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Patent GB-190414815-A (GB)
Title: Improved Section Insulator for Overhead Wire Systems of Electric Traction.
Inventor: LUBY JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1904-07-01
Granted: 1904-08-04
Abstract: 14,815. Luby, J. H., and Harris, W. July 1. Conductors. - Section insulators for overheadwire systems of electric traction are constructed with means for obtaining insulation and for protection against rain or moisture, and with an arrangement of runners and air gaps which give an even and continuous path to the trolley. The insulator is formed of a central or " dead" part a and two end or "live" parts d, d<1>. The central portion a carries cups b containing insulating- blocks c, c<1>, and the end parts are provided with bonnets e which fit over the cups b and bear on the blocks c, the parts being secured together by bolts h which screw into the runners f<1>, f<2>. The runner f of the central part a is preferably cast on the same and it is shaped, as shown, so as to form, in conjunction with the shaped ends of the bars f<1>, f<2>, air gaps j. The trolley wheel makes contact with the runner f before it leaves the runner f<1> and then with the runner f before it leaves the runner f. To exclude rain and moisture, the bolt-heads are recessed to fit over necks on the bonnets e, and the tops of the bonnets are rounded and fitted with beads or projections i to divert rain water from the central portion a. The end parts are fitted with feeding-sockets k, k<1>.
Patent GB-190416303-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Governing or Regulating the Speed of Pumping Engines and other Motors Operating Gear-driven Machines.
Inventor: BAMFORTH THOMAS
Filed: 1904-07-23
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 16,303. Bamforth, T., and Roy, R. P. July 23. Pumping-engines ; governing ; driving-gear.-The throttle valve of an engine driving a pump or other reciprocating machine through gearing is controlled from the crosshead of the driven machine. The motor cylinder A, Fig. 1, drives a crank shaft which rotates a countershaft through toothed gearing. A pump is driven by a connecting-rod from the countershaft, and a pin on the pump crosshead engages in a slot in a lever 0 mounted on an overhead shaft N. Another arm M on this shaft is connected by a chain L passing over pulleys to a weighted lever J mounted on the spindle of the throttle valve K. In the modified arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the lever M is connected by a link m to an eccentric S, which is thus depressed and closes the throttle valve.
Patent GB-190419020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Stiffening Linings or Stiffening Bands for Ladies Dresses and like Articles of Garments.
Inventor: MANN ADOLF
Filed: 1904-09-03
Granted: 1904-10-06
Abstract: 19,020. Mann, A. Sept. 3. Dress-improvers; stiffeners; trimmings.-A stiffening band or edging for ladies' wearing- apparel comprises one or two finely-wound spiral springs B secured in the hollow space of a braid or other suitable band A. Threads D are passed through the band and may be drawn up so as to give it any desired shape. The spring may be enclosed in a special covering C prior to being inserted in the braid, as in Fig. 1, or the springs may be without covering, as in Fig. 2. When applied to the edge of a skirt, a brush E, Fig. 4, may be applied along one edge. Instead of a hollow braid, the springs may be enclosed by stitching into the folds of a piece of velvet &c. A', Figs. 7 and 8, or a separate band H may be attached to the folded velvet as in Figs. 9 and 10.
Patent GB-190420255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Methods of and Apparatus for Designing Clothing.
Inventor: SCHALL WARREN WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-20
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 20,255. Schall, W. W. Sept. 20. Measuring for.-The system is based upon the assumption that contour sections of the shoulders by vertical planes from front to back are semicircular. An apparatus, Fig. 1, is employed to measure vertical heights from a horizontal base or waist line and, in marking out the materials from measurements so obtained, allowance is made for the circular shape of the shoulders. Two scales A, B are fixed at right-angles and carry sliding scales E, F, I. K, L are flexible scales, and M is a tape for bust measurements. Levels are attached to the scales A, B so as to set the apparatus. The scale A is placed behind and the scale B under the arm. The sliding scales E, F are then brought up to the top and front of the arm, and the scale I to the back of the neck. The distance between the scales B, E gives the diameter of the shoulder, from which the allowance for the circular shape is calculated. The distance from the scale I to the scale A gives the back slope, and to scale F the front slope. In finding the position of the shoulder seam, the curvature of the front of the shoulder at the side of the neck is taken as the sum of the diameter of the shoulder at the arm joint, given by the distance between the scales A, F, and the front slope. The curvature at the back is taken as the sum of that diameter and the back slope.
Patent GB-190424309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to Means for Checking the Shuttles in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: BOOTHROYD RICHARD
Filed: 1904-11-10
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,309. Boothroyd, R. Nov. 10. Looms, checking shuttles and pickers in.-The check strap f is connected to a separate block e of buffalo hide &c. mounted on the picking-spindle b. By this means, the strap f is kept from hanging loosely. An extension e<1> of the block e fits between pieces d which fill up the usual recess a<11> left for the insertion and removal of the picker c, or the pieces d are dispensed with, and the block e lengthened, so that a shank thereon enters the raceway a<1> to retain the block in position. Specification No. 26,323, A.D. 1902, is referred to.
Patent GB-190424740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Strengthening Ribs for Corsets and the like.
Inventor: MENZIES ELLEN JACKSON
Filed: 1904-11-15
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 24,740. Menzies, E. J. Nov. 15. Corsets.-Strengthening - ribs for corsets are made by overlapping two steel strips 11 so that, while the ends remain flexible, the middle portion is strengthened against bending. They are secured by rivets 15 which pass through holes in the strips, one or both of which are slotted. A third short strip 14 may be inserted between the two strips 11.
Patent GB-190425034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pugmills and Clay Mills
Inventor: SHEPHERD SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-11-18
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 25,034. Shepherd, S. Nov. 18. Pug-mills.- Certain parts of pug-mills and clay mills are made e removable so that they can be renewed when worn. The revolving knives are formed with a central body B, Fig. 1, provided with projections D on which the blades A are fixed by bolts E. The revolving mixers are constructed with a removable edge F, Fig. 4, carrying a central shank H with a squared end I fitting into a corresponding recess in the body J, and secured in position by bolts K. Slots L are formed to admit the entrance of a wedge to release the blades. The bottom-plate of a clay mill, Fig. 7, instead of being formed in one piece, is constructed in ribbed frame segments M over which are placed floor plates N, provided with lugs O and holes P to allow the clay to pass to the pug-mill.
Patent GB-190425642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Space Telegraphy.
Inventor: STONE JOHN STONE
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 25,642. Stone, J. S. Nov. 25, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Telegraphs.-In selective wireless systems, the electrical tuning at the receiving-station is to the wave-train as well as to the wave frequency, and there is also reed or other mechanical tuning to the group or wave-train frequency. Fig. 1 shows the transmitting-apparatus, the antenna V giving out a succession of wave-trains, the wave frequency of which is determined by the constants of the circuit M<1>, C, M, L, with spark gap S. The group frequency is determined by the alternator in the transmitting-circuit. Fig. 2 shows one arrangement of apparatus at ,the receiving-station. A self-restoring wave-detector D is used in conjunction with a resonant circuit M, C, L tuned to the wave frequency. Variations in the resistance of the device D produce variations in the current through the electromagnet R, which acts on a reed r tuned to the group frequency. When the amplitude of vibration of the reed r is sufficient, it closes the circuit of the battery B through a telephone or other signal-indicating device T. The contacts of the reed r may be of carbon. An acoustic resonator G may be tuned to the frequency of the reed r. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the wave-responsive device D' is a bolometer, and a monotelephone T'is used as the receiving-instrument. In place of the magnet R and reed r, Fig. 2, a tuned wire free to vibrate in a magnetic field may be set in vibration by the battery currents, the wire operating a microphonic relay. The microtelephonic relay described in Specification No. 9712, A.D. 1898, mav alternatively be used. The inductance coil L<1>, Fig. 3, is furnished with a flat movable armature a having its plane at an angle of 45 degrees with the axis of the coil and tensioned so as to have a torsional period equal to the period of the group or wave-train. A single elevated conductor may be associated with a number of differently-tuned resonant circuits, and each of the wave-detectors in those circuits may have associated with it a number of mechanicallytuned receiving-devices responding to different group frequencies. Reference is made to Specifications No. 21,909, A.D. 1900, and Nos. 26,552 and 27,253, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190428416-A (GB)
Title: Appliance for the Commutation of Current in Armature of Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: ARNOLD ENGELBERT
Filed: 1904-12-27
Granted: 1906-01-27
Abstract: 28,416. Arnold, E., and La Cour, J. L. Dec. 27. Commutators; field magnets; sparking, preventing. -To improve commutation, resistances are connected to the segments of commutators or auxiliary commutators such as described in Specification No. 117, A.D. 1903, consisting preferably of thin metallic plates or tissue or conducting-films painted upon the insulating-material, e.g., with solutions containing finely-divided metal. The resistances c in the insulating-material b<1>, b' may be connected with the segments a, a', Fig. 1, by metallic ribbons d<1>, d', d<3>, Figs. 1 and 2. Such resistances may connect the different windings of a multiple closed armature winding, Fig. 3, in which coils S', S', S<3> in the same slots are shortcircuited through resistances r, r. Similar arrangements apply to triply - closed loop and wave windings. Fig. 5 shows a triply - closed wave winding, with the brushes B<1>, B', B<3> of like polarity touching similar commutator segments K<1>, K<2>, K<3> To compensate for electromotive forces induced in the armature coils under the brushes by the stray field of the slots in continuouscurrent machines and in alternating-current machines by the pulsations of the main field, auxiliary windings e included between the brushes B', B', B<3> are arranged upon the stator preferably in the same field as the armature windings under the brushes. In continuous-current machines, the compensating electromotive forces may be derived from accumulators &c. arranged between the brushes. The resistances may be placed exteriorly to the commutator, and may consist of wire.
Patent GB-190500695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Packing of Cigarettes and Tobacco in Tins or Boxes
Inventor: DAWSON FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-01-13
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 695. Dawson, F. Jan. 13. Packing-materials.-A disk for placing above cigarettes or tobacco, when packing them in a tin or box, is formed with a transverse ridge or pleat, which presses against the lid of the tin and holds the contents in place. When the pleat is grasped to remove the disk, the width of the disk decreases, thus facilitating its withdrawal.
Patent GB-190501574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Machines
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1905-01-26
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 1574. Newton, H. E., [Hoe, R.]. Jan. 26. Delivery apparatus; cutting and associating apparatus.-Relates to delivery mechanism for fast web-printing machines, by which the sheets may be delivered unfolded, in single sheets or in associated batches. Fig. 1 shows a side elevatiun of a delivery, in which the web W is led to cutting- cylinders 3, 4 of any suitable construction, and may be also cut longitudinally by the slitter 8. The leading end of the web is taken alternately by carriers 9, 10, preferably provided with grippers 13, 14 and preferably also each operating to associate two or more sheets. From the cylinders 9, 10 the sheets pass to reciprocating delivery carriages 27, two of which are employed, one to the left and the other to the right of the cylinders 9, 10, the former being shown. The carriages 27 reciprocate in guideways 25 and are provided with sets of fingers 31 which receive the sheets from the cylinders 9,10 or from the tapes 53 on to which the sheets may be directed by pivoted strippers 46. These strippers may be operated by rods 49 and cams 52 on shafts 36 driven by worm gearing from a longitudinal shaft 15. The cylinders 3, 4, 9, 10 may be driven by gearing 16, 17, 20, 21, &c. from the shaft 15. In the carriage 27 is a roller 29 operated to deliver the sheets, as the carriage moves towards the cylinders 9, 10, to a suitable receiver. Any suitable form of delivery carriage may be employed. The receiver may consist of a table 54 carried by endless chains 55, operated by screw gearing 61 and ratchet gear 64, to lower the table as the sheets are delivered upon it. The ratchet gear is operated by a rod 65 and an eccentric 66. The carriage 27 may be reciprocated by a toothed segment 39 rocked by a rod 38 and crank 37, and gearing with a pinion on a shaft 42 on which are wheels 44 gearing with racks on the carriage. Joggers may be provided to even up the pile of sheets. Side jogger arms 67 are shown on shafts 68 rocked by a connexion with the shaft 70, on which are end joggers, this shaft 70 being rocked by a connexion with the segment 39. Additional end joggers 72 are shown, on a shaft 73 rocked from the shaft 68 by a rod &c.
Patent GB-190507040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gasmeters.
Inventor: CAFFARO GERARDO
Filed: 1905-04-03
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 7040. Caffaro, G., and Bracco, J. V. April 3. Meters.-A gas-meter is constructed to prevent instruments &c. from being introduced for the purpose of interrupting, disturbing, or otherwise tampering with the measuring-a p p l i a n c e s. The water is introduced into a compartment 7, Fig. 1, containing a float 14 which carries a slide working in a rectangular casing 11. Beneath the inlet 8 is fixed a place 15 to prevent the float from being pushed down. A curved tube 9 is connected at its lower end with the casing, and at its upper end with the partition 10 separating the compartment from the measuring- chamber 4. The slide normally closes a port in the casing, but on being raised by the float allows water to flow to the compartment 4, in which it rises to a height determined by an overflow tube 16. Waste water collects in a compartment 18 to a depth determined by a float 19 and slide valve 20 provided in a casing 21. A vertical partition is provided in an horizontal tube shown, forming part of the casing 21, to prevent the valve from being operated upon. The gas, entering at a tube 1, passes through a counterbalanced flap valve 3 which prevents any gas passing back to the mains. At the gas outlet a valve is provided so that a gas current may pass in one direction only. For this purpose, the lower part of the valve casing 26, Fig. 4, is fitted with a short, bevelled tube 27 liable to be closed at its upper end by a flap 28 which is normally held up by a spring 29. Above this flap is a kind of funnel 30 arranged so that an air current, blown from the inlet of the casing in order to reverse the travel of the measuring-wheels, would act directly on the flap and so close it.
Patent GB-190507521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Treatment of the Clinker from Refuse Destructor Furnaces.
Inventor: BRODIE JOHN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-04-10
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 7521. Brodie, J. A. April 10. Steam generation by waste furnace gases.-A boiler is heated by the waste gases from refuse destructors and from a blast furn a c e to which clinker from t h e destructors is passed for further treatment, the apparatus being arranged in a manner similar to that described in Specification No. 6842, A.D. 1893. Destructors 1 are placed at each side of the boiler 6, with the combustion chamber 5 of which they are connected by side flues 4. The clinker passes from t h e destructors to the blast furnace 11 by shoots 22. Inlets 16 communicate with the blast pipe 18 by means of a belt 17,-and waste gases pass through the outlets 15 to the chamber 5.
Patent GB-190507964-A (GB)
Title: Teazling Apparatus for Raising the Nap of Scotch Bonnets and like Goods.
Inventor: NOBLE JAMES
Filed: 1905-04-14
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 7964. Noble, J. April 14. Caps.-For raising the nap on Scotch bonnets and like goods, a teazle A is employed mounted on an arm or shaft B and mechanically operated to obtain the same movement as in hand-teazling. The arm B is supported by a pivoted bracket C, and receives longitudinal motion from a pivoted lever R operated by the cam P on the fast pulley I. A pin b on the arm B works in a slotted jaw E carried by a rocking member F, which is worked by a slotted lever arm M, rod L, and crank-disk J from the shaft H, which also operates the pulley I and crank-disk K. The latter, by means of the rod N and joint 0, imparts vertical motion to the teazle.
Patent GB-190511255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Opening and Closing Swinging Windows, Ventilators, Fanlights, or similarly Swinging Bodies.
Inventor: CARTLAND JOHN HOWARD
Filed: 1905-05-30
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 11,255. Cartland, J. H., and Lilly, J. May 30. Window and ventilator opening and closing apparatus, - Consists of a frame 21, Fig. 14, one end being constructed to carry a cord-pulley actuating a screw 20, and the other provided with two holes 27, 28, one of which engages with a screwed pin on the bracket 29 secured to the casement. The head 31 of the screw is formed with a projection 31<b>, Fig. 7, engaging with a bracket 32 on the window frame formed with two sets of screw holes 39, 40, Figs. 10 and 13, and with two holes 33, 34 for engagement with the projection 31b. The head 31 of the screw may have an extension 31<a>, Figs. 5 and 6, provided 'with a central hole 38 or two other holes 36, 37, a screwed pin being used to form the connexion with the bracket. The bracket 32 is fixed on the sash in the case of a window hinged at the base.
Patent GB-190512277-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Plastic Transparent Product for the Manufacture of Fibres, Films, Blocks or Plates, and Process of Preparing the same.
Inventor: CATHELINEAU HENRI
Filed: 1905-06-13
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 12,277. Cathelineau, H., and Fleury, A. June 13. Toys, materials for making.-A material for making blocks or plates for use in the manufacture of toys and the like, consists of a mixture of casein and phenols, such as phenol, creosote, or guaiacol, or their salts. The proportions in which the materials are mixed are varied according to the nature of the product required, and other materials, such as colouring-matters, turpentine, acetanilide or glycerine, hydrocarbons, waxes or resins, and nitrocellulose or hydrates or acetates of cellulose, may be added for the purpose of varying the properties of the compound. A transparent block, which can be cut up as desired, is obtained by mixing seventeen parts of phenol with forty parts of casein, compressing the mixture, heating to 100‹ C., and again compressing.
Patent GB-190515104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Supplying of Petrol or the like to Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: SOUTHCOTT OWEN FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-07-22
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 15,104. Southcott, O. F., and Parker, F. July 22. Funnels.-Relates to the means for supplying petrol or the like to the tank of a motorvehicle. An opentopped reservoir a, of such dimensions as to receive a petrol tank b of stock size, is provided with horizontal flanges c near the top. The base of the reservoir slopes down to a pipe d, with or without a cock e, for conveying the petrol to the motor tank. Legs f and handles i may be provided on the reservoir, and lugs h support the key g for opening the screw cap of the petrol can.
Patent GB-190515584-A (GB)
Title: Watering System for Gardens, Fields and the like
Inventor: KOREN AUGUST
Filed: 1905-07-29
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 15,584. Koren, A. July 29. Irrigation.-For watering purposes, large areas such as gardens and fields are divided into sections, each of which is provided with a sloping conduit and movable water distributor or strainer, as shown in plan in Fig. 2. The distributor 3 consists of a vessel with a perforated bottom fitted with special means for ensuring complete emptying. It is moved along two rails 5, one of which is lower than the other. A flexible tube 7 connects it to a movable funnel 2, the end of which fits closely in to the open conduit 1. The perforations and inclination of the vessel 3 may be arranged so that equal volumes of water pass through equal areas. In order to ensure complete emptying of the vessel and the delivery of the water in drops, loose nails, tacks, zinc pins, or the like 10, Fig. 10, are placed in the perforations. The pins may be flattened or formed with a thickened part at 14 to prevent them from falling out. The holes are preferably formed in punched depressions 13. The bottom of the strainer may be corrugated parallel to the direction of motion, the nails being placed in the troughs of the corrugations.
Patent GB-190519003-A (GB)
Title: An Attachment for the Handles of Files, or other similar Tools.
Inventor: NEWLEY FREDERICK PERCY
Filed: 1905-09-20
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 19,003. Newley, F. P. Sept: 20. Handles.-A gripping-appliance to facilitate the handling of files, rasps, gouges, chisels, screwdrivers, &c. consists of an abutment piece a of steel, brass, or other metal or material shaped to fit between the thumb and forefinger. This abutment piece may be permanently secured to the handle e, or it may be detachable, being connected by a pin c entering a recess d. The pin c may be circular, square, triangular, or lozenge or diamond shaped in cross-section.
Patent GB-190519749-A (GB)
Title: An Electrically Driven Blower for Drying the Human Hair.
Inventor: DIECKMANN MAX
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 19,749. Dieckmann, M. Feb. 11, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Hair and head, special drying -appliances for.- A portable blower apparatus consists of a casing 3 containing an electrically-driven fan, and, if desired, an electric radiator for heating the current of air produced. The motor is mounted in a hollow extension 1 of the casing, which is provided with air inlets 2. The apparatus can be suspended in front of the operator by a strap or cord passing round the neck.
Patent GB-190523605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Safety Oil Lamps.
Inventor: VALENTINE ERNEST SHAW
Filed: 1905-11-16
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 23,605. Valentine, E. S. Nov. 16. Oil-lamp reservoirs; extinguishing oil lamps.-A non-spillable reservoir a is provided with an enlarged upper part a', constructed as shown and provided with a partition e, e<1> having a central tubular extension e<2>. The pivoted extinguishing- flaps j are operated by a link m engaging slots n in the flaps and connected to a pivoted weight. Gas exits g, h are formed in the base and the side of the burner, and the lower exits are closed, on upsetting the lamp, by a slidable diaphragm f. In duplex lamps, the two outer flaps have slotted extensions, and are each connected to one of the inner flaps.