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Patent GB-190507422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway and the like Signals and Mechanism therefor.
Filed: 1905-04-07
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 7422. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 7. Semaphore and lamp signals; controlling and locking signals.-Relates to signals operated by electric power in which the semaphore arm is connected directly to a shaft of the operating-mechanism, and in which the operating-mechanism is mounted in a housing at the top of the signal post, on which the whole signalling-apparatus is rotatable for purposes of adjustment. The signal may be controlled by means of a track circuit. The complete signal is shown in Fig. 1, a set-screw 74 serving to secure the apparatus in its properlyadjusted position on the post 72. The semaphore casting 60 is provided with as many lenses 62 as are required, according to whether a two or three position signal is employed. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the mechanism enclosed in the housing. An electric motor adjustably mounted on a transverse bolt of the frame carries on its shaft a pinion 8, and drives through gearing a wheel 12<1>, mounted loosely on the shaft 14<1> on which the semaphore casting 60 is carried. Two contact-making devices 16, 17 are carried by the shaft 14', of which the former serves to convey current to the electro-magnet 25, and the latter controls the electro-magnet 38. The electro-magnet 25 is carried by a bracket 21 which is rigidly mounted on the shaft 14' and is integral with a sector 20 having a notch or notches 20' on its periphery. The electro-magnet 25 controls through toggle-levers a locking-device adapted to engage with one of the teeth 12<a> on the wheel 12<1>, so as to drive the shaft 14' and semaphore casting therefrom. The electro-magnet 38 is energized when the semaphore arm reaches the 'line clear' position or an intermediate position if such is used, and a toggle-operated locking-device engages with the notch 20<1> to lock the signal. The drive-shaft 14<1> is coupled by a crank to an oscillating dash-pot. Reference is made to Specifications No. 19,086, A.D. 1901, and No. 7419, A.D. 1905.
Patent GB-190508043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Muting Musical Instruments such as Banjos and the like
Inventor: BARNES SAMUEL BOWLEY
Filed: 1905-04-15
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 8043. Barnes, S. B., Mullins, A. E., and Lee, E. April 15. Banjoes and like instruments, mutes for. Mutes of the kind described in Specification No. 11,411, A.D. 1897, adapted to press against the vellum beneath the bridge of a banjo or like instrument, are constructed of one or more rubber pads A on the top of a plate B, which is normally retracted by the spring F, but is raised into the muting position by the depression of the button or plate J. The rod C attached to the plate B works through the support E, and is raised by the operation of the bent rod G, which is pivoted on the cross-bar K. The rod G may be bent downwards, so that the terminal plate J may be pressed by the body to release the mute, the banjo being muted normally by the action of a spring.
Patent GB-190515669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Forge and Smithy Hammers Operated by Compressed Air or other Fluid.
Inventor: GIBBS GEORGE JAMES
Filed: 1905-07-31
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 15,669. Gibbs, G. J. July 31. Fluid - pressure hammers. - The cylinder is divided by the piston F and the partition D into three chambers 1, 2, 3. Air or other elastic fluid is admitted to the chamber 3 for. light blowe, to the chambers 1, 3 for heavy blows, and to the chamber 2 to raise the top ; the distribution is effected by a single piston valve R. The chamber 1 is provided with a valve W for admitting air to it when it is not in use; The invention allows low-pressure fluid to be used.
Patent GB-190515813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crushing Mills.
Inventor: BENTALL EDMUND ERNEST
Filed: 1905-08-02
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 15,813. Bentall, E. E., and Bingham, G. C. Aug. 2. Roller mills.-The movable roll B, Fig. 1, is journaled in the upper ends of two levers G connected at the lower ends by a plate or other spring J, against which the inner end of a tension bolt H provided with an adjusting-wheel I acts. The pivoted scrapers E, connected at the lower ends by one or more springs F, are approximately U-shaped in section, the sides overlapping so as to form delivery shoot for the crushed corn, as shown in Fig. 6. The guide-plates A are adjustable towards or from the crushing-rolls B, C by means of screws passing through elongated holes in the hopper shoot D, openings D<1> in the sides of which allow the lower ends of the plates A to be inspected.
Patent GB-190600389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: SIMON HENRY
Filed: 1906-01-06
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 389. Simon, H. Jan. 6 Tobacco pipes. - The bowls of tobacco pipes are made from the rinds b of lemons, oranges, and other fruits, from which the pulp has been removed, an interior lining a being provided of meerschaum, clay, wood, or metal.
Patent GB-190600729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Heat Treatment of Metal during Manufacture into Various Articles
Inventor: HUGHES THEOPHILUS VAUGHAN
Filed: 1906-01-10
Granted: 1907-03-09
Abstract: 729. Hughes, T. V. Jan. 10. Metal heating and annealing furnaces.-Relates to a method of heating metals wherein the articles are heated in a chamber containing a non-oxidizing atmosphere, which, by its buoyancy due to its high temperature, prevents the admission to the heating-chamber of other gas. The articles to be heated are passed on a suitable conveyer h through a vertically-disposed, externally-heated chamber a containing the desired atmosphere and communicating with an horizontal cooling-chamber c, the discharge end of which may be extended or surrounded by a water jacket or otherwise cooled. During the heating, a small supply of the gas or gases may be introduced at e to prevent deterioration. To increase the difference between the densities of the atmospheres in the chambers a, c, the chamber c is charged with a heavy gas such as carbon dioxide or the vapour of a heavy hydrocarbon, this also serving to exclude air at the apertures d. By the use of a dry active gas such as chlorine in the chamber a, articles that have a surface film of moisture or occluded gases are subjected to a combined annealing and mild pickling operation. Specification No. 4085, A.D. 1902, is referred to.
Patent GB-190600807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gasoline Carburetters for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1906-01-11
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 807. Howorth, F. W., [Winton, A.]. Jan. 11. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. A gasolene carburettor, and means for supplying liquid fuel to the same, are shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Gasolene stored in the reservoir 1, Fig. 1, is forced by compressed air, entering. by the pipe 8, into a chamber 11 which communicates through a port 14 with the float chamber 3. Oil enters the chamber 11 by the pipe 10 and is filtered before passing to the float chamber by layers of asbestos or the like 57. A float 22 controls the needle valve 19, through a lever 21 as shown in Fig. 2. Liquid fuel is fed by gravity through a pipe 24, Fig. 1, to the carburetting- chamber 26 and enters through .a' valve-controlled orifice 27. The liquid-fuel supply may be completely cut off by a valve 31, Fig. 1, the spindle of which passes through the dashboard of a motor road vehicle. Air is admitted to the mixing- chamber through ports 37, and other ports 38 which are partly throttled by a suction -operated disk 40 having ports 42 opening into the passage communicating with the mixing-chamber. The air supply may be adjusted by imparting a longitudinal movement to the sleeve 46, thus more or less throttling the'ports facing the end of the screwed connexion 47. The carburettor outlets are shown at 53, Figs. 1 and 3, communicating with the cylinder inlet pipes 54. Mixing-screens 51 are located in the body of the carburettor which is surrounded by a jacket 56 through which the cylinder cooling-water circulates. The air supply is filtered by passing through a screen 35 on the inlet pipe. The tank forming the float chamber may be formed in one with or be connected to the lubricating-oil tank 5 and an air chamber 6.
Patent GB-190602453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Sprinklers.
Inventor: SMITH ELVINO VICTOR
Filed: 1906-01-31
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 2453. Smith, E. V. Jan. 31. Sprinklers, automatic.-Relates to a construction of valve-supporting strut in which the solder is protected from the action of corrosive gases &c. and also acts as a lubricant, when fused, to facilitate the separation of the members of the strut. A plate h, Figs. 4 and 5, bent at the lower end, rests upon an adjusting-screw e, Fig. 2, and is provided with a central slot h<1>, the lower end of which supports the notched base of a post g, which in turn supports the sprinkler valve d. The plate h and post g are covered on one side by a plate i, which is grooved to receive the post g and provided with lugs i<2>, engaging notches in the plate h. On the other side is a similarly grooved plate j, held in position at the top by the hooked upper and h<3> of the plate h. When the parts are assembled, solder is allowed to flow between the plates h, i, j, thus firmly uniting them.
Patent GB-190614718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigarette Making Machines.
Inventor: CAZEN CANAAN DE
Filed: 1906-06-27
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 14,718. Cazen, C. de. June 27. Cigarette - making machines. - Relates to the arrangement and construction of the parts whereby the tobacco is delivered by a belt carrier and regulating-belt to a rotating wheel and thence to the forming-tube. The tobacco is fed into the hopper 16, Figs. 1, 2, and 4, and carried forward by a picker belt carrier 3, over which is disposed a feedregulating belt 7 travelling in the opposite direction and having picks 8 inclined backwardly to the direction of travel. The tobacco passes a comb 11 and is fed to the hopper 17 by means of a roller 9, Fig. 4. The roller 9 and the rollers supporting the belts are mounted in adjustable bearings. From the hopper, the tobacco passes to a channel 25, formed by rings 23 on the convex rim of the wheel 19, Fig. 5, the rings having lateral play and being provided with pins extending into lateral slots on the rim of the wheel. Two rollers 26, 27 having annular grooves take into the channel of the wheel 19, and the width of the guide-channel under the pressure roller 42 is adjusted by means of rollers 36 mounted on the ends of adjustablyarranged pins 37, Fig. 1. The tobacco passes on to the cigarette paper 83, Fig. 2, which passes through a printing and bronzing device, such as that described in Specification No. 14,718A, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Printing, Letterpress &c.]. and, together with the ribbon belt 94, enters the forming-tube 44, where the cigarette rod is formed. The wheel 19 is driven by bevel-wheels 73, 78 operated from the main shaft 50 through friction gearing 55, 59, toothed pinions 60, 64, 63, and bevel-wheels 67, 68, the pinion 63 also driving the ribbon belt 94. The roller 9 is driven from the shaft 50 by means of a grooved pulley 56, while the feed-belts are operated by a sprocket chain 82 from the shaft 69. A modification of the guidewheel 19 is shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190617028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel-Cutting Machines and Cutters.
Inventor: GREENWOOD THOMAS
IPC: B23F1/04
Filed: 1906-07-28
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 17,028. Greenwood, T. July 28. Shaping; divading-apparatus.- Spur-wheels and racks are shaped by a machine employing a number of rows of cutters. A shaft 6, Figs. 1 and 2, is wormgeared to a driving- shaft 3 and has a crank-pin which reciprocates a cutter slide 9 mounted on a vertic a ll y adjustable slide 14. One or more rows of cutters 88, Fig. 7, are clamped in a box bolder 12 by screws and cotters, and the holder is mounted in parts 10 having locking-,plates 11, and against an abutment 13. The rows of cutters may each be in one piece, and one of the rows is a master row and has a shape exactly corresponding to the space to be cut and to finish the top of the teeth. The cutters are the same shape from front to back, and are sharpened by grinding on the face. The slide 14 is fed down for the feed by a screw 21 bevel-geared to. a division-wheel 29, preferably divided into 250 parts. A pointer may be provided on the-slide and a scale on the guide, for use in setting the cutters to the exact depth required. The scale is graduated to read thousandths of an inch, and the gearing 30, 32, 34 is arranged so that one division on the wheel 29 corresponds to one-thousandth of an inch on the scale. The slide is fed down to cut a tooth at each stroke, and is raised to free the tools on the return by a lever 23 normally held central on a pivot 24 by a spring 36, swivel-jointed to the screw 21 and carrying a bowl 26 which engages a cam-groove 27. Wheel blanks are mounted on a mandrel clamped at one end to a spindle 39 and supported at the other by a bush mounted in an adjustable bracket 42. When racks ate to be cut, they are mounted on a table 43 movable on a bed by a rack and pinion 45 to bring a dividing-rack 48 into gear with a wheel 47 on the shaft 39. An auxiliary bed 49 may be connected to the bed by bolts and steady pins. A worm-wheel 50 is adjustably clamped on the shaft 39 and is geared through a worm and change gearing to a shaft 59 carrying pinions 76 &c. A rackbar 70 is pivoted to a sliding rod 67 and is raised on the cutting stroke and lowered on the return by an arm 71 loose on the rod. Traverse of the rod gives the shaft 59 a complete turn, and the change-wheels are adjusted to give the required pitch at the blanks. The rod 67 is advanced positively for the division by an eccentric 61, and is returned by a weight 93, the rack-bar having been raised by a cam 19, lever 73, and wire 72 connected to the arm 71. The wire 72 is continued beyond the lever 73 to be within reach of the operator. The pinion 76 gears with an equal pinion 77 on a shaft having a crank-arm with a spring-pressed bowl 84 adapted at every revolution to engage in a notch in a fixed plate 85, to provide means for hand division when required. The fly-wheel 92 is weighted on one side to store energy during the idle stroke and return it during the succeeding cutting - stroke. According to the Provisional Specification; the work is reciprocated instead of the cutuers. I .
Patent GB-190620270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilators.
Inventor: FREEMAN THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-09-12
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 20,270. Freeman, T. W. Sept. 12. Louvered &c. apparatus; ventilators; window appliances.-A ventilating- appliance, specially y applicable to windows, comprises a frame a in which are mounted louvers e, f and baffle-plates l. The louvers are pivoted on pins h and are operated by means of vertical slides i carrying pins k which engage with slots g in the louvers, or the louvers may be fixed. The baffle-plates l consist of a series of vertical plates, fitted to a frameo and provided with vertical slits n arranged non-coincidently, as shown, to break up air currents. The plates may be roughened to arrest dust &c. by coating with sand, glass, sawdust, &c., and a filter cloth or perforated screen may be interposed between the frame o and the louvers e. The frame o is grooved and slides on tongues p, so that by removing the cover b the plates l may be removed for cleaning purposes.
Patent GB-190621142-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Fastening and Unfastening Cattle in Stalls and the like.
Inventor: EHLERT HERMANN
Filed: 1906-09-24
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 21,142. Ehlert, H. Sept. 24. Eyes, screw, for tethering animals. The parts c, a, d are made in one piece. The part e is pivoted, and each eye is closed by a sliding bolt. In case of fire, the bolts are withdrawn simultaneously to release the animals.
Patent GB-190622443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kitchen Ranges, Stoves and such like.
Inventor: THOMSON ROBERT
Filed: 1906-10-11
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 22,443. Thomson, R. Oct. 11. Cooking - ranges; doors ; ash - pans.-A kitchen range is fitted with an arrangement of controlling- dampers in the oven flues, and with two bracket shelves, one forming part of the ash-pan and the other carrying the fire-door beneath it. The dampers j, h, Fig. 2, are fitted on a common spindle g, which extends through the front of the range and a partition : i midway between the front and back of the oven. With the dampers h, j in the position indicated in Fig. 2, the combustion products pass through the aperture d, down the flue c<4>, and round the oven a, passing into the flue c on the rear side of the partition i, the damper j being approximately horizontal. When the damper h is depressed so as to close the passage connecting the grate e and the flue c<4>, the combustion products pass in the reverse direction through the flue c<1>, round the oven a, and up the flue c<4>, whence they pass to the flue c, the damper being inclined so as to separate the top oven flue c<1> from the flues c, c<4>. The bracket shelf k, Fig. 1, is attached to the upper end of the grate front, and the fire-door m is hung beneath it, and may be upheld by a catch k<2>. The lower bracket shelf n is part of the front of the ash-pan. When the door m is dropped and the ash-pan o is pushed in, air is prevented from entering the grate through the fire-bars and ash-pit. A depending flange q, Fig. 2, on the hot plate f prevents the inlet to the oven flues of cold air from above the fire. The boiler and its flues, and other parts of the range, are of the kind described in Specification No. 15,094, A.D. 1906.
Patent GB-190626023-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Railways for Recreation
Inventor: STEPHENS JAMES
Filed: 1906-11-17
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 26,023. Stephens, J., and Jones, C. Nov. 17. Railways for recreation.-A recreation railway comprises cars B, Fig. 2, which travel on a track formed of angle-irons L, Fig. 3, supported by uprights D, the track being formed of a circular horizontal part A and a spiral loop A'. The cars are suspended by straps M from suitably driven bogies C formed of channel iron K having four wheels and a central axle N. In order that the cars may remain in an upright position when travelling around the loop A', the straps M are integral with pulleys I, which are loose on the axle N, and are kept in place by collars J. The loop A' is supported by uprights F, and lights may be carried by columns H and the supports D. A platform G is provided to allow passengers to enter and leave the cars.
Patent GB-190626033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Magnetic Brakes for Vehicles Running on Rails.
Inventor: SIMPSON JOSEPH FITZALAN
Filed: 1906-11-17
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 26,033. Simpson, J. F. Nov. 17. Brakes.-In electro-magnetic brakes for railway and tramway vehicles of the type in which shoes act upon the rail and the wheel and are normally held out of action by springs or weights, the magnetic circuit is completed through the rail and wheel. The rail shoe b and the wheel shoe care connected to the core of the magnet a, and the whole is normally held up by a spring d, weights, &c. When the magnet is energized, the shoes b, c are brought into operation, and the lines of magnetic force pass as shown at z, so that the wheel is pressed on to the rail. On the magnet being de-energized, links e, pivoted to a bracket f on the vehicle framing, move the shoe c from the wheel as the shoes and magnet are raised by the spring d.
Patent GB-190701037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Rings for Spinning Machinery.
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
Filed: 1907-01-15
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 1037. Heide, H. C., [Atherton Spinning Ring Co.]. Jan. 15. Spindle apparatus. -The body of the rotary ring B is made of wrought or cast iron &c., and is provided at its lower end with a seating on which is detachably secured a hardened V shaped track b, which may project, as shown, or may be grooved externally. The invention is shown applied to a ring such as is described in Specification No. 11,301, A.D. 1904, which is provided with a groove b<1> for the driving-band with one or more thread-guides at its upper end.
Patent GB-190708383-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Coupling for Railway and other purposes.
Inventor: EATON GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1907-04-10
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 8383. Eaton, G. H. April 10. Field carriages. -Relates to an automatic coupling of the Janney type which may be applied to gun carriages and which is adapted for attachment to existing draw-bars and for use with ordinary chain couplings. The coupling - knuckle B, which is pressed towards the open position by a spring F, Fig. 2, is provided with a tail 3 and lugs 1, 2, these lugs being adapted to engage with a locking- tumbler C having lugs 1<A>, 2<A>, 3<A>, the last of which engages with a vertically sliding pin D which has a rounded base. When the knuckle B is set in the open position for coupling, the pin D rests upon the lug 3<A>, but becomes released as the tumbler C is rotated by the lug 2 of the knuckle during coupling. For uncoupling, the pin D may be raised from the side of the vehicle by an arm G or a chain, whereupon the knuckle is free to swing open under the influence of the spring F. For non- automatic coupling, a link E mounted on a pivot in the coupler head is provided. The Provisional Specification states also that the vehicles may be uncoupled from the platform or driver's seat. The coupling is provided with a hollow shank which may be connected to existing draw-bars after the ordinary draw-hook has been cut off, such connexion comprising a pin N, Fig. 5, which . passes through the shank A and works in a slot in the end of the draw-bar M, a spring H being fitted between the inner end of the shank A and a fixed bracket J for absorbing shocks. Wearing plates K, L are fitted upon the headstock.
Patent GB-190708568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dyeing Apparatus
Inventor: FRIEDRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1908-04-13
Abstract: 8568. Friedrich, W. April 12. Dyeing.-Apparatus for treating fabrics consists in the combination of two vats arranged side by side, each containing a perforated hollow and preferably rotatable shaft upon which the fabric is wound and through which dye liquor can be forced or drawn in either direction by a pump arranged in a tubular connexion between the shafts. A supply reservoir 1 communicates with the pump 12 and both vats 2, 3 and is first filled with the dye liquid. One of the two valves 14, between the pump 12 and the respective vats, being closed, the liquid is pumped through the other valve 13 and the corresponding hollow shaft 19 into its containing vat, uniformly penetrating the material 23 wound on the shaft in so doing. After filling the vat 2, the dye-liquid flows through a connecting-pipe 8 into the other vat 3 until it is filled and the reservoir 1 is empty. The valve 15 between the pump 12 and the reservoir 1 is then closed and the previously shut valve 14 opened. The pump is then reversed to draw the liquid through the material 23 on the first shaft 19 and force it through that on the second shaft 20. The treatment is repeated until the operation is completed, and the dye liquor is then returned to the reservoir 1 through suitable cocks 4, 5 or discharged through other cocks 6, 7, the liquid being withdrawn as completely as possible from the fabric by the pump. Rinsing water is then circulated several times through the fabric and discharged. Finally, the rolls of fabric are centrifugally dried upon a rapidly rotated spindle, Fig 2. The perforated shafts 19, 20 may be fixed or movable as shown, may be rotated to secure greater uniformity of treatment, and, when they are longer than the rolls of fabric, are provided with a suitable sleeve to cover the otherwise exposed perforations.