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Patent GB-190420316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tilting Measures.
Inventor: CHAMBERS CORNELIUS
Filed: 1904-09-21
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 20,316. Chambers, C. Sept. 21. Measured quantities, delivering.-A tilting measure A is suspended beneath a hand-tap C by means of link work and a clamp b<2> which allow of its being swung out of position when not required. Upon the measure are ratchet teeth, pegs, or the like a<2> which bold it against the rim of a tumbler when discharging, and serve as a means for tilting the measure by means of the tumbler.
Patent GB-190423142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Distributing the Furnace Gases in the Flues and Tubes of Steam Boilers.
Inventor: BOWERS HENRY JOHN ALFRED
Filed: 1904-10-27
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 23,142. Bowers, H. J. A. Oct. 27. Baffles for steam-generator flues. Removable hanging arches or drop bridges B, Fig. 1, of firebrick or fireclay blocks, are supported on adjustable metal girders C in the flues of Cornish, Lancashire, Galloway, and similar boilers. The girders C are made in two sections c<3>, c<4>, Fig. 3, the latter being furnished with a rack c<5> on which, when in position, the box cover c<6> fits, thus securing the two portions together. In the case of Galloway boilers, the sections of the girders may be connected by tongues T, as shown in plan in Fig. 6 and in elevation in Fig. 5, each of which slides in, and interlocks with, the other portion of the girder,
Patent GB-190424833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Bearings of Wheels which Run Loose on their Axles.
Inventor: HARRISON ARTHUR WYNDHAM
Filed: 1904-11-16
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 24,833. Harrison, A. W. Nov. 16. Collectors. - Relates to bearings for wheels running loose on axles, and to means for lubricating the same. Fig. 1 shows the invention asapplied to a trolley wheel for an electric car. A hollow spindle B is fixed to the wheel A, and engages cups or bearings D, flanges C on the wheel hub abutting against the ends of the cups. Lubricant is supplied to the cups through inlets G, which may be closed by screw plugs, holes H being made in the spindle to assist the lubrication. The cups D are fixed in the trolley head E by pins or collars I, or they may be screwed into place or other fixing-means employed.
Patent GB-190425587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Escapes.
Inventor: JOHNSON BERGVIN
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 25,587. Johnson, B., Smith, J. W., and Johnson, B. Nov. 24. Fire-escapes.-Relates to the type of apparatus in which a suspended stationary rope is wound upon a governor-controlled drum, carried by a casing provided with means for supporting the person being rescued. The casing 5 is provided with a vertical door and with an eye 5<c>, from which a person is suspended, and contains a fixed shaft 6, about which a flanged drum 8 and spurwheel 7, fixed thereto, rotate. The upper flange 8" is internally provided with teeth, gearing with a wheel 15 fixed to a shaft which extends upwards through a segmental plate 9, fixed to the central shaft, and having a ratchet wheel fixed to it. The ratchet-wheel is situated in a recess in a wheel 14, mounted loosely on the same shaft, and rotates this wheel, when the rope wound on the drum 8 is running out, by means of a pawl fixed to the wheel 14. The wheel 14 communicates by spur-wheels with a wheel 11, fixed to a governor sleeve 10, and the lifting of the governor balls causes projections h<1> to press a bevelled friction disc 19 against a similar disc 20, fixed to the shaft 6, whereby the rate of descent is rendered safe. A pivoted clutch block 21, for arresting the descent, is operated by a camhead 22 and handle 22<b> against the pressure of a spring t. The rope is wound on the drum by means of a handle below the partition 5<g>, rotating a wheel in gear with the wheel 9, the ratchet connection within the wheel 14 obviating the rotation of the governor.
Patent GB-190427160-A (GB)
Title: Rolling Mills for Manufacturing Articles such as Railing Heads, Studs, and the like.
Inventor: EBINGHAUS EMIL
Filed: 1904-12-13
Granted: 1905-12-13
Abstract: 27,160. Ebinghaus, E., and Schumacher, A. Dec. 13. Rolling.-Railing heads, studs, &c. are rolled between an upper roll 3 and a lower roll or table 4 provided wit h dies 12. The roll 3 is continuously rotated, while the roll or table 4 is moved in one direction by racks 8, 9 when the dies 12 are in coincidence, and in the opposite direction by a weight when the racks 8, 9 are disengaged. The backward motion of the roll or table 4 is limited by a resilient buffer.
Patent GB-190428631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Manually Operated Boats.
Inventor: SECK CARL JOSEPH
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 28,631. Seck, C. J. Dec. 28. Propelling by vibratory plates. -In manually-operated boats, a longitudinal beam e is attached to the cross-beams d for supporting the propelling- apparatus. A driving-wheel f, operated by the handles f<3>, is placed in the centre of the boat and drives chain-wheels h from the wheels g. The driving- wheel is provided with a raised rim f<1>, having notches f<5> in which rest the levers f<3>, the different positions of the driving- wheel and lever causing the boat to move ahead, astern, or sideways. The wheel h is fixed upon a vertical shaft i carrying a beam, from which are suspended paddles l. The beam i<1> is capable of movement of 90 degrees in either direction, and the paddles are hinged so that they are inoperative when moving one way. Links m, operated from the plate i<2>, cause the paddles as a whole to turn relatively to the beam i<1>. The paddles may be slightly raised or lowered against a spring beneath the plate i<2>. The lower wheel g<2> may be disengaged from the driving-wheel f, and thus permit the after paddles to be used as an ordinary rudder. Rudders.-A rudder x is suspended from a crossbar x<5>, and is operated by cords x<4>, as shown. The rudder is carried between two arms x<6>, and is mounted on a pin so that it rises upon meeting an obstruction.
Patent GB-190503923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Gas Lighting and Extinguishing Apparatus
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1905-02-24
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 3923. Boult, A. J., [Soc. Japy frÞres & Co.]. Feb. 24. Actuating valves and cocks. -Gas cocks are actuated bv clockworkoperated cams 12, 11, Figs. 1 and 2, acting through levers 10, 13, Fig. 2, spindles 10<1>, 13<1>, Fig. 1, and levers 10<2>, 13<2>, Fig. 3, on a slide 14, which acts on an arm 22 engaging with a fork 30, Fig. 5, on the oscillating disk valve 6. The notches in the cams 11, 12 are formed 'in such a manner that, when the valve is operated, one of the partitions 6<a>, Fig. 10, is first brought into position across the gas-inlet opening 29, Fig. 5, so as to allow gas to issue on either side to the by-pass 28 and to the burner before cutting off the gas supply to one or other of them. The time for lighting and extinguishing is regulated by index arms attached to the cams 12, 11 on the clockwork spindle. The valve may also be operated by a hand lever on the spindle of a sector 25, pins on which engage with an arm on the valve. The clockwork is enclosed in an airtight casing carried by a spider bracket as shown in Fig. 12.
Patent GB-190504773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bilge-blocks.
Inventor: HICKLER JOHN
Filed: 1905-03-07
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 4773. Hickler, J. March 7. Docks; slips and grid s, building, launching, and repairing.-The tilting member of the bilge-block described in Specification No. 20,705, A.D. 1904, is provided with a semicular bearing-plate 3 having end-flanges, so that the tilting-member may be readily removed from the lower member.
Patent GB-190506188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Phonographs, and the like.
Inventor: GOODWIN JOSEPH SOMERS
Filed: 1905-03-23
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 6188. Goodwin, J. S. March 23. Trumpets.-A phonograph trumpet is formed with a U-shaped piece so as to bend back again over the machine. The U-piece is detachable and can be held by clips within the casing g. The mouth end is supported in a swinging cradle m, and is connected to the U-piece by a bayonet joint. The other end of the U -piece is connected to the rear part of the trumpet by an india-rubber sleeve to permit a certain amount of movement. This rear part fits over the nose of a socket r. The air tube s of the sound-box v fits over the end of a tube pivoted in a ring t.
Patent GB-190507908-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Treating Loom Shuttles or other Wooden Wearing Surfaces.
Inventor: HOLDRIDGE OSCAR EARL
Filed: 1905-04-13
Granted: 1905-06-01
Abstract: 7908. Holdridge, O. E. July 23, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Wood, treating.-The surfaces of loom shuttles, and other wooden wearing-surfaces, are treated with a lubricant, such as a composition of blacklead, turpentine, and sperm oil, which is rubbed into holes or channels produced by spreading the fibre with pin or knife points.
Patent GB-190510202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Methods of Measuring, Switching, Signalling and Regulating Electric Current.
Inventor: KALLMANN MARTIN
Filed: 1905-05-15
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 10,202. Kallmann, M. May 15. Regulating.- The property possessed by certain materials, having very high temperature resistance coefficients, notably iron at high temperatures, of maintaining a practically constant current in spite of large variations of electromotive force within a certain range, i s made use of to actuate signalling- devices, limps, automatic cut-outs, relays, cell-switching devices, and similar apparatus. These " variation ''resistances" or "variators" are preferably spirals of thin iron wire in an atmosphere of hydrogen. They are used in series with relatively high non-varying resistances, and the signalling or regulating apparatus is connected as a shunt to the variator as shown in Fig. 5. The fluctuations in the electromotive force are not entirely taken up by the variator 1 on account of the shunt circuit afforded by the apparatus to be actuated, and the resistance of this latter should therefore be as high as possible in order to maintain sensitiveness. In the arrangement shown, the spring of a relay and the additional resistance 2 are adjusted to suit the normal voltage. The shunt connexion of the indicating-apparatus has the advantage of protecting the variator against excessive fluctuations. Further protection may be afforded by the use of a second variator, designed for a slightly larger current, in series with the other. The variators may be used in series with lamps or other translating-devices to operate circuit-breakers or reversers or indicating or signalling apparatus when the current exceeds a certain strength. In place of the variator being used as a shunt to the indicating or switching apparatus, differential methods maybe used, on either the differential-galvanometer or the Wheatstone-bridge system. In the bridge arrangement, the variators and the non-varying resistances are placed in opposite arms and the indicating or other apparatus is connected across them. In the modified arrangement shown in Fig. 8, in place of a single indicator, two indicators 6, 7 are so connected as to have weak currents flowing permanently in them, these currents being sufficient to keep the apparatus just on the point of operating.
Patent GB-190519147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Lift Valves.
Inventor: DOWNIE THOMAS
Filed: 1905-09-22
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 19,147. Downie, T. Sept. 22. Check valves.-Lift check valves for pumps are constructed of thin lower sheet-metal plates a, Fig. 1, and thick upper metal plates b, arranged concentrically and secured to each other by the upturned edges of the lower plates by means of indentations a' thereon. A long guide-neck b<1> is formed on the upper plate b or, in a modification, on the lower plate a. The guide-neck is formed by drilling or stamping a series of holes f, Fig. 4, around a larger central hole e, by cutting in radial directions g to the holes f, and subsequently by pressing the parts between the cutting lines g outwards and upwards at right-angles to the plate.
Patent GB-190521496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wall Construction.
Inventor: MARCHAND WILLIAM LEGER
Filed: 1905-10-23
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 21,496. Marchand, W. L. Oct. 23. Walls.-Concrete walls are cast in situ by means of a mould formed of plates or boards 6, Fig. 2, tied by bolts, the heads of which enter holes 12, Fig. 9. The outer board has horizontal and vertical V-shaped projections to form chamfered joints, and is faced with a similar metal sheet 2. Air spaces are formed in the concrete by plain or slotted cores 10, Figs. 5 and 7, fixed to a strip 7, suspended over the mould so that the bolts engage the slots 11.
Patent GB-190525995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Epicyclic Gear.
Inventor: STURGESS GEORGE
Filed: 1905-12-14
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 25,995. Sturgess, G., and Sturgess, C. Dec. 14. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to epicyclic gearing of the type described in Specification No. 6504, A.D. 1904, and consists in the application of conical friction gearing for controlling the motion of the toothed planet - wheel. A belt pulley &c. 2 is mounted about a driven shaft 1 and carries spindles 5 upon which rotate planet-wheels 6 in mesh with a sun pinion 9 on the shaft 1. Friction cones 7, 8, formed integrally with the wheel 6, face one another and mesh with internal gear surfaces 25, 26 upon plates 23, 24, which are keyed upon an eccentric shaft 21 and are thrust apart and against the cones 7, 8 by a spring 22. The plates 23, 24 are balanced at their other ends by cones 29, 30 engaging a double cone 28 on a central web 27. As the eccentricity of the shaft 21 is altered-by a handwheel 17 and screw 14 or otherwise-the rate at which the cones 7, 8 roll on the cones 25, 26 is altered and so the motion of the wheel 6 is modified and the velocity - ratio varied. In a motorvehicle, the shaft 21 may be used for driving. In a development, two pairs of plates such as 23, 24 are mounted upon two eccentrics in line but oppositely directed.
Patent GB-190526921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mixing Cocks or Taps.
Filed: 1905-12-23
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 26,921. Lake, H. H., [Maschinen & Apparate- Bauanstalt Boy & Rath Ges.]. Dec. 23. Plug cocks.-Relates to mixing- valves especially intended for hot and cold water for baths, the object being to keep the proportions constant while the total flow changes. The casing is divided into three parts I, II, III, of which the parts I, II communicate by apertures i, i<1> with a central portion in which works the plug o. This is formed with passages p, p<1>, each fitted with a check valve q and piston ql. The latter may be actuated by a spindle to restrict the apertures s, s<1>, so that the proportion of the mixing liquids is independent of the position of the plug o. The liquids mix in the chamber III and pass thence into the exit n'. Steam may be admitted by the pipe v.
Patent GB-190609399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brushes.
Inventor: SMALLFIELD STANTON JOHN
Filed: 1906-04-21
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 9399. Smallfield, S. J. April 21. Handles.-Carpet and other brushes are provided with a handle c which is over the brush and preferably in one with the stock. Different patterns are shown. In each there is a space d or groove below the handle in which the fingers can rest.
Patent GB-190610166-A (GB)
Title: Machines for Sewing Sweat Bands in Hats.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1906-05-01
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 10,166. Fairweather, W., [Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co.]. May 1. Hat-sewing machines; feed; guiding materials; presser-feet.-Relates to means for guiding and feeding sweat bands in hat-sewing machines of the type described in Specifications No. 24,754, A.D. 1899, No. 2286, A.D. 1902, and No. 15,308, A.D. 1903. The sweat band is fed between a feed-dog 6 and a presser-plate 7, which is adjustably secured to a hinged plate 9. The beaded edge of the band is guided by the end of a plate 24 secured adjustably to a second hinged plate 14 which passes under the plate 9. The plate 9 is pressed on to the plate 14 by a spring 16, and is free to move up and down with the feed-dog independently of the plate 14. The plate 14 is pressed on to the work-support by a spring 28 and may be lifted, in order to insert the work, by a face cam 35 on a lever 34. A small bracket 22, secured to the plate 7, carries a roller 23 to guide the hat brim. The machine sews an ordinary chain-stitch and the take-up is carried on the end of the needle-bar.
Patent GB-190613176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Joints or Hinges for the Jointed or Folding Screens and Hoods and other Coverings for Automobiles and the like
Inventor: COOPER SAMUEL ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-06-07
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 13,176. Cooper, S. A. June 7. Pivot adjustments -Relates to hinge joints for folding weather screens folding hood stays and the like, for automobiles and other road vehicles. The knuckle plate b<1> of the stay part b carries a pivot pin e. The pin has a square shoulder e<2> on which the locking-washer f is adapted to slide The parts are locked together by means of a clamp g, which is adapted to travel along the screwed end e<1> of the pin e and force the locking- washer f against the knuckle joint a<1> of the movable stay part a. The contacting-surfaces of the knuckle a' and the washer f are serrated, or a peg or pegs on one part may register with holes on the other. To prevent the nut g from working loose, a spring washer is inserted between the end of the nut and the box-like extension i of the washer in which it swivels.
Patent GB-190614458-A (GB)
Title: An Electrically Operated System of Slide-bars and Safety Bolts for Securing Railway Carriage Doors.
Inventor: TAYLOR ALBERT
Filed: 1906-06-25
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 14,458. Taylor, A., and Cressey, C. June 25. Electrically-controlled fastenings. - Relates to devices for controlling the fastenings of doors, windows, &c., particularly for use as, and shown in Fig. 1 applied to, safety fastenings for railway-carriage and like doors. The ordinary door-catch P enters a recess T in the door frame Q and is then prevented from being unfastened by a slide bolt A, which is moved in opposite directions by solenoids B, C respectively. The feed-wires for the solenoids are lettered L, M, the common return wire N, and a wire 0 passes from each solenoid to a third solenoid D which operates a pin E engaging recesses in the bar A when in its extreme positions. A peg F limits the motion of the bar A, and acts, in conjunction with the parts I of a cam J, K, to actuate the bar A by means of a key, in cases of emergency. The end of the bar A may be provided with a knuckle-joint and spring, to allow the catch P to be depressed after the bar A has been moved forwards. The switches are operated by hand by the driver or guard, or may be arranged to act automatically in conjunction with the brake.
Patent GB-190620338-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clip for Holding Gloves in Position.
Inventor: TRETTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-09-12
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 20,338. Tretter, W. Sept. 12. Gloves are held in position on the arm by spring clips a, which are e attached to the inside of the gloves by spring books b, riveted to the clips and engaging with eyes or loops c on the inside of the glove.
Patent GB-190620745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Vase Tongs
Inventor: BARKER ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-09-19
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 20,745. Barker, A. Sept. 19. Fire-tongs.-Coal tongs are constructed of two pairs of levers, such as are shown, pivoted together at f, g, d. A spring m keeps the tongs open.
Patent GB-190620806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jointing Pipes.
Inventor: WILLIAMS HERBERT HENRY
Filed: 1906-09-19
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 20,806. Williams, H. H. Sept 19. Clip and sleevejoints.- For jointing lead pipes to earthenware or other pipes, the lead pipe is fitted over the end of the other pipe and a metal band a is placed over the junction and tightened by a bolt d engaging lugs b, c riveted to the band. ' The ends of the band overlap, so that there is no gap between the lugs.
Patent GB-190625476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators.
Inventor: CLEGG JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-11-12
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 25,476. Clegg, J., and Kenyon, W. H. Nov. 12. Vertical &c. boilers; tubes, water.-In boilers having an open-bottom water-covered fire-box with fire-tubes d extending from the crown c, watertubes b are fitted between the central portion of the crown and the lower part of the water space e, so that the circulation set up clears the lower ends of the fire-tubes d of sediment, and protects the furnace crown from overheating.
Patent GB-190628495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Gas Valve Openers for Liquid Heaters.
Filed: 1906-12-13
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 28,495. Deutsche Continental Gas Ges., and Mucke, F. Dec. 15, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Actuating valves. -In a device for opening the gas valve of a liquid heater as soon as the flow of liquid to the heater is started, an elastic box, diaphragm or the like 2, which carries a valve 6 interposed in the water supply to the heater and is connected by a lever &c. to the gas valve 16, divides a casing into two chambers, one of which 4 is exposed to the pressure on the e heater side 9 of the valve 6 and the other 3 to the supply pressure. Normally, these pressures are equal and the valves are closed; but on the flow to the heater being started, the pressure in the chamber 4 is reduced and the valves 6 and 16 therefore open. Communication is made with the chamber 4 through a passage 10 in the valve 6, or through a by-pass pipe.
Patent GB-190628997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Locomotive Torpedoes
Inventor: COOKE CHARLES JOHN
Filed: 1906-12-19
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 28,997. Cooke, C. J. Dec. 19. Air and gas engine furnaces.-Relates to locomotive torpedoes. Compressed air or other gas from the reservoir a, which is preferably coated internally with a heat-insulating material, is heated in a chamber d as it passes to the high-pressure cylinderf of a compound engine. After leaving the cylinder, the gas is reheated as it passes through a coil h, arranged in the chamber d, on its way to the low-pressure cylinder k of the engine. Liquid fuel is pumped from the tank n to the jet m by a pump o driven by the engine, and is ignited by an igniter p. A second tank r supplies liquid fuel to a jet s in the reservoir a, which jet is automatically ignited by an igniter contained in the tube 9 when the pressure of the gas in the reservoir has fallen to a predetermined point. The combustion products from the jet 8 pass into the chamber d and diminish the intensity of the jet of flame at m. According to the Provisional Specification, also, the heating-chamber, suitably lagged, may be arranged within the reservoir a; and an arrangement is also described wherein the exhaust gases, before being finally heated in the chamber d, receive a preliminary heating in a second chamber, which is heated by the gases passing from the chamber d to the high-pressure cylinder.
Patent GB-190706992-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electric Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: NOTARIANNI GIUSTINO
Filed: 1907-03-23
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 6992. Notarianni, G. March 23. Automatic systems.-When two trains T<1>. T<2> approach on the same rails a circuit is completed through a bell B<1> and a battery C' on one engine through the wheels and the track rails R', R' to a bell B<2> and a battfry C<2> on the other engine. In the case of following trains, the batteries oppose one anotber, and the alarm is not given. If a train is stopped from any cause, a switch is employed for reversing the battery connexions and giving the alarm upon a following train. All the train wheels are insulated from their axles, and insulated brake blocks are used.