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Patent GB-190421954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Music Charts
Inventor: REESE WILLIAM MADISON
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 21,954. Reese, W. M. Oct. 14, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Music chord indicators.-A piano or organ chart for indicating the notes of major or minor chords has a plate 20 sliding in a frame 10, which rests at the back of the keyboard. The frame 10 is inclined, and its base has projections 9 which fit over the keys. The upper flange of the frame carries a sharp and flat scale, while the lower flange has a scale corresponding to the keyboard. The plate 20 has a stud 21 projecting at the back and front, which slides in a slot in the frame and can be removed at one point 19 only. The plate 20 carries note indicators for the major chords on one side and for the minor chords on the other.
Patent GB-190425062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stair Rod Eyes and Stair Rods
Inventor: RICHARDS JAMES ARTHUR
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 25,062. Richards, J. A. Nov. 18. Stair - rod eyes; stair rods.-Figs. 3 and 4 show a stairrod eye comprising a plate b having a spike b<1> and a short projection e, a curved metal strip a being attached to the plate by perforations at a<2> and d. The plate a is secured by riveting the projection e. A hole f is provided for screwing the eye to the stair tread. Fig. 9 shows a stair rod having projections h, to facilitate insertion or withdrawal, near each end. The projections may be raised from the metal of the rod, or may be made separate and attached by riveting, screwing, &c., as shown in the Figure.
Patent GB-190428375-A (GB)
Title: Electric Bipolar Plates Accumulator.
Inventor: ZINGEL GUSTAVUS MARTIN
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 28,375. Zingel, G. M. Dec. 27. Secondary batteries. - Consists of a battery of bipolar plates and two end - plates, the latter alone having connections extending outside the cell. Each bipolar plate consists of a sheet A, Fig. 1, of insulating- material with a frame A' on each side for supporting the active material B. At the middle of the top edge of each frame A' is a box A<3> on each side, and a conductor C passes up one box, through a slot in the insulating-plate A, and down the other box, the slot and the top of the boxes being sealed with paraffin wax D. The ends of the conductor C are divided into strips C', Fig. 3, which are embedded in the pasted active material B, or else covered with it when the plates are "formed" on the PlantÚ system. When the plates are immersed, the air contained in the boxes A<3>, Fig. 2, prevents access of the electrolyte to the exposed part of the connection C. Inclined pins A<2>, integral with the plate A, may help to support the paste B, which may be stamped with conical or other apertures B' to facilitate expansion and the disengagement of gas bubbles. The plate A may be integral with the separating-frames or cell walls A<4>.
Patent GB-190502357-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Outlet for Sewage Pipes and the like
Inventor: RUHLMANN GEORG
Filed: 1905-02-06
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 2357. Ruhlmann, G. Feb. 6. Outfalls; traps.-Relates to an outlet shutter for sewage pipes and the like fitted with an overflow valve. The shutter a is pivoted in the sides of the outlet, or at the top therof and provided with adjustable weights e, g, to permit discharge of the drain automatically when the difference of pressure is considerable. An opening is arranged in the upper part of the shutter, or elsewhere at the same level, and provided with an overflow threshold f and a closing-valve d with counterpoises to prevent back-flow.
Patent GB-190502826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ticket Punching, Indicating and Registering Machines.
Inventor: DEWAR DAVID THOMSON
Filed: 1905-02-11
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 2826. Dewar, D. T., and Dewar, W. Feb. 11. Ticket clips and punches.-The casing consists of two cylinders 10, 12, for the punch and for the bell and registering-mechanism respectively Holes in the boss 10 provide for movement of the punch 11 and the rod actuating the register, the upper end of the punch being normally pressed down by the spring-controlled arm 22 of an elbow lever, the other arm of which is within a central well and has its shoulder 24 normally resting upon a flange. When the ticket is inserted in the slot 27, it slightly raises the punch, freeing the downward arm of the lever from the flange, so that when the spring cap 25 is pressed, the punch and elbow lever may both descend and the ticket be perforated.
Patent GB-190508145-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Grinding Curling Stones.
Inventor: WYLLIE JAMES
Filed: 1905-04-17
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 8145. Wyllie, J. April 17. Producing curved surfaces ; surfacing.-Curling- stones C are held in a lathe chuck B and rotated in the usual manner in front of a carborundum block D, mounted on an adjustable tool-rest E, which can be swivelled in the desired manner by the worm F.
Patent GB-190509299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Worked Rim Brakes for Velocipedes.
Filed: 1905-05-03
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 9299. Rudge-Whitworth, Ltd., Pugh, J. V., and Pountney, F. May 3. Brakes.-For operating the rear rim brake o f a velocipede, the front rod e is connected to the middle of the U- shaped upper arm of a double bellcrank lever d, which, through a stirrup g and wires or a wire f, actuates a aliding link l, Fig 12, connected by two arms m<2> to a spring-containing tube m, the position of the brake blocks being adjusted by rotation of a nut r by means of a cap r<2>. As shown, the bellcrank lever is mounted on a clip a ; but, if desired, it may be pivoted to a U-shaped band, which, fitted to the head, may be provided with a tongue to engage a slot therein, or may be secured in position by a screw ; or the lever may be mounted directly upon the head tube. The cranked lower end of the rod e is threaded through the lever d, a spoke-like head bearing against the inner side. The sheetmetal stirrup may be replaced by one of wire, the wire f being connected thereto by a loop, or by a link, through or into which the wire is threaded ; or the wire may be threaded through a short tube connecting the rear ends of two pieces of wire forming the stirrup. The link l comprises a pair of curved side-plates distanced by pins l<2>, the relief spring taking an abutment against a stop p secured to the bottom bracket. In a modified form, the tube is replaced by a pair of telescoping cups or tubes, the inner of which abuts against a stop, while the link l bears upon a plate or shield fitted to the bottom bracket.
Patent GB-190511640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Selfacting Mules and Twiners.
Inventor: CLEGG THOMAS
Filed: 1905-06-03
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 11,640. Clegg, T., and Buckley, S. June 3. Mules and twiners. - The strapping and nosing motions are controlled from the counterfaller, which acts through reversing-gearing to rotate the quadrant screw and so raise or lower the nut. The counterfaller shaft 27, Fig. 1, carries a sector 26 having a cam-groove in which engages a bowl 32 at one end of a pivoted lever 31, the other end of which is adjustably linked to an arm 35 on a shaft 36. Another arm 38 on this shaft engages a channel 40, extending throughout the stretch, such channel being carried from a shaft 42 on which is also fixed a forked lever 10 engaging the grooved boss of a continuously-driven rope pulley 4, Fig. 2. When the pulley is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the yarn is at normal tension, but if the tension varies, the counterfaller rises or falls and the mechanism acts to move the pulley, which is formed as a clutch at each end of the boss, into engagement with one of the clutches 12, 15. The clutch 12 is fixed on a shaft 1 carrying a wheel 13 which drives a wheel 18 and, through bevel gearing, the quadrant screw in one direction. The clutch 15 is loose on the shaft and carries a wheel 14 which drives, through wheels 16, 17, the quadrant screw in the other direction. The reversing-gear may be constituted by two oppositely-rotating rope pulleys with a double clutch arranged between them, or by bevel-wheel reversing-gear, and the cam-segment may be replaced by an arm on the counterfaller shaft arranged to reciprocate a cranked bar, the cranked part of which actuates a sliding bar for operating the channel. The channel 40 is widened at the end of the stretch so as to allow the counterfaller to rise for backing-off without operating the reversing-gear. The channel may be replaced by a solid bar tapered at the end and embraced by bowls on its actuating-lever. The nosing-motion comprises a lever 50 pivoted to the quadrant arm 21 and held by a spring 52 against a stop 53. As the nut 24 is gradually raised during the building of the cop bottom, it passes a pivoted spring catch 54 on the lever 50, but, as the length of the cop increases and the nosing-motion is required, the movement of the counterfaller effects a small descent of the nut which depresses the catch and the lever 50, a projection on the latter then deflecting the winding-on chain 61 so as to give the necessary increased spindle speed for nosing.
Patent GB-190512943-A (GB)
Title: Brake Apparatus for Cycles and Motor Cycles.
Inventor: ROBIN FREDERIC
Filed: 1905-06-22
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 12,943. Robin, F. June 22. Brakes, back - pedalling, for motor and other cycles. During the forward motion of the sprocketwheel, a pawl o, weighted at its front end, assumes the position shown in Fig. 1, when it does not touch the chain and only has slight, if any, engagement with the teeth of the wheel. On back-pedalling, however, the front of the pawl, assisted if required by the slack in the top part of the chain, falls into engagement with the sprocket-wheel, and through bell-crank levers j, i, adjustable rod c, yoke e and levers b applies the blocks a to the wheel rim. The rod c may be hooked into any one of a number of notches in the arm i of the bell-crank lever. A stop n coming into contact with the frame tube m limits the motion.
Patent GB-190518698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable-speed Gearing specially applicable to Velocipedes and Motor Vehicles
Inventor: SAYER ROBERT COOKE
Filed: 1905-09-16
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 18,698. Sayer, R. C. Sept. 16. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to variable-speed step-by-step gearing specially applicable to motor vehicles and cycles. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a cycle described in Specification No. 18,699, A.D. 1905. Upon a driving-axle 36 is keyed a wheel 50 comprising three toothed annuli 42, 43, 44 of different radii in mesh with pinions 56, 57, 58 loose on a hollow shaft 46. A fourth pinion 60 connected to the shaft 46 by a spring 59 drives the road wheel a by means of an annulus 65. A key 53 sliding in a spiral groove 52 is protruded through slots 47 to engage each of the pinions 56, 57, 58 in turn by inclines 54, 51 and by means of a spring 66 confined between inner plates 67, 70 riveted to sets of bolts 68, 71 respectively. Outer plates 73, 75, through which the bolts slide, are connected respectively to the key spindle 55 by a collar 74 and to a screwed tube 76 by a nut 79. The tube 76 is kept from turning while the nut 79 is rotated by bevel-wheels 83, 84, and chain-wheels 86, 88. The tube 76 and like parts are supported by bearings 41 attached to the frame. The righthand part 89 of the axle 36 is enabled to slide inside the part 36 through the agency of a key 97, and is actuated by a chain-wheel 90 screwed upon the frame at 92 and provided with an engaging flange 91. The axle 36 is supported by the parts 96, 99. The gear is changed by moving the part 89 to the left so that it becomes disengaged from the key 97 and causes a clutch member 95 to engage the wheel 88 and carry it round. In a modification adapted for chain gearing, the key 53 works inside the crank-axle 36.
Patent GB-190519675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Stoppers for Bottles.
Inventor: HOWETT EDWARD
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1906-12-29
Abstract: 19,675. Howett, E. Sept. 29. Stoppers. - A stopper for use with aerated liquids, such as ale, stout, wine, mineral waters, &c., is fitted with a spring check valve i, through which the gas is forced into the filled vessel for the purpose of aeration. Specifications No. 20,757, A.D. 1893, and No. 17,947, A.D. 1901, are referred to.
Patent GB-190521870-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Securing or Attaching a Wire Supplying Electricity to a Terminal
Inventor: LINES ALFRED AUSTIN
Filed: 1905-10-27
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 21,870. Lines, A. A. Oct. 27. Couplings.-A terminal or binding-post adapted to grip a wire longitudinally consists of a tubular terminal body 1 having an internal screw-thread and a smaller aperture at the bottom than at the top. Into this fits a screw 4, having cross-cuts 5, which may in addition have an axial perforation. The conductor is passed into the centre of the sawcut or into the hole and the screw screwed down, the lower bevelled edge 6 riding over the bevelled constricted part 3 of the terminal aud causing the wire to be gripped. This coupling may be applied to switches, lamps, &c.
Patent GB-190602664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Cutters of Biscuit Cutting Machines
Inventor: VICARS JOHN
Filed: 1906-02-03
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 2664. Vicars, J., Vicars, T., and Vicars, J. Feb. 3. Moulding biscuits.-The heads of the pins a of the cutter e are conical, as shown at b, or square or cylindrical, as shown at b<1>, and project slightly as at f above the base d so that the cutter plate h, or an interposed iron or steel plate k, holds the pins firm.
Patent GB-190604115-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Rendering Explosives Practically Non-hygroscopic.
Inventor: STEELE EVERARD
Filed: 1906-02-19
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 4115. Steele, E. Feb. 19. Explosives.-Ammonium-nitrate and other explosives are rendered non-hygroscopic by granulation with a nitrated resin compound in the presence of atomized alcohol, as described in Specification No. 14,676, A.D. 1901, the process however being now carried out in a series of steps. After each granulation, the explosive is dried.
Patent GB-190613041-A (GB)
Title: Improved Multiple Roller-blinds and Fixings for same.
Inventor: HARTLEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-06-05
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 13,041. Hartley, W. June 5. Window blinds; brackets.-Relates to means for supporting multiple - roller blinds preferably of spring type and consisting of materials of varying opacity. The blinds A, B, C are supported in brackets D attached to a wooden framework E comprising parallel bars connected at their ends and fixed to the cornice F by angle brackets. The brackets D are of the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and are provided with flanges d for attachment to the frame E and a flange d<5> for the support of a curtain-pole bracket. Modified forms of bracket may be employed for direct attachment to the window framing as shown in Fig. 9, the bracket being attached by means of flanges d<6>, d<7>.
Patent GB-190618264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Goloshes.
Inventor: NICHOLLS ALFRED EDWIN
Filed: 1906-08-14
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 18,264. Nicholls, A. E., and Silly, J. G. Aug. 14. Overshoes.-The heels of goloshes are provided with a wearing-sheet c of leather &c., which is attached by rivets &c. d to a second sheet b of leather &c. placed on the inside face of the heel.
Patent GB-190624442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines for Boots and Shoes
Inventor: GREENWOOD ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-11-02
Abstract: 24,442. Greenwood, A. Nov. 2. Sewing-machine presser-feet; governing needlethread.-Relates to means for measuring off the thread in accordance with the thickness of the work in boot - sole sewing - machines. The pivoted presser-bar b is toothed to engage a pinion d which is keyed to a ratchet-wheel. The presser is held normally in contact with the work by a spring - pressed bar l which engages a lug n projecting from the ratchet-wheel. The presser is raised by a lever g, when that is moved upwards by its cam, by means of a detent f pivoted to the lever. When the lever moves down again, the tail of the detent strikes a block k and the wheel is released. The presser is locked in position by detents 14 when the lever 13, which carries them, is depressed by its cam. One arm of a bell-crank lever r is linked tu the presser-bar, and the other to a slide-rod s which is provided with an inclined face t at its rear end. A bowl w on a lever u which also carries thread rollers y is held against this face by a spring x. The thread is drawn off between the two normally stationary rollers y and a roller 3 on a lever 2. The movement of the roller 3 is constant, so that the length of thread drawn off is determined by the position of the rollers y, which is determined by the position of the face t, and consequently by the presser-bar as moved according to the thickness of the work. A lever p is provided for raising the presser by hand. The thread is clamped between the thread-measurer and the take-up by two jaws 4, 5, the latter being actuated at suitable times by a cam.
Patent GB-190625294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversing Gear for Transmission Mechanism.
Inventor: SMITH CUTHBERT COATES
Filed: 1906-11-09
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 25,294. Smith, C. C. Nov. 9. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Reversing-gearing.-The driving-shaft A carries a clutch member a and a bevel pinion D, by which it drives a subsidiary shaft G carrying a similar clutch member g. The universally-jointed extension B of the shaft C is connected by a slidable and preferably spring-pressed clutch member F to the shaft A for a direct drive, or to the subsidiary shaft G for a reverse, a suitable operating-lever being provided.
Patent GB-190625971-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of Multi-coloured Fabrics.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1906-11-16
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 25,971. Ransford, R. B., [Cassella & Co., L.]. Nov. 16. Dyeing.-Multicolour effects are obtained by dyeing with sulphur colours mixed fabrics of cotton and wool, mercerized or not, which have previously been treated with formaldehyde or tannin, or both, or in which the wool has been so treated prior to weaving. The cotton only is dyed and the wool can then be dyed any desired shade with acid colours. The preliminary treatment, may be applied either before or after mercerization. The sulphnr-dye bath preferably contains glucose or glue, and is applied cold or lukewarm in a very short passage of the fabric so as to leave the wool clean. In an example, the fabric is treated for an hour in a boiling formaldehyde solution, rinsed, dyed in an aqueous solution of Glauber's salt, glucose, soda, sodium sulphide, turkey-red oil, and immedial black NNG conc. or katigen or sulphur blacks, preferably in a padding-machine or a continue-machine, and is finally squeezed off and rinsed thoroughly. Or the material may be mercerized, treated in a hot tannin bath, and rinsed and dyed as before. In other examples, woollen yarn is treated in hot baths of tannin and formaldehyde, either separate or mixed, and after rinsing &c. is woven with cotton yarn, the piece being then dyed as before.
Patent GB-190629407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbine Wheels for Steam or Gas Turbines.
Filed: 1906-12-24
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 29,407. Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon. Jan. 20, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Turbine blades are axially riveted in undercut grooves, formed on the periphery of the rotor, as shown in Fig. 2. The bottom of the undercut grooves may be provided with a second annular groove, Fig. 7, into which the roots of the vanes or distance-pieces may or may not extend.
Patent GB-190701089-A (GB)
Title: Improved Rail Joint.
Inventor: MYRIN NILS
Filed: 1907-01-15
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 1089. Myrin, N. Jan. 15. Chairs; rail joints.-Railway tail joints are made on chair plates 3 laid on the -ordinary sleepers. Stop-lugs 4 are formed on the chair-plates, against which the outer side of the rail base fits. The rails are secured to the chairs by spikes 8 driven between the rail and projections 7. The rail ends are cut obliquely and arranged so that the plane of the cut extends across the line joining the spikes. Depending anchoring-flanges 5 are formed on the under surface of the chair, and are forced into the sleepers so as to prevent creeping.
Patent GB-190702358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Curtain-pins.
Inventor: GIBSON CHARLES WILLIAM CULVERW
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 2358. Gibson, C. W. C., and McHardy, J. Jan.30. Safety-pins. - A safety-pin for suspending curtains is provided with two points b, c, formed integrally with the top part a and end coils a' and engaging with a hook d depending from the centre of the top part. The usual loop e and hook f for suspending the curtain may be provided. [reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications Nos. 18,283 and 21,579, A.D. 1894, and No. 13,957, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190703274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photograph and Picture Frames and the like.
Inventor: LEVI EMANUEL HENRY
Filed: 1907-02-09
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 3274. Levi, E. H. Feb. 9. Picture frames.-Relates to photograph and picture frames which are provided with a hinged strut, which serves either for supporting the trame on a flat surface or for suspending it against a wall. The strut A, Fig. 1, has a hole or holes C, C<1> which, when the frame is inverted, can be passed over a nail in the wall. The part surrounding the holes is provided with a strengthening-plate a, Fig. 3. The strut may be of wire, Fig. 6, and provided with two loops C<2>, C<3>. The part A' of the strut is bent so as to lie flat against the wall.
Patent GB-190715260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brushes and Brooms.
Inventor: EKREM LARS OLSEN
Filed: 1907-07-02
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 1 5 , 2 6 0. Ekrem, L. O. July 20, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bristles, fixing; stocks.-The stocks a of brushes are made from sheet metal stamped and bent to encircle a wooden core b round which the bristles are bent. When constructed without a handle, the ends have tongues d bent through holes e in the end pieces c and pressed into the wooden core. When the stock is extended to form a handle as shown in Fig. 1, tongues g on one side of the stock at the handle end engage with corresponding openings in the other side, or a cramp device may be employed. Wide brushes are constructed by arranging several troughs side by side.
Patent GB-190717761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Frogs.
Inventor: EINSTEIN ROBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1907-08-03
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 17,761. Einstein, R. E. Aug. 6, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Crossings. - To guide wheels past the point of a railway frog, there are provided extra T or angle rail-guards E, with faces preferably of harder material than the frog members, and heads 10 which engage the outer faces of the wheels and overlap the heads of the wing rails adjacent the point of the frog. The guards may have bases 11 formed to rest on the wing rail flanges. Their ends are splayed and their central parts are arranged to diverge from the wing rails to prevent sudden shocks to rolling stock entering the frog. The guards are symmetrical so that both ends can be used, and so that they can be interchanged on the same frog or on other frogs of the same angle, whether new or already in the road. The guards may be secured to the frog by bolts 9, and to the sleepers by clamps or by rail spikes 15 ; or they may have symmetrical flange extensions 16 for the spikes. They may be rolled or cast and may have strengthening-ribs, and they may be of different heights, the smaller guards being mounted on a block on a plate under the frog. At their toe ends, the guards are spaced from'the wing rails by filling-blocks 8. Holes for the bolts 9 are arranged symmetrically in the webs of the guard rails, and additional holes 17 are provided to allow a slight movement of the guards to compensate for wear.