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Patent GB-190425860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Stirrups.
Inventor: WOLFF CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1904-11-28
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 25,860. Wolff, C., and Tobler, F. Nov. 28. Stirrups.-In a safety stirrup, which will release the foot of the rider in the event of his being thrown, the footplate 4 is hinged on a ball joint 5 at one end, the other end being sustained in the forked end 3 of the bow by a sliding spring latch 14. If the rider falls, the pressure of his foot on the side edge of the footplate will cause the withdrawal of the latch and the footplate will then open by turning on the joint 5. The withdrawal of the latch is effected by the means shown in Figs. 2 and 3, which show the footplate in plan and inverted plan respectively. The side margins 18 of the footplate are hinged to turn on pins 17, Fig. 2, and in their lower surfaces are notches 19, Fig. 3, the edges of which bear upon inclined lugs 20 on the latch. Thus, when the margin 18 turns on the pins 17 by the pressure of the foot, the edge of the notch 19 will slide on the inclined lug 20 and withdraw the latch.
Patent GB-190427847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stuffing-boxes.
Inventor: KATZENSTEIN LEOPOLD
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 27,847. Katzenstein, L. Dec. 20. Stuffing-boxes.-The cover of a stuffing-box for a reciprocating rod or an oscillating shaft forms a second stuffing-box. The boxes are packed with divided metal rings, some of which touch the rod and others the interior of the box. At the cylinder end is placed a ring I, Fig. 1, in two parts and having a flange I' entering a recess in the adjacent ring, which is also divided and has recesses containing springs J<4>. These rings and an adjacent ring K clear the rod but touch the casing B. The rings L, M are each divided into three segments by cuts tangential to the interior of the ring, as shown in Fig. 5, and are pressed on to the rod by spiral springs Q. The ends of each spring Q are connected by a couple of separate hooks. The rings L, M are retained by a pin L' in such a relative position as to break joint. Two divided bevelled rings N, N' are forced on to the rod by a double bevelled divided ring O, the parts of which are secured together by screws O<2>. A ring P placed next in order is similar to the rings L, M. At the outer end of the box is a divided ring T, the joints of which are secured in the manner shown in Fig. 10. The inner face of the ring T is concave, and receives a divided ring S with a spherical face. The cover C has a recess containing rings i, j similar to the ring I and its adjacent ring, rings n, n<1>, o similar to the rings N, N<1>, 0, and rings m, l similar to the rings M, L. Gaskets F, e are placed under the covers C, c. Water of condensation can be drained away by a passage controlled by a cock.
Patent GB-190500954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Electric Apparatus for Current Rectifying and other purposes
Inventor: CHURCHWARD ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-01-17
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 954. Churchward, A. Jan. 18,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Converting alternating and direct currents; switches. -Relates to arrangements for starting and maintaining stable operation of vapour rectifiers and the like, particularly when used for charging storage batteries, running motors, &c. Fig. 4 shows the complete apparatus, in which the alternating-current mains 50, 51 lead to the anodes 53, 54 of the vapour rectifier 52, and a wire 57 from the junction of two inductance coils in series across the mains leads through the automatic rocking switch 77 to the cathode 55. While the main alternating-current supply circuit is open, this switch occupies the position shown, in which the cathode 55 is disconnected from the battery, but connected to a resistance 76, and the battery is connected to the coils of a shaking-magnet 70, the spring - pressed armature of which, when attracted, by means of a link rocks the vapour receptacle on its pivot 65 and so causes the magnet circuit to be broken by the projection 72. At the same time the main 51 is connected to an auxiliary starting-anode 75. When the supply circuit and the battery switch 89 are closed, the cut-out device 92 is closed and the shaking-magnet, energized by the battery current, starts the rectifier. Direct current then flows through the solenoid 80, bar 77, and steadying-resistance 76, until the core of the solenoid is pulled down. This action rocks the bar 77, and thereby cuts out the shaking-magnet, inserts the battery in parallel with the resistance, and finally cuts out the resistance. The same movement of the rocking bar breaks the circuit through the starting-anode 75. In' subsequent working, the coil 80 serves by its inductance to prevent sudden fluctuatious of current. Should the current strength fall too low, owing to counter electromotive force from the battery, the fore going operations are reversed, the resistance being first put in parallel with the battery, whereupon the latter discharges through it, and gets rid of the excess electromotive force. If this does not restore normal working, further falling back of the bar 77 will take place, break connexion between the battery and cathode, and bring into action the shaking-magnet. The causes of instability being removed, normal working is thus automatically resumed. The shaking-magnet may be supplied with current from the mains 50, 51. Instead of the simple solenoid 80, a polarized armature and field magnet may be used, which will rock the lever back from the working to the starting position, and keep it there if the direction of the current becomes reversed.
Patent GB-190501210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Art of and Means for Promoting Combustion and Consuming Smoke in Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: CASSENS WILHELM
Filed: 1905-01-21
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 1210. Cassens, W. Jan. 21. Combustion products, returning to furnace; air and steam, supplying.-To promote combustion and consume smoke in a boiler or like furnace, part of the products of combustion, mixed with hot air, are forced by a fan or the like into the space above or below the grate, steam being also discharged in jets below the incandescent fuel. In the Lancashire boiler shown in sectional elevation in Fig. 1, and in sectional plan in Fig. 2, the furnace gases are drawn from a flue d and air is drawn through a heating-passage e<1>, by an electrically-driven fan a, and the mixture is discharged below the grate k. Steam is supplied through upwardly and downwardly or laterally discharging perforations in pipes n. A mixture of furnace gases, air, and steam may pass from the ash-pit to the space behind the grate, through the fire-bridge l and a second bridge m. In applying the invention to a water-tube boiler, the mixture of furnace gases and air may be supplied to the ash-pit through the fire-bridge, and a mixture of furnace gases, air, and steam may pass to the space above the grate, through passages and openings in the side walls.
Patent GB-190501678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Watering Roads or for Preventing the Formation of Dust upon Roads.
Inventor: STITT SAMUEL STEWART
Filed: 1905-01-27
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 1678. Stitt, S. S. Jan. 27. Exhaust-sileneers.-The spraying - apparatus of a motor-driven road-sprinkling vehicle is employed as a silencer. The liquid is normally forced in a fine spray by the exhaust, which is led to a pipe d surrounding a pipe h to which liquid is fed from the tank through tubes e with valves g. From the pipe h smaller tubes k lead to nozzles f. Any of the forms of spraying-apparatus described in Specification No. 19,169, A.D. 1904, may be employed.
Patent GB-190511726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telemeters.
Inventor: KOENIG ALBERT
Filed: 1905-06-05
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 11,726. K÷nig, A. June 5. Telemeters.-Relates to telemeters of the type in which the images produced by two objectives are brought into coincidence and viewed through a single eyepiece. A separating-prism b, c, Fig. 1, for preventing overlapping of the images, is used near the eyepiece i, Fig. 4, the foci of the two objectives k, l being arranged to coincide in the plane along which the two elements of the prism are cemented together. The incident faces of the prism are arranged perpendicular to the base-line, to enable intermediate prisms to be dispensed w i t h. The parts of the plane of junction of the elements b, c, c<1>, c' shown shaded are silvered to reflect light, while. the other parts are transparent, and the eyepiece maybe arranged to receive the pencils of light from either element. One of the Prandl prisms e and one or both of the elements b, c may be provided with two reflecting-faces separated by a ridge g, f, h as shown, by which means an erect image is prodaced. In the modification shown in Fig 3, the prism element c' has two reflecting-faces, but an erect image is not produced. The two images are made to coincide by adjusting a prism q by means of a pinion t and a rack s. The range is indicated by an index m on a scale n viewed through a window o.
Patent GB-190513470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Transmitting to a Distance Real Optical Images and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: BELIN CLAUDE JOSEPH EDOUARD
Filed: 1905-06-29
Granted: 1905-07-27
Abstract: 13,470. Belin, C. J. E., and Belin, F. X. E. M. June 29. Telegraphs. -Relates to improvements in the method of transmitting real optical images by telegraph, as described in Specification No. 26,586, A.D. 1904, the improvements consisting in (1) removing from the transmitting-station all apparatus except the dark chamber 1 and the multiple commutator 2, and (2) utilizing electric sparks from the secondary of an induction coil to produce the perforations of varying area on the receiving band. The " commutator " 2 rotates synchronously with the corresponding commutator 19 at the receiving station. At any particular time the selenium cell of the chamber 1 that is in series varies the strength of the current in the main circuit 6, 7, and this by the use of the special rotating relay 8 and switch 13 produces in the circuit 14, 15 a current the strength of which varies with the intensity of the light falling on the selenium cell. This latter circuit is the primary of an induction coil 18, in the secondary of which are the commutator 19 and sparking-points 21, 22. The perforations produced in the travelling band 24 will therefore vary with the intensity of light on the cell. Fig. 3 illustrates the sparking points 22 opposite each of which is a strip or blade 21, each pair corresponding to a selenium cell in the transmitting dark chamber, and connected to it for the time being by the commutators 2, 19.
Patent GB-190521044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gears.
Inventor: BARDEN PERCIVAL GEORGE
Filed: 1905-10-17
Granted: 1906-10-17
Abstract: 21,044. Barden, P. G., and Spall, H. E. Oct. 17. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to a variable-speed gearing, applicable to motor road vehicles, and consists in a grouping of differential gears of known construction. Internally-toothed rings A, B, C are secured to a drum E keyed to a driven shaft j. A driving-sleeve k carries a series of eccentrics m, n, o upon which are mounted on ball bearings toothed rings p, q, r. The sleeve k may be slid longitudinally to bring the rings p, q, r into mesh with the ring A, B, C in succession to vary the speed. The eccentrics m, n, o rotate and cause the rings p, q, r, which are kept from rotating, to roll round on the rings A, B, C and drag the latter after them. The ring p is kept from rotating by radial rods u, which slide in slots in an overhanging rim on the wheel and are connected to a rod y, which slides, when the gear is changed, in a fixed guide z. The ring q is kept from rotating by a frame having two sets of radial rods v, w. The ring r has radial projections sliding in slots in the rim of the wheel q.
Patent GB-190521792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roofing for Buildings adapted for Military and other uses
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1905-10-26
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 21,792. Brookes, A. G., [Le Mesurier, H. G.]. Oct. 26. Roofs and roofing.-Roof principals are connected by longitudinal planks, forming an inner roof which is covered by metal sheets. Fig. 7 shows a plan of the right-hand end of a roof. Short battens e are secured by screws, and the extreme right-hand sheets are fixed by bending over the hooks of clips a. The next row of clips is then placed on the left-hand edge of the sheets, and the second row of sheets secured, and so on. The upper edges of the top sheets are curled as at q, Fig. 2, to prevent the passage of wet, and boards p are laid a short distance on each side of the ridge to allow ventilation and support ridge plates h ; clips g, j, similar to the olips a, are also provided. In small buildings, the ventilating-space may be omitted.
Patent GB-190524330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Oxygen by the Decomposition of Oxygenated Salts.
Inventor: JAUBERT GEORGE FRANCOIS
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 24,330. Jaubert, G. F. Dec. 7, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Oxygen, or gaseous mixtures rich in oxygen, are obtained by igniting cartridges moulded &c. from a homogeneous mixture or an oxygenated salt, such as potassium perchlorate or nitrate, with a small proportion of combustible material, such as powdered carbon or metal, hydrocarbon, organic material, &c. The bulk of the salt is stated to be decomposed into oxygen and, in this case, potassium chloride, by the heat generated by the reaction of the remainder with the combustible. The oxygen obtained when carbon is used, is purified of admixed carbonic acid by known means. Potassium nitrate gives nitrogen also and a residue of potassium carbonate. Oxygen may be prepared at any pressure by burning the cartridges in a strong closed vessel. Ignition is effected by means of an electric wire brought to a red heat or by means of a match. The rapidity of the combustion may be retarded by the addition to the mixture of inert materials such as sand, silica, clay, or the like.
Patent GB-190525988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Children's Carriages.
Inventor: SIMMONS THOMAS FREDERIC
Filed: 1905-12-14
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 25,988. Simmons, T. F. Dec. 14. Seats and seat backs, arrangement of.-In mailcarts, invalid carriages, and like vehicles, which are provided with a fixed part A and a reversible part B, the seat D of the reversible part is so arranged that, in the position shown in Fig. 1, one occupant can lie prone in the part A with his feet under the seat D while another sits on the elevated seat D, and, when the part B is reversed as shown in Fig. 2, the seat D can be inverted, the part E, F then forming the seat back. In the latter position, both occupants sit face to face with their feet in the well of the body.
Patent GB-190526011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process for Manufacture of Axles of Railway Vehicles and in the Tools therefor.
Filed: 1905-12-14
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 26,011. Steel, Peech, & Tozer, and Allott, M. H. Dec. 14. Forging.-To permit of axles for railway vehicles being forged at one heat, each die has a central elongated part, which is recessed at B for finishing the central double-conical part of each axle, in addition to the usual roughing-down recess A and the recess C for finishing the axle journals.
Patent GB-190600941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Exhausters and applicable as Pumps or Engines.
Inventor: SHARP JOHN
Filed: 1906-01-13
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 941. Sharp, J. Jan. 13. Fixed-abutment type.-Relates to improvements upon the engine described in Specification No. 21,340, A.D., 1898, and consists chiefly in providing additional passages A, B to the inlet and outlet ports of the working chambers inside the driving- drum 1. The passages A, B are provided in the casing and communicate with the main inlet and outlet C, C<1>. They are continued in the end covers and communicate with the ports H, H<1> of the inner chamber. The driving-end I<1> of the drum I, which is preferably made of cast steel, is ported at h, h<1>. The segments of the drum are secured to the end I by pins which partly act as drivers. Instead of the additional passages being provided in the casting, they may take the form of pipes which connect the end covers with the main valve boxes. The bosses L of the vanes are undercut at l to permit larger radii at the roots of the arms.
Patent GB-190605680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gripping-gear for the Hand Ropes of Lifts and Hoists.
Inventor: ETCHELLS JOHN CHARLES
Filed: 1906-03-09
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 5680. Etchells, J. C. March 9. Lifts are provided with special means for locking the handing ropes when any of the well doors are open. The lintel of the door carries a lever N having a nose-piece projected into the well to engage a catch plate F by a spring n when the opening of the door D allows the sliding bolt n<1> and runner n<2> to be overcome. The catch plate F is swung at its upper end from a bracket a secured to the floor of the cage, and is connected beneath to. a crank K on a shaft k having another similar but oppositely-disposed crank k<1> at its farther extremity. This crank K' is connected by a link k<1> to a rocking frame M carrying a gripping-device G adapted to grip the band-rope E against a guide-pillar H, but held off by a spring m<1> excepting when the nosepiece on the lever N is projected into the well to engage the catch plate F. The gripping-device G is held in the central position by a lever m<2> and spring m<3>,
Patent GB-190608218-A (GB)
Title: A Novel System of Scoring, and Apparatus to be used therefor, in the Game of Football and other Games.
Inventor: WALMSLEY WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1906-04-05
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 8218. Walmsley, W. E. April 5. Scoring and marking.-Relates to a system of scoring, and apparatus therefor, in the games of football, hockey, lacrosse, polo, water polo, and the like. Points are awarded for minor features of play as well as for goals, and the scoring sheet is marked, as shown in Fig. 1, with two series of columns B, one series for each team, which are headed goal penalty goal, penalty kick; &c. according to the various features of the game for which points are allotted. A scale C representing minutes is also provided. The score is kept by, making marks in the column allotted to the point which is scored and opposite to the time indicated by the scale C. An apparatus for use in connexion with this system of scoring is shown in Fig. 2. A case E contains two rollers revoluble by means of knobs H. The scoring-sheet is attached to these rollers, and may be exposed strip by strip at an aperture L by turning the knobs H. Doors afford access to the rollers. A compartment M is provided to hold a watch. The rollers may be turned by clock-work instead of by hand. The above system of scoring may also be used and exhibited on telegraph boards.
Patent GB-190610587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Washing and Partially Drying Clothes.
Inventor: EMERSON ALFRED STUTSON
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 10,587. Emerson, A. S. May 5. Washing-machines.- Apparatus for washing with warm and hot water, rinsing, and blueing comprises a number of tanks a, heated by coils b and supplying the various liquids through valved pipes e to the clothes, which are carried flat between pairs of perforated belts c, d. The water passes through into tanks g, whence it is either returned by pumps h to the upper tanks or discharged through cocks o. Fresh liquid is mixed in the smaller vessels n. The belts pass over rollers i and are pressed together by rollers j compressed by springs j<1>. The clothes are scrubbed in the second section by brushes k, moving in guides p and pressed together by elliptical springs g. These brushes may be reciprocated, for example, by means of eccentrics r on a shaft s from which the rollers i may be driven by spur and worm gearing. After blueing, the clothes are partly dried by a blast from a fan m. The upper and lower belts may receive lateral oscillatory motions in opposite directions by moving the rollers i endwise.
Patent GB-190611149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Cables.
Filed: 1906-05-12
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 11,149. British Insulated & Helsby Cables, and Nisbett, G. H. May 12. Cables.-Three-core cables are constructed so that the cores or conductors a, b, c are shaped to interlock one with another and thus exclude air spaces. An outer sheathing d may be applied in the usual manner, and each core may be covered with insulating-material.
Patent GB-190615053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrical Apparatus for Protection against Insects.
Inventor: CHAULIN ALPHONSE LOUIS MAURICE
Filed: 1906-07-02
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 15,053. Chaulin, A. L. M. July 18,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Window fly screens; window blinds.-Relates to electrical apparatus for destroying flies, mosquitoes, gnats, &c., capable of being arranged as a roller blind or window fly screen. Two conductors A, B are connected to the two poles of a source of electricity and joined by chains, wires, or other flexible conductors a, b. Alternate chains a are connected directly to the conductor A but insulated from the conductor B by rings C of insu. lating - material, the remaining chains b being similarly insulated from the conductor A and connected to the conductor B.
Patent GB-190618136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Inert, Water-proof, Acid-proof and Odor Proof Material particularly applicable for Lining Butter Boxes and for Packing purposes generally.
Inventor: BISHOP JOHN
Filed: 1906-08-13
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 18,136. Bishop, J., Stanley, J. H., and Sage, A. A. Aug. 13. Acid-proof and waterproof boxes; box linings.- Cardboard or like material to be used for lining butter boxes, or for packing purposes generally, is rendered inert, waterproof, acid-proof, and odourprocf, by subjecting it to the following sequence of operations conducted at a uniform temperature of about 280‹ F., namely: steeping it for about a quarter of an hour in a bath of melted inodorous paraffin, preferably having about ten per cent of stearin mixed therewith, passing it between heated rollers, and finally placing it in a thermal oven.
Patent GB-190620810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Folding Boxes
Inventor: CLEIRIGH SEOSAMH UA
Filed: 1906-09-19
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 20,810. Cleirigh, S. ua. Sept. 19. Folding, cardboard boxes.-A folding box is formed of three pieces of cardboard, a piece 1, Fig. 4, creased at 2, 3, 4 and provided with parallel slits 9, forming the bottom and sides, while two pieces 5 creased at 6 form the ends. Tabs 8 are cut from the lower portion of each end piece, and the tabs are provided with metal clips 10. The ends are secured to the sides by stitching &c. To set up the box, the sides are pulled apart, thus straightening out the folding bottom and the ends. and bringing the tabs on the ends into position to be passed through the slits 9 and secured by the clips 10. The box is shown collapsed in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190626535-A (GB)
Title: Improved Advertising Case or Frame.
Inventor: WOODYER HARRY SANDERS
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 26,535. Woodyer, H. S. Nov. 22. Advertising.-An advertising case or frame is provided with a stationary announcement on top, and on the front with a panel or panels bearing sets of advertisements, such as A, B. The different advertisements are successively brought into view by moving the panel or panels behind a stationary panel provided with a series of openings. The panel &c. is intermittently operated by the cranked-shaft 2 through a rod 3, the latter moving in a collar 4 on the panel with lost motion, e.g. the spaced stops 5, 6. The interior of the case may be illuminated, and the light may be moved, varied, rotated, or coloured. According to the Provisional Specification, the advertisements may be all stationary or all movable, and they may be on all sides of the case.