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Patent GB-190510793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Signalling Apparatus, particularly Adapted for Signalling in Mines
Inventor: WOODWORTH LEON BYRON
Filed: 1905-05-23
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 10,793. Woodworth, L. B. May 23. Signals, mining; signals, electric-bell; indicating ringing of bells to operators.-In an electric-bell signalling-system adapted for use in mines, in which a number of stations are in series with the engine-house, a signal from a station is given by breaking the line circuit, which is normally closed, and thus ringing the bell at the engine-house and at the station making the call. The system is shown in Fig. 1 with a number of stations D in series with the engine-house A. At the enginehouse and at each station is a pull a for breaking the line, a relay b with a local battery and bell, the circuit of which is normally broken in two places, and a plug connexion a to earth, which connexion is made when a break-down occurs in the line behind the station. Normally, the highresistance coils of the relay b hold the armature making the line circuit. When the line is broken at a pull a, the armature at every station is drawn back and makes one of the two breaks in the local circuit. At the calling-station and engine-house, the other break is made so that these two bells alone ring. The pull is illustrated in Fig. 3 in which all contacts are made in duplicate to prevent breakdowns. The main line e is normally connected across by the springs j, which can be pushed away from the contact-plate j' by a cam operated by the lever l to which is attached the pull. To prevent any unauthorized person from operating the signal, the plates j', j<2> are shortcircuited by the springs n and wire m. The contact of the springs can be broken by the insertion of a key, Fig. 6, which at the same time connects the plates q and thus bridges the second break of the local bell circuit. An additional emergency key r' is provided in a glass case which can break the circuit at r.
Patent GB-190515263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Magazine Rifles.
Inventor: HAGEN GUSTAV
Filed: 1905-07-25
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 15,263. Bossert, A. P. July 25. Roofing and facing tiles. - The nail-holes h, h<1> by which the tiles tare secured, as to purlins or roof principals, are encircled by metal wires or rods w, embedded in the concrete, so that the tiles depend from these wires as hangers. The flanges f fit into the notches n of the tiles in the next courses, and adjacent flanges are covered by metal or like capping-pieces c.
Patent GB-190518029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus and Appliances for Measuring and Delivering Coal, Grain or the like Material.
Filed: 1905-09-06
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 18,029. Allen & Co., E., and James, C. W. Sept. 6. Measured quantit i e s, delivering.- G r a i n, coal, aud like materials are delivered in measured quantities by means of a fixed measuring- chamber with interacting shutters for inlet and outlet hoppers, and all the moving parts are enclosed in a casing to retain dust. The lower edges of the inlet hopper b are formed to the same radius as the cylindrical shutter c, which is pivoted by end-pieces upon trunnions e, and counterweighted. At the lower end of the measuring-chamber, the outlet hopper f has a similar shutter. The shutters are compelled to move together by chain-wheels on their spindles carrying an endless chain, whenever a hand chain on the wheel j is operated to rotate one of the spindles through suitable gearing. The shutters overlap the apertures to such an extent and are relatively so placed upon their spindles that although both apertures may be closed as shown they cannot be open simultaneously. A counter l is provided, and also an adjustable flap a<1> for altering the capacity of the chamber.
Patent GB-190519743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toys.
Inventor: DOUGLAS WILLIAM PERCY
Filed: 1905-09-29
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 19,743. Douglas, W. P. Sept. 29. Toys for delivering sweetmeats and the like.-A hemispherical bucket n, Fig. 1, is drawn up a toy well, coal-mine, &c. b by a windlass j. At the beginning of the ascent, a weight p opens a spring door e and allows sweets, beads, &c. to enter the bucket n from an annular magazine c. In another form, representing a ship &c., shown in Fig. 3, the sweets &c. are contained in a receptacle t fitted with a spring bottom u, which is depressed by buckets x attached to a conveyer chain k. The sweets &c. run into the lower bucket x by gravity, and are carried up with it, being discharged down a shoot 2 into a wheelbarrow 5. The port 3 of the shoot 2 is fitted with a spring hinge, to allow the buckets x to pass.
Patent GB-190520447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Locking Devices.
Inventor: HAMILTON BELTON TATTNALL
Filed: 1905-10-10
Granted: 1906-10-10
Abstract: 20,447. Hamilton, B. T., and Stroud, L. Oct. 10. Brakes.-Relates to improvements in the control &c. levers described in Specification No. 2111, A.D. 1905, in which, instead of balls or rollers carried in crescent &c. shaped channels, pivoted pawls or blocks serve the same purpose in an annular channel, the construction and action of the devices being otherwise the same. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the pawls A are pivotally carried by the boss of the controlled member B, and are pressed apart by the spring E normally to lock the device. The means of pivoting may be of a knife-edge type as indicated in broken lines. In a modification, the boss of the controlled member may be the external and enclosing element of the device. In Fig. 5, an application to a longitudinally-sliding pair is shown, the pawls A being pivoted in the controlled member G. As shown in Fig. 7, the pawls A<5> may comprise spring members secured at the central thinner part A<6> to the preferably square end of the member B, thus dispensing with the helical springs E. The surfaces between the members A and the stationary part C may be grooved or screw-threaded to increase the gripping effect, and also to keep the parts in alinement without retaining-collars &c.
Patent GB-190521311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Dyeing or Treating with Liquids, Raw Cotton, Loose Wool or Silk and like Loose Fibre or Material.
Inventor: MILAN FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-10-20
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 21,311. Milan, F. Oct. 20. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Dyeing bleaching; washing.-In rotary cage or cylinder machines for dyeing or treating with liquids wool, cotton, and other loose fibre or material, means are provided for opening the fibre and preventing it from rolling into compact masses. These means consist of V-shaped perforated ribs or prominences c, d, e, extending wholly or partly across the width of each chamber a<2>, and arranged with their open bases across longitudinal openings b, Figs. 1 and 2. These ribs divide or break up the fibre as the cage rotates so that the liquor in the vat f. which pisses freely through the perforations in the outer shell, in the walls a, in the ends a, and in the ribs c, d, e, can penetrate and affect equally the whole of the fibre. There may also be provided brackets, Fig. 2, adapted to collect a quantity of liquor from the vat f and carry it upward until the rotation of the cage a causes it to flow down upon the fibre in the respective chambers a<2>. The material is introduced into and removed from the several chambers a<2> through openings in the outer shell controlled by hinged doors a<3>. The inner shell of the cage is preferably made in sections, but may be made or cast in one piece. The compartment comprising the sides or one side and the outer and inner shell may be made in sections, the ends of the chambers consisting of perforated plates a'. The cage is enclosed as usual, the upper portion of the casing not being shown..
Patent GB-190522522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Removing and Putting On the Tops of Capsules adapted to Contain Medicinal Doses
Inventor: WINCHESTER BENJAMIN THOMAS
Filed: 1905-11-03
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 22,522. Winchester, B. T. Nov. 3. Tubular containers, filling; stoppering.-Relates to a machine for removing the tops of capsules of the kind used for containing medicinal doses, and for replacing them after the lower parts have been filled, and provides means for treating a large number of capsules simultaneously. In operation, the top of the machine having been thrown back about a hinge, the capsules are arranged with their lower ends 5 placed in the holes in a pair of plates 2, 3, in which they are clamped by an intermediate pinch-plate 6 operated by an eccentric 7 and a hand-lever. The machine is then closed, and the tops 20 of the capsules are lifted by a plate 9 operated by a cam 10 and lever 11, and enter holes in plates 16, 17, in which they are clamped by a plate 21. The top of the machine is again thrown back, carrying the capsule tops with it, the capsules are filled, and the machine again closed. The lower ends of the capsules are released from the plates 2, 3 and raised by plungers 25 operated by a cam 26 and lever 27 into their respective tops. The tops are then released, and the capsules forced on upwards until in a position to be removed from the machine by again throwing back the top, when the machine is ready to be recharged with empty capsules.
Patent GB-190600188-A (GB)
Title: An Interconvertible Boat and Ships' Ventilating Cowl.
Inventor: JOHNSEN LUDVIG JOHAN
Filed: 1906-01-02
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 188. Johnsen, L. J. Jan. 2. Ventilating-shaft tops.- Relates to an interconvertible ship's ventilating- cowl and boat. In order to adapt the cowl, when detached, for use as a boat, it is fitted with a hinged end plug c, forming the bow, a keel d, a rudder e, a hinged mast g, and a canopy f which covers the mouth b of the cowl when it is used as a boat. When the cowl is in ordinary use, the mast and end plug are housed, as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190603890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Filed: 1906-02-16
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 3890. Lake, W. R., [Parker Clark Electric Co.]. Feb. 16. Incandescent lamps.-A tube 10 of refractory transparent material such as quartz has an interior coating 11 of refractory conductive material such as iridium or carbon, which forms the incandescing body. The tube is preferably packed, except near the ends, with powdered quartz, thorium oxide, or other non-conducting refractory material 12. Connexion between the leading-in wires 14 and the coating 11 is made by powdered graphite or the like 13, which is held in place by diaphragms if the packing 12 is omitted. The ends of the tube are sealed. A number of such tubes may be connected in parallel or in series, and may be enclosed in an exhausted globe to diminish loss of heat.
Patent GB-190604190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Switches for Electric Bells and Buzzers
Inventor: THOROGOOD BENJAMIN HERBERT
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 4190. Thorogood, B. H. Feb. 20. Contact-makers for electric bells and buzzers. A spring is moved to make contact with a terminal by the teeth of a rotating pin-wheel or the like. The wheel d on a spindle e is supported by a base a and is rotated by a handle g on a circular plate f. The contact plate j and spring i are screwed to the base. When the wheel is rotated, pins h on the wheel d move the spring i to complete the circuit, thus producing an intermittent ringing of the bells. A starwheel may be used instead of the pin-wheel d.
Patent GB-190611971-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Starting Device for Motors and like Machines.
Inventor: GRAF JACQUES
Filed: 1906-05-22
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 11,971. Graf, J. May 22. Gas and like engines, starting. A spring motor is used as a starting-device, its spring when run down being automatically wound up and kept in that state until released by external means. Means are provided to disengage the spring from the driven portion as soon as the former has nearly exhausted its energy. The spring is coiled between the bolt 4 in the barrel 2 and the sbaft 5. The barrel is fixed to the shaft 3 and the chain-wheel 1. The chain-wheels 1,19 are connected to the motor to be started. The chain passes over the wheel 19, which is fixed to the shaft 46, over which slides one half of a clutch 18, the other half of which fits the shaft loosely. The regulator, consisting of balls 20, bell-cranks 53, spring 33, rods 50, and clutch member 21, is mounted on a sleeve 49 which can slide over the shaft 46. The other half of the clutch 21 is connected to gear-wheels 22, 27, 26, 25, the last of which is keyed to the shaft 5. To start the motor, the rod 12 is drawn out ; this, through the pieces 37, 15, spring 32, and piece 17, causes the halves of the clutch 18 to engage, and also withdraws a stop from a notch in the band brake 8 on the barrel 2. The shaft 16 is also shifted so that a stop 14, Fig. 5, engages a recess 30 in it and holds it in its new position. The barrel 2 then rotates the regulator through the chains and clutch 18, and as the speed increases the balls fly out and, through the bellcranks 53 and rods 50, cause the halves of the clutch 21 to engage. When once the machine has started, the rod 12 is released and thus through the wheels 22, 27, 26, 25 the shaft 5 is rotated and the spring rewound, until the barrel begins to rotate, when projections 28 strike rollers 29 on a wheel 13 and rotate it. This rotation causes the rod 14 to be lifted, and the shaft 16 returns to its original position and in doing so replaces the stop in a notch of the brake hard 8, thus holding the spring barrel in a "wound-up" state until it is released again by pulling the rod 12.
Patent GB-190614138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Concrete and the like Mixers.
Inventor: SNELL RANSOM ZEALIS
Filed: 1906-06-20
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 14,138. Snell, R. Z. June 20. Moving-container apparatus ; framing.-A concrete mixer consists of a tank rotating on one axis and capable of being turned at the same time. about a second. The tank 5 is supported on a cross-bar 6 hung loosely at one end on the shaft 18 and secured at the other to spindle 21 which can be rotated by a worm and wheel. In the middle of the bar 6 are a socket 8 and a raised face 9 formed with a ball race on which bears a plate 10 on the bottom of the tank 5. A spindle 12 extends from the socket 8 through a sleeve 13 in the tank 5 and bears an arm 26 carrying a scraper 25. Round the base of the tank 5 is a flange 14: against which bear two rollers 16 attached to the bar 6. On the flange 14 is a rack 15 engaging with a wheel 17 on the shaft 18. The frame 1 which supports the shafts 18, 21 is supported on wheels 3 adjustable on their axles 2 to fit the trench to be concreted. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 19,289, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190615547-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ear Drum.
Inventor: WAY GEORGE PERRIN
Filed: 1906-07-09
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 15,547. Way, G. P. July 9. Ear instruments and appliances.-An artificial ear drum consists of a hollow cylindrical stem D', with one end closed by a flat plate d', and joined at the other end to an ogee piece d, which is connected to a truncated conical piece D<1>, of larger section than the part D<2>, and open at its free end. The part d<1> presses against the ossicles of the ear, thus supporting the stapes and transmitting the sound, and the ogee d fits in the rupture in the tympanum, its tapering character adapting it to various sizes of ruptures.
Patent GB-190622804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Stop Motions for Looms.
Inventor: TURNER ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1906-10-15
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 22,804. Turner, A. Oct. 15. Loom stop-motions ; float detectors.-Warp stopmotion mechanism, particularly applicable for smallware looms, comprises a pivoted arm 1, which enters the shed each time it is formed and is withdrawn before the shed is changed unless it is arrested within the shed by an entanglement due to the breakage of one or more of the warps 2<a>, whereupon it operates through any suitable intermediate mechanism to stop the loom. The arm 1 may he mounted loosely upon a vertical spindle 3, which is rocked by a cord 12 passing round a pulley 11 on the spindle and connected at one end to an oscillating lever, which may actuate the weft-spool carrier, and at the other end by a spring 13. The arm is moved by the spindle by frictional means, or by projections and recesses on the underside of an enlarged part 6 of the arm engaging corresponding recesses and projections on a collar on the spindle under the influence of a weak spring, so that normally the arm moves backwards and forwards through a half circle. If the arm is stopped within the shed, the part 6 stops between lower and upper pivoted jaws 19, and the lower jaw is raised by an eccentric and moves the part 6 against the upper jaw, which is thereby raised and acts through a rod to remove a catch from a clutch-lever to stop the loom.
Patent GB-190627076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Electric Converters.
Inventor: KELLER FREDERICK HERMAN VON
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 27,076. Keller, F. H. von. Dec. 5, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act; 1901]. Converting alternating and direct currents.-In a vapour converter for currents at high pressures, short-circuiting is prevented by placing the anodes in insulating- tubes, projecting within the main bulb, and arranged so that the vapour path between the negative and either positive electrode changes in direction several times. The anodes 2, 3 may be either inside or outside the body 1 of the container, and the tubes 14 enclosing them are bent at right-angles or nearly so, their open lower ends pointing upwards, downwards, or in opposite directions horizontally. A subsidiary anode 11 may be enclosed in a chamber 12 having a small opening 13 at one side. The converter has either a starting-electrode 6, usually of mercury, or a starting- band round the cathode pocket. The subsidiary anode 11 may be connected to the cathode through a direct-current source ; or, two such anodes may be provided and be supplied with alternating current, to ensure stability of working.
Patent GB-190700335-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Game and Apparatus for Playing the same.
Inventor: BONSELS REINHOLD
Filed: 1907-01-05
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 335. Bonsels, R. Jan. 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. War games; games played with boards, model boats, projectors, and noiseproducing appliances. -Relates to a game representing naval warfare in which pieces representing ships are moved about on a board provided with live and dummy mines 'adapted to put them out of action. The mines e, f are of the form shown in Fig. 2, arranged in countersunk rows across the board, and are operated by depressing the pins g of levers a. The dummy mines are shortened as shown at e so as to be unaffected by the levers a. The ends of the levers a carry crossarms so that each lever may operate several mines. The playing-board box is also provided with two bars c pivoted at one end to the bottom of the box, their other ends being provided with gut strings &c. by which the bars may be raised against the action of a rubber band b, which returns them with a noise representing a shot or explosion.
Patent GB-190703842-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combined Sledge and Hatchet
Inventor: LEWIS OWEN
Filed: 1907-02-15
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 3842. Lewis, O. Feb. 15. Combination tools.-A combined sledge-hammer and hatchet of the kind described in Specification No. 1939, A.D. 1898, has a detachable blade b, provided with a recess b<1>, which is engaged by a. reduced extension a' of the head a. A wedge c passing through mortises d, d' secures the blade to the head.
Patent GB-190713564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Tyres for Velocipedes and other Vehicles
Inventor: BRYAN ALBERT
Filed: 1907-06-12
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 13,564. Bryan, A. June 12. Tyres, pneumatic.-Protective covers or gaiters to be fitted between the air-tube b and outer cover e comprise an outer leather layer d and a canvas or like backing a, with or without an inner rubber lining a<3> adapted to form a selfsealing medium in case of puncture. The edges a<1>, a<2> of the baud overlap on the inner periphery of the air-tube, and are detachably connected by spring buttons c, c'.
Patent GB-190715561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razor Wipers.
Inventor: ROELS BERNARD
Filed: 1907-07-06
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 15,561. Roels, B. July 6. Shaving appliances.-In a razor-wiper, a perforated sheet 13 of paper drawn from a roll 7 is pressed into the shape of the rubber dish 3 by a pivoted piece 10. The ring 12 is lowered to grip the edges of the paper. When the piece 10 is raised, the razor can be wiped on the replaceable sheet of paper.
Patent GB-190718671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Propulsion of Ships.
Inventor: WILLIAMS THOMAS
Filed: 1907-08-19
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 18,671. Williams, T. Aug. 19. Propelling by reciprocating plates.-Floats A mounted on a beam B are used for propulsion, and are operated by cranks C, the shafts of which are mounted in bearings D. The inner ends of the middle cranks are provided with a crank F, whereby the apparatus may be normally operated. The apparatus may be fitted either at the sides or stern of the vessel. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 1096, A.D. 1867, and No. 2553, A.D. 1880.]
Patent GB-190719029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tug Loops for Harness.
Inventor: PLOWMAN WILLIAM WARREN
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 19,029. Plowman, W. W. Aug. 23. Fastenings, clip. A loop for holding the ends of long tugs against the short tugs of harness is formed from a single strand of wire bent to the shape shown in Figs. 2 and 4. On a pivot 16 between the parallel ends 13 of the loop is carried a cam finger lever 17 provided with a notch 18 which engages with a U-shaped bail 14 pivoted to the middle portion 6 of the loop. The loop is clamped against the tugs by turning up the lever 17, in which position it is maintained owing to its point in connexion with the bail 14 being then higher than the pivot 16.
Patent GB-190719151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vibratory Apparatus for Therapeutic use.
Inventor: JOHANSEN JOHANNES CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1907-08-26
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 19,151. Johansen, J. C. Aug. 26. Massage. - Apparatus for vibratory massage consists of an eccentric weight 4 mounted on a shaft 2 rotatable in the casing 1. The shaft is continued to form a reel 3 on which the operating-cord 7 is wound. A spring 5 on the shaft is attached to the weight and to the pin 6 attached to the casing, and serves to rewind the cord when it is pulled out. The reel is covered by a casing 8, which serves as a handle and is provided with a conical projection 9 the aperture of which has rounded edges. The weight 4 may be mounted on the shaft 2 by means of a clutch so as to rotate in one direction only.