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Patent GB-190406137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Skid-preventers for Wheels of Motor Cars and like Vehicles.
Filed: 1904-03-12
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 6137. Sainsbury, W. D., Nisbet J. R., and Sainsbury's Anti-Skidders Ltd. March 12. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Consists of means for fixing skid - preventers of the type described in Specification No. 25,374, A.D. 1902, particularly intended to prevent vibration or working-loose of the same. In the form shown in Fig. 2,. to be fitted between the spokes, but which may also be fitted on or around the latter, the plate a<1>, which may be formed with spiked teeth b, is secured to the felloe c, without the use of screws or the like. The upright e has a threaded engagement with the inner end of the sleeve d' on which the skid-preventer rides, and is extended to the hub f and terminates in a conical or wedge-shaped head. A rigid connection between the felloe c and hub f is obtained by adjusting the nut g. A rubber, spring, or like washer may be interposed if desired. In this form, the plate has outward extensions to which the leather, or other tyre-protecting device h<1> is attached. The parts a', d' may be formed in one piece. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the plate a<2>, formed on the sleeve d<1>, has outwardly-inclined projecting lugs i, preferably at each corner, through which pass the threaded ends of claws j<1> adapted to engage with the rimj. The plate a<1>, Fig. 2, a<2>, Fig. 3, may be further secured by means of screws. The lugs i, Fig. 3, may be formed with guides m for the members j.
Patent GB-190406435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: FULLAGAR HUGH FRANCIS
Filed: 1904-03-16
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6435. Fullagar, H. F. March 16. Steam &c. turbines.-An elastic-fluid turbine provided with a device for balancing the endthrust is shown in Fig. 2. To lessen the size of the balancing piston which counteracts the pressure on the largest turbine drum c, the piston h is placed at the exhaust end of the shaft, and is acted on by pressure from the chamber j. The smaller drums a are balanced by stepped pistons d at the inlet end. In a modification, the separate piston h is arranged at the inlet end.
Patent GB-190410679-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing the Discs of Disc Grinding and Similar Machines.
Inventor: LUMSDEN THOMAS
Filed: 1904-05-09
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 10,679. Lumsden, T., and Battensby, W. May 9. Disc and wheel apparatus.- Relates to improved means for securing the discs of disc grinding and similar machines. On each end of the driving - pulley a is mounted a bridge b, which carries a hollow spindle c terminating in a flange d. The disc f, having recesses p on each face, is held partly by screws passing through screw holes e and partly by the washer n. The bolt h holds the washer n against the recess p and a shoulder o, and is tightened by a nut j or by a cottar through the spindle c. If a cross-cut q is made on the head of the bolt h and the nut j is prevented from rotating by suitably-shaped side pieces r on the bridge b, the bolt h may be fixed with a screwdriver.
Patent GB-190413230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Harness Saddle-tree Gullet and Back Plates.
Inventor: BEEBEE JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-11
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 13,230. Beebee, J. June 11. Saddles, harness. In order to reduce the liability to rupture of the gullet and back-plates A, D of the saddle-tree at the hole a<3> which holds the stud through which the bearing-rein passes, the plates are strengthened by having a projecting portion a<2>, b<2>, respectively, which, when the plate is fixed in position is curved around, against, or into the saddle-tree head C. This projection can be made on either or both sides of the plate or plates.
Patent GB-190416657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Road Making.
Inventor: BUTTERFIELD JOHN COPE
Filed: 1904-07-28
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 16,657. Butterfield, J. C. July 28. Concrete paving; asphalt paving; paving footways.-Relates to a method of and a cement for making up roads, footpaths, and the like from suitable local material. The available material such as gravel, ballast, limestone, slaked lime, chalk, sand, granite, slag, or the like is crushed and sifted. The finer material is mixed with powdered limestone or chalk, and with sufficient mixture of sodium silicate and sugar or molasses to form a coherent mass, and is then spread on the foundation of the road. The larger pieces, which form the wearing surface, are distributed evenly and rolled in, so that the plastic layer is forced into the interstices to bind the whole. Ground pitch and asphalt may sometimes be added to the limestone or chalk, or a mixture of limestone or granite and asphalt may be ground together. In another method, the asphalt or pitch may be melted and the limestone and granite mixture added, and the who'e ground when cool. The ground material is then added to the silicate-sugar mixture and used as above.
Patent GB-190419001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Furnaces.
Inventor: THOMPSON CHARLES HERBERT
Filed: 1904-09-03
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 19,001. Thompson, C. H., [L'Hospied, C.]. Sept. 3. Regenerative furnaces and kilns.-Gas-fired furnaces and kilns with attached gas-producers are provided with duplicate escape flues beneath the floor, each of which may be connected either with the chimney or with the atmosphere, so that they may be used alternately to heat the air supply. Such a furnace is particularly applicable for use in the annealing of malleable-iron castings in pots or mumes, and in the enamelling of sheet-iron goods ; it may also be applied in the manufacture of bricks, tiles, and pottery.. Fig. 1 shows in vertical section a furnace containing a number of pots e, arranged in such a manner as to leave spaces f at the sides and top for the circulation and combustion of gas from the producers a. The pots are also arranged to leave separate vertical channels (not shown) between them, communicating with the flues h. Each flue has a suitable damper by means of which it may be placed in communication either with the chimney or with the atmosphere for air admission. The flues may be filled with chequer brickwork. A multi-chambered furnace or kiln may be similarly constructed, each chamber having a pair of producers, and being capable of independent working, or of receiving the hot gases of combustion from another chamber through the dividing-wall.
Patent GB-190421854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Belts for Motor Cycles, Automobiles, and the like.
Inventor: PILKINGTON GEORGE
Filed: 1904-10-11
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 21,854. Pilkington, G. Oct. 11. Belts and bands.-A driving-belt of leather, canvas, or other material for motor cycles, automobiles, and the like is rendered more flexible by being arranged in two, three, or more thicknesses A, connected loosely to allow a limited longitudinal freedom of movement. The layers are perforated as at a<1>, Fig. 5, and are secured together by bolts, pins, or staples B of a smaller diameter than that of the perforations, thus allowing relative movement of the superposed layers. To prevent wear, the respective perforations may be provided with eyelets a<2>, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190422416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Bag Turning Machines.
Inventor: IVERSON JOACHIM
Filed: 1904-10-18
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 22,416. Iverson, J. Oct. 18. Turning sewn articles inside out.-Relates to a machine for turning bags inside out by means of an air blast. The mouth of the bag is placed over the supporting-fingers 11, which are then opened outwards by means of the cam 16, supported on sliding rods 14 which are operated by the rotary cam 15. The end 22 of the blast pipe is then turned about the axis 23, and thus brought in front of the bag, by means of the lever 20 connected to one of the fingers 11. The valve 26 in the blast pipe is opened by the rod 27 worked by the cam 30 on the rods 14. The bag, as it is turned, is blown into the casing 10, whereupon the roller 13, mounted between the rods 14, begins to move towards the continuously-rotating roller 12, and the valve 26 is closed. The bag passes beneath the guide 13<a> and is delivered by the rollers 12, 13 to the fly 32, operated by the cam 31, which throws the bag out of the machine. The end of the blast pipe may be drawn inwards towards the casing 10, as the bag is turned, by means of the rod 33 operated by a cam 35, the outer end ot the blast pipe being adapted to slide over the other part.
Patent GB-190424549-A (GB)
Title: Clothes-hanger for Wardrobes and Closets.
Inventor: DIEFENTHAL LUDWIG
Filed: 1904-11-12
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 24,549. Diefenthal, L. Nov. 12. Clothes-hanging apparatus.-A clothes-hanger for wardrobes and closets is formed of an arm a provided with hooks b and connected to a track or rail e by guides c, d. The guide c carries an antifriction roller. The track e is attached to the wardrobe or closet by means of a plate g and a piece f.
Patent GB-190502525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: DEAS DAVID
Filed: 1905-02-08
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 2525. Deas, D., and Deas, A. Feb. 8. Annular-chamber type.-An engine of this type has a piston vane d mounted on a disc and rotating in a chamber c of wedge-shaped crosssection. A hollow abutment g is intermittently rotated by toothed gearing k, which has toothed wheels l with alternately-arranged teeth adapted to be first set and then rotated by a cam n. Duplicate admission valves t<3> actuated by cams p and levers r<3> are provided, and by means of a handle s one set of levers is put out of action. Duplicate reversing-valves u<3> are controlled by a handle w<2>. The piston and abutment are provided with packing-strips d<1>.
Patent GB-190502554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatically Operated Auxiliary Electric Lighting Systems.
Inventor: HALLOT PAUL
Filed: 1905-02-08
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 2554. Hallot, P. Feb. 8. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Lighting, systems of.-Relates to a lighting- arrangement for theatres, underground railways, &c., in which the ordinary circuit is utilized at intervals for a period regulated by clockwork, and is automatically cut out when an auxiliary lighting- circuit, which may be of lower voltage, fails, a doubly-wound electro-magnet giving warning of the rupture of either circuit, by preventing lighting up. Groups of lamps b<1> &c., b<1> &c., Fig. 2, in series-parallel are supplied by the ordinary linecircuit A, or in case of its failure, by the auxiliary circuit G. In ordinary circumstances, the lamps are extinguished. When contact is made by the mercury switch X, Fig. 1, on the passage of a vehicle wheel or otherwise, the circuit A is connected to earth through the coils y' and rail, and by means of the pivoted fork 1, drawn up by the armature 9, and mercury cups to the terminal 2. When circuit is broken again at X, the armature 9 falls, but its fall is retarded for a time regulated by clockwork Z or other device on the arms of the toothed wheel 11 which holds up the pawl 10 on the armature. During the fall, current passes from the circuit A to the lamps through the switch 13 as shown in Fig. 2, returning to earth through the terminal 41. Fig. 3 shows a suitable form of switch 13. The coils y<2> are in the auxiliary circuit G, and the armature 9 falls if either of the coils y<1>, y<2> is de-energized, and if either circuit A or G is broken the armature is not raised and the lamps are not lighted. If the circuit A is interrupted, the counterweight 20, Fig. 1, raises the armature 18 of an electro-magnet in that circuit, the switch 13 is opened, and the switch 14 is closed, bringing the lamps into the circuit G as indicated in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows a suitable form of switch 14.
Patent GB-190507283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Screw Propellers.
Inventor: TRUSS THOMAS FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1905-04-06
Granted: 1906-04-06
Abstract: 7283. Truss, T. T. J. April 6. Screw pumps.-A screw propeller primarily for ships is stated to be applicable for other uses. The blades A are of greater area than in ordinary propellers and are continuous through a greater angle, so that there is no complete interval between the turns of the blades in end view. Several blades may be placed on the same boss and may vary in pitch and radius. They may also be curved at their leading ends A' or at both ends. The boss B is elongated and tapered. Two or more propellers may be set out of phase with each other, so that their maximum radii are either diametrically opposite or at right-angles. The blades may also be made up of laminµ placed one behind the other and provided with a portion to act as a boss, through which the shaft may pass. The plates are secured in place by keys. The edges of the laminµ may be trimmed to produce a smooth surface
Patent GB-190508501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Tables or Holders of Apparatus for Filling Bottles, or other Vessels with Beer or other Gaseous Liquids.
Inventor: RUSSELL HERBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 8501. Russell, H. C. April 20. Bottling.-In a multiple machine for bottling beer and other gaseous liquids, the bottle rests are mounted on a movable platform, so that they can all be changed in one operation from one size of bottle to another, any slight variation in the lengths of the respective bottles of any given size being provided for by springs between the bottle rests and the platform. The platform A is adjusted by a rack a engaging a pinion on the spindle of a hand-wheel E, and is locked in its adjusted position by bolts H, Fig. 7, mounted on a pivoted lever G, which is operated by a lever P, for example, to shoot or withdraw the bolts. The spring-controlled bottle rests slide loosely on rods J arrauged in pairs, the positions of the rests on the rods being regulated by adjustable collars L, which form stops for the lower ends of the springs. Fig. 6 shows a modification of the bottle rest in which the bosses k can be brought together when a bottle is being inserted under the filling-nozzle, or separated as desired, by a hand-lever N' and links N, N<1>.
Patent GB-190509092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Grates for Open Fireplaces.
Inventor: MACALISTER ALEXANDER PAUL
Filed: 1905-05-01
Granted: 1906-05-01
Abstract: 9092. McAlister, A. P. May 1. Ash-pans and ash-guards.-An ash-pan a, the front of which consists of an ash-guard f fitted with a hit-and-miss draught-regulator g, is used in connexion with a fire-place built up of hollow bricks or blocks b and side hobs c supporting a grating j.
Patent GB-190510065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propeller Apparatus for Conveying Granular Materials and particularly for Charging Gas Retorts.
Inventor: EITLE CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1905-05-13
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 10,065. Eitle, C. May 13. Retorts, charging. Consists in improvements in the apparatus described in Specifications No. 23,008, A.D. 1903, and No. 16,231, A.D. 1904, for conveying granular substances, and in particular for charging horizontal retorts, by means of a revolving propeller. Material is fed into the hopper g and travels by divided shoots so as to enter the casing a, in which rotates the propeller b, on both sides. This propeller has two or more blades according to the length of the retort to be charged. The blades may have side wings to check the flow of material through the openings h. The propeller has a flywheel e and is frictionally driven from a motor c suspended at c<1>. The pressure of the friction pulley against the fly-wheel is regulated by a spring d and screw m. The ejecting-nozzle i has a displaceably-arranged retort closing cover k and a distributing-saddle l, for deflecting the material towards the sides of the retort. The conveying- device is suspended from an overhead travelling crane.
Patent GB-190512369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Desks.
Inventor: THOMSON WILLIAM SKINNER
Filed: 1905-06-14
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 12,369. Thomson, W. S., [American School Furniture Co.]. June 14. Hinging, methods of; stays.-A method of hinging the top of a desk to the body consists in connecting an auxiliary piece c, at each end, by two jointed links d, e, to the desk body a. To retain the top in any position, a slotted link f, connected at the junction of d and e, slides over a bolt h passing through the body a and provided with a thumb nut. Instead of, or in addition to, the link f a slotted link i can be used, and a link n, pivoted to the top at o, limits the movement of the latter when turned up on the hinge s. To adjust the top in any position, the clamping bolts h are slackened, the top simply pulled or raised, and the bolts h tightened. Struts, such as hooks p engaging pins q, are used when the top b has been raised to the horizontal position.
Patent GB-190515042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Timepieces.
Inventor: FALLER FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1905-07-21
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 15,042. Faller, F. July 21. Right to Patent relinquished. Watchcases; keyless mechanism; hands, setting by special mechanism; framework. - The construction of watches is simplified by making the case in two parts and winding up the watch by turning the cover b. This cover is fastened to lugs c on a ratchet-wheel d, which is mounted on the frame e upon the minutewheel arbor h, the main spring, carried by the hub f, being attached to one of the lugs c. The frame e is inserted in the case a and fastened by the knob p. The hands are set by the rotation of a grooved plate m, which is fixed on the rear end of the minute-hand arbor n, and fits tightly in an opening in the case.
Patent GB-190517436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Saddles
Inventor: BROOKS JOHN BOULTBEE
Filed: 1905-08-29
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 17,436. Brooks, J. B., and Holt, J. Aug. 29. Saddles.-In cycle saddles, the seat leather a is supported by angularlydisposed, flexible, tensioned straps or bands f, which, riveted at f<2> between the leather and the cantle plate b, are connected at f<1> to a stretcher-member or yielding bracket e upon the cantle plate, so that, when the saddle is loaded, the stretcher in combination with the straps operates as a spring. The stretcher may be in the form of a steel tongue, and, instead of being immovably secured to the cantle plate, the stretcher may be adjustably attached thereto by screws. It may also be mounted upon the rear part of the framing, while two or more stretchers, coupled together and to the diagonal sustaining-media at their inner ends, may be used. In lieu of the inner connecting-piece between the two members of the stretcher being formed integral therewith, a separate tie may be provided, and for lateral adjustment tray comprise an internally-screwed sleeve with opposite threads to engage the screwed inturned ends of the stretcher. The straps may carry pads i to support the leather seat.
Patent GB-190517603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to the Recording Apparatus of Turnstiles.
Filed: 1905-08-31
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 17,603. Ellison & Co., W. T., and Deluce, S. A. N. Aug. 31. Turnstiles.-The counter of a registering-turnstile is secured against secret removal and alteration by countersinking deeply the screws f, Figs. 3 and 4, which hold it to the main frame and filling the recesses e above them with lead or other metal capable of being subsequently sealed. The recesses may in shape be either conical or as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the hole being tapped in the latter case. Specification No. 17,156, A.D. 1894, is referred to.
Patent GB-190520214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Funnels.
Inventor: HASLAM OLIVER HEYWOOD
Filed: 1905-10-06
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 20,214. Haslam, O. H. Oct. 6. Funnels, designed especially for use in filling the tanks of motorcars with petrol, are provided with a curved hood c to prevent loss of spirit by splashing, and with a spout g pivotally connected to lugs d by pins e attached to a swivelling ring f. The other end of the spout g is provided with a ring or boss h, internally screw-threaded to receive the nozzle of the petrol tin when the spout g is detached from the funnel. To adapt the spout g for nozzles of different sizes, both ends may be furnished with rings or bosses A of different sizes and pivotal means e, f ; or the ring f may be slid to either end of the spout g, and locked in position by a bolt. With the petrol can fixed to the spout g, the latter is connected to the funnel and tilted as shown in Fig. 1. The funnel is provided with the usual strainer or sieve b, and is preferably of a flattened shape.
Patent GB-190525298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bolt Clippers.
Inventor: MOORE ARTHUR LORENZO
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 25,298. Moore, A. L., and Blot, L. P. Dec. 5. Pipe and rod cutters; rivet &c. cutters.-A bolt cutter consists of a pair of handles A, pivoted at a and provided with semicircular depressions b to receive the hubs 10 of adjusting-levers B, which are pivoted at d and connected at their outer ends by pivots f to the cutting-levers E. The other arm c of each lever B passes into a cavity C and at its end has two bolts G, the eyes of which are offset to bring the threaded portions into alinement. These bolts pass through slots J in the handles and operate and finally fix the levers B by means of nuts H. In a modification, the end of the arm c is toothed or has a worm segment to engage a rotatable worm in the place of the bolts, and in another form the depressions b have circular serrated bases to engage with correspondingly serrated circular faced portions on the adjusting- levers B, a bolt and nut being in this case used to fix the levers.
Patent GB-190600960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Smelting of, and Operating by Air upon Iron and other Metals.
Inventor: WEBB WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1906-01-13
Granted: 1907-01-12
Abstract: 960. Webb, W. H., Brettell, W. G., and Adamson, A. J. Jan. 13. Drying air.-Relates to apparatus for use in connexion with the smelting or melting and heating of ores or metals in metallurgical furnaces or furnace plant, in which artificially dried air is employed, and the cold or dry air, on its way from the main cooler to the furnace plant, is utilized to cool and partially dry the air to be cooled by passing over or in contact with surfaces cooled by the dried air coming from the cooler. Air is drawn by a fan o through tubes in a chamber a and conduit b, and delivered to the bottom of a chamber c containing cooling-pipes. The cold air then passes over the tubes in the chamber a on its way to the outlet f to the furnace &c. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 27,408, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190603645-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Candlestick.
Inventor: FOSTER ALBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-02-14
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 3645. Foster, A. W., and Smith, W. H. Feb. 14. Candlesticks. - The candle is normally held between a semicircular sleeve D on the flat top C of the candlestick and a spring-pressed, pivoted jaw F, of which the tail-piece is depressed when it is desired to insert or remove a candle.
Patent GB-190604209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valves for Air Compressors, Blowing Engines, or the like.
Inventor: DUDGEON ALEXANDER JOHN
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 4209. Dudgeon, A. J., [Soc. Anon. J. Cockerill]. Feb. 20. Check valves. - In air - compressors, blowing- engines. &c. having many pairs of suction and discharge valves arranged on common spindles, means are provided for adjusting the lift uf each of the valves while in operation. Valve guards d for spring-pressed annular valves h are fitted on to squared portions e of a common valve spindle f and are arranged to screw into the valve seats a, so that the lift of each valve is adjusted by rotating the spindle.