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Patent GB-190312714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Joints for Railways
Inventor: NICHOLS HENRY BERT
Filed: 1903-06-05
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 12,714. Nichols, H. B. July 8, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Rail joints; rail bonds.-Relates to rail joints which a r e particularly applicable for electrical railways as they also constitute electrical connectors or bonds for the rails. Fig. 1 shows the preferred form of joint, which consists of two plates or splicebars B, B' shaped to fit against the web, beneath the head, and around the flange of the rail. The spaces between the splice-bars and the rail head and flanges are filled in by molten zinc or other metal to form liners or fillers D, D', a metal which expands on cooling being preferably used. The splice-bars are riveted or otherwise secured to the rails, and they are provided with flanges or projections b<2> by which they may be secured to the sleepers.
Patent GB-190320826-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Fire Lighter.
Inventor: MOORE THOMAS
Filed: 1903-09-28
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 20,826. Moore, T. Sept. 28. Firelighters.-A framework, preferably conical in shape, is made of wooden bars A bound together at the top, or at the top and bottom, with wire B. The wood is saturated with some inflammable substance, such as liquid resin, pitch, tar, petroleum, or the like.
Patent GB-190400741-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Supporting a Cushion in Position on a Chair Sofa or the like.
Inventor: BLOOD FANNY
Filed: 1904-01-12
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 741. Blood, F. Jan. 12. Cushion holders; bed-rests.-A framework of the form shown in Fig. 1 is made of stout wire or other material, and is suspended by its U-shaped upper part, Fig. 2, from the back of a chair; sofa, or the like. The cushion is placed against the frame and held in position by two flexible arms b which are placed over the sides or corners. The lower part c of the frame may rest on the seat of the chair or other article. The framework may be in one or more parts and may be covered with any suitable material. In a modification, the back d of the frame is extended downwards, and the lower part c made wider to admit of the device being employed as a bed-rest. As shown in Fig. 4, the device may be folded when not in use, the extremities being then kept apart by rods c. The back and front may be in one piece, and the rods e dispensed with.
Patent GB-190406537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Concrete Mixing Machinery.
Inventor: RANSOME ERNEST LESLIE
Filed: 1904-03-17
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6537. Ransome, E. L. March 17. Moving-container apparatus; containers.-Concrete is mixed in a rotary drum A, supported on annular tracks Q<2> by rollers, one of which is fixed, and driven by a pinion Q<5>, upon a loose pulley Q<4>, engaging with a circular rack Q'. Baffles B, shaped as shown and attached to the surface of the drum, extend its length and carry the concrete longitudinally and vertically, their mixing action being aided by baffles D. At each end of the drum is an orificed head, J for securing, and P<2> for delivering, the contents. The opening E in the head J is closed by a swinging. plate N, counterpoised at N<3> and preferably hinged at N' to a plate N<2> supported by a bar R fixed to uprights S. Splashing is prevented by a revolving plate Q and a plate P fixed to the frame T, and from the discharge-head P<2> by a guard-plate M and a shoot C, which, during mixing, is held in the dotted position. For discharging, the shoot, shaped to fit in the head P<2>, and supported by a band g from uprights g', is reversed by the. U-shaped piece H, link K, and lever L, so that the concrete falls from the baffles B into it.
Patent GB-190407098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnace Doors for Regulating the Supply of Air and Preventing Smoke
Inventor: SINCLAIR GEORGE
Filed: 1904-03-24
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 7098. Sinclair, G. March 24. Doors; air supply, regulating; smokeconsuming.-A furnace door is made with an opening and provided with a hinged flap, inclined folward and partly covering the opening, together with a similar flap placed inside the furnace door and inclined backwards, so that a current of air is directed into the furnace in an upward direction. The outer flap C is adjustable in position by a rack C'. The inner flap D is carried in a recess in the frame of the door, and is adjustable by the setscrew d ; or it may be fixed and in one piece with the frame. A semicircular casting B is provided inside the door to serve as a bridge. Steam may be blown in by a pipe just above the door.
Patent GB-190413362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pianos, Harmoniums, American Organs, and the like Instruments.
Inventor: MACKAY JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-13
Granted: 1904-07-28
Abstract: 13,362. Mackay, J. June 13. Pianofortes; organs and harmoniums.-The pivoted joints in the key and hammer, hopper, and damper mechanism are constructed with casings or bushings of metal in place of cloth or felt. The bushes, shown separately in Fig. 5 and in position in Fig. 4, are formed with grooves e into which the wood swells and prevents rotation. The pin f, pressed tightly into the wood, fits loosely but without play in the holes in the bushes. The underside of the key-lever is cased, at the part where the lever rocks about the central pin, with a thin brass plate secured by screws and having a hole for the passage of the pin.
Patent GB-190415145-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Revolving Shutter.
Inventor: JAEGER PAUL
Filed: 1904-07-06
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 15,145. Jaeger, P. July 6. Window-shutters. -The slats c of a revolving shutter are separated by bodies which consist of the spring rings shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 7, or of india-rubber rings, or of rings a, b, Fig. 1, working one within the other like a hinge, or of combined simple and spring rings, Fig. 10, or of suitable knobs or projections.
Patent GB-190421759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brakes
Inventor: WHITE FRANK HENRY
Filed: 1904-10-10
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 21,759. White, F. H., Price, W. J., and Price, W. C. Oct. 10. Brakes.-A brake mechanism for railway rolling-stock and other vehicles is shown in plan in Fig. 2 as applied to a railway truck. A friction pulley 10 is mounted in a frame 13, which may be moved on the guide-bars 11. The lever 16, which is operated by a handlever 19 or other means, forces the pulley 10 against a similar pulley 9 on the car axle 8, so that a cord 21 is wound upon one of the extensions 20 of the hub of the pulley 10, thus moving the brake levers 4 into the positions shown in dotted lines, and applying the blocks 3 to the wheels 2. The levers 4 are connected by pin-and-slot joints 4<a>, 4<b>, and are moved back again by a spring 6 attached to the connecting- link 5.
Patent GB-190424691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rubber Vulcanising Apparatus.
Inventor: KITE CHARLES FOSTER
Filed: 1904-11-14
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 24,691. Kite, C. F. Nov. 14. India-rubber, vulcanizing. - The symmetry of the curved surfaces of motor tyres and other articles is preserved during vulcanization b y forming in the table b a groove c in which the article is secured by a retaining-bar (not shown) and clamps j. The heating- chamber, which is mounted on legs, is fitted with a water pocket d heated by a bunsen burner.
Patent GB-190502449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Grooves in the Soles of Wooden Shoes.
Inventor: BUSSE HERMANN
Filed: 1905-02-07
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 2449. Busse, H., and Schou, W. Oct. 13, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Carving and shaping by cutting.-In a machine for cutting a groove in the sole of a wooden shoe for the purpose of fixing the leather uppers, a rotating table 13 is provided with heel-holders and side holders for the wooden sole, which is fixed so that the centre of the sole is vertically over the spindle 14. The heel-holders 28, 29 are adjusted by screws 30, 31 respectively, the latter of which and its holder may be pressed out by a spring 39 or by a spring 40 acting on a forked lever 37. The side holders 32 are fixed in angle-levers 33, drawn inwards by springs, and the bottoms of these levers and that of the lever 37 rest on the sides of a conical block 35 which may be moved axially on the screwed part of the spindle 14 so as to obtain a firm pressure on the sole. The table is adjusted to a suitable height by means of two levers 21, 22, which are pivoted to the bracket 15 and are connected by a rod 23 made in two parts having right and left handed threads engaged by a nut 24. To adjust the height of the table to the curve of the sole, a pin or roller on the end of the lever 22 engages a cam 27, on the shaft of which is a bevel-wheel gearing with a bevel-wheel fixed to a worm-wheel 20. The rotation of the table is produced by this worm-wheel, which is mounted on the spindle 14 by a spring or roller and groove or other means to allow of axial motion, and which is rotated by a worm on the shaft 18 driven by a belt from the main shaft. On this shaft is mounted a pulley 9, round which and a pair of pulleys 10 and a pulley 11 passes a belt so as to drive the cutter spindle, which consists of a part 2 mounted in bearings 3 and a lower part 5 connected thereto by a ball-and-socket joint 6. This lower part carries the cutter 4, and is pressed in a vertical plane in a guide 7 against the sole by a spring 8, the depth of cut being regulated by a suitable plate on the cutter.
Patent GB-190503288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Throttle Valves.
Filed: 1905-02-16
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 3288. Warwick Machinery Co., and Samuelson, F. Feb. 16. Elastic-fluid turbines. -A throttle valve for use with governing- mechanism for steam turbines of the kind described in Specification No. 10,578, A.D. 1904,isshown in Fig. 2. The throttle valve 6 regulates the steam supply from the channel 2 to the nozzle passage 3, and to increase its sensitiveness, instead of it being directly actuated by the governor as described in the above - mentioned Specification, it is actuated by a piston 8. The piston has two diameters, and its top and bottom surfaces are exposed to boiler pressure through passages 10. The central annular surface works in a chamber b, and, by means of a pilot valve 17 connected to the governor, the chamber is opened to boiler pressure from beneath the piston or to an exhaust chamber 25 above the piston. The pilot valve is balanced by means of an auxiliary piston 21 or by a weight.
Patent GB-190512374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Piston Throttle Valves
Filed: 1905-06-14
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 12,374. Lake, H. H., [Aurora Automatic Machinery Co.]. June 14. Piston valves actuating valves.-Relates to valves for controlling the air supply to portable pneumatic riveting or chipping hammers &c. The valve consists of a hollow piston C<1>, sliding in a bushing C, which is secured in the tool head by a hollow screw plug D. The valve stem C' passes loosely through the valve, and is fitted with a screw nut c<2> which is flattened at the sides and notched at the top to give air passages to the top side of the valve for balancing purposes. The valve is drawn up and opened by the trigger-and-lever arrangement E, F, and returned to the closed position by the spring C<4>. The press-button f<1> abuts against an opposed part of the head B to limit the inward swing of the trigger, the outward. swing being limited by the shoulder b<3>.
Patent GB-190518201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Staircases for Theatres Circuses and other Public Buildings.
Inventor: HELBIG HENRY
Filed: 1905-09-08
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 18,201. Helbig, H. Sept. 9, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Theatres; circuses; staircases.-The stairs of a theatre, circus, or other public building are arranged externally on one or both sides, and of increasing width towards the bottom, as shown. The lower half of the staircase extends from the front to the back of the building, and the upper half returns towards the front. Exits lead to the stairs from the various rows of seats. Side entrances may be formed beneath the external stairs, and other stairs may be built in the wells e, f.
Patent GB-190520453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Device for Temporarily Holding Sheets or Documents while they are being Permanently Bound.
Inventor: BLANCHARD FRANK
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 20,453. Blanchard, F. Oct. 10. Stapling and like wire-stitching.-Sheets to be bound are perforated by a multiple punching- appliance, filed on a series of pins, clamped and pressed in a hand-press operated by thumb-nuts, and permanently fixed together by thread or wire which is inserted by the withdrawal of the filing- pins. The base 8 of the holder carries four pivoted bolts 5 with thumb-nuts 7 by which the punching- appliance, Fig. 1, or the press-plate, Fig. 3, are attached. Papers are punched by the punches 35, which pass through a stripper-plate 36 into holes 38 and are then filed on the pins 17. Guide-plates 21 are provided to ensure true register of the parts, and these support the punching-appliance. The punches are operated by the cam-slot 30 moved by the handle 29 engaging the pin 32 on the punchholder 33. Channels 39 are provided for the pieces of paper punched out. When all the papers are on the pins 17, the punching-apparatus is removed and a plate 40 is placed on top of the pile to clamp the book by aid of the bolts 5 and their fly-nuts 7. The pins 17 are mounted on a bar 13 which is easily detachable from the base 8 by releasing the pivoted plate 10 from the screw 16. A thread or wire is placed in the undercut part 18 and by withdrawal of the bar 13 is pulled through the book, and may be threaded through the loops 44 and fastened off as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190525628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Devices for Opening and Closing Fan Light Windows and the like.
Inventor: LUTHER WILLIAM HENRI
Filed: 1905-12-09
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 25,628. Luther, W. H. Dec. 9. Window opening and closing apparatus.-Relates to means for operating fan-lights in which a sprocket chain attached to the framing engages with a toothed wheel mounted on the fan-light. The fanlight is retained in any position by a weighted pawl g which engages with and holds the pinion d, and is opened or closed by releasing a pulling upon the chain a after freeing the pinion d by means of the cord c.
Patent GB-190600909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerators for Bacteria Tanks and other purposes.
Inventor: BAILEY WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-01-12
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 909. Bailey, W. H. Jan. 12. Turbines.-In aerating-apparatus used with bacteria tanks and for other purposes, airpumps h, are operated from wind wheels i, k, by the crank j. The air is delivered by the pumps h through the pump u to a large pipe or receptacle v fitted with a safety-valve. From the receptacle v, the air passes through pipes w to bacteria tanks x, which are provided with concentric series of pipes z perforated alternately on opposite sides and connected at both ends to the pipe w. A V-shaped shield is placed in front of the pumps j and directs the wind to V-sbaped funnels delivering into or against the pockets or pallets of the wheels i. The air escaping from the wheels i operates the upper wheels k. An intermediate shaft, carrying pinions which gear with wheels on the shafts of che wheels i, k, can be moved longitudinally to throw the wheels k out of action. The wheels k act as rudder wheels to turn the frame g on wheels/which travel on a circular track on the frame d. The connexion between the pump hand pipe u has a liquid seal to allow of this rotation. An engine in the house a can be used when required to actuate the pumps by means of the chain band wheel c. The frame g can be locked in position for this purpose. According to the Provisional Specification the mouths of the wind - directing funnels may be capable of contraction, an encased fan is substituted for the air-pumps, and, when there is no wind blowing, the fan may be driven by a small motor fixed on the side of the fan casing and revolving with it.
Patent GB-190602322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Shaft Bearings particularly applicable for Dynamo Electric Machines.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-01-30
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 2322. Justice, P. M., [Bullock Electric Manufacturing Co.]. Jan. 30. Longitudiwallysliding bearings.- A device for reciprocating a rotary shaft longitudinally in its bearings, applicable for dynamo-electric machines, r o t a r y converters, &c., consists of a yielding plate 26, Fig. 1, mounted in the end of the shaft 10 and bearing against a disk 16 eccentrically mounted on a spindle 17 in the casing 13. The disk 16 rotates between collars 19, 20 on the spindle 17, and its position with respect to the centre of the shaft 10 is adjusted by turning the spindle in a threaded portion 21 of the casing 13. A lock-nut 25 engages a reduced portion of the spindle. The plate 26 has a stem 28 engaging loosely the contracted end 32 of the recess 31, and is pressed outwards by a spring 29, rotation in the recess being prevented by a key 27. The position of the disk 16 is preferably so adjusted that the shaft oscillates in is natural period due to the normal bias produced by the magnetic field in which the armature rotates. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the plate 26<a> is supported by a number of springs 29<a> on guiding-pins 37 and the disk 16 is adjustable along the spindle. In another modification, the stem of the plate 26 passes through a hole in the cover of a casing fitting tightly in a recess in the shaft.
Patent GB-190603846-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Connecting Steel Sheeting Piles.
Inventor: RIDDEL JOHN
Filed: 1906-02-16
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 3846. Riddel, J. Feb. 16. Piles.-Sheet piling for trenches, sea-walls, caissons, and the like is made to interlock as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. In the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 2, unlocking is prevented by an angle-iron E, Fig. 1, or by the shoulder J, Fig. 2. A bearing- pile may be driven into the space R, Fig. 3. The piles may be strengthened by T-beams bolted to them.
Patent GB-190604778-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Chimney Pot.
Inventor: RUSBRIDGE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-02-27
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 4778. Rusbridge, W. H. Feb. 27. Chimney tops. - To promote updraught, the faces of a polygonal pot are formed concave, the concavity preferably increasing from the bottom to the top of the pot.
Patent GB-190605445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Distribution of Liquids such as Sewage and the like.
Inventor: MACCORMAC ERNEST CAMPBELL
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1907-03-06
Abstract: 5445. Maccormac, E. C. March 6. Spray-producers and spreaders.-Reciprocating sprinklers for filter and like beds are actuated so that those portions of the bed that are supplied during the forward motion of the distributor are at rest during the return motion. Motive power is derived from a wheel 12 rotated by the sewage, which is supplied by pipes 12<a>. A shaft 24<a>, having a fast pulley 21 and loose pulleys 20, 22, is driven from the shaft 13 by open and crossed belts 19, 18. A wire rope attached to the sprinklers A, B passes around a grooved pulley 25 on the shaft 24<a> and a loose pulley 27 at the other end of the bed. The sprinklers travel in opposite directions, one being attached to the upper part and the other to the lower part of the rope 26, and are supplied by siphons from a trough 14. The ends of the sprinklers are borne by bogies 10 running on rails 11. In order to reverse the motion at the end of the travel, stops 31, 32 on a rope 33 attached to a rocking lever 35 are provided, so that, when the sprinklers strike against them, forks 28, 29 on a bar 37 change the position of the belts on the pulleys 20, 21, 22. Instead of .the wheel 12, an engine may be employed to drive the pulley 21. In order to regulate the action of the siphons, the orifice may be closed by a disk 41 on a rod 43, the turned-over end of which engages a cam 44 on the same axle as a ratchet-wheel 45. When the distributor starts on the forward journey from the centre line G-G, Fig. 1, a hinged lever 49, Fig. 4, strikes a stop 47, the pawl 54 is urged forward, and the wheel 45 rotated, so that the disk 41 is raised and the siphon started. When the stop 56 is reached, a similar action causes the descent of the disk, and the distributor travels to the end of the filter without discharging. On the return movement, the lever 48 strikes the stop 57, thus causing the disk to be raised ; the reverse occurs when the stop 58 is reached. The levers 48, 49 are knee-jointed, so that, on alternate journeys, impact with the stops has no effect. If the sprinkler, as B, is provided with two siphons, the closing- disks 41<a>, 41<b> are connected to a rocking lever having a throw-over weight 65 which engages with stops 66, 67.
Patent GB-190610536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Smelting, Melting, or Heating of Metals, Ores, or similar Substances.
Inventor: WEBB WALTER HENRY
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 10,536. Webb, W. H., Brettell, W. G., and Adamson, A. J. May 5. Scrubbers and mashers.-Water or liquid is supplied to an air-moistening chamber a through perforated pipes d, arranged side by side, and, in order to provide an extensive surface, the chamber a is filled with hurdles of wood, faggots, or the like. The outlet h is provided with baffles i, such as louver boards or checkerwork, to cause the air to deposit any suspended moisture. The water or liquid is delivered from vessels j, k, having coils l, m, through which, respectively, hot water or steam and cold liquid are circulated. According to the temperature required, liquid may be delivered from either or both vesselsj, k, a mixing-apparatus p being provided in the supply pipe f. Water is returned from the tank c to the cold vessel k by means of a pump r, the warm vessel j being supplied through a pipe t.
Patent GB-190611179-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Washing Laundry and like Goods.
Inventor: TREICHLER HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-05-12
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 11,179. Treichler, H. May 12. Washing - machines ; washing processes, special.-The clothes &c.are successively subjected to the action of liquid and steam jets thus dispensing with the aid of rubbing or like actions. As an example of an arrangement that may be employed, the endless travelling band c carries clothes &c. between five arrangements of nozzles m, in separate compartments in passing through which the clothes are successively subjected to the action of luke-warm water, soda and soap solution carried by low-pressure steam, a similar solution with high-pressure steam, hot water, and finally cold water.
Patent GB-190611648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Mounting or Supporting of Electric Motors on Electrically Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: STEWART WILLIS NELSON
Filed: 1906-05-18
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 11,648. Stewart, W. N. May 18. Motor road vehicles.-In electric motor road vehicles, the motor is pivoted to a clamp 5, fixed to the part of the vehicle spring which is attached to the axle, one or two extra laminae being provided in the spring to carry the weight of the motor. The motor is free to swing longitudinally, and its distance from the axle is kept constant by a forked stay 12 as shown, adjustably attached to a fork 10 by a turnbuckle 8 or the like, both forks having bearings for the motor and wheel axles. Sprocket wheel and chain or othersuitable transmission means may be employed, and change-speed gearing may be fitted to the motor.