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Patent GB-190500415-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Curtain Canopy for Bedsteads, and Cots.
Inventor: THAIN JOHN BOND
Filed: 1905-01-09
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 415. Thain, J. B. Jan. 9. Bedsteads; curtains, suspending.-In a curtain canopy for bedsteads &c., a tubular upright a is bent at right-angles at a' and carries a socket piece b, which supports arms c secured by nuts k. The upper part of the member a is formed of less diameter than the lower part, thus forming a shoulder to engage a corresponding shoulder in the socket piece b. The member a is attached to the head of a bedstead by clips g, h, the clip h being adjustable by means of a screw and nut. The outer ends of the three arms a<1>, c, c are provided with rosettes or the like. The arm a' may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190505157-A (GB)
Title: Scaffold Bracket.
Inventor: DENNIS JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-03-11
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 5157. Dennis, J. J., and Filer, E. T. March 11. Brackets.-A bracket for scaffolding and staging such as is used by painters, paperhangers, plasterers, &c. consists of a frame having the end bars 9 curved to throw the centre bar 8 out of the plane of the side bars 6, 7, Fig. 3. One side bar 6 and the centre bar 8 are provided with serrations or teeth 6<a>, 8<a> facing each other and at each end only, a blank space 6<b>, 8<b>, Fig. 2, being left in the central portion. A standard is gripped between the teeth, and a plank &c. may rest upon the side bar 7. In a modified form, Fig. 5, the side bar 7 is extended and turned upwards to form recesses 7<b> for longitudinal bars and a recess 7<c> for a transverse bar.
Patent GB-190507468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling or Evaporating Liquids.
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1905-04-08
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 7468. Newton, H. E., [Worthington, H. R.]. April 8. Condensers.-Cooling and evaporating towers, such as are used in steam and other condensing plant, are adapted for use with either forced or natural draught by varying the level of the liquid in the reservoir into which the bottom of the tower opens. When the tower is used with forced draught, the liquid in the reservoir rises as high as the overflow pipe F so as to close the open bottom of the tower. The fans B are then set in motion. When it is used with natural draught, the fans are stopped and the liquid in the reservoir is allowed to flow away through the valved outlet pipe E so as to open the tower to the atmosphere.
Patent GB-190508407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sound Reproducers.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1905-04-19
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 8407. Parsons, C. A. April 19. Sound-magnifying appliances.-In sound-reproducers in which a valve controls a current of air as described in Specifications No. 10,468, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.], and No. 10,469, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.], the mean position of the valve is maintained with variations of the pressure of the air supply by a compensating pressure. The apparatus is applied to phonographs, gramophones, and musical instruments. In the application to gramophones, the comb-like piece c mounted on springs d is vibrated by the needle e, and covers or opens corresponding slits in the pressure chamber a. A small cylinder f and piston, shown in section in Fig. 3, is supplied with air from the same chamber, and the varying position of the piston operates through the spring k on the comb piece c to maintain a steady mean position. The elasticity of the spring k prevents the addition of the inertia of the piston to that of the comb piece when the rapid sound vibrations are considered. In order to prevent the piece c from being forced against the chamber a if the air pressure suddenly fails, there is inserted a spring l which can be adjusted by the screw m. A modification consists in the use of an air bag supplied with air at the same pressure in place of the piston.
Patent GB-190515929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Moistening, Purifying and Regulating the Temperature of the Air in Closed Spaces.
Inventor: JACOBI CARL RUDOLPH HERMANN
Filed: 1905-08-03
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 15,929. Jacobi, C. R. H. Oct. 26, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Air, moistening, cooling, and purifying.-Relates to the apparatus described in Specification No. 11,740, A.D. 1900, for moistening, cooling, and purifying the air in spinning and weaving factories and other buildings, in which air is drawn through a tapered pipe a and is cooled, moistened, and expelled with great velocity from nozzles f by jets of water b. A conical baffle hitherto employed in a chamber c for removing excess of water is now replaced by two or more gratings e, e<1>, the tubular bars of which are arranged to break joint. The gratings, which rest in supports h and are supported by straps k, are removable through an adjacent man-hole. Both the tube a and the nozzles f have an horizontal upper wall and a lower wall inclined towards the outer end, so that any water deposited in them is conveyed to a discharge nozzle d.
Patent GB-190517155-A (GB)
Title: Stretching-device for Sieves in Sifting-drums.
Inventor: KNAUER LUDWIG HERMANN
Filed: 1905-08-24
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 17,155. Knauer, L. H. Aug. 24. Sifting.-Relates to a stretching-device for the sieves of sifting-drums. The rings 1, Figs. 2 and 3, which carry the longitudinal bars 7 of the drum are formed with openings provided with bridge-pieces 5, in the crowns of which is mounted a rod 6 carrying in the space between each pair of rings 1 a pair of stretching-tongs 2 and a clamp 16. The sieve is cut a little larger than the drum and drawn over the frame bars, the soldered part being pressed by means of a bar 15 between the rails 3 carried by the tongs. By means of the clamps, the bar is drawn inwards until the sieve is tight, when the rails 4 are introduced and the sieve clamped in position by means of screws 14, after which the tongs are closed by means of the nuts 11 and screws 12. When it is desired to stretch a finer sieve over the coarse one, the tongs are opened and the screws 18 loosened, the second sieve is then drawn over the drum and the soldered part drawn between the rails 4, when the screws 18 and nuts 11 are again tightened up. The rails 4 are adjustable on the rails 3, and small noses 19 secured to the tongs carry longitudinal bars, which prevent any unevenness in the sieve:
Patent GB-190519439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bails or Carriers for Motor Lamps.
Inventor: RUSSELL SIDNEY
Filed: 1905-09-26
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 19,439. Russell, S., [trading as Russell & Co., A.]. Sept. 26. Carriage lamps.-The pivoted bail B of a motorcar lamp is arranged so that it can be folded down into an horizontal position, where it is retained by a spring catch C.
Patent GB-190519682-A (GB)
Title: Improved Detonator Apparatus for Fog-signalling on Railways
Inventor: HODGE JOHN
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 19,682. Hodge, J. Sept 29. Detonator apparatus; fog signals.-Detonators in specially-constructed carriers are placed on the rail singly in conjunction with the movements of the ordinary semaphore. An exploded detonator is replaced in the apparatus by hand. The carrier K<2>, Fig. 1, is removably attached to a shaft b<1> by a screw e, and the shaft b<1> is rotated to place the detonator on the rail J by a sprocket-wheel S' and a chain X<2> leading to another sprocket-wheel S rotated by a lever 0 and a connexion W to the cabin, the semaphore arm M being actuated in conjunction therewith by a rod K attached to a balanceweight lever L' fixed to the boss of the wheel S. The wheel S rotates on a fixed pivot b<6> fixed to a casting W<1>. The pivot b<6> may rotate in the casting, the wheel S being keyed to it, and this key may be withdrawn when the wheel S and the detonator apparatus are to be thrown out of action. The shaft b<1> may be extended parallel to the metals, and may place and displace three detonators simultaneously, three carriers being clamped at different points along the shaft b<1>. The detonator carrier shown in Fig. 5 comprises a cast-iron portion K<1>, in which the detonator 2 is clamped by wire strips H, to be bent over the detonator ; or a carrier of similar shape may be formed of wire.
Patent GB-190519817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Focal Plane Shutters and other Roller Blind Shutters for Photographic Purposes.
Inventor: ADAMS ARTHUR LEWIS
Filed: 1905-09-30
Granted: 1906-09-29
Abstract: 19,817. Adams, A. L. Sept. 30. Shutters.-Relates to focalplane shutters and other rollerblind shutters of the type described in Specifications No. 1332, A.D. 1902, and No. 12,003, A.D. 1904. Fig. 3 represents a portion of the front elevation of a shutter in position for setting, and Fig, 4 a vertical cross-section on the line 4-5, Fig. 3, after an exposure has been made. At the end of the exposure movement, a spring catch a<2> engages pins a<1> on the follower blind A and retains it until the leader blind B has been moved by the winding- device, so that the laths A', B' form a light-tight joint, whereupon the spring catch is disengaged by a pin bl on the roller b bearing against an inclined d surface, thus permitting the two blinds to return together in a closed condition. The tape roller d is rotated by a shaft d<1>, which is capable of endways movement through the said tape roller but is normally pressed inwards by the spring d<3>, whereby the rollers a, d are geared together by the toothed wheels d<4> , d<x>, ax. When the shutter is being set, the wheel d<4> is put out of gear by endways movement of the shaft d<1>, d, which is then rotated until the required width of aperture between the blinds is obtained. On release of the shaft d<1>, the spring d<3> causes the wheels to gear together again. The rollers a, b are provided with springs, the latter spring being the stronger, so that, when the blinds are wound on the roller a, they may be released by a suitable ratchet arrangement (not shown), thus making the exposure.
Patent GB-190524123-A (GB)
Title: Improved Appliance for Peeling Oranges, Lemons and like Fruit.
Inventor: LOVELL WALTER FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-11-22
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 24,123. Lovell, W. F. Nov. 22. Lemons, oranges, and the like, peeling. -A spoon-shaped metal plate A is formed with two cutter B projecting from fts popcave surface, which serve cut the edges of a strip of peel, and with a blade C, immediately behind the cutters, which raises and removes the strip. Two strips at right-angles are removed and the remainder separated by pushing the end F of the appliance under the peel. A handle D is attached to the appliance. The cutters B and blade C may be stamped out of the metal piece or be attached thereto.
Patent GB-190525454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consuming Furnaces.
Inventor: SCHMIDT JOHANNES OSKAR
Filed: 1905-12-07
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 25,454. Schmidt, J. O. Dec 7. Smoke-consuming ; fire-bars.-Relates to furnaces of the kind in which, to consume the smoke, air is led through hollow fire-bars from their rear ends to their front ends, and is discharged at the deadplate, and the improvements consist in fitting the fire-bars into or constructing them with small ash receptacles e, and with air-supply regulating valves alpha, and in fitting them in combination with a depressed furnace crown u, which facilitates the mixture of the hot air with the gases rising from the fire, and directs the mixture into a combustion chamber z formed by the fire-bridges x, y. The fire-bars shown in Fig. 1 are made hollow and deep, and the heated air passes from them through the slotted wall of the ash receptacle e and through the slots f in the dead-plate. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the ash receptacle e<1> is made in one with the fire-bars. The draught-regulators a and the ash-discharging doors i are operated from the front of the furnace.
Patent GB-190526946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Pillars of Bedsteads
Inventor: HARPER THOMAS FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-12-27
Granted: 1906-12-27
Abstract: 26,946. Harper, T. F. Dec. 27. Bedsteads.-The pillars of bedsteads are connected with the chill castings forming the seating corners, or dovetail blocks, by the projecting parts a<1> of tapered or wedge-shaped bars a, inserted within the pillars. These bars a rest upon the upper ends of the feet d, and are secured in position by packing- wedges e, which may be further secured by screws or spikes. The parts a<1> of the bars a project through lateral apertures in the pillars b. By varying the length of the castor or foot attachment the bedstead height may be varied. The invention is applicable to circular, hexagonal, twisted, or reeded pillars. To ornament the pillars, a wire, bar, or strip is disposed round the pillar in a spiral manner, and is secured by screws.
Patent GB-190605077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cardboard or Paper Board Boxes.
Filed: 1906-03-02
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 5077. Woodburne, G., and McCaw, Stevenson, & Orr. March 2. Displaying. -Boxes of cardboard or paperboard are made to facilitate the display of their contents. The body a has a double bottom, the part c of the outer bottom being fixed, and the part c<1> being hinged to it and to the lid d, so that the body may be supported in the lid as shown. The tape e may serve as an additional support.
Patent GB-190609025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Pressing Metal Tubes from Hollow Heated Blocks.
Filed: 1906-04-14
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 9025. Lake, H. H., [Krupp Akt.-Ges., F.]. April 14. Squirting. - To avoid bending of the mandrel during the initial upsetting process in squirting tubes from hollow heated blocks due to non-uniformity, the end is conically reduced at f, Fig. 1, to allow metal to issue freely from the die during this stage. The mandrel may also have a limited d longitudinal motion controlled by a spring e.
Patent GB-190611740-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Artists Brush Washer and Case.
Inventor: HEAD ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-19
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 11,740. Head, A. W. May 19. Tube-shaped cases; cases combined with brushcleaners; fittings, external and internal; cases with special receiving-appliances.-A combined washer and case for artists' brushes comprises a lower casing a for holding cleaning-fluid, and a grating b<1> on which the brushes are wiped, attached to an inner casing b having an elongated cap e. A spring clip c is attached to the cap, passing through a slot therein and holding a number of brushes, as shown. The device may be hung from an easel &c. by holes in the extension or bracket a<1> on the casing a.
Patent GB-190614514-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mechanical Feed Lubricator.
Inventor: WADE JETHRO THOMAS
Filed: 1906-06-25
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 14,514. Wade, J. T. June 25. Pump valves and valve-gear.-Relates to lubricating-pumps, and consists in adapting the known type of valve controlling both suction and delivery ports to pumps having more than one plunger. The multiple valve e, serving a number of pumpbarrels mounted side by side, is formed with indented portions e<1> which alternately connect the barrels b with the suction openings o and delivery tubes p. The valve is actuated from a wormwheel h, which also drives a cam-shaft j for actuating the plungers c. The return stroke of the plungers is effected by a spring, and the quantity of liquid delivered by each pump may be regulated by an adjusting-screw n.
Patent GB-190620719-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Current Electro Magnets
Filed: 1906-09-18
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 20,719. Felten & Guilleaume - Lahmeyerwerke Akt.-Ges. Sept. 30, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Etectro - magnets. - An alternating- current electromagnet to give a nearly constant pull has three limbs, two of which carry the main - current coils e, f and also additional windings, which supply induced current to a winding g on the third limb. Specification No. 5154, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190624660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Lawn-mowing Machines.
Inventor: WEBSTER HENRY LOW
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 24,660. Webster, H. L. Nov. 3. Sharpening.-In order that the cutting-apparatus of a lawn-mower may be sharpened by adjusting the ledger plate to touch the rotary cutter and then introducing a mixture of oil and powdered emery or the like and rotating. the rotary cutter backwards, a stop is temporarily introduced into the driving-gear to cause the pawl to engage with the ratchet-wheel when the machine is moved backwards. In the ratchet gear shown in Fig. 1, a passage is formed in the bearing of the shaft c<2> so that a metal ball b may be introduced mto one of the recesses a<1> of the ratchet-wheel a to prevent the pawl c<3> from sliding freely through the shaft c<2> as usual. In the gear shown in Fig. 4, a collar d may be fixed to the end of the shaft c<2> to prevent the ratchet-wheel a from being moved along the shaft by the pivoted pawl c<3>, When the collar d is reversed, it is clear of the ratchet-wheel a. It may be replaced by a disk and washers. In the gear shown in Fig. 5, the pawl c<3> may be jammed against the ratchet-wheel a by means of a tapered screw e passing through one of the sides of the ratchet a.
Patent GB-190710513-A (GB)
Title: Arc Lamps and Electrodes for use therein
Inventor: BECK HEINRICH
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1908-05-06
Abstract: 10,513. Beck, H. May 5, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Arc lamps.-An electrode to be fed down on a stop, as described in Specification No. 16,294, A.D. 1903, is made with a high projecting ridge b which only partly rests on the stop, so that the point f of the electrode may extend below this, the arc being thus kept away from the stop. Consumption of the point f is retarded by inert gases from the arc. The ridge may be thicker near the body of the electrode. The stop may be made of metal and is preferably slanting. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 states that the stop may be of graphite. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190712589-A (GB)
Title: New Harmonic Slide for Zither Harps and other Musical String Instruments
Inventor: WEBBER WALTER
Filed: 1907-05-30
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 12,589. Webber, W. May 30. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Zithers and like instruments; instruments with sonorous strings.-One or more slides B carrying rows of pins are mounted o v e r or under the strings, and can be moved so that the pins touch one of each pair of strings at such points as to cause them to produce harmonic tones when sounded.
Patent GB-190716730-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Rotary Transporting Apparatus.
Inventor: DARCY FRED
Filed: 1907-07-22
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 16,730. Darcy, F., Speck, S. H., and Hill, H. July 22. Roundabouts.-A rotary transporter as applied to a roundabout is described. Intermeshing gear-wheels 1, 2, Fig. 1, have a series of corresponding slots s 1<1>, 21 which engage supporting-rods 8 of the cars 23, Fig. 2, and carry them round in a figure-of-eight course. The slots 11, Fig.1, are between the teeth of the wheel 1, but the slots 2<1> take the place of teeth in the wheel 2. A flange 2<2> continues the sides of the slots 2'. The crossing-over of the cars is effected by the parts 10, Figs. 2 and 5, entering guides 19, Fig. 5, as shown. The whole device is driven from a pulley 20, Fig. 2, and is enclosed by a fixed platform 13, Fig. 1, and revolving platforms 14, the latter being supported by tie-rods 15, Fig. 2. A casing 24 on foundations 22 is added. The wheel 2, Fig. 1, may have pin teeth, in which case the flange 2<2> may be omitted. Four wheels or more may be used instead of two.
Patent GB-190716871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapourisation of Petroleum for Lighting and Heating Purposes.
Inventor: LANE HARRY
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 16,871. Lane, H., and Guy, A. H. July 23. Carburetting.-In a plant for making carburetted air for lighting and heating purposes, petroleum is supplied from a tank, provided with a gauge and air inlet, to a nozzle b<2> within a sleeve c communicating by a branch c' with a source of compressed air. The air and liquid pass together through two or more carburettors e, e<1>, provided with perforated plates j, and finally through an atomizing-chamber f provided with similar perforated plates j<1> of fine gauge, or wire-gauze. The mixture passes to the service pipes through a valve g and distributing-chamber g<1>.
Patent GB-190720655-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Railway Rails.
Inventor: THOMAS EDDY TAYLOR
Filed: 1907-09-17
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 20,655. Thomas, E. T. Sept. 17. Rails; rail joints ;rails, securing to sleepers.- The webs of railroad rails are made wider or with a slanting or brace web side, and are located to one side of the heads, so that the resultant vertical pressure and the resultant of all the pressures on ,the rail heads fall within the webs. When the webs are made with a slanting side as shown in Fig. 5, fish-plates D, D' are used at the joints, the fishplate D<1> having a vertical face for the nut F<2> to engage. Fig. 2 shows the form in which the web is merely widened, the broken lines indicating the added metal. Lugs A<3> are formed on the under surface of the base of the rails which engage recesses in the sleepers and prevent spreading, being chiefly of use on curves and steep grades. Fig. 6 shows the method adopted to connect a rail A<b> having a central web and one with a displaced web. The left-hand side of the web divides the head of the rail into two parts having approximately the ratio of two to one; and this side of the web is on the inside of the track. The head of the rails is formed with vertical sides, round upper corners, and an oval or inclined crown.
Patent GB-190723119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stethoscopes
Inventor: BROWN HAYDN
Filed: 1907-10-19
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 23,119. Brown, H. Oct. 19. Stethoscopes.-A watch spring c, adapted to curl on itself when not in use, is attached rigidly close to the ear pieces a of a binaural stethoscope to facilitate application of the instrument to the ears. The spring may be secured so as to fit behind the head.
Patent GB-190801449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flying Machines.
Inventor: PHILLIPS HORATIO FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 1449. Phillips, H. F. Jan. 21. Propelling; steering.-An aerial machine, which is sustained by two or more screws rotating in opposite directions with equal torsional efforts, is steered by unbalancing the motor reaction torque by a brake applied to one or other of the shafts of the screws. The shafts c', c<2> carrying the screws b, a may be arranged concentrically, or the shafts may be separate and inclined to one another. Disks d, d' are fixed to the shafts, and one or other of the shafts may be braked by blocks e, e' operated by a lever f. The screws may be of unequal diameters, the larger screw being open immediately under the smaller screw, and the screw a may be of larger pitch and may be driven slower than the screw b.