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Patent GB-190518799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mechanical Piano Players.
Inventor: LOGAN HUMPHREY THOMAS
Filed: 1905-09-18
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 18,799. Logan, H. T. Sept. 18. Automatic instruments. - The pneumatics E are arranged within the key-bottom of the piano and are connected with the wind-chest, which is disposed in the lower portion of the piano. Each pneumatic E, Fig. 1, is connected by a rod G to a lever G<1>, pivoted upon a bar H and bearing a striking-rod G<2>. The upper end of the rod G<2> passes between slotted guides in a bar J, a n d is provided with a spring and adjustable buttons G'. The lengths of the levers G<1> and their angles of inclination vary so that a standard set of pneumatics, occupying the whole length of the key-bed, can be used with piano actions of various widths. The pilot L is pivoted, or movable, to allow of access to the strikers G<2>. The balance-rail B of the keylevers is supported upon steel rods or bars A<2> in place of the usual wooden bars. The wind passages from the reservoirs and bellows to the operating-valves and the tune-sheet motor, with the controlling-valves, are grouped together as shown in Fig. 3 at one end of the instrument, to facilitate access by opening a panel in the side of the casing. A collecting-box O communicates with the exhaust passages in the valve box F, and with an intermediate chamber O<2>, connected to a valve-chest P through a valve 0'. The valvechest communicates either with the main exhaust reservoir through an opening P<2>, or with a compensated exhaust for soft playing through an opening P<4>, according to the position of a valve P<1>. The valve chamber R has an opening R<1> leading directly to the motor S, and an opening R<3> communicating with another compensated exhaust reservoir, both controlled by means of a valve R<4> for speed regulation ; a third opening R<5> communicating with the main exhaust is uncovered for rewinding by means of a valve R<6> coupled at T to the valve 0<4>. The motor S is preferably adjustable by means of bolts and slotted plates.
Patent GB-190524708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Guillotines for the Removal of Enlarged Tonsils or other Growths.
Inventor: ARNOLD JAMES ERNEST
Filed: 1905-11-29
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 24,708. Arnold, J. E. Nov. 29. Tonsilotomes.- Guillotines for the removal of enlarged tonsils &c. are made to be easily taken to pieces, and consist of a tube 1 with slots 5 and an extension 2 carrying an annular part 3 with a knife-edge at 4. Within the tube 1 slides a rod 10 with finger - pieces 11 working in the slots 5, which is retained in place by a detachable ferrule 8 connected to the tube 1 by a bayonet-joint 7 and provided with a pivoted thumbpiece 9. A hole in the rod 10 fits on a pin 15 carried by an extension 14 of tLe annular blade 13, which is guided by a slot working upon a projection 2<x> upon the piece 2, and which is held by a plate 16 screwed to the projection 2<x> and formed with a tongue to fit over the top thereof. To keep the blades in pressure-contact, the blade extension 14, or both extensions, may be made curved.
Patent GB-190526033-A (GB)
Title: Improved Sighting Apparatus for Fire-arms.
Inventor: KLINGLER MATTHAEUS
Filed: 1905-12-14
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 26,033. Klingler, M. Dec. 14. Sights.-The leaf of a lift-up backsight consists of a curved plate b, which is raised or lowered by means of the slide c moving rectilinearly along the sight-bed and held in position by one or other cf the spring plungers e, f engaging one of the notches a' formed in the edge of the sight-bed. The range-graduations, which are approximately uniform, are marked upon the leaf b, and two readings are determined by each of the notches a<1> owing to the provision of the two plungers e, f engaging alternately as the slide c is moved.
Patent GB-190526339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and pertaining to Butcher's-blocks and other suchlike Appliances
Inventor: MARTIN LOUIS ROBERT
Filed: 1905-12-18
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 26,339. Martin, L. R. Dec. 18. Slabs are made of rows of small blocks a, which are held together and in a frame d, d' by means of dovetailed keys c having dovetailed ends. The meeting faces may be coated with glue, and the metal &c. keys and the keyways may be tapered. According to the Provisional Specification, the frame may be made of or bound in metal.
Patent GB-190601179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Recoil Brakes for Guns.
Inventor: MOTZ HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 1179. Motz, H. Feb. 1, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Field carriages.-A piston e with two sets of perforations f, g is rotated during the recoil and run-out movements of the gun by feathers which engage in helical grooves in a recoiling rod d. The piston has a small axial movement relatively to the perforated bead c of the hollow piston-rod, so that during the recoil the passages f, and during the return stroke the passages g, are gradually throttled.
Patent GB-190602171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Driving Mechanism of Motor Cars and the like.
Filed: 1906-01-29
Granted: 1907-01-29
Abstract: 2171. Enfield Cycle Co., and Guillon, W. Jan. 29. Differential gearing.- Comprises an arrangement of differential driving-gear, shown in sectional plan in Fig. 1. The box A or driving member receives its motion either directly from one of the extremities a<1> or by means of a pinion keyed to the box. The driven members B, C of the differential gear transmits motion to the axles K, K<1> by separate trains of mechanism. The member B is keyed to the shaft F, which drives the axle K<1> by the bevel-gearing E, J, and the member C is connected by a loosely-mounted sleeve d' to the pinion D, which engages the bevel-wheel H on the axle K.
Patent GB-190602604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Speed Regulation of Single-phase Commutator Electric Motors
Inventor: LAMME BENJAMIN GARVER
Filed: 1906-02-22
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 2604. Lamme, B. G. Feb. 6, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motors, controlling.-In order to vary the speed of single-phase commutator motors operated from polyphase mains without disturbing the phase relations of the currents in the armature and field windings, one of the circuits is connected in series with a variable reactance having the same powerfactor as itself. In Fig. 1, the tield winding 8 of the single phase motor 6 is shown connected at one end to approximately the middle point 9 of an auto-transformer 1, bridged across the mains 2, 3 of a three-phase circuit, the other end being connected to the third main 19 through a variable reactance 10. The armature 5 is connected across the autotransformer 1 by means such as an adjustable contact-arm 7. The point of connexion 9 of the field winding to the auto-transformer may be varied automatically by means of a solenoid arranged in series with the armature 5. In the two-phase system shown in Fig. 3, the armature 5 and transformer 1 are supplied with energy from one phase, and the field winding 8 and reactance 10 are supplied from the other phase. A two-winding transformer may replace the auto-transformer, the armature deriving its energy from the secondary winding. The field winding 8 would, in the case of Fig. 1, be connected to the middle point of the secondary winding.
Patent GB-190602796-A (GB)
Title: Device for Relieving the Thrust of Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: SULZER ALBERT
Filed: 1906-02-05
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 2796. Sulzer, A., Sulzer, E., Sulzer, J., and Sulzer, C., [trading as Sulzer, Geb.]. July 4, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Centrifugal pumps.-In adevice for relieving the thrust of centrifugal pumps, a disk i is mounted on the shaft by means of a sleeve m, having a part h which by the axial movement of the shaft more or less closes the space k between the disk and the annular surface on the pump cover. Water for balancing the thrust is led to the space k either by passing between the sleeve m and the cover f or by means of passages from the pump chamber or delivery such as p, r. The surfaces h, instead of being radial as shown, may be conical. The water passing from the chamber k is removed by the escape passage o.
Patent GB-190606373-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Preparing Drinking-water from Sea Water.
Inventor: LIEBL GEORGE
Filed: 1906-03-16
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 6373. Liebl, G. March 16. Steam separators.-The heating-elements, Figs. 3 and 6, used in apparatus for distilling sea-water by means of low - pressure exhaust steam are formed in two parts which can be taken apart easily for cleansing purposes, and are provided with-baffles, which aid both in the transmission of heat and in the separation of oil from the exhaust.
Patent GB-190607620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Warp Stop Motion for Looms for Weaving
Inventor: FOERSTER NORBERT
Filed: 1906-03-29
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 7620. Foerster, N., Carey, D. J., and Stewart, A. March 29. Loom stopmotions; lease-rods. -In a warp stopmotion, detectors D, Fig. 5, are pivoted on a rod H<1>, and their upper free ends are supported by the crossings C of pairs of adjacent warps A, B between the front lease-rod F and the shedding-mechanism. The detectors are prevented from moving forwards by a transverse rod K, and when a warp breaks a detector falls between the convolutions of a helical coil J and completes an electric circuit between the rod H<1> and the coil J. The rod H<1> is provided with a screw-thread or with detachable spacers to prevent the detectors from sliding along the rod. The rods H<1>, K, the coil J, and the first lease-rod F are carried by a pair of end plates 12, which are connected by tie-rods and are carried by an adjustable supporting.rod 16. When the electrical circuit is closed, an electro-magnet 27, Fig. 6, is energized, and its armature 28 is raised. The armature rod 29 raises one end of a lever 25, which is pivoted on a slide 21, and a block 23 on the other end of the lever is depressed into the path of a pivoted lever 24, which is rocked by a lever on the rock-shaft of the layswords. The slide 21 is moved forwards, and a pin 20 thereon disengages the shipper lever from its notch and stops the loom. On the shaft 35 of the lever 24 is loosely mounted an insulating- disk 34, which is provided with connected electric contacts 38. These contacts are normally touching spring terminals 39, and are in the circuit of the electro-magnet 27. A ratchet-wheel 36 with two blank spaces 37 is attached to the disk 34, and a pawl 40 on the lever 24 normally works in one of the blank spaces. When the slide 21 is moved forwards, a pawl 41 pivoted thereon advances the ratchet-wheel the space of one tooth, so that the electric circuit is broken. When the loom is started again, the pawl 40 advances the ratchet-wheel until it encounters a black space, the contacts 38 then touching the terminals 39. The stop-motion is thus inoperative until the loom has made several picks, and any slack in the warps has been taken up. In a modification of the detector arrangements, the detectors D, Fig. 1, are pivoted on a rod H at their upper ends, and are held back by a rod K, which may be swung down to permit the detectors to be inserted. The coil J is mounted on a bar L, which is secured to a pivoted rod M. This rod may be turned by a handle N to move forwards the bar L to support the detectors after the loom is stopped, and, when the loom has been re-started, the bar L may be moved back by means of a handle at the front of the loom or automatically by suitable means. It is stated that the detectors may be used in connexion with mechanical means for stopping the loom.
Patent GB-190609614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Change-speed Gears for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BRAMLEY-MOORE SWINFEN
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 9614. Moore, S. Bramley-. April 24. Variable-speed gearing.-Relates to change-speed and reversing gearing for motor-vehicles, of the type in which a spur-wheel slidable on a movable shaft may be caused to mesh with any one of a series of wheels secured to a fixed shaft, a stepped series of stops being provided to ensure proper meshing of the teeth. The movable shaft c is the driven shaft, and it is mounted in bearings a<2> carried by a frame a<3> adapted to slide upon vertical guides a<4>, so as to enable the wheel e sliding upon it to mesh with any of the wheels d<1>, d<2>, d<3>, d' upon the fixed driving-shaft b or with an intermediate pinion d for reversal. The wheel e is slid by a fork f pivoted so as to rock upon one of the bars of a frame g which slides in bearings a<5> in a casing a. On each side of the frame g is a stop h, and on each side of the frame a<3> is a series of steps j, j<1>, j<2>, j<3>, j<4>, j<5> which engage the stops h, when the frame a<3> is lowered, and retain the wheel e against movement in or perpendicular to its own plane. The frame a<3> is attached to a rod a<6> which is operated through a lever z, Fig. 5, and link y by a pedal-lever u. The frame g is traversed by a lever s moving over a quadrant t. The lever u is provided with a cam v which actuates a lever w so as to disconnect the main clutch x whenever the rod a<6> is to be raised to change the gear. In a modification, the shaft c is mounted in a frame which rocks about and also slides upon a single pivot-bar, both motions being imparted by one lever. According to the Provisional Specification, the parallel movement of the driven shaft is brought about by the relative motion of the upper and lower parts of the casing.
Patent GB-190610710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rakers for Salt Grainers.
Inventor: WILLCOX GEORGE BINGHAM
Filed: 1906-05-07
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 10,710. Willcox, G. B. May 8, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Evaporating brine.-Relates to reciprocating scrapers for salt-pans and consists in the employment of a trussed frame connected to the rakes and to the driving-mechanism. In Fig. 1, an horizontal driving-rod 1 works in a stuffing-box 2 in the end 3 of the pan, and is driven by, say, the hydraulic cylinder 5. Several such rods may be used, if desired. The rod 1 is connected to a bar 1<a>, which is attached to the trussed frame 4<a> of the scraper, and lies substantially in the horizontal plane of the scraping-blades 4<b> and the "backbone" parts 4<c>.
Patent GB-190618299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spiral Trouser Clips
Inventor: NAWELL FREDERICK DIXON
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 18,299. Nawell, F. D. Aug. 15. Trouser clips are formed of a single piece A of tape or the like, with a clip or hook B at one end, which is attached to a fold of the trousers at the bottom of the leg. The tape is then wound round and up the leg with one or two spiral turns, until it terminates in a garter under the knee, and i a fastened d with hooks &c. D.
Patent GB-190618341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Soldering the Side Seams of Metallic Cans.
Inventor: ELDRIDGE JOHN
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 18,341. Eldridge, J., and Kruse, P. Aug. 15. Making cans; soldering.-In a machine for soldering the side seams of metallic can n bodies, of the type which is mounted on the frame and behind the horn 3 of the can - body forming machine, the can bodies after leaving the horn are traversed over a fixed guide f, g, Fig. 5, by carriers h, slotted to maintain the guide in position and having extended arms 22, which are fixed to an endless chain 23 and thus made to travel in a slideway 9 in a casting 7. The guide is formed in two pieces secured together by brackets 29 with h side rails k, or as in Fig. 8, in which case a bar 32 is fixed to the guides by angle-irons 33 and has a carrier block h<X> at each end moved in guides 27 in the channel-casting 7 by chains passing round sprocket-wheels 28. The casting 7 is supported on the frame 4 so as to be vertically adjustable by a screw-operated slide 10 and slotted bars 16. The first part of the top member of the guide is formed of two narrow bars f<2> and the corresponding part of the lower member is cut away to receive a flux trough s, into which dips, between the bars f<2>, <2>, the grooved or slit end of a finger t. The can b dy after passing the trough comes between the first of a series of outside soldering-irons d and the inside iron, which is formed by the grooved upper end of the guide f. The outer irons dare hung on cross-pins 35 through a slot 34 in a trough a for heating the solder and irons, fixed to the frame 4 by the standards 5, burners for which are located in line with openings 20, Fig. 1. Solder is supplied from the melting-pot b, Fig. 9, to the passage 36 in the iron at rates varied by a valve 41, which is adjusted by a nut 46 and screw 45 in the feed-tube 38 with contracted end. The valve has a flattened side 42, and is also provided with a pin 44 for closing the outlet aperture 40. The feed-tube, which is removable, is protected from the heat by a sleeve 48. The can bodies, after soldering on each side, are acted on by a set of flexible wipers 50, acting both inside and outside the can body. These wipers are hinged, the former to the bar g and the latter to a bracket 54 secured to the frame 4 by a screw. A form of wiper for the inside of the can, more especially, consists of a pad 50 of flexible fabric fastened by a bolt and nut to a plate 58, formed with a clip 59 to slip over the hinged arm 61. A flat spring 62 fastened to the arm 61 extends over the plate and fits over the nut.
Patent GB-190707812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Generators.
Inventor: MORRIS DAVID JAMES
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 7812. Morris, D. J. April 3. Acetylene.-In a generator, the carbide holder c is divided into compartments and provided with a trough-shaped perforated lid h so connected to the holder that it is not lifted by expanding carbide. Water flows from a tank j, through an orifice p and a pipe k under the control of a cock l, to one end of the trough-shaped lid and enters the first compartment e. When the carbide in this compartment is exhausted, the swollen material closes the perforations above it and the water flows to the next compartment, and so on. In the orifice p is a wire of polygonal section preferably carried by a screwed plug r and rotated for cleaning the orifice.
Patent GB-190709292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Skates or Skate Tractors.
Inventor: DONLEVY JOHN PATRICK LEO
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 9292. Donlevy, J. P. L. April 22. Load, securing; vehicles with bodies removable.-Consists in using assemblages of motor skates or tractors of the kind described in Specification No. 22,803, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Toys &c.], and suitably adapting them for the support and traction of wheeled vehicles, men, goods, luggage, war material, &c. Fig. 1 shows an example of this kind of tractor. The motor accessories may be carried in a hollow ca e as in the modified form shown in Fig. 4, this serv ing as the skate platform. Fig. 5 shows a detachable platform m which is suitable for the employment of any convenient number of skates in line, projections n on the underside of the platform engaging holes d and thus forming steering-pivots. Fig. 6 shows a platform made flexible by the provision of joints O. Fig. 7 shows the transport of a gun carriage or vehicle which is supported on the crutch or lifting- jack shown. Fig. 8 shows a method of rendering the skate rigid with the platform m by inserting a removable block y between the platform c and skate body e. Fig. 9 shows the skate wheel provided with double tyres 2 and a groove 3 for the purpose of running on road, a track of T-section, or upon a wire rope track, while Fig. 10 shows an adaptation to a double rope track. In this case the platform 4 having network sides is suspended by means of pillars 5 and may also carry the motor accessories. The platform may be detached, and the skate-tractors taken off the rope, when the platform may be again affixed and transported by road. In Fig. 11 a single rope is used, a balancing beam 8 being provided. Fig. 12 shows a method of using a number of tractors for ordinary railway traction, the tractors being arranged in pairs and the outer tyres removed or flanged wheels substituted. The tractors are coupled together in pairs by stretchers 10 having skids 13 lashed to them. which carry the bearing transoms 14. Guns may be scotched upon these transoms and thus transported. A decking may also be formed for the transport of material and men, steering generally being accomplished by pivoted rods and levers.
Patent GB-190712092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Down Cocks or Valves.
Inventor: LLOYD ROBERT SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-05-24
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 12,092. Lloyd, R. S. May 24. Lift valves.-A screw-actuated lift valve is made with coarsely pitched threads cast on the spindle and valve, and comprises a casing j provided with a spout l having a rib n to prevent splashing. A spindle a, which has a collar b held in a stuffing- box e screwed into the casing, has a screwed part to engage with an internally-threaded part on the valve g, which is prevented from rotating by a cast lug h engaging with guides i and is supported by a rib o cast on the casing.
Patent GB-190717965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Twine, Cord and Rope.
Inventor: TOMBYLL THOMAS HANSEN
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 17,965. Tombyll, T. H. Aug. 7. Ropes; cords; twine.-Rope, cord, and twine are formed from unretted flax reduced to a fine fibrous state and treated in such a manner as to preserve the fibres unbroken. The pods are broken and the seed liberated by passing the raw flax between presser devices, preferably rollers such as those described in Specification No. 12,433, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Spinning], thus avoiding threshing. The stems are then decorticated and the bark is then reduced to a fine fibrous state, condensed into a sliver, drawn, doubled, and finally spun into strands.
Patent GB-190728098-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Cutting and Punching Slabs of Slate.
Inventor: HUEHNERGARTH KARL
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-12-21
Abstract: 28,098. H³hnergarth, K., and Weber, F. Dec. 20. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Punching slates &c.-In a slate cutting and punching machine, the slate rests on an adjustable table 5 and a fixed blade 4, and is cut by curved knives 3 on a cutter head 2. The table 5 runs on rollers along a guiding-ledge 7, and after a cut, is brought back to its initial position by a counterweight hanging over a pulley. Worm gearing 17,18 drives a cam 21, which actuates the punch 14 through a lever 22. The machine is driven by power through pulleys 25, 26, or by hand by means of an internally toothed band-wheel 27 and a pinion 28.