 carries a long pawl 33 which engages ratchet teeth on a spur-wheel 29. The reel has 16 ratchet teeth and the pawl moves over two teeth at each stroke. The spur-wheel drives a pinion 90, one-quarter the diameter of the spurwheel, formed at the bottom of a sleeve 47. A pin is adjustable in a diametrical slot in the upper end of the sleeve, and actuates a button-clamp carrying-lever 45. The lever 45 is mounted so as to move-in any horizontal direction upon a pin 44 carried by a pivoted lever 43. The end of the lever 45 carries a vertical slide in which a crosshead 55 can be moved by a screw 56. To this cross-head is hinged the button clamp comprising a plate 59 carrying a right and left handed screw 63 by which the gripping-arms 64 can be relatively adjusted. A hook 70 on the journal of the screw 63 engages a hook 71 on the presser, and a spring 73 also bears upon the journal. The work is supported by a plate 74 which is attached to the block 55. Au interruptor 38 is pivoted at 37 and passes under a projection 35 on the pawl 33. When it is raised by teeth 40 inserted in the face of the wheel, it raises the pawl out of contact with the teeth, so causing it to miss one tooth. Similarly, a stop 77 may be moved into position to interrupt the pawl at each stroke so that it shall only move the wheel one tooth at a time. In sewing twoholed-buttons, as in Fig. 9, the buttons are moved between two positions only. The four teeth 40 are removed and the stop 77 is placed out of action so that at each stroke the pawl 38 rotates the wheel 29 through one-eighth of a revolution, and the pinion 90 and crank pin through half a revolution. In sewing four-holed buttons, as in Fig. 10, the buttons are moved alternately in two directions at right-angles. For this, one or more of the teeth 40 are re-inserted, then whenever the interruptor passes over a tooth 40 the pawl misses one tooth, the pinion &c. are.only rotated through one right-angle, and the direction of the subsequent motion is changed. If one stop is used, then eight stitches are sewn each way; if two, four stitches ; if four, two stitches. In order to sew as in Fig. 11, the teeth 40 are not required but the stop 77 is moved so as to engage the pawl and always cause it to miss one tooth so that the direction of the movement of the button is changed at every stitch. The head of the sleeve 47 is square and a bar 80 which is pressed, on to the side of this sleeve by a spring 82 retains it in position after each movement.
Patent GB-190609973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Cleaners for Tramways and the like.
Inventor: QUERTIER HILARY
Filed: 1906-04-28
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 9973. Quertier, H. Jan. 16, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901], Railway and tramway rail -cleaning brushes. - In an improved railcleaner of the type described in Specification No. 20,974, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Railway and tramway vehicles], a rotary brush is employed consisting of a drum 17 having an inwardly sloping ring 20, between which and the bristle ring 22 wooden segments 24 are forced by means of a nut 27 bearing on a cap 25. The renewable wire or other U-shaped bristles, which are seen edgewise in the Figure, are passed through spaced holes in the ring 22.
Patent GB-190610997-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Soap Holder.
Inventor: RANDALL JOHN FRANK
Filed: 1906-05-10
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 10,997. Randall, J. F. May 10. Soap dishes.-A soap receptacle is detachably secured to a tub, pail, &c. by a spring wire clip having depending arms 5 to bear against the inside of the vessel and arms 7 having volutes 8 to bear against the outside.
Patent GB-190613862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Package Rolls of Metallic Leaf.
Inventor: COE WALTER HAMILTON
Filed: 1906-06-16
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 13,862. Coe, W. H. June 16. Drawings to Specification. Gilding.-The supporting-strip for the leaf in package rolls of metallic leaf is roughened on the side supporting the leaf and made smooth upon the other so that the leaf adheres to the rough side and leaves the smooth side readily during unwinding.
Patent GB-190614413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Torpedo Expulsion Valves.
Inventor: BARRAJA-FRAUENFELDER JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-06-23
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 14,413. Frauenfelder, J., Barraja-. June 26, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lift valves; actuating valves; casings.-Relates to firing-valves for the torpedo tubes of submarine boats. Compressed air from the reservoir passes through the inlet b, Fig. 2, to the chamber a of the valve f, Fig. 1, which is connected by its stem i to a piston m, of larger diameter than the valve, and working in a cylinder k separated from the chamber a by a partition j having a stuffing-box n for the rod i. The air enters the cylinder k through a by-pass p, and acting differentially upon the valve f and piston m, retains the valve in its closed position until the cock r is rotated to close the by-pass and open the cylinder k to the atmosphere. The pressure on the piston m being thus relieved, the compressed air opens the valve f and ejects the torpedo from the tube d. The by-pass p being again opened, the valve is closed, against the water which enters the tube d, by a spring o and the pressure of the residual air in the chamber a.
Patent GB-190618128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Motions specially applicable to Winding Engines.
Inventor: BEHR HANS CHARLES
Filed: 1906-08-13
Granted: 1907-08-13
Abstract: 18,128. Behr, H. C. Aug. 13. Winding-engines; valve-gear.-A reversible link-motion valve-gear, suitable for winding-engines and specially adapted for starting, is shown applied to a Corliss - engine. The link J is operated by an eccentric L and a crank e carried on a countershaft E, which is driven by toothed gearing. The shaft E may be adjusted by moving the wheel G along a helical feather h, Fig. 2, or by adjusting the position of the intermediate wheels Y, W, Fig. 3. By moving the crank e from the position f to g', or from f to g<2>, a later cut-off is assured, which facilitates starting. The admission valve-rod M is controlled by hand or by a centrifugal governor through the lever u. The exhaust valves, being operated by a separate rod N, are unaffected by the adjustment. Arrangements applied to D slide-valves are described in which the lever u adjusts the rod M, the link J, or both.
Patent GB-190618666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pre-payment Attachments for Electricity Meters
Inventor: PEACOCK EDWIN
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1907-08-20
Abstract: 18,666. Peacock, E. Aug. 20. Electricity, supplying.-After prepayment, the spindle 26 is rotated and a lever 35 with a pawl 41 sets forward the ' quantity' wheel 23, which bears a pawl 38 engaging a ratchet 37 on the meterdriven shaft 36. The cam 39 is thereby removed from the lever 47, allowing the spring 44 to raise the switch-locking lever 45 into the operative position. The rotation of the spindle 26 also carries round the cam 29, which is free to work between stops on the spindle, stretching the spring 72, which is connected to the boss 71 of the cam and to the framework at 73, until it passes the dead-centre. The cam then flies round under the action of the spring and lifts the bell-crank 54, which is pivoted to the switch lever 46, so as to bring the arm 55 of the bell-crank against the lug 56 on the locking- lever 45, when the further action of the cam on the bell-crank causes the arm 46 to turn about the pivot 20 and close the circuit through the contacts 21, at the same time snapping beyond the locking- lever 45. The working of the meter rotates the ratchet 37 which, through the pawl 38, returns the quantity wheel until the cam 39 operates the lever 47 so as to lower the locking-lever 45, freeing the switch arm 46 and permitting the spring 40 to open the circuit. The pawl 38 is pivoted with a spring- actuated lever 38<b>, which is mounted on the reverse side of the ' quantity' wheel and is engaged by the cam 39, so that the pawl is held firmly in engagement with the ratchet while the cam is freeing the locking-lever. Coin action ; coin-discharging mechanism.-The coin 32 taken half round by a carrier on the shaft 26 drops therefrom and is forced between the fixed piece 32 and the pivoted arm 33 by means of a cam on the carrier, the projection 62 on the arm raising the lever 35 by engaging the pin 65 which works in the slot 66 ; the pawl 41 on the lever simultaneously rotates the quantity wheel 23. The apparatus may be adapted to take coins of various sizes by adjusting the inclination of the stop 32.
Patent GB-190620833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Bearings
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1906-09-19
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 20,833. Haddan, H. J., [Zahn, O. F.]. Sept. 19. Roller bearings. -In a roller bearing for crank-pins, vehicle wheels, &c., collars 8, Fig. 1, on the rollers 3 engage corresponding grooves in the bearing-members, a greater clearance being left on the inner than on the outer sides ot the collars and recesses. The friction of the collars on the walls of the recesses, which are bevelled as shown, tends to rectify deflections of the rollers. Spacing-rollers 4 of smaller diameter than the main rollers 3 are retained in position by rings 5. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which rectifying-collars 38 are placed at one end only of the rollers 35. Each collar has a shoulder 49 of the same diameter as the roller, engaging bevelled abutments 51, 55, and a bevelled face 50 engaging a shoulder 53 of greater diameter than the roller. The main and spacing rollers have grooves 58 to receive retaining-rings 59. Packing 42 is held by flanges 43. The rollers and the bearing-surfaces are preferably coated with copper, nickel, &c.
Patent GB-190625967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Side Lay Apparatus for Printing Machines.
Inventor: LOCK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-11-16
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 25,967. Lock, W. H., and Parker T. R. G. Nov. 16. Feeding sheets.-Relates to side lay apparatus for printing-machines of the type that effects lateral registration of the sheet by pushing its side edges up to a certain line and then retracting it to another line, and more particularly to the apparatus described in Specification No. 10,784, A.D. 1904. This latter Specification describes a foot 1, underlying the sheet 2 and carried by an horizontally-reciprocated bracket 4, upon which are also mounted independent vertically-movable sheet holders 18, 23. The sheet guide 18 is rapidly depressed by a spring so as to strike the sheet 2 a short time before the plunger 23 strikes it. The present invention however consists in depressing the sheet guide 18 slowly by a cam 37, against the action of springs which tend to move an antifriction roll 41 upwards. The roll 41 is carried by a slide 42 adjustably connected, for various thicknesses of sheets, with a member 21 carried by the guide 18. By this means, the prevention of any undesired lateral movement of the sheet is ensured. The cam 37 is made wide so that the horizontally reciprocating roll 41 never leaves its surface. In operation, the sheet, while being pushed inwardly on the feed-table by the foot 1, is pressed upon first by the guide 18 and then by the plunger 23. At the end of the return movement of the bracket 4, the sheet is released.
Patent GB-190626185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-11-19
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 26,185. Justice, P. M., [Manufacturers' Machine Co.]. Nov. 19. Boot - sole sewing - machines; cutting or trimming ; thread cutters; thread-end holders; guiding materials.-In a welting-machine, a device is provided for severing the welt close to the last stitch and holding the free end of the welting-material in position for sewing to the next boot. A thread-cutting and endholding device is also provided. The welt-severing device comprises a sliding rod 139 having at its front end a groove with a cutting edge, and a lever 137 pivoted to the rod and having a knife 136 to co operate with the edge of the groove. It is moved forward to sever the welt by a treadle and lever 140 ; during this movement, a cam-groove 145 in a fixed plate acts upon a bowl on the rear end of the pivoted lever 137, first to open the cutting edges and then to close them upon the welt. The parts of the members 137, 139, adjacent to the cutting-edges and away from the sewn portion of the welt, are formed, as shown in Fig. 4, to form a clamp to hold the cut end of the welting material. The device is retained in the welt-holding position by a detent lever 140<b>, which engages the rear end of the ball-crank lever until just prior to the first feeding movement in the next sewing operation, when a cam projection 140<d> causes its release and permits a spring 143 to withdraw the device out of operative position. To bring the boot into position for the welt to be cut, in addition to the movement of the severing-device, the boot is pressed inwards against the resistance of the spring-pressed work support. The thread is cut by the operative, by pressure against a cutting-blade 250, which is made sufficiently resilient and suitably shaped to retain the cut end between it and the casing on to which it is screwed.
Patent GB-190628359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes.
Inventor: LAMB VAN BUREN
Filed: 1906-12-12
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 28,359. Lamb, Van B. Dec. 12. Brakes.-The brake head is in two interlocking parts 2, 4. A tapered projection 6 on the part 2 is secured in a recess in the part 4 by a transverse cotter 8, which is locked by a cotter 11, and an edge on the part 4 engages beneath a shoulder 19 on the part 2. A flange 3 is provided for bolting to the brake beam, and an eye 5 for taking the hanger. A mortise 12, tapering towards its ends, as described in Specification No. 28,358, A.D. 1906, receives a tenon on the brake shoe, which preferably comprises two interchangeable blocks 14, 15 connected by a tapering tenon and mortise 17. The blocks are thickest opposite the tenon, to ensure their being worn completely away. When the block 14 has been partly worn away, it can be secured on the face of a new block.
Patent GB-190700812-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fire-proof Safe.
Inventor: ADOLPHS PETER
Filed: 1907-01-11
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 812. Adolphs, P. Jan. 11. Safes.-A safe consists of an inner casing a of wood which is impregnated with some incombus, tible material, coated with a fireproof substance b, and provided with an incombustible covering c of pasteboard &c., surrounded by an outer casing d of steel, so as to leave an air space e between the two. The door is similarly constructed, and is so arranged that when it is closed the wood abuts against wood, to prevent the transmission of heat.
Patent GB-190706207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Arrangement and Construction of Lubricators.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-14
Granted: 1908-03-14
Abstract: 6207. Thompson, W. H., and Thompson, R. March 14. Lubricators. - Relates to lubricators of the -kind described in Specification No. 29,970, A.D. 1897, in which lubricant is forced from a cylinder Z by a piston N actuated-by ratchet and toothed gearing. In order to vary the speel of the piston, a spur-wheel 6 mounted in a carriage G is turned by a handle Y to engage one of a number of pinions 1<a>, 2<a>, 3<a>, 4<a>, which are mounted on alternate spindles of the train of reducing-gearing shown in Fig. 2, so as to rotate in the-same direction. The first pinion 1 of the train is actuated by bevel-gearing W, V from a shaft E operated by a ratchet-wheel R and pawl d<2>, Fig. 6. A pinion 8 on the spindle of the wheel-6 6 gears with an internallytoothed wheel J connected to the piston screw L. A notched index-wheel H connected to the handle Y is held in position by a sliding bolt T held by a spring t', which engages one ot two notches t<4> in the bolt. The bolt T slides in bearings in the end plate P and a plate Q, and also in a groove formed in a ring or segment p connecting the plates P, Q. The bolt is supported at its end t<2> adjacent to the wheel H by a bracket p<1>. The bolt may have a projection t<5> engaging a groove z in the cylinder, thereby - ensuring that the plate P, which. carries the operating-mechanism, is assembled in proper positioa within the cylinder. A movable bearing M for the ratchet spindle E is screwed into a boss z' on the cylinder, and is connected by a bracket m<1> with the end bearing m. The bracket m<1> may be made as a separate part. The driving-rod 0, Fig. 6, is adjustably-connected to the ratchetoperating lever D by means of a worm o<2>, mounted in a divided socket o<1> and engaging a rack d<1> on the lever. The socket o<1> is clamped in position on the lever by a bolt o<3> and nut o<4>. In order to prevent the pieton-rod X from turning by the action of the screw L, the rod is formed with a flat x, Fig. 5, or of other suitable cross-section, and passes through a similarly-shaped guide-disk S, which is screwed into the stuffing-box U at -the end of the cylinder and forms a seating for the packing.