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Patent GB-190428934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buttonhole Cutting and Stitching Machine.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 28,934. Fairweather, W., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. Dec. 30. Buttonhole-sewing machines ; buttonholes, cutting; stopping, automatic. - Relates to a mechanism whereby, after a buttonhole has been cut automatically, a certain time is allowed to elapse before the stitching-mechanism is put into operation. It is shown applied to the machine described in Specifications Nos. 18,195 and 18,361, A.D. 1902. To commence the cycle of operations, a rod 43 is depressed to operate the cutting-device, as described in Specification No. 2763, A.D. 1904. During this movement, a spring catch 42, Fig. 8, depresses a lever 40 and thereby a lever 41, and frees a lever 29 which had been retained by a stop 30. A pawl 33, Fig. 3, mounted on a slide 20 which is regularly reciprocated by a cam on the feed-wheel shaft, had also been retained, against the action of a spring 34, by a lug 53 which embraces the lever 29, but is now free to engage the teeth on a slide 35. This slide is moved forward during a time depending upon the number of teeth, and is retained by a detent 57 on the lever 29. At the end of its stroke, a bent portion 38 impinges upon a bell-crank lever 45, 46, which raises a rod 48 to start the stitching-mechanism by means of a suitable clutch such as that described in Specification No. 8864, A.D. 1901. At the same time, a projection on the feed-wheel rotates, through a lever 26, the lever 29, thereby removing the pawl 33 out of action and allowing a spring to lift the lever 41 to prevent any further engagement. In a modification, the slide 20 is actuated by a cam on the driving-shaft, and so, in order to produce the same delay during the movement of the slide 35, the teeth are made smaller and more numerous than in the first case.
Patent GB-190504460-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement connected with Taps or Cocks.
Inventor: SLEEP HENRY
Filed: 1905-03-03
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 4460. Sleep, H., and Solomon, B. March 3. Plug cocks; handles; locking.-Relates to that class of tap or cock having a projecting handle or lever connected to the plug and a spring sleeve surrounding the handle and serving to engage with recesses in the shell of the plug to determine the flow of gas, and consists (1) in making a part J of the handle H and a part J' of the sleeve E square so that they engage with one another without turning, and (2) in providing the shell B with two diametricallyopposite notches, of which either can be engaged with a lug F which is made in one with the sleeve E.
Patent GB-190508356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fire-grates.
Filed: 1905-04-19
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 8356. Dorrator Iron Co., Morrison, W., and Baird, J. April 19. Cooking-ranges &c., convertible close and open grates; trivets; dampers; ash-pits; fire-places.- Relates to kitchen, parlour, and like grates of variable capacity. The front grate A, Fig. 1, is adapted to be turned about side pins a', engaging grooves b<2> of the form shown in the side standards B, Fig. 3, so as to bring it from the forward position to an inclined position or to the horizontal position shown in Fig. 5, the motion being effected by tools engaging apertures a<5>. The grate A may thus be raised to bring the last embers of the fuel under the hot-plate, and it is supported in its raised position by a removable hood a<3>, Fig. 3, or a pivoted bottom grate d', Fig. 5, having projections d<6> to engage recesses a<4>. At the same time the side pins a' engage the pockets b<4>, and spurs a<6> in the grate engage fixed lugs b<6>. The bottom grate E, Fig. 7, may be fixed to the grate A so as to move with it, or it may be detached and have pivots resting in recesses in a frame integral with a removable pivoted or sliding " trivet " D. This " trivet " has lugs d<5> engaging recesses in the edge of a hopper f<1> leading to the ash-pit F. When the stove is closed for slow combustion as shown in Fig. 7, by a door c', the hood a<3>, and a damper f<3>, the hopper f<7> is covered by the hood a<3>, which has a ledge a<7> to support bread for toasting when the hood is arranged in the position shown in Fig. 3. The ash-pit frame is provided with ledges to support the sliding parts, and a frame f with front gate stops f This frame may be used to support the internal brickwork, and it may carry lugs f<11>, Fig. 15, forming bearings for the pivots d<4> of an inclined grate d<1> which may project beyond the front grate. The central part only of the grate carried by the " trivet " may be pivoted and operated by a rod pivoted to a projection on its underside.
Patent GB-190508561-A (GB)
Inventor: GRUENEWALD CARL ALOYS
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 8561. Gr³newald, C. A. April 20. Filing papers etc.; portfolios.-Relates to a letter file or portfolio in which the papers &c. do not require to be perforated but are held between bars clamped together at their ends. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the papers are held beneath the bar 1, which is connected to the cover 6 by the back 2 and is clamped above the papers by moving the slides 4 on the bands 3 towards the centre of the bar 1. The bar may be of the same material as the portfolio, and the bands 3 may be shortened or lengthened by means of suitable clamps, as with trouser braces &c. In another form, a pocket may be provided, the upper flap of the pocket being retained upon the papers by means of elastic bands at the side edges of the pocket. Several such pockets may be arranged in the portfolios, and the pocket may be formed or replaced by a bar held by the elastic bands. In another form, the papers may be held by two metal strips passing through loops, incisions, &c. formed on or in the bar, and bent down upon the bar. The bar may be connected with the portfolio as before, or a pocket may be formed from the material of the portfolio with the aid, if desired, of a special bar inserted in the material. Several such clamping-bars may be arranged in the portfolio. Fig. 8 shows another modification in which the documents are held in one or more additional portfolios 11 placed beneath the clamping-bar 12. The portfolio 11 can be withdrawn to a certain distance beneath the bar, being held by means of bands 13 or by suitable guiding- devices, stops, &c., so that the portfolio may be opened while the documents are still clamped by the bar 12. When full, these portfolios may be removed.
Patent GB-190515319-A (GB)
Title: Improved Pneumatic Wheel for Vehicles.
Inventor: DAVIES EDMUND HESKETH
Filed: 1905-07-25
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 15,319. Davies, E. H. July 25. Spring wheels.-The spokes i of the wheel have enlarged and curved inner ends which bear separately on a leather protecting-cover surrounding a pneumatic tube. Side plates f enclose the tube and are connected to the rim j by radial rods k and stay rods m. The spokes pass through holes in the rim and have forked ends to embrace an internal flange on the metal tyre p.
Patent GB-190519921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in certain kinds of Oil-lamp Burners.
Inventor: SHERWOOD FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-10-03
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 19,921. Sherwood, F. Oct. 3. Lamps burning heavy hydrocarbons ; oil-lamp burners.-In burners, such as are used in ships' lamps, in which the upper part c, carrying the cone and gallery, is detachably connected t o t h e lower part d, the two parts are secured by a crosspin a. In the Provisional Specification, a modification is described in which the two parts are secured by spring snaps.
Patent GB-190520462-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Raising Water.
Inventor: RUFF MATHEW VARNER
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 20,462. Ruff, M. V., and Irwin, R. C. Oct. 10, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Vessels with pistons.-Relates to apparatus for forcing water comprising a vessel fitted with a heavy plunger, which is raised by rack-andpinion gear and falls by its own weight as water is drawn off, and consists in the following improvements: (1) providing means for supporting the cylinder in the well, (2) raising the weight by improved rack-and-pinion gear, and (3) augmenting the main weight by a supplemental weight. A cylinder 1 is held vertically in a well or cistern by means of adjustable struts 8, 9 connected to bands encircling the cylinder. The water is sucked into the cylinder through a pipe 4, and is forced up the pipe 12 by a weighted plunger arranged on the rod 19. This rod is raised by means of rack-and-pinion gear, the pinion which engages the rack being mounted on a pivoted lever 32, so that it may be taken out of engagement with the rack or held in engagement by the catch 38. The gearing is actuated by a handle 29 on the wheel 27. In order to augment the main weight on the plunger, a supplementary weight 33 is placed on the rod, as shown in Fig 2, and is engaged by pivoted levers 34, which may be arranged easily to disengage the weight and allow it to act on the rod. A drain valve is placed in the pipe 12 to prevent damage by freezing.
Patent GB-190523177-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Holding Sacks Bags and the like during the Process of Filling.
Inventor: KEIGHLEY EDWARD ERNEST
Filed: 1905-11-11
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 23,177. Keighley, E. E. Nov. 11. Sack-holders.-A device for holding sacks, bags, &c. open during filling consists of a bow or arc shaped frame A, Figs. 1 and 3, of channel or other suitable section, and a bow-shaped piece B, preferably of spring metal, placed at the back of or inside the frame A. Spikes C on the piece B pass through holes in the frame A, which has short rods D passing through holes in the piece B to keep the latter in position. The top of the sack is folded over, and the folded part pressed on to the spikes C, as shown in Fig. 3. To release the sack, the piece B is drawn back by pressing its ends and the spikes C withdrawn through the holes in the frame A. When. used with a weighing- machine, the device is provided with adjustable legs E, E<1>, a hinged bar H for securing it to the machine; and a cross-bar H<1> to rest on the platform F of the machine. An adjustable swivelling bar J with a hook or clip M is provided to hold the mouth of the sack open. To allow the inclination of the holder to be adjusted, the arms N, N' of the frame A are provided with toothed or notched disks 0, 0<1> which engage with and are bolted to similar disks P, P<1> at the upper ends of the legs E, E'. When used independently of a weighing-machine, the bar H<1> forms a lengthening bar for the bar H, the legs E, E<1> and the hinged bar H then forming a tripod. A detachable hood may be provided for use when sacks are being filled with wheat &c. The frame may be of hoop or other suitable shape so as to expand the whole mouth of the sack.
Patent GB-190525678-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sleeve-piece for Jointing Pipes.
Inventor: FORD RICHARD THOMAS
Filed: 1905-12-09
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 25,678. Ford, R. T., Pester, E., Walton, F. J., and Volckman, R. H. Dec. 9. Drain pipe j o i n t s. - Drain and lead pipes of large bore are jointed so as to provide a clear passage through them by means of a sleeve piece of the type described in Specification No. 21,415, A.D. 1902, fitted at its lower end with a flange d for connecting it to the lower main pipe.
Patent GB-190603592-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game and Apparatus for Playing the same.
Inventor: LILLO JUSTINIEN
Filed: 1906-02-13
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 3592. Lillo, J., and Fitz-Simon, H. B. Feb. 13. Games played with balls, levers, cups, and pockets. -A box A is fitted with two rows of hinged traps C, which can be raised against the action of springs I by levers D operated by the pressure of the players' fingers upon keys E. The space between the traps C is occupied by two longer traps G, similarly operated by the keys M, N and provided with cups J. A fixed cup H is also provided, and the top corners of the sides of the box are formed with holes fitted with pockets. The object of the game is to propel a ball F into one of the cups J, H, or into one of the pockets, the opposing players having command of the keys at opposite ends of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190608541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Buckets for Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 8541. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 9. Elastic-fluid turbines. - T w o or more turbine blades 9 situated in different rows round a wheel 2 are formed integrally with a base 10 by stamping out of sheet metal at one operation, and then bending the blades at right - angles to the base. Retaining-rings 12, made in sections and located in recesses 11 in the hub, secure the bases to the w h e e l. The outside ends 14 may be secured by dovetailing into a projecting edge of the wheel, or by other means. Covers 16 are attached to each ring of vanes by the tenons 17 on the blades being riveted over after passing through holes provided for them in the shrouds. The stationary rings of vanes 4 may be made in a similar manner.
Patent GB-190613022-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Preventing Reflux in Water Mains
Inventor: GARSIDE FRANKLIN
Filed: 1906-06-05
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 13,022. Garside, F., and Ellington, N. B. June 5. Actuating lift valves; ball and float valves; check valves; spindles.-To prevent reflux from branch service pipes to watersupply mains, a loaded check valve, such as C, Fig. 1, is used, in addition to the ordinary check valve B, so that an "hy- "draulic" lock is formed with the loaded valve at the supply end. The valve C is adjusted to open at a given excess pressure by means of the screw socket c. A relief valve D connected with the lock is adjusted to discharge when the pressure in the lock rises to a certain maximum which is lower than that in the main. The relief valve may be (1) piston-controlled, Fig. 1, (2) diaphragm-controlled, Fig. 4, or (3) float-controlled, Fig. 5, a rise of pressure in the lock or a fall in the main causing mercury to flow from the upper to the lower chamber, thus allowing the float to sink and open the relief valve g. Figs. 2 and 3 show other methods of loading the check valve, Fig. 1, by means of levers.
Patent GB-190619712-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for the Treatment of Ores.
Inventor: SNYDER FREDERICK TITCOMB
Filed: 1906-09-04
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 19,712. Snyder, F. T. Sept. 4. Electric furnaces.-Ores capable of slagging and containing a volatile metal, such as zinc, and a non- volatile metal, such as lead, are treated in an incandescence furnace so that the volatile metal passes off to a condensing chamber before reaching the slag, and the non-volatile metal sinks through the slag. The heating is effected by passage of current through the slag. The furnace is divided horizontally by a partition e having an opening e<1> provided with a transverse covering-piece h. The lower portion has a transverse vertical partition n separating the smelting-furnace a from the condensing-chamber k. The smelting-surface is divided by a bridge b, provided with a water cooling- chamber b<1>, so as to form two metal wells a', a', which are open to the outside of the furnace by passages through the furnace walls to facilitate the insertion of the electrodes into the diagonally opposite wells and allow the removal of the metal from the other pair of wells. The metal in the wells is connected by a layer of slag lying over the bridge b and a layer of carbon is maintained on the slag. The vapour of the volatile metal passes, with other gases, over the partition n to the condensing chamber k from which the uncondensible gases pass by flues k<1> to the preliminary heating chamber f. Burners t are provided for heating the various parts to the required temperatures before starting the process.
Patent GB-190623777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: PRADEAU CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-25
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 23,777. Pradeau, C. W. Oct. 25. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Tyres, pneumatic &c.-A non - skid band comprises a flexible band c, preferably of leather, with two rows of metal plates d secured on the tyre by adjustable floating rings a passing through Y-shaped links e, which are fastened beneath the band by rivets through the plates d.
Patent GB-190624445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuses for Electrical Circuits.
Inventor: KINTNER SAMUEL MONTGOMERY
Filed: 1906-11-01
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 24,445. Kintner, S. M., and Rosenblatt, G. B. Nov, 4, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cut-outs.-A fusible cut-out is enclosed in a sealed tube which is immersed in oil. When the fuse blows, the tube is broken and the oil flows in to extinguish the arc. The fuse wire 4, Fig. 1, is suspended axially between conducting- caps 2, 3 in a glass or other fragile tube 1, which may be weakened in one place, as seen in crosssection at 15, Fig. 3. A mica plate 5 may also serve to support the wire. The tube is placed in a vessel 10 containing oil, and held between spring contacts 8, 9 by flat terminal extensions 6, 7, which have flared upper edges. Rupture of the wire breaks the tube, and the oil extinguishes the arc. The tube may be exhausted of air, or filled with an inert gas or an explosive mixture. The vessel 10 may have a moisture-proof cover so that the whole may be submerged.
Patent GB-190700564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Couplings for Shafts, applicable also for other purposes.
Inventor: BRIDGE ROBERT
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 564. Bridge, R. Jan. 9. Moulding-presses.-Relates to flexible couplings, wheels, &c. having two main parts connected by springs, and is stated to be applicable to brick machinery. As applied to a flexible coupling, flanges or disks a, attached to the shafts, have lugs d formed on them. Spiral springs f are placed between and outside each pair of lugs and a bolt g adjustable by lock-nuts. h is passed through the three springs of each set. According to the Provisional Specification, one spring only may be used, located between each pair of lugs ; flat or laminated springs may be used instead of helical ; U -shaped springs may be attached at the centre and ends ; and rubber may be used in place of springs. Rubber bushes may be used in the holes through which the bolts pass.
Patent GB-190702677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Alternating Current Commutator Electric Motors for Increasing the Starting Torque thereof.
Filed: 1907-02-02
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 2677. Felten & Guilleaume Lahmeyerwerke Akt.-Ges. Feb 3, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motors, controlling.- The starting torque of an alternating-current commutator motor is improved by making the inductive resistance in the direction of the working axis equal to the inductive resistance in the direction of the axis of excitation by including a choking-coil in the working circuit, by suitably shaping the stator slots, by the use of an auxiliary stator winding, or by introducing a condenser in the circuit of the exciting brushes. The invention is particularly applicable to simple and compensated series motors, as well as to repulsion motors. To produce an equality between the inductances referred to, a choking-coil D, Fig. 1, or an adjustable resistance, may be arranged in parallel with the working winding a on the stator, or, as in Fig. 2, a condenser C may be arranged in the circuit of the exciter brushes, with or without a choking-coil or adjustable resistances D in series with the working winding. The condenser C may be arranged to produce, the equality in parallel with the working brushes, Fig. 3, or in parallel with the winding a.
Patent GB-190708560-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electro-plating Solution
Inventor: MARSHALL RICHARD HERBERT
Filed: 1907-04-12
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 8560. Marshall, R. H. April 12. Alloys, obtaining.-Articles are plated with a nickel-silver alloy in a bath of nickel and silver salts, preferably double cyanide of nickel and potassium and double cyanide of silver and potassium or silver chloride ; silver anodes are used to keep up the strength of silver in the bath, and nickel-potassium cyanide is added from time to time. The bath may consist originally of the nickel-potassium cyanide only. Carbon bisulphide may be added to the bath, if desired. Alloys of silver with cobalt may be obtained similarly.
Patent GB-190711002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shuttle Boxes of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: SOWDEN ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-05-11
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 11,002. Sowden, A. May 11. Loom shuttle boxes.-To facilitate the removal, adjustment, &c. of drop-boxes, the outer end f r a m e 1 of the drop-box is carried by a shaft 3, which is supported by brackets 5 cast to or forming part of the laysword 4 and which is secured thereto by a set-screw 4A. Brackets 10, cast to or forming part of the end frame 1, are secured to the shaft 3 by setscrews 4<B>, and the frame 1 and the inner end frame 1<A> have slots 6 to receive the outer edges or flanges 7 of the rising and falling cells 9. By using a longer or shorter shaft 3, boxes of different lengths may be employed.
Patent GB-190717591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Resilient Wheels for Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: VERITY CLAUDE HAMILTON AUGUSTU
Filed: 1907-08-01
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 17,591. Verity, C. H. A. Aug. 1. Spring wheels.-Wheels of the kind in which rotatable pneumatic cushions mounted on axles carried by rim plates engage pockets formed in the hub are characterized by the construction of the cushions and their arrangement so that the inflation valves are accessible through the central aperture of one of the side plates. The rim plates 1, 2, Fig. 1, are spaced apart by a channel rim 3 which supports the tyre, and are connected by shouldered axles 5, which also act as stays, supporting rotatable wheels 6. Each wheel is held in place by the shoulder and a collar 7, and carries a pneumatic tube 8 clamped by plates 9. The air passage 12 communicates with the valve 11 at the side which can be reached through the aperture in the plate 1, closed by a cover 20 fitted with spring catches. Fig. 4 shows a form of cushion in which the tube is seated on a rotatable box 6 formed with slots for the passage of the valve and bolts.' The hub 14 is a wooden disk, fitted with pockets lined with concave aluminium rings 18, and with. radial plates 19 which take the wear of the rim plates and hold the rings 18 in position. The hub may consist of two metal plates spaced by rings forming the pockets. According to the Provisional Specification, the metal band 15 surrounding the hub may be fitted with a continuous rubber buffer.
Patent GB-190718828-A (GB)
Title: Marine Boiler with Vertical Annular Tubes
Inventor: ROGGERO ENRICO
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 18,828. Roggero, E. Oct. 10, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sectional and watertube boilers.-The furnace 3 extends the length of the boiler and on each side of it there are two rows of annular tubes 6 connected at their upper and lower ends into sectional headers 5, 4. The fire-grate rests on a projecting rib of the lower headers, and the top of the furnace is closed in by a steam and water drum 1. The furnace gases pass outwards between the outer annular tubes 6 and then rise to the chambers 20, travelling thence through the inner tubes 7 to the smokeboxes 17 and the exit. Adjacent headers are connected by screwed collars, as at 9, Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190721545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Filing Sheets of Paper and the like.
Inventor: HESS JOHN
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 21,545. Hess, J. Sept. 28. Filing papers &c. -Acover d sliding on filing posts b is clamped in any position by bars i, which are forced against the posts b by means of a conically-h e a d e d screw k and are fitted with guiding-pins j and slide between ribs g, h on the cover d. A spring m keeps the bars i in contact with the cone k.