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Patent GB-190514690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepaid Gas Meters.
Inventor: CLARKE CHARLES ALFRED
Filed: 1905-07-17
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 14,690. Clarke, C. A., and Rossiter, W. July 17. Gas-meters.-The flow of gas through the meter from the pipe q<1>, Fig. 2, revolves the screw a, causing it to move longitudinally through the nut b to the position occupied before the insertion of a coin, the arm n turning the arm o to rock the shaft o' and close the spring-actuated valve p<1> by the arm o<2>. Coin action ; actuating-mechanism.-The coin falls between the axle g<1>, Figs. 2 and 3, and a lug e<2> on a pawl e pivoted to a plate f, which is fast on the hand-wheel g. The lug projects through a slot f <1> and has a flat e<3>, which engages with a nose h<1> on a spring-actuated tumbler h also pivoted to the plate f, thereby keeping the pawl from engagement with a ratchet-wheel d mounted on the nut b. On turning the band-wheel g, the coin is first brought against a fixed stop i<2>, the lug e<2> then rides up over the coin and is freed from the tumbler h, and the pawl engages the ratchet-wheel, while the coin falls into the casing. The hand-wheel and ratchet then turn together, and the screw a advances through the nut b to rock the shaft o<1> and raise the arm o<2>, when the valve p<1> is opened by a spring. The motion of the ratchet-wheel continues until a pin h<4> on the tumbler is brought against a stop k, and the pawl is turned on its pivot by a second stop k<1>, the nose h<1> then passing out from beneath the lug to engage the flat e<3> and lock the pawl. A lug f <3> on the plate f also comes into contact with a stop k<1>, and prevents further forward rotation of the handwheel, which may now, however, be turned back to bring the parts into position to receive another coin. The stops k, k<1> may be carried by an arm on the axis g<1>, and adjusted to suit the price of gas. Alternatively, the ratchet-wheel may be made fast with the hand-wheel and the pawl and tumbler carried by the nut. Registers.- An arm r on the screw carries a rack r' which gears with a wheel on the spindle s<1>, to move an index on a dial in the casing s<2> to show the quantity of gas still unconsumed.
Patent GB-190515389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Letter Files and the like.
Inventor: MEZ GUSTAV
Filed: 1905-07-26
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 15,389. Mez, G. July 26. Filing papers &c.-Relates to files for letters and the like, in which the binding-wires pass through and are bent down upon an upper bar. Fig. 4 shows a plan of the bar, the bands a being passed through apertures g. The bar b is bent over at its sides so as to form grooves in which slides e act. The bands a are turned either inwardly a s shown o r outwardly, and the slides e are then slid above them. Indentations d limit the outward movement of the slides, and similar means may be employed to limit the inward movement. The bar b may be formed with a central longitudinal strengthening - rib. The bands a may be secured upon the covers of the file or upon a fold inside the covers. The slides e may be provided with springs tending to separate them.
Patent GB-190517787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Preventing Play or Slackness in the Threads of Male and Female Screws.
Inventor: HORNSTEIN MICHAEL
Filed: 1905-09-02
Granted: 1906-09-01
Abstract: 17,787. Hornstein, M. Sept. 2. Lathes; feed motions.-A device for preventing play or slackness in the threads of screwed shafts or worm screws working inside nuts, such as may be used in delicate machines for measuring, recording, or timing purposes, or in accurate machine tools, such as lathes, consists in making the nuts in parts which may be pressed apart or together by suitably arranged springs, the pressure being such that the nuts may be freely rotated. The divided nut consists of two parts m<1>, m<2>, slidably connected by means of bolts a, b screwed into the lower member m<2> and passing freely through smooth bores in the upper member m'. Two light springs c<2> are arranged between the parts m<1>, m<2>, while somewhat stronger controlling- springs c' are placed between the upper member and an angle-plate l which moves freely along the shaft and is controlled by means of a cam k pivoted on the member m<1> and controlled by a knob n. If the cam k is operated to draw the plate l away from the heads of the bolts a, b, the upper springs c<1> are put out of action and the parts m<1>, m<2> are pressed apart by the springs c<2>. By a quarter revolution of the cam, the plate l is released and bears against the bolt heads. In this position, the stronger springs c<1> force the members together overcoming the springs c<2>. The plate l may be placed between the members m<1>, m<2>. Fig. 5 shows, a manner in which the changes may be obtained by a single hand movement, and depend upon the direction of rotation of the shafts for cases in which the cam k is not directly accessible as in some lathes. The cam is connected to and operated by a toothed disk r' engaging a worm threads' fixed on a spindle with a toothed wheel t<1> which is rotated by a long toothed roller t<2>. Upon the end of the shaft s is mounted a disk r<2>, longitudinally movable and operated by a drum m<3> working on pins f and a screw-thread g, contact between the drum and the disk being maintained by the springs c<3>, c<4>. A shrouded toothed wheel r<3> is longitudinally movable on the end of the roller t<2> and engages the disk r<2>. The wheel r<3> is provided on each face with ratchet clutch members whioh, according to the direction of longitudinal movement transmitted by the disk r<2>, move towards either of the corresponding spring-pressed clutch members r<4>, r<5>. This movement takes place after the nuts have been operated and so during a continuous rotation these ratchet faces merely slip over one another, coming into action immediately upon a reverse. The latter arrangement connecting the two shafts may be replaced by the device shown in Fig. 6, in which a plate m<4> slides on both shafts, and, by means of suitably arranged screw-threads g<1>, g<2>, causes the roller t<2> to be rotated to operate the cam k by the longitudinal motion of the plate m<4>, which is obtained when the direction of rotation of the shafts is changed.
Patent GB-190523636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculating Machines.
Inventor: TRINKS FRANZ
Filed: 1905-11-16
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 23,636. Trinks, F. Nov. 16. Calculating-apparatus. - In single-bank key or lever set and operated adding-machine, each digit has a lever assigned to it which is given a full stroke when operated, and the parts interact to insure : (1) the full forward stroke of a lever ; (2) return of a lever before the next operation; (3) interlocking between the levers ; (4) release of wrongly engaged lcck pawls ; and (5) locking of the transmitting and operating whee's when a disconnectible counter is employed. An alternative arrangement for (1) and (2) may be provided. The differential setting of counter wheels 71, Fig. 1, is effected through the intermediate wheels shown from a master setting-wheel 70, which is moved by depressing one of nine levers 63, each loose upon the shaft 62, but moving through various angles a pivoted yoke 67 provided with a pawl and ratchet drive 68, 69 for the master wheel. (1) The fullstroke rack and pawl 3, 2 for each lever ensures a full downward movement, at the end of which the cam 7 depresses the pawl so that its tail 6 is caught and held above a spring-controlled yoke 73, until upon the return of the lever its arm 39 replaces the yoke as shown. (2) A single quadrantal rack 79, Fig. 4, attached to the main yoke ensures a full upward restoring-stroke of any lever, by co-operating with a spring-controlled pawl 81, which is put into gear by a wedging action at the end of the downward stroke. (3) Above the tails of the locking pawls 6 are a series of pendulum pieces with sufficient play for one pawl only to come into play. (4) In the counter-casing, there is a key 11 for rocking a yoke and thereby throwing out of gear any wrongly engaged pawl 81 by means of the upward arm and pin 9, 10. (5) This yoke must also be operated when the counter is rocked out for lateral motion or zeroizing, otherwise the rocking-arm 20 cannot be depressed, and this action also locks the transfer wheels by means of another arm on the yoke, while a third arm locks the master setting-wheel. An alternative full-stroke arrangement is shown in Fig. 8, and employs a doubleended pawl 27, spring-held in either position, and thrown over by a projection 89 and by link-work operated by the yoke 35 which is swung over by a pin on the setting-lever. Both racks are attached to the main yoke.
Patent GB-190526832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Markers" for Indicating and Recording the Game of Billiards, and like Games.
Inventor: WILDISH HENRY ROBERT
Filed: 1905-12-23
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 26,832. Wildish, H. R. Dec. 23. Scoring and marking; time checks for games.- Relates to a scoring-board for billiards &c., which is provided with a clock and starting and stop mechanism, for indicating show long the table has been in use, in order to keep a check on the attendant. The scorer comprises two or more rollers 6, Figs. 3 and 4. The rollers are mounted on shafts 7 in a case which is provided with sliding pointers 10, and all the faces of the rollers except one are marked with numerals. When the scorer is not in use, a clock 12, contained in a case 5, is engaged by a stop on a spring-controlled rod 20, which is connected by means of lever arms 21, or a ring and chains or cords, to shafts 18, which are connected by arms 17 to spring-controlled rods 16. The rods 16 are acted on by cams 15, on the shaft 7, which maintain the rods in such positions that the clock is stopped when the blank face of the rollers is visible. When the rollers 6 are rotated, the rods 16 descend on to the smaller parts of the cams 15, and the movements of the arms 17, shafts 18, and rod 20 start the clock, which goes until the blank face of one of the rollers is again brought into view. A ratchet 25 and spring pawl 24 are used on each roller to prevent it from being turned backwards, and a spring pawl 26, adapted to engage a tooth 28 on a disk 27 fitted to each shaft 7, is provided for preventing the rollers from being moved backwards before the first row of numerals on each roller is brought into view. The bar 16 which engages the lower cam 15 is formed with a loop 19 to allow it to move relatively to the upper shaft 7. The clock preferably registers twenty-four hours, and its bezel is provided with a lock. In order to lock the whole apparatus, the shafts 7 are formed with notches which are engaged by bars 29 when the latter are moved by means of a rack-and-pinion mechanism operated by inserting a key through a knob 32.
Patent GB-190604469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to Collar, Band and like Supports for Personal Wear
Inventor: HOWLE ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-02-23
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 4469. Howle, A. Feb. 23. Stiffeners.-A device for supporting lace collars and other limp bands and girdles consists of a strip a, Fig. 4, bent over at the ends, the turned-in parts being moulded with a longitudinal groove a<4>, Fig. 2. The material of the collar &c. is held by jewelheaded pins which are stuck through it from the ends and nipped against the turned-in parts by shoulders on the pins themselves. Instead of being shouldered, as shown, the pins may be split longitudinally as in Fig. 8 and thus held by their own springiness. The strip may be bent so as to have an upstanding ridge a<7>, Fig. 9, in which the pin head lodges.
Patent GB-190604777-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Shackle for Colliery Trams.
Inventor: WATTS JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-02-27
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 4777. Watts, J. T. Feb. 27. Shackles.-In a shackle for colliery trams, the pins A are each provided with two cross-pins D, H serving as stops. The stop D prevents the pin from falling through the eye of the shackle, and the stop H, which passes through slots cut in the eye of the shackle, serves to prevent complete removal of the pin by abutting on a plate I fixed to the top of the shackle by a set-pin G.
Patent GB-190611036-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Portable Table or Board.
Inventor: CHAPPELL JOHN RICHARD
Filed: 1906-05-11
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 11,036. Chappell, J. R., and Jackson, J. May 11. Tables, which can be folded up to facilitate transport and are particularly suitable for paperhangers &c., are constructed with a top consisting of four equal dimensioned boards a<1>, a<2>, each of which is provided on the underside and at each end with strengthening cross-pieces b. The boards are permanently hinged together end to end in pairs as at c, and each pair of hinged boards is provided with slide hinges e<1>, e<2> and locking-bolts whereby the two pairs may be securely connected side by side ; or the permanent hinges may be attached to the sides, and the slide hinges to the ends, of the boards. A pair of legs h' is hinged to each of the boards forming the table top, folding stays k serving to keep the legs rigidly in position ; or the legs may be hinged directly to the top boards. When the table is in use, the triangular spaces produced by the stays serve for temporarily storing paper, and, when the table is folded, the rolls of paper may be carried in the spaces between the struts comprising each pair of legs.
Patent GB-190614123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Starting Gear for Internal Combustion Engines which Gear is especially applicable for use upon Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: MELDRUM HERBERT JAMES
Filed: 1906-06-20
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 14,123. Meldrum, H. J. June 20. Turning - gear. - Hand - gear for starting. the engines of motor road vehicles &c. consists of a hand-operated block C which is capable of slight angular movement within a loose casing E and carries pawls B engaging teeth A', A<2> upon the shaft A. The pawls B carry pins G entering inclined slots F in the casing E. The casing E may be provided with a one-way or like clutch, or its motion may be impeded by a brake J. The movement of the block C relative to the casing E throws the pawls B into and out of gear.
Patent GB-190617737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Girders.
Inventor: RICHTER KURT
Filed: 1906-08-07
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 17,737. Richter, K. Aug. 7. Girders.-A metal girder a is provided with impregnated wooden keys b to which the flooring and ceiling are secured. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 13,332, A.D. 1894.]
Patent GB-190618028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cameras.
Inventor: WHEAT JAMES FREDRICK
Filed: 1906-08-11
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 18,028. Wheat, J. F. Aug. 11. Cameras; lens fittings.-The camera is constructed with a swinging lens so that during exposure the picture on the plate or film is in the same focus at the top, centre, and bottom. The swinging lens is mounted at one end of a tube D in combination with light-tight cloth A. The front pivots of the tube are free to move in longitudinal slots a<2>, while the rear end d', which is formed with a slit extending across the plate, moves within vertical guides. The tube D may be pivoted to a separate end-piece d<4>, and an adjustable spring E employed to vary the speed of the tube D and consequently the exposure. An adjustable top H for the tube D can be used to vary the opening.
Patent GB-190622501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: MAR HARRY DEL
Filed: 1906-10-11
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 22,501. Del Mar, H. Oct. 17, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Water-tube boilers; headers.-Relates to boilers of the type in which zigzag headers are connected cross-ways by the water-tubes. Fig. 1 shows a transverse vertical section, Fig. 2 a section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 an horizontal section of three headers with the outside connexions between the headers. The customary steam drum 10 is provided with the downtake pipes 11, preferably curved, which open to the corner chambers 12. These chambers act as offsets to the headers and are protected on the inner side by firebrick 13. They are connected on all sides by the horizontal pipes 16. The headers 18, 19 are arranged in pairs, and have, respectively, a narrow top portion 18a and a wide lower portion 19<a>, so that the headers interlock when in position. The tubes are arranged in rows, as shown in Fig. 2. The outsides of the headers are provided with readily removable screwplugs 21. To maintain circulation in case tubes are clogged, couplings 22, Fig. 3, are provided. The couplings are formed with plugged straight portions 23. Tubes 25, 26 also connect the headers with the drum.
Patent GB-190623571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Biscuits and the like.
Inventor: STUART HERBERT AKROYD
Filed: 1906-10-23
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 23,571. Stuart, H. A. Oct. 23. Food preparations.-In order to make an aperient biscuit, the whole or part of the butter or other fat usually employed is replaced by castor oil, with or without the further addition of phenolphthalein.
Patent GB-190700651-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Testing of Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: WOODALL HAROLD WHITEMAN
Filed: 1907-01-10
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 651. Woodall, H. W., and Moon, P. G. G. Jan. 10. Incandescent gas lamps; lighting and extinguishing gas.- Incandescent mantles are tested by subjecting them to repeated small explosions of gas and to repeated shocks. The mantle 26 is attached to a burner 5 mounted o n a base 1 ; a pilot 7 is provided. A cock 8 is rotated by means of gearwheels 11, 12, whereby the burner 5is alternately lighted and extinguished, and sliding weighted rods 18 are alternately raised by cams 9, 10 and allowed to fall on the bracket 20. A counter 14 may be geared to the plug 8. The plug may be kept gas-tight by a spring 25. The bracket 20 and the superstructure may be carried by a spring, and may be connected to the understructure by a short flexible tube. The weights for loading the rods are placed at 21, and may be varied to alter the intensity of the shocks.
Patent GB-190705857-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Controlling the Degree of Carburation of Gaseous Explosive Mixtures in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SIMON ALBERT
Filed: 1907-03-11
Granted: 1908-03-11
Abstract: 5857. Simon, A., and Simon, A., [trading as Soc. Simon FrÞres]. March 11. Drawings to Specification. Lubricating air and gas engines. The Specification in its original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises means for lubricating an internal-combustion engine. The level of the lubricant in the gear case is maintained by two pumps, one pumping lubricant in, and the other and larger pump, the suction pipe of which reaches down to the required liquid level, pumping it out. The oil scooped up by the fly-wheels is thrown into a gutter whence it runs to the various bearings. This subject-matter does not appear in be Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190707835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chamber Utensils, Slop Pails and the like.
Inventor: MEINECKE CHRISTIAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 7835. Meinecke, C. W., and Hogan, D. Dec. 5, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Chamber-pots; bed-pans.-The top and bottom of chamber-pots and bed-pans are circular externally, but the mouth is contracted laterally so that the flange a is widest at the sides which have a bellied appearance, Fig. 3. A slop jar or pail similarly formed is shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190712806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corsets.
Inventor: KOPS DANIEL
Filed: 1907-06-03
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 12,806. Kops, D. Oct. 16, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Corsets are made from a length of thin fabric h, having an embroidered straight edge and having marked thereon parts or sections i, which when joined edge to edge go to make up the corset; the embroidered edge .constitutes the edges of the corset without trimming, cutting, or binding. The fabric sections a, c, above and below the waist line b, are joined in lines of sewing 2, 3, which become the centre lines of the pairs of bone pockets e, so that the edges, of these sections are not only joined by lines of sewing but are also sewn down to the bone pockets by closely parallel lines of sewing, whereby the support of the bone pockets is lent to the sewed unions of the sections. When these 'parts or sections are finished with definite outer edges, the inner edges are more or less irregular and require trimming before they can be joined throughout the waist line b with the waist strip d by sewed lines of union: The upper part a of the corset is shown as.made from a fabric with an embroidered edge a<1>, and the lower part c either as made similarly with an embroidered edge c' or as bound with an ordinary binding-strip c<2>.
Patent GB-190714654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traveller Rings for Continuous Spinning and Twisting Machines.
Inventor: LYON IRVING ADDISON
Filed: 1907-06-25
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 14,654. Lyon, I. A. June 25. Spindle apparatus.- Traveller rings are provided with rotary annular pieces 2, which are dragged round by the traveller and which may also drag the ring 1. An outer annular piece 3 may be provided, and, in order to prevent the dirtying of the ring, an elastic crown 4 may be secured by a bolt or may be mounted so as to rotate with the ring. The annular pieces may be provided with passages for lubricant. It is pointed out in the Specification that the crown 4 does not come into direct contact with the ring 1, as is the case in devices such as are described in Specifications Nos. 24,675 and 28,268, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190716035-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Children's Folding Carriage.
Inventor: SIMPSON DAVID
Filed: 1907-07-12
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 16,035. Simpson, D., and Simpson, J. J. July 12. Perambulators and like vehicles.- The spring frame of a folding carriage for children is made in two parts 1, 2 hinged together at 3, and the body in two parts 9,10 hinged together at 11 and elastically suspended at their ends by straps 12. The part 2 carries abutments 13 to engage the part 1 and retain the two parts in the extended position. The whole vehicle can be folded as shown.
Patent GB-190719489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Windows.
Inventor: BELK JOHN ALGEN
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 19,489. Belk, J. A. Aug. 30. Sash fastenings.- The two sashes are held in any position by sliding spring bolts 20, mounted in recessed portions of the pulley brackets and withdrawn simultaneousty from two racks 33, 34 by rotating the common pulley axle 30. The teeth of the racks point in opposite directions, thereby allowing the sashes to be closed, but not opened, without operating the detents.
Patent GB-190724484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Store Fronts.
Inventor: HOOVER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-11-05
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 24,484. Hoover, W. H. Nov. 5. Window opening and closing apparatus.-Fig. 3 shows a fan-light over a shop front of special construction, adapted to be operated when the shop front is traversed. The fan-light 28, carried by a frame 27 pivoted at 26, is operated by fixed pinions 30, engaging racks 29 and driven by a train of gearing operated from a hand-wheel 34. If the fan-light is made with the ends open, tilting end windows 37 are used, mounted on shafts 38 and hand-operated through link connexion 39, which has a universal joint 42, to allow the window 37 to tilt with the fan-light.
Patent GB-190809240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Caplings or Cappings for Winding Ropes.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1909-04-28
Abstract: 9240. Taylor, W. April 28. Couplings for winding-ropes. The shell A, Fig. 6, is made of two side pieces and connecting-hoops D integrally connected together, and the rope R, Fig. 4, is secured in grooves E, F, Fig. 3, in two tapered insertions, which are placed in the shell and are tightened therein by a clamp G, Fig. 7.