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Patent GB-190320531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Edge Trimmings for Dresses and the like.
Inventor: SPITZER ALBERT
Filed: 1903-09-24
Granted: 1904-05-12
Abstract: 20,531. Spitzer, A. Sept. 24. Trimmings.-Curved or conically-shaped narrow trimmings for dresses are made pliable by boiling or dyeing a straight fabric while it is released from tension so as to allow it to shrink, and afterwards shaping it by curved or conical rollers. In weaving fabrics for such trimmings, the side which is to form the shorter or concave side is made with threads of coarser yarn than those which are used to form what is to be the convex side, since, in the operation of shrinking, the coarser threads contract the most. In corded fabrics, the attainment of the conical shape is aided by the greater shrinkage of cores of thicker yarn inside the cords. A double trimming may be made with the finer ends in the middle, so that, when cut through, two trimmings are produced.
Patent GB-190321735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toe-clips for Cycles.
Inventor: STURGESS GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-10-09
Granted: 1904-10-08
Abstract: 21,735. Sturgess, G. F. Oct. 9. Pedals.-A toeclip for cycle pedals comprises a steel strip or wire, which, crossed at 5, 6 and looped at 4, is attached by pressing together its two ends and passing them under the barrel of the pedal, so that, when released, they grip the side bars, as shown at 2, 3. The clip is sprung on and off by means of a loop of cord passed round the ends. The Provisional Specification states that the clip may be jointed by spring pivots, and that, to make a more permanent attachment, the ends are tapped and secured to the pedal by a plate or washer and nipple.
Patent GB-190327040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Twisting Railway or Tramway Rails.
Inventor: WHALE GEORGE
Filed: 1903-12-10
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 27,040. Whale, G. Dec. 10. Bending; straightening.-A machine for twisting railway and tramway rails in the cold or hot state is shown in Fig. 1. The machine is preferably worked by water, but steam or air may be used. In the frame A is placed a liner which acts as a cylinder B for the piston P. In the piston-rod or ram P<1> is a hole P<3> which contains the end of a lever L, the other end of which is secured to trunnions T contained in suitable bearings.' At the upper end of the cylinder is a hollow rod screwed on the reduced end of the ram P<1>. The trunnions T, to which an index is fixed, contain a hole slightly larger than the rail to be twisted, in which the rail is placed, one end of the rail being secured in a hole in the cap R<1> of the block. A supply and exhaust pipe are applied to each end of the cylinder. Two projections D on the base are for straightening or bending purposes.
Patent GB-190327395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Indicators for use on Trains, Trams, or for Advertising, or for other purposes.
Inventor: LANGER EDUARD
Filed: 1903-12-14
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 27,395. Langer, E. Dec. 14. Indicating at a distance electrically; indicating announcements and information.-An apparatus for indicating the names of stopping-places, on trains or tramcars, shown in sectional side elevation, is stated to be applicable for other like purposes. It may be operated either electrically or mechanically from any part of the train, or automatically by the movement of the vehicle itself. A band of flexibly-connected strips d of cardboard turns over two hexagonal plates a, fixed to the shaft c, and having studs e which engage in holes in the strips. A six-toothed wheel f on the shaft is turned in either direction by means of the arms k, k<1>, the motion of the arms being limited by the stops l, l<1>, the stop lever p being first released from the arm n. These motions may be performed by means of electromagnets i, i<1>, m, connected as shown so that the wheel may be turned in either direction by depressing one or other of the keys r, r<1>. When operated mechanically, the levers g, g<1> are prolonged through the case, and arms x (of which only one is shown) are added to push aside the arm n. When operated automatically, a rod (not shown), connected with the rods g, g<1>, projects outside the carriage and comes into contact with a curved piece on the track.
Patent GB-190328797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning Spindles.
Inventor: RABBETH FRANCIS JAMES
Filed: 1903-12-31
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 28,797. Rabbeth, F. J. Feb. 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Spindle apparatus.-Relates to means for holding the bobbins E, Fig. 2, on the spindles A, to which whirls Ware attached by sleeves W<1>. A boss A' cut out at its lower end to form an annular raceway a<1>, is secured to the spindle and a flanged collar c having a raceway c<1> to the sleeve w<1>. The bobbin clutching members b, Fig. 8, having a convex engaging-face b<x> fit round the spindles A with their projections b<2> in the raceway c<1>. These raceways a<1>, c<1> are made broad enough to allow a little lateral movement of the members b over which the enlargement E<x> on the bobbins E fits loosely. When the spindle rotates, the members b move outwards by centrifugal pressure and thus securely retain the bobbin E. Pins are driven through the flanges c<x> between the lower ends of adjacent members b to rotate them positively and maintain a proper clearance between them. In a modification, Fig. 5, the sleeve W<1x> is slotted to receive the clutch members D, Fig. 7, the bobbins resting on shoulders d<x> thereon ; projections d' on these members enter loosely a raceway w formed on the whirl W<x>.
Patent GB-190400559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Planes.
Inventor: CARLETON JOHN WALTER
Filed: 1904-01-08
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 559. Carleton, J. W., and Trask, G. E. Aug. 1, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Planes. - Between the side pieces 11 of the metal frame of a plane, which need not be fitted with the metal - faced wooden body A, is a frog 20, the two sides of which are connected near the top by a bridge 23 and carry, or are formed with, bearings for an adjusting-lever 33, the shorter arm of which engages a groove in a screw head 30 fixed to the iron 28 or to the cap iron 29. The iron 28 is secured in position by a screw 35 in the cap C which engages two projections 12 on the side pieces 11, and is adjusted laterally by means of a lever 34 pivoted on the bridge 23.
Patent GB-190403188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ladies' Hat-fasteners
Inventor: ESSMANN FRANZ
Filed: 1904-02-09
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 3188. Essmann, F., and Essmann, B. Feb. 9. Appliances for securing to head.-A. guide c, which is secured tn the side of a lady's hat by means of the holes d, carries a sliding slotted piece a, which is bent to suit the curvature of the top of the head. The hat is placed on the head, and the sliding piece a pushed over the top of the head, beneath the hair.
Patent GB-190405663-A (GB)
Title: Annunciators for Electric Bells and the like
Inventor: HENNING HANS
Filed: 1904-03-08
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 5663. Henning, H. March 8. Indicators or annunciators. - An annunciator for electric bells and the like comprises a ratchet-wheel provided with an indicator needle, rotated by means of an electric-bell hammer acting upon a pawl motion. When the ratchet-wheel arrives at the proper place, a second electromagnet throws the pawl mechanism out of gear. The spindle 2, Fig. 3, of the ratchet-wheel 1 rotates in the terminal 3, and is provided upon its lower face with a metal ring 4, provided with a tenon 6, passing through the wheel 1. Both tenon and ring are insulated from the wheel 1. Arranged around the spindle 2 and bearing upon the wheel 1 are the springs 8<1>-8<6>, the number of which corresponds to the number of call posts in the installation, each spring being connected to its corresponding terminal 28<1>, 28<6>. The pawl 10, Fig. 2, guided in the forked end 11, 12 of the pivoted armature 13 of the electromagnet 14, is actuated by the hammer 19 attached to the oscillating hammer 21 of the electromagnet 40 and bell 23. The spring 9, bearing on the under surface of the plate 4, is connected to the winding of the magnet 14, the other end of the winding being connected to the terminal 3. If the push corresponding to the terminal 28<3> be closed, the current passes through the spring 8<3>, wheel 1, spindle 2, and the terminal 3 to the bell magnet 40, and thence to the common terminal 32. The oscillation of the hammer 21 actuates the ratchetwheel 1 by the pawl 10 until the tenon 6 comes under the spring 8<3>, when current flows through the spring 8<3>, tenon 6, spring 9, and the electromagnet 14 to terminal 3, and thence through the electromagnet 40 as before. The magnet 14 then attracts its armature 13 and throws the pawl 10 out of gear. The pointer 25 attached to the spindle 2 will be moved round with the ratchet-wheel, and will then point to the graduation corresponding with the terminal 28<3>.
Patent GB-190410349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Heating Hollow Ware for Shaping on Spinning Lathes and the like
Inventor: THIEL RUDOLF
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 10,349. Thiel, R. May 5. Spinning ; working by electricity. - Segmental annular furnaces are employed to heat hollow-ware while held in the chucks of spinning-lathes or the like. The tools operate through openings in the furnaces. Fig. 3 is an axial section of one arrangement. The heating - ring may be formed in sections 8, 9, 13, 14, &c., Fig. 6, alternate sections being radially adjustable to follow up the work as the diameter decreases. Electric heaters may be employed instead of the gas heaters shown.
Patent GB-190417194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Sockets and Lid Holes of Fuel Economiser Boxes and the like.
Inventor: GREEN EDWARD
Filed: 1904-08-05
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 17,194. Green, Sir E. Aug. 5. Casting and moulding.-The tube sockets and lid holes of fuel economizer boxes are formed of steel in the following manner :-Steel rings or spirals are placed in the moulds in the required position, so that the molten metal, during the casting operation, causes them to fuse and become amalgamated with the surrounding metal.
Patent GB-190424413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Capstans.
Inventor: BAXTER GEORGE HANDYSIDE
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 24,413. Baxter, G. H. Nov. 11. Capstans.-Relates to hauling-capstans in which the head is connected to a vertical spindle working in a pillar fixed to the bed-plate, and consists in a pedal-operated clutch for connecting the spindle to the head. One member A of a clutch of any ordinary type is carried by a block A' engaging with feathers B<1> on the top of the spindle B. The other member C is fixed by studs F to the capstan head E. The sliding member A' is carried by a rod G, which has at its lower end a sleeve with collars H engaging the end M of a lever K. This lever is pivoted on a bracket L and is connected at its other end by a link N to a vertically-guided bar, which is operated by a pedal S. The clutch may be kept in engagement by weights hung from the spindle G, or by a spring. A rubbing plate V fixed to the top of the stationary pillar W prevents the capstan head E from rising.
Patent GB-190424618-A (GB)
Title: X Ray Obstructing Material.
Inventor: MARTIN WILLIAM MORLEY
Filed: 1904-11-14
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 24,618. Martin, W. M. Nov. 14. R÷ntgen-ray apparatus.-Powdered metals such as bismuth, copper, zinc, lead, and others opaque to X rays, or salts of such metals such as nitrates, carbonates, oxides, sulphates, &c., are incorporated in various materials to produce a shield opaque to X rays. Any of these substances or a mixture of them either alone or with barytes may be used incorporated in india-rubber, oil cloth, or other flexible material for making gloves, bandages, or sheeting. The mixture may be incorporated in celluloid, wood pulp, &c. to make partially flexible or rigid envelopes for the X-ray tubes or to make shields to protect against the action of X rays. The mixture may be incorporated in the glass of parts of the X-ray tubes, or in varnish used to coat the inside or outside of the tubes. Gloves and the like may be dipped into a rubber solution containing the powdered metals &c. in suspension and so coated with the metals &c.
Patent GB-190428283-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Preparing Pictures or like Drawing or Painting Surfaces.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-12-23
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 28,283. Boult, A. J., [Molling & Co., A.]. Dec. 23. Maps and charts ; copybooks.-Relates to the production of a preliminary print or design which can be coloured or marked with pencil &c. and is capable of being washed so as to remove these marks &c. with a view to being utilized again. Ordinary paper, or paper &c. backed with canvas, oil-cloth, &c., is provided with a thin colourless coating of spirit varnish, and upon the smooth surface is printed or applied the picture &c. in a varnish such as " mordant," gold varnish, gold lac varnish, &c. Ground pumicestone, chalk powder, mica, glass powder, sand, &c., or a mixture of these is strewn or otherwise placed on this still moist varnish, and when dry a final coat of spirit varnish is given to the whole surface. The roughening-powder may be mixed with some pale colour to render the picture &c. faintly visible. The colour or pencil marks afterwards applied to the picture may be easily washed or rubbed off and the picture used again, thus forming an arrangement applicable for making maps, drawing and painting books, &c.
Patent GB-190500002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chairs, Beds, Couches, Stretchers, and the like.
Inventor: CLEMETSON HARRY PEARCE
Filed: 1905-01-02
Granted: 1905-05-04
Abstract: 2. Clemetson, H. P. Jan. 2. Litters, ambulance.-In an adjustable stretcher or the like, the back and the seat are pivoted and supported by pivoted sway bars or by rollers which may run on the framing, and, in order to obtain easy adjustment, the pivots connecting the seat and the back are placed to the rear of the back, or below the seat, or both, and the seating-fabric left free to bag near their junction. Fig. 1 shows a convertible bed couch in which the leg-rest d, the seat c, and the back b are pivoted at c<1>, b<1>, and the back supported by sway bars e, the seat being supported by rigidly-attached legs f pivoted at f<1> to the frame a. The bed may be locked in its adjusted position by means of a slotted rack j, which is pivoted to the seat at j<1> and may engage with a transverse rod e<3>, loosely mounted in the sway bars e. The rod e<3> is provided at each end with a lever h having a roller h<1> which may disengage the rack j from the rod e<3>. Fig. 2 shows a couch or stretcher in which the back b carries rollers b<4> which may run on the frame a. The couch is locked in position by means of a rack k which engages with a cross-bar a<6> and may be freed by means of a pivoted lever k<1>. The leg-rest d may be adjusted by means of the rack z, and is provided with a hinged foot-rest l, acted upon by a spring l<2>.
Patent GB-190504628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Platen Printing Presses.
Inventor: GROSSE EDUARD
Filed: 1905-03-06
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 4628. Grosse, E. March 6. Embossing; stamping. -A platen printing-press, of the type having rocking cranks through which the platen is actuated, is made suitable for embossing or stamping, in colours if desired, by actuating the cranks through toggle-levers. The cranks are also more firmly supported. The toggle-levers g, Fig. 1, are made wide, and are actuated by the crank c through a pressing-rod d, pivoted to the levers g at or near the joint e. The levers g rock the cranks k through other cranks fixed to the crank-shaft h, or by being coupled to the crank-pins to which the links m are also pivoted, or they may be pivoted to extensions of the cranks k or links m. For heavy work, crank beds or bearings t are provided to prevent distortion of the cranks.
Patent GB-190512970-A (GB)
Title: Improved Dutch Oven
Inventor: BATTEN ALFRED
Filed: 1905-06-23
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 12,970. Batten, A., and Batten, H. J. June 23. Ovens, dutch.-A transverse slot in which a meatcarrier D is supported by washers is formed in the top - plate of the oven. The curved back of the oven is attached by strap hinges E and forms a door which may be raised to allow access to the oven and enable the meatcarrier to be removed or reversed.
Patent GB-190517253-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Illustrated Guide with Picture Post Cards.
Inventor: KAUFMANN GUSTAV
Filed: 1905-08-25
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 17,253. Kaufmann, G. Aug. 25. Guide-books.-A guide-book 2 is attached to the inside of a cover 1 by a band 3. The cover 1 and also the covers of the book 2 may form picture post cards. The guide-book may be inserted and withdrawn at pleasure.
Patent GB-190522162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Igniting Devices for Exploding Projectiles and the like
Inventor: NIEHOFF ERNEST
Filed: 1905-10-31
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 22,162. Niehoff, E. Oct. 31. Fuses for projectiles ; torpedoes. -Projectiles for naval use, and torpedoes, are provided with a fuse for exploding the charge in the event of their sinking below a certain depth. The fuse is located in the side of a projectile or in the war-head of a torpedo. Water enters the casing 1 through orifices 16 in the outer plug 15, and by driving the piston 17 inwards against the pressure of the spring 18 flattens the springs 8 against the sides of the casing, and withdraws the claws 14 from the annular recess 11 in the striker 12 ; the latter, being thus released, is thrown forward by its spring 13 on to the percussion cap 3.
Patent GB-190524308-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Awl for Leather and other Workers.
Inventor: EDWARDS ARTHUR
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 2 4,3 0 8. Edwards, A. Nov. 24. Awls for sewing leather and other materials have, instead of an eye and a groove, a recess b forming a hook flush with the side. They are used for chainstitching. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 14,828, A.D. 1892.]
Patent GB-190603577-A (GB)
Title: Switch Apparatus applicable to Illuminated Advertising Devices.
Filed: 1906-02-13
Abstract: 3577. Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges. May 4, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Distributing; switches.-In illuminating advertising-devices for high-tension circuits, one group or several groups of lamps are intermittently supplied with current by the movement of a thermal switch, which energizes a relay the armature of which closes the main lamp circuit. The Breguet spring b, Fig. 1, in proximity to the heating-body a', is traversed by a current derived from the mains through the lamp aor other resistance and the contact b<1>, the current energizing the electro-magnetic switch c or transformers which influence the lamp circuits. The magnet c being energized, the armature e is attracted against the action of the spring d, separating the two contacts f, g, and cuting out the group of lamps h. As soon as the thermal switch b is actuated, the magnet c alternately attracts and repels its armature e, by which means the group h of lamps is alternately put into and out of circuit. A second contact g<1>, Fig. 2, may be provided, so that, when the group h of lamps is cut out, a second group h<1> is connected in circuit. Several electro-magnetic switches or transformers may be actuated by one thermal switch in this way.
Patent GB-190604709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lightning Arresters.
Filed: 1906-02-26
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 4709. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 26. Lightning-arresters.-A lightning-arrester consists of a number of conducting cylinders each having an appreciable electrostatic capacity, the cylinders being arranged in the form of a V on an insulating base, the last cylinder of one unit being separated from the first cylinder of the adjacent unit by an air space. Fig. 2 shows three units 1 arranged in this way. The cylinders 2 are locked in position on suitable pins by the nuts 4.
Patent GB-190607334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Forming Blanks for Nuts or like Articles
Inventor: WALMSLEY RICHARD
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 7334. Walmsley, R., Ryder, G. A., and Hollings, E March 27. Forging ; pnitchigig ; shearing.-To ensure the ejection of a nut or like blank from a forging- machine, the ejector 5 is advanced preferably slightly past the stop 8, and this stop, against which a bar is pushed while a blank is being severed therefrom, is withdrawn longitudinally or moved about a pivot 22 so as to be clear of the blank during the ejection, The ejector slide 3 is advanced by a cam and rapidly retracted by springs, another cam, or a projection 11 which is arranged to engage directly or through the intermediary of a spring with the punch slide 4. The stop 8 is reciprocated by a cam, or oscillated by a rod 23 and a spring 24.
Patent GB-190612981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoe-lace Securing Devices.
Inventor: MCDANIEL WILLIAM ALLEN
Filed: 1906-06-05
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 12,981. McDaniel, W. A., and Curryer, L. H. June 5. Lacing-fastenings.-The end 11 of a shoe-lace 4 is secured by jaws 7 at the edges of outwardlystamped slots 6 in a plate 5, which is also perforated at 8 to engage a hook, stud, or pin 9. The slots 6 may have a central enlargement, or may be wholly of circular form. The top pair of lacing- studs is arranged perpendicularly with the openings upwards.
Patent GB-190613907-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for use in Stocking Underfed Domestic Firegrates, Furnaces and the like
Inventor: MORGAN EDWARD HENRY
Filed: 1906-06-18
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 13,907. Morgan, E. H. June 18. Feeding and stoking.- A shovel for lifting the burning fuel and the front bars or the like of an underfed furnace, domestic fire-grate, or the like has a perforated blade A, Fig. 1, attached to a counterweighted handle B to which is pivoted a support E, Fig. 2, to act as a fulcrum. The support E is pivoted to a strap C rendered adjustable upon the handle by means of bolt-holes. To use the shovel, the blade is inserted beneath the fuel, the support E lowered on to the ground, and the end of the handle depressed by hand or tackle according to circumstances.
Patent GB-190617845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Governing Mechanisms for Turbines
Filed: 1906-08-08
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 17,845. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. Aug. 8. Elastic-fluid turbines. - In a turbine-governing device, a constantly-rotating cam shaft, driven by gearing from the main shaft, is moved axially by a governor with a step-by-step motion ensured by special devices, so that the cams successively engage with cross-heads or projections on the valve spindles to open or close the valves. In one form illustrated in Fig. 2, a cam shaft 16 is rotated by a worm-wheel 19<a>, gearing with a shaft 17 driven by worm gearing from the main shaft, and carries cams 20 which act successively on projections 36 on cross-heads 13 coupled to unbalanced valves 7 to open and projections 37 to close. The cam shaft is moved axially by cams 21, 22 which engage with a stepped lever 29 fitted with a spring catch 31, to engage with holes 33 and coupled to the governor by a link 26. Fig. 10 shows a modified form applied to a single valve, in which a cam shaft 50, driven by gearing from a belt-driven shaft 44, carries a cam 52, which engages with rollers 71 on a sliding cross-head 68 attached to the valve spindle. The cam shaft is moved axially by a governor through a shaft 58 and lever 59, a spring-controlled catch being fitted at 63. The application of this type to a multiplevalve arrangement is also described. In both of these arrangements most of the mechanism works in an oil bath.