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Patent GB-190608528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starters and Regulators for Electro-motors.
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1907-04-09
Abstract: 8528. Johnson & Phillips, Tunley, P. J., and Burn, L. April 9. Hand driving-mechanism.-Relates to pawl-andratchet mechanism for actuating a rotary-arm switch so that too rapid starting-up is prevented. A combined spring and electro-magnetic detent for the ratchet-wheel is also described. Continuous rotary motion of a handle 3, which is pivoted to a stud 12, is converted into the reciprocating motion of a block 7 which slides in a slot 8 in the switch arm. This is effected by an eccentric-strap 5 on the handle boss which is connected to the block. The reciprocating motion is then converted back into rotary motion by means of pawls 9, 10 pivoted to the block, which engage the teeth of a ratchetwheel loosely mounted on the stud 12 and rotate it. When the ratchet-wheel is held, the arm is forced to rotate over the resistance terminals. To hold the wheel, the tip of a magnetic detent 14 is pressed at starting, by a spring 21, into a notch on a boss attached to the wheel. When the arm has been moved into starting position, a cam extension 22 on it holds the spring off for the whole of the sweep of the arm, and the detent holds the wheel by the magnet only. On current being cut off, the detent is released by the magnet, which may also be short-circuited in the usual way on overload. The use of the notched boss on the ratchet-wheel allows the arm to be returned completely to the 'off' position, which might be prevented if the detent engaged the teeth of the wheel.
Patent GB-190611121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Joint Rings and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: BAUD EDOUARD
Filed: 1906-05-12
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 11,121. Baud, E. May 12. Joint-making packing.-Rings for packing joints are made from flanged disks by stamping. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 show the various forms which can be made by this process.
Patent GB-190612163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerial Ropeways.
Inventor: CERETTI GIULIO
Filed: 1906-05-24
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 12,163. Ceretti, G., and Tanfani, V., [trading as Ceretti & Tanfani]. May 24. Rope railways rope grips.-Relates to portable standards or supports and rope grips and couplings for aerial ropeways. The standards are built up of light portable frames or elements consisting of square or rectangular lattice-work or steel tubes or a combination of both. The square lattice-work frames are constructed of angle-iron as shown in Fig. 1, four of such elements being assembled as shown in Fig. 3 to form the cubic elements from which the ropeway supports, Fig. 17, are constructed. The square frames may also be assembled to form elements of a parallelopiped form. When tubes are used, the supports are constructed as shown in Fig. 23, the joints and connexions being made as shown in Figs. 21, 22, and 32. In the case of the lattice-work supports, the lower elements are buried in the earth, while, in the case of the tubular structures, the tubes are secured by shoes 33, Fig. 26, or metal plates 38, Fig. 23, fixed in the ground. The supporting-tubes are attached at their upper end to a tubular cross-piece 39, Figs. 35 and 37, on which is mounted the cable pulley shaft 61 so as to be capable of a limited amount of rotation about its centre support 74. In the case of the lattice-work structure, the tube 39 is secured directly to the top elements. Cramps 59, Fig. 33, are used for the mounting of the standards. The hooked part is provided with a renewable indiarubber covering 60 to secure sufficient adhesion. The carriers are fixed to the cable by the grip shown in Fig. 43, formed of two parts 103, 99 between which the cable 107 is held by forcing in the tapered key 102. The cable is divided into a large number of pieces, which are secured together by the coupling shown in section in Fig. 40. This coupling consists of two conical hollow sleeves 84, 85 secured together by a ball-and-socket joint 88. The ends of the cables to be connected are introduced into the sleeves before the ball-andsocket and are secured by running in tin or lead solder. Fig. 41 shows a modified construction which gives a more flexible joint. The rod 94 may be made sufficiently long to permit the rope grip to fit on it.
Patent GB-190612359-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Shutes (Inclined or Spiral) for Recreation and Public Amusement.
Inventor: LEVI LEWIS
Filed: 1906-05-28
Granted: 1907-05-28
Abstract: 12,359. Levi, L. May 28. Toboganning.-Relates to an undulating or helical track on which persons slide seated on seats, or the like, and consists in fitting a series of rollers in the track, and in providing means for causing the seats to travel in a direct course. A suitably supported single or double track is used in which rollers C, Figs. 2 and 3, are mounted. The rollers are fitted with metal sockets D with conical holes which are loosely engaged by the conical ends of set-screws D<1>, secured adjustably in position against the sides of the track by means of nuts. In modifications, the rollers C are freely mounted on a spindle D', Fig. 6, or are fixed to the spindle which is then mounted in bearings in the sides of the track. At the curved parts of the track, conical rollers C are used, and in all cases the rollers C are preferably formed with a central rib c<1>, which engages guides G, G<1>, Fig. 7, formed on the seat E, and assists the seat in keeping a true course. The seat is formed with runners F, F<1>. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 16,991, A.D. 1890, and No. 18,530, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190619880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Reeds for Warping Machines.
Inventor: SCHORN FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1906-09-06
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 19,880. Schorn, F. Sept. 6. Yarns, warping.-To prevent the formation of notches in the reeds used in cone warping-machines, either the glass or other guide-rods or the reeds are given a continuous vertical reciprocating motion, or both are caused to move simultaneously in opposite directions as the reeds are moved across the machines. The guide-rod 1, Fig. 1, is mounted on a plate 4 fixed to a rod 6, which is reciprocated by a lever 14, one arm of which is acted on by a rod 12 actuated by eccentrics 9. The lever 14 may be operated by an eccentrically-seated shaft. In another form, a friction roller 18, Fig. 6, connected with the reed support 3 by a lever 17 and pressed by a spring against the machine side or a special bar, operates the rod 6 by means of a crank-pin 20 and connecting - means. In a further modification, a rope or chain 25, Fig. 8, fixed at its ends, passes around rollers 27 and a pulley 28 connected with a stirrup 33 by an eccentric pin 29, so that the rod 6 is actuated as the reed moves to and fro on the spindle 8. The rope 25 may pass round a pulley on a shaft, on one end of which is a crankpin connected with the rod 6. In another form, an undulated or zigzag bar 26, Fig. 13, acts on a lever 30, to operate the rod 6. The reed may be similarly reciprocated by any of the above devices.
Patent GB-190620788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cask Stands and Tilters
Inventor: CARTWRIGHT BERNARD
Filed: 1906-09-19
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 20,788. Cartwright, B., and Fisher, F. Sept. 19. Stands and tilters.-The cask b is supported on a cradle a hinged at c to the stand. To the crosspiece a<2> is hinged a vertical screw e which can be raised and lowered by means of a hand-operated nut h supported by a cross-piece d<3>. The crosspiece a<2> is vertical, to prevent the cask from slipping off. The other cross-pieces, a' are bent to form a support for the cask.
Patent GB-190624107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Locks
Inventor: JACOBSON ALFRED
Filed: 1906-10-29
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 24,107. Jacobson, A., and Svensson, E. A. Oct. 29.. Locks, key.-In a night latch, special means are provided for preventing the bolt from being forced back from outside by an instrument inserted between the edge of the door and the frame. To the bolt a is pivoted a tumbler b, on which an arm c on the handle spindle acts to withdraw the bolt. When the bolt is shot to lock the door, the tumbler b rests on the bottom of the casing and engages with a stump h on the casing to prevent the withdrawal of the bolt, except by the operation of the arm c by the knob or the key. Pivoted to the tumbler. b is a plate d the edge k of which is normally above the bottom edge of the tumbler b, being retained in that position by friction. As the arm c is rotated to withdraw the bolt, the end of the arm enters a notch b<3> in the tumbler band pushes the plate d down, relatively to the tumbler, until the edges k, b' are in line. Further rotation of the arm withdraws the bolt, which is retained in that position by a spring e which acts to keep the tumbler b in the raised position shown in Fig. 3. On returning the knob, however, the bolt is shot, the shoulder k of. the plate d rests on the stump h and, by reason of the friction between the tumbler b and the plate d, keeps the former out of the path of the stump h, as shown in Fig. 4, so that as the door is slammed, the bolt can be pushed back by the striking plate. As the bolt is pushed back, the cam-surface on the plate d engages with the stump h to return the plate to its normal position relatively to the tumbler b ; so that as the bolt re-shoots, the tumbler again comes into action as shown in Fig. 1. The plate can be returned to its normal position from that shown in Fig. 4 by turning the arm c in a counter-clockwise direction, but any unintentional motion of the arm c in this direction is prevented by the spring o, the free end of which bears against a projection p on the casing.
Patent GB-190625310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mechanism for Stenographic, Typewriting, Composing, Telegraphic and like Machines.
Inventor: CHAMBONNAUD LEON
Filed: 1906-11-09
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 25,310. Chambonnaud, L. Nov. 9. Typewriters a n d like machines linotype and like machines: type, setting -Relates to type or matrix bar mechanism applicable to typewriters, stenographic machines, printing-telegraphs, composing-machines, composing and casting machines, &c. One or more fixed type-bar baskets, frames, or cages are provided with groups of converging guide-grooves corresponding to several printing-points ; or, in the case of type-bars provided with two or more characters, the basket is movable as a whole or is in two parts, one fixed and the other movable, and there may be only one printing-point. A guide with grooves corresponding to those of the basket is fixed on the framework, or is movable with the basket. Figs. 1 and 7 show an arrangement of sixteen two-character type-bars 12 in four groups of six, two, two, and six, corresponding tu four printing-points. The baskets are made in two parts 1, 2, the upper parts 2 being movable against the action of springs 10 by shift keys 3. Each type-bar 12 is carried by parallel links 14, 15 pivoted, respectively, at 16, 17 in grooves in the parts 1, 2 ; these grooves may be continuous as shown in Fig. 5, or interrupted as shown in Fig. 4. The type-bars rest in a grooved guide 13, Figs. 1 and 7, which may be provided with prolongations 34, Fig. 8, extending towards the printing-points. Sound-deadening packing is provided on the guide 13 at 19, Fig. 1, and on the guides of the parts 2 at 20, 21. Fig. 12 shows an arrangement in which the basket 63 is shifted as a whole, by a rotation about a centre 64 within the type-bars 70, which are each pivoted at a single point 72 and rest on an auxiliary lever 75 connected with the key-lever 78. Fig. 13 shows an arrangement in which a link 90 effects the shift, and the striking movement is effected by advancing the movable part of the frame, the types 87, 88 being on the front of the type-bar 86. In the application to composing, or composing and casting machines, a magazine member is adapted in place of the type on the type-bar, for composing in a line channel in a cylinder or drum.
Patent GB-190625873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepayment Gas Meters.
Inventor: MORRISON ALEXANDER CHARLES
Filed: 1906-11-15
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 25,873. Morrison, A. C. Nov. 15. Gas-meters.- The working of the meter rotates a shaft d and valve closure f through gearing a, b, c, until the closure overtakes a valve seat i, which has been set forward by the rotation of a shaft h after prepayment. Coin action.- The coin 15 falls into a radial pocket 13 and between pins 17 on a loose ratchet-wheel 18, and is carried freely round by the rotation of a spindle 12 until it strikes a pin 9 projecting from the back of a segment 6, which carries a pawl engaging a ratchet 3 on a shaft m. This shaft is thereby rotated and actuates the measuring - out spindle h through gearing n, j until the coin pocket strikes a stop 21, when the coin falls out or is forced out by a spring. The pocket may then be turned back, returning also the segment 6 by means of the pin 10. To allow for changes in the price of gas, the pin 9 may be fixed in one of a series of holes 11 in the segment. Fraud, preventing.-A pawl 23 engages the ratchet 18, preventing back rotation of the handle 12 while the coin is in the pocket.
Patent GB-190627625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Sewing and Indenting or Stitch-separating for use in the Manufacture of Leather and like Articles.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-12-04
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 27,625. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Dec. 4. Boot-soLe sewing- machines; leather - sewing machines; mark ing-attachments ; feed.-In boot-sole sewing &c. machines, provision is made whereby a stitch-separating and indenting tool may be made inoperative without discontinuing the sewing operation. One construction is shown applied to a boot-sole sewing-machine. The tool is mounted on a lever 9 which is actuated by a cam-lever 11. The spindle 15 of the lever 11 is mounted in a slot 16, shown in dotted lines, so that it can be moved laterally, to withdraw the lever 11 out of engagement with a cam by means of a cam-slot in a lever 17 when that lever is actuated through gear 26, 28, 30, by the hand-lever 23 which is used to increase the length of the stitch as the sewing of the waist of the shoe commences. In order that this movement of the lever 11 shall be independent of the amount of the alteration of the feed, the hand-lever 23 is not positively connected to the feed-regulating lever, but is provided with a bevelled block 24, Fig. 2, which moves between corresponding stops on the feed-regulating lever. With this arrangement, the lever 23 is given a constant movement, and the amount of the alteration of the feed is regulated by the position of the block 24 and the amount of the consequent lost motion between it and the feed-lever. The lever 23 is connected to the rod 26 by a block, which is pivoted to it and is threaded on the rod 26 and secured between two collars 27.
Patent GB-190628580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Vertical Retorts for the Destructive Distillation of Coal
Inventor: WOODALL HAROLD WHITEMAN
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 28,580. Woodall, H. W., and Duckham, A. M. Dec. 14. Gas retorts. - Relates to vertical gas retorts wherein a discharging-device, such as a pusher c, described in Specification No. 21,447, A.D. 1905, is arranged in a hopper d provided with means, such as slides f, g, for discharging coke while preventing the escape of gas or the admission of air. The coke is saturated with gas and, to prevent the escape of this small quantity of gas, steam or water is admitted to the space e, so that any gas is expelled into the hopper. The coke is then discharged by closing the slide f and opening the slide g. Instead the pusher c, screws or a rocking device may be used, and a rotary device may replace the slides f, g. There may be one hopper for each retort, the hoppers being combined with a closed casing.
Patent GB-190628735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Boring and Planing Torpedo Tubes and the like.
Filed: 1906-12-17
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 28,735. Muir &. Co., W., and Melloy, J. H. Dec. 17. Boring planing an shaping.-In machines for boring and planing torpedo tubes &c.. the tool bar is steadied by movable supports a, Fig. 1, carried on the bed between each end bearing c, and the tube support d. The supports a'are adjustable by rack-and-pinion gear on brackets b, which are provided with setting-up wedges k. The tool bar g is circular in outline but is provided within this line with recesses g<1> and projections g<2>, Fig. 2, to form guideways for the tool head such that the planing- sleeve h, when the boring-collar i has been removed, can slide freely over the supports a.
Patent GB-190702510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: PRICE CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-01-31
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 2510. Price, C. W. Jan. 31. Incandescent gas lamps.-In a modification of the inverted lamp described in Specification No. 2369, A.D. 1906, the tubes f conveying the internal air supply from within the globe e are connected to a sleeve c rotatably mounted on the mixing- chamber, so that a partial rotation of the lamp regulates the air apertures. The sleeve may be locked in position by a rod j, which is screwed into the mixing-chamber and has a collar n for gripping the sleeve, or a nut for bearing against the gallery m.
Patent GB-190703853-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Bedsteads and the like
Inventor: GOODBOURN HENRY
Filed: 1907-02-16
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 3853. Goodbourn, H. Feb. 16. Bedsteads; berths. -A detachable side frame to prevent an occupant from falling out, is connected by means of clips g to the end posts f of a bedstead. One end is shown in Fig. 1. The frame is made up of vertical bars b fixed at the top and bottom in horizontal bars a, and may be of wood. The vertical bars e at each end have extensions fitting into the clips g, the top extension being first placed in a socket in the upper clip, and the lower extension being then dropped into a socket in the lower clip. Screws with fly-nuts h are used for tightening the clips, which may either fit on the posts with a spring action, or may consist of hinged parts as shown in Fig. 6. The latter form can be used with bedsteads of various lengths, and has adjustable parts g<1>, g' connected by a fly-nut s and a bolt moving in a slot r.
Patent GB-190704123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems for Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: STONE JOHN STONE
Filed: 1907-02-19
Granted: 1908-02-19
Abstract: 4123. Stone, J. S. Feb. 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs; lightning - arresters. - Relates to systems of wireless telegraphy of the type set forth in Specifications Nos. 27,253 and 27,272, A.D. 1902, and No. 22,107, A.D. 1906. Fig. 1 shows the transmitting-system, which is combined with a receiving-system, shown in Fig. 2, such as is described in Specification No. 22,107, A.D. 1906. but having in addition a resonant weeding-out circuit as set forth in Specification No. 28,826. .A.D. 1904. A direct-current motor D is employed to drive an alternator A, by which, through a transformer M', the sonorous circuit S C I1 is excited. Across the alternator A is connected a branch a<1>, b<1> which contains fuses F and a condenser C", which is bridged by a spark-gap s' and has a third plate connected. to the frame of the alternator. The primary of the transformer is protected by a branch, including a fuse and a condenser bridged by a spark-gap. To eliminate the effect on the receiving-system of sparking at the commutator of the direct-current motor, the circuit e', f<1>, having fuses F, a condenser C<111> with an earthed third plate, and a lightning-arrester Q, is utilized. One terminal of the primary and secondary of the transformer M', and its core u, are connected to a metal casing X and earthed. To increase the power factor of the transformer M' and to maintain it fairly constant for varying secondary currents, impedances L', L' and a condenser C<5> are arranged as shown. To secure the advantages set forth in Specifications No. 27,272, A.D. 1902, and No. 25,638, A.D. 1904, tuning coils formed of fine-stranded cables wound on spools, are employed. Fig. 4 shows the receiving-set, with the connexions shown diagrammatically. It comprises a casing 15 forming two compartments provided with conducting linings to elimimate external effects and cross induction. The secondary coil I" of the transformer M" is secured by rods 2, 3 to a shaft, which can be rotated from outside the casing by a head which engages in a slot 5 on the shaft, thus varying the mutual induction of the transformer coils I1<11>, I2<11>. A very loose coupling may be obtained by mounting the coil I2<11> on a rod 22, Fig. 5, which can be moved in slots 25 and rotated to bring the coil into the position shown in dotted lines. The coils I1<111>, I2<111> of the transformer M<111>, Fig. 2, are adjustable along a rod 19, Fig. 4. Condensers of variable capacity consisting of a fixed and a movable series of supporting-plates, bearing conducting-sheets on each face, are preferably employed.
Patent GB-190704779-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gauge or Measure for Typewriters.
Inventor: WATERS MAUD MARION JANE
Filed: 1907-02-27
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 4779. Waters, M. M. J. Feb. 27. Typewriters.-A gauge or measure for typewriters is made in the form of a ruler graduated for s i n g l e, double, or treble line - spacing, and marked to indicate the middle or other parts of the sheet ; or the graduations are provided on one or both edges of a backing-sheet, as shown in Fig. C. The backing- sheet is fed in with the paper, and may be provided with an end flap a and side flaps b. The graduations may be continued across the backing- sheet.
Patent GB-190705547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Cables Containing Induction Coils.
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 5547. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Dieselhorst, W. March 7. Drawings to Specification. Machines for making wire ropes.-Cables fitted with induction coils of the type described in Specification No. 25,306, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Conducting &c.], are covered in the vicinity of the induction coils with a double wire armouring, so that, on reaching the thickened place corresponding to the coil, the two sheathings may merge into one and completely cover the cable without the lay becoming excessively, short. The operation may be carried out conveniently with an ordinary machine fitted with an extra rotating frame, the additional frame being put in action as a thickened place is approached.
Patent GB-190707777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Can Openers.
Inventor: MACKERETH WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 7777. Mackereth, W., and Crofts, W. April 3. Cans, opening.-A can-opener comprises a rod 2 with a pointed crank end 1 or a point bent at rightangles to the rod, and an adjustable sleeve 5 with a cutter 4 and a guiding-lip 6. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that a set-screw is used for securing the sleeve. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 8542, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190710656-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Mixing Dough.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-05-07
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 10,656. Lake, H. W., [Chambers, C.]. May 7. Moving-beater apparatus.-The flour is sifted into the water so that each grain of flour may be surrounded by water before it becomes glutinous. The flour is placed in a sifter 5, over the whole of the bottom of which works a beater-bar 8. From the sifter, the flour falls through an airtight chamber 6 to a mixing-vessel 7 in which rotates spiral mixing- rods 15, 16. As the amount of flour in the sifter becomes smaller, the beater-bar is idle through an increasing portion of its motion, and the flour is driven through more slowly into the thickening dough. Fig. 4 shows the vessel 7 and .chamber 6 and sifter tilted for cleaning and discharging. Specification No. 23,106, A.D. 1902, is referred to.