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Patent GB-190508288-A (GB)
Title: Method of Sewing Shoe Soles to Uppers.
Inventor: RHOULT JOSEPH A
Filed: 1905-04-18
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 8288. Rhoult, J. A. April 18. Sewing, methods of; uppers.-Relates to a method of manufacturing machine-sewn boots and shoes without insoles, in which the upper is neither turned nor formed upon a last. Patterns of uppers are first produced over lasts of different sizes and shapes, and according to each pattern an upper A, Fig. 2, is formed, being provided with an inturned annular flange A', to which the sole C is afterwards sewn by a row of stitches B. The machine in which the sewing is effected has a hollow horn D, Fig.5, containing the thread B' and a revoluble looper, a guide G for the edge of the sole C, and a folder H, which is opened at the bottom for the passage of the needle F, and is provided with a curved shoulder H<1> for guiding the side of the upper, and a stop H<2> to serve as an abutment for the inner edge of the flange A'. The sewing preferably commences at one side of the boot, with the various parts arranged as shown in Fig. 5, but when the stitches have reached within about an inch of the starting point, the folder H is withdrawn and the remaining stitches made with the flange A<1> in direct contact with the sole. When removed from the machine, the shoe is fitted with a shank, then lasted and placed in a sole-levelling machine, and finally finished off by smoothing the upper with a hot iron. If it is desired to use a box toe on the upper, the toe is first prepared with a flange such as A, and then sewn to the remainder of the upper. If shoes with stiffened toes and reinforced heel portions are to be produced, the toe and heel are each provided with a stiffener between the upper and lining, and the upper is then moulded to form stiff inward flanges at these portions, the vamp flanges being formed subsequently during the sewing operation.
Patent GB-190515630-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Producing a Molten Mass of Rock Quartz at a relatively Low Temperature.
Inventor: BREDEL JACOB
Filed: 1905-07-31
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 15,630. Bredel, J. July 31. Silica.-Consists in a method of producing clear molten quartz at a low temperature. Quartz, or other forms of silica which have been subjected to the preliminary treatment described in Specification No. 20,880, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Glass], to prevent splitting when heat is applied, is broken into small pieces and heated in a suitable vessel, such as a muffle or tube, to 1200‹ C. by external heat. The object is to remove the air-bubbles which are present and which retard the production of a clear liquid. For this purpose, a stream of hydrogen or an oxyhydrogen flame containing an excess of hydrogen is introduced into the melting mass, which at 1200‹ C. is permeable to hydrogen. The oxygen of the air-bubbles combines with the hydrogen to form water, the vapour of which, together with the residual nitrogen, is expelled from the mass. At this stage an oxyhydrogen flame containing an excess of oxygen is introduced into the mass, instead of the hydrogen or flame with excess of hydrogen, the effect being to remove the hydrogen which was retained in the quartz. The temperature of the clear quartz is then about 1950‹- 2000‹ C., or 300‹ lower than the temperature at which it can be obtained by the older process.
Patent GB-190516528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Pneumatic, Rubber and similar Tyres
Inventor: CLARKSON THOMAS JAMES RANDOLPH
Filed: 1905-08-15
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 16,528. Clarkson, T. J. R. Aug. 15. Felloes or rims.-A rim for facilitating the removal of tyres, especially pneumatic tyres, has one or both side flanges, or a section or sections of such flanges, hinged so as to be capable of being turned out of the plane of the wheel. In the form shown, the hinged section C has a lug D adapted to engage in a slot in the felloe and rim, where it is locked by means of a screw bolt or the like.
Patent GB-190517312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Telegraphic Signalling Systems.
Inventor: BOGNI GIOVANNI
Filed: 1905-08-26
Granted: 1906-09-26
Abstract: 17,312. Bogni, G. Aug. 31, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs.-Relates to a telegraph system in which the characters are represented by multiple superposed signs such as or -, the receiving Morse instruments having two magnets and armatures responding to currents of different strength or of different direction. In the transmitting- arrangements shown in Fig. 2, the whole or part of the battery b can be connected to line by depression of the key t<2> or t<1>. In the receiver, Fig. 4, the magnet M<1> responds to weak and strong currents, and the magnet M<2> to strong currents only. The armature s<2> of the magnet M<2> has a projection A so that, when it rises, it raises the armature s<1> as well. Signs sucb as - are obtained by depression of the key t', which energizes the magnet M' and records the dash, and simultaneously momentarily depressing the key t<2> to record the dot. Characters may also be represented by more than two rows of superposed signs, in which case more than two magnets are used in the Morse instrument. When currents of different signs are used, a polarized electro-magnetic switch device is employed which transmits a line current of one sign direct to one electro-magnet and current of the other sign to the other.
Patent GB-190519276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Storage Water Heaters
Inventor: RUUD EDWIN
Filed: 1905-09-23
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 19,276. Ruud, E. March 27, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Heating water; thermostats. - A thermostatic device, for use in connexion with hot-water storage tanks, consists of an expansible rod which, by means of an arrangement of levers completely and instantaneously opens or closes the gas - supply valve. Fig. 1 illustrates the general arrangement of the coil-tube boiler 1 and storage tank 2 connected by the usual pipes 4, 5. The burners 1<c> and pilot jet 1<e> are supplied with gas through the pipes 6, 7 respectively. The expansible tube 9, Fig. 2, projects into the tube 2, and secured to its closed end is a rod 10, the extremity of which bears against a spring-held pivoted lever 13. The free end of this lever acts against one or other of two stops 15, 16 on a pivoted lever 17, which operates the gas-supply valve 8 by means of shoulders 20, 21 threaded on the valve spindle. The spring 18 only permits a complete and sudden movement of the lever 17 to the right or left of the vertical, and so the valve is either completely opened or closed.
Patent GB-190521040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expansion Boring Tools
Inventor: DAVIS EMERY EMMIT
Filed: 1905-10-17
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 21,040. Davis, E. E. Oct. 17. Cutters; tool-holders.-In boring hubs of car wheels and in like work where roughing and finishing cuts are required, an adjustable cutter head is used in which the cutters are set to the finished diameter and moved back to take the roughing cut, the head being constructed to allow the cutters to be re-set without further measurement. The preliminary setting to the finished size is effected by a spanner at 34, Fig. 3, rotating the screw 32 to traverse the nut 35, bush 38, and a ring 18 having a wedge 19 which separates the cutters 3 to the required extent. A spanner is then inserted at 30 to rotate a slotted bush engaging projections bearing cam-pieces 37 engaging inclined recesses in the bush 38, which is thereby caused to withdraw the wedge 19 to a definite amount determined by the length of the recesses. The cutters are pushed into contact with the cone, and are clamped by a screw 8, Fig. 1, and a bar 4 provided with pivoted wearing-gibs 6. To re-adjust to the finishing size, the screw 8 is slackened and the bush 38 is turned back.
Patent GB-190526345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Carbide Containers for Acetylene Gas Generators.
Inventor: RUSHMORE SAMUEL WILLIS
Filed: 1905-12-18
Granted: 1905-12-18
Abstract: 26,345. Rushmore, S. W. Dec. 18. Acetylene.-The carbide baskets of acetylene generators for use in vehicles or boats are supported so as to be jarred frequently, whereby the lime dust from the carbide is shaken off. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a carbide basket 17 is supported by a flange 37 resting on a shoulder 38 in the lower chamber of a generating-apparatus. The shoulder extends only part of the way round the basket, so as to permit it to be tilted by a tapping- arrangement which comprises a weight 31 supported in a tube 32 by a spring 34 and having an adjustable striker 33. The water supply passes from a tank 3 by means of a tube 6, closed by a screw-down valve 7, to a regulating-chamber 4, and thence by means of a tube 12 stuffed with felt &c. to the drip opening 15. The evolved gas is emitted by a tube 20 stuffed with fibrous material. The lower portion 18 of the generator is secured to the tank by bolts 51 pivoted in lugs 50 and provided with wing-nuts 52. A U-tube connects the chamber 18 with the chamber 4, and is carried above the level of the water in the tank 3. The water-supply opening is closed by a perforated stopper 26 and is surrounded by a tube 28 to prevent splashing. A safety pressure tube extends from the bottom of the regulating- chamber to the top of the tank. In a modification, the carbide basket may be supported on rods carried by springs and having pairs of nuts which strike against the floor of the chamber 4 when the generator is shaken, thus jarring the carbide basket. In another modification, shown in Fig. V, the carbide basket is supported so as to rotate and is turned by the action on a toothed wheel 64 of a pawl 66 intermittently actuated by a vibrating spring-supported weight 31.
Patent GB-190527125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Operating Attachments for Photographic Shutters.
Inventor: HAZLETON EDWARD BENJAMIN
Filed: 1905-12-29
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 27,125. Hazleton, E. B. Dec. 29. Shutters are provided with auxiliary mechanical and pneumatic devices for actuating the shutter after a predetermined interval. A visible indicator is used in connection with the devices to indicate that the exposure is made. In one construction, the actuating-arm A is adjustably fastened to the spindle of one of a train of clock-work wheels D. The end of the train is in gear with the spindle I, which carries a friction brake disk for further regulating the speed of the clock-work and the interval before actuation of the shutter release 2. In a modified construction, the brake disk is loosely mounted on the spindle, in combination with a centrifugal governor and an adjustable friction brake. On engaging the shutter release 2, the adjustable screw pin C swings the lever F to stop the clock-work by engaging a projection G on the spindle 1. An indicator L is moved into visible position by a second adj ustable screw E immediately before, during, or after the exposure, according to the adjustment of the screw. In a second con struction, the actuating-arm is mounted on a graduated extension of a spring-controlled pneumatic piston, fitted with adjustable escape valves, and in conjunction with a visible indicator as already described.
Patent GB-190606798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Axles.
Inventor: HARTILL-LAW WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-03-21
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 6798. Law, W. Hartill-. March 21. Axles.-In a divided axle, the part B can rotate in the enlarged end of the part A, and it has two collars C the space between which forms, with a recess in the part A, an annular channel for a locking-ring E. This ring is preferably formed of segments, Fig. 3, which are inserted separately through a tapering slot in the part A. The last segment has a tapering lug which projects into the slot and over which a locking-piece G is driven to secure the segments in place. Lubricant can be introduced through a passage I bored in the part A.
Patent GB-190608547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Lighting and Extinguishing Gas by Variation of Pressure.
Inventor: SMITH JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 8547. Smith, J. April 9. Valves controlled from a distance.-When the pressure of the gas in the main E is varied, the gas supply from the main to the burner pipe G and to the pilot-jet pipe P is controlled by a float F. While the burners are alight, the pressure of the gas is such that the float occupies the position shown in the Figure, gas from the main E descending a pipe F<1> on the float to the open lower end of the burner pipe G, and the valve i of the pilot-jet pipe P being closed. To extinguish the burners, the pressure of the gas in the main is lowered. Water or other liquid then passes from the larger chamber A to the chamber B, the float rises, the lower end of the pipe G is closed by a leather or other seating H which is moistened by oil or its equivalent in the cup h, and the valve i to the pilot-jet is opened. The position of the seating H on the float F allows of the employment of a float of comparatively large size, and the guide-rod J may be utilized to operate a second pilot-jet valve.
Patent GB-190612485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Grinding Tools, Milling Cutters, Reamers, and the like.
Inventor: HERBERT ALFRED
Filed: 1906-05-29
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 12,485. Herbert, A., and Vernon, P. V. May 29. Sharpening.-The speed ratios of the movements of the two parts of a compound slide in a machine for grinding tools, milling-cutters, reamers, taps, saws, worm hobs, counterbores, &c. are made interchangeable in order to reduce the necessary adjuatment of the work, so that in operating upon two faces at an angle to one another, what is the quicker or longitudinal movement to feed the work across the grinder in operating upon one face becomes the slower or transverse movement to adjust the depth of the cut in operating on the other face, and vice versa. The variable gear may only be used to obtain different speeds in one direction. Each portion of the slide is operated by a pinion gearing into a rack on the slide, the pinion being either driven directly from the hand-wheel K, or more slowly from another hand-wheel through a worm M and worm-wheel L, or other gearing, which may be clutched to the shaft J. The worm-wheel L is mounted on a sleeve L<1> loose on the shaft and is clutched against a conical shoulder P on the shaft by a nut S, working on the screwed end J<1> of the spindle which can slide through the hand-wheel K for the purpose: The angular motion of the swivelling plate carrying the work is reduced by this device.
Patent GB-190620651-A (GB)
Title: A Composition for Dipping, or Pouring Sheep, Goats, Dogs and other Animals.
Inventor: HUME JOHN GORDON
Filed: 1906-09-18
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 20,651. Hume, J. G. Sept. 18. Lotions, liniments, and embrocations.-A dipping or pouring composition for sheep, goats, dogs, and other animals consists of yellow mercuric oxide, with or without alkalies, soap, fat, oils, or the like. Instead of using previously prepared mercuric oxide, any soluble mercuric salt may be added to the hydrate or carbonate of an alkali or alkaline earth. An example given contains mercuric chloride, caustic soda, and water. The salts are dissolved and then mixed and diluted, other bodies being added as above, if desired.
Patent GB-190625174-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Boot Trees
Inventor: HILL THOMAS WATSON
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 25,174. Hill, T. W. Nov. 8. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Trees and stretchers.- The key of a tree for shaping, boning, or cleaning top, polo, field, and other high leg boots is constructed to collapse automatically when its handle is gripped, cr when it is otherwise subjected to lateral pressure. Figs. 2 and 6 show two forms of keys. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a wedge-shaped piece is removed by sawing right through the handle and body part of the key ; but in the form shown in Fig. 2, the handle is left intact, and the body part is made in two pieces, secured together at their lower ends and normally thrust apart by a spiral spring. A screw g, Fig. 2, and a stop s, Fig. 6, limit the amount of expansion of the keys.
Patent GB-190626627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifts or Elevators.
Inventor: PIFRE ABEL
Filed: 1906-11-23
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 26,627. Pifre, A. Nov. 23. Lifts.-Relates to control systems for lifts in which a clamp, embracing a rope extending the length of the well, is attached to the cage, and is closed by a spring while stopping and opened by an electro-magnet during movement of the cage. As shown in Fig. 1, the clamp comprises a fixed jaw k and a movable jaw l controlled by a spring n. The jaw l and bracket m are of magnetic material. The jaw l releases the handing-rope b when the solenoid o is energized. This solenoid is in the circuit of the door switches v<1> and floor switches p<1>. On closing any of the floor switches, the circuit of the solenoid o is completed and the handing- rope is released. On reaching the selected floor, the switch is opened by a tappet r' on the switch engaging a projection in the well. The solenoid is then de-energized, and the handing-rope is gripped and moves with the cage until the controlling-apparatus is thrown into the off position. Fig. 3 shows a. modified arrangement of the switches. They are provided with inclined faces and move in slots in a spring-controlled bar u so as to cause a contact on the bar to bridge fixed contacts q<1>, q<2> in the solenoid circuit. The circuit is opened by the projections s<1>. As applied to a push-button system for an hydraulic lift, Fig. 4, the regulator i, when starting, is governed by a piston 2 on a rod 1 moving in a cylinder 3, which is moved in either direction by valves 4, 5 controlled by up and down solenoids 6, 7. The current to the solenoids 6, 7 is selective under the action of a floor switch 22, coils 27, &c., and the button pushed. A differentially-wound solenoid having coils 33, 34 regulates the normally-closed contact 35. If one of the cage buttons is pressed, the relay circuit passes only through the coil 33 and the landing push circuit is opened. Current is then directed through one of the coils 27 &c. which operates to close the contacts 36 &c. and short-circuits the cage pushes, an alternative circuit to the negative main having been made by the coil 52 closing the contact 53. The piston-rod 1 carries arms 11, 12 one of which when the rod is moved fully over, opens the corresponding valve 9, 10 releasing the water in the cylinder 3, and also by contacts 13, 14 closing circuits short-circuiting the solenoids 6, 7. Just before reaching the stopping-place, the circuit is broken at the floor switch 22, and the coil o, which is included in the control circuit, is de-energized. The handing-rope is gripped and moves with the cage to throw the regulator i into the off position. When working pneumatically, the valves 9, 10 are dispensed with, and the lower portions. of the valves 4, 5 open to the atmosphere when the corresponding solenoid is de-energized.
Patent GB-190627251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Controlled Mechanism.
Inventor: FREDELL JOHN CHARLES
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 27,251. Fredell, J. C. Nov. 30. Hiring opera-glasses; actuating - mechanism ; registers.-A spring motor is employed for closing the circuits of the electro-magnets that control the spring shutters of the pair of opera glasses described in Specification No. 15,501, A.D. 1906. After prepayment, a spring 45 rotates a disk 41 until a notch 42 is alined with a notch 40 in the disk 20, which is mounted on the shaft 10, a pin 43 on the latter disk working in a slot 44 in the former. If a sleeve 34 and link 37 are then turned by a bandle 33, the spring-actuated pawl 38 on the link engages the notches 40, 42, so that the shaft 10 is rotated, winding up the main spring 2, which is attached to the shaft 1, through a sector 9 and wheel 8. A spring-actuated trip 22 on the disk 20 during this rotation yields when it strikes projections 32, 31 on the contacts 26, 25, respectively, and a piece on the end of the sector rocks the arm 13 of a bell-crank operating the register 18. The main spring then gradually returns the sector, being geared to the fan blade 7 ; the trip 22 first closes the contacts 25, 27 of one electro-magnet, and then, after the interval of a few minutes, closes the contacts 26, 28 of the other electromagnet. Coin action.-The coin passing down the shoot 47 strikes the arm 52 of a trip 46, removing the latter from a bevelled lug 48 on the disk 41.
Patent GB-190628907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sights for Small Arms.
Inventor: ASHTON HAROLD THOMAS
Filed: 1906-12-18
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 28,907. Ashton, H. T., Wallace, W. B., and Robinson, W. J. Dec. 18. Sights.-Fig. 1 is an elevation of a back-sight, Fig. 3 is an end view with the head of the traversing screw for the wind-gauge removed, and Fig. 4 is a section through Fig. 3. The spring C acts as a gib between the slide A and leaf B, and the part C' acts as a ratchet for the traversing screw of the wind-gauge E, engaging with notches D' of the head D'. In order to bring the sighting-V E' of the wind-gauge E near to the leaf, the metal below the screw D may be entirely cut away, as shown in the section Fig. 7, the wind-gauge E being retained in position by a groove which engages a bar A<3> of the slide A.
Patent GB-190629405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Immersion Regulators, particularly adapted for Torpedoes.
Inventor: JONES ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1906-12-24
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 29,405. Jones, A. E. Dec. 24. Torpedoes. - An immersion - r e g ulator consists of a tubular pendulum g, pivoted at e to the hollow standard a of the apparatus and connected to the hydrostatic plate t by a rod m, sleevej, and forked arm i. The tension of the spring r is adjusted for the required depth of immersion by rotating the rod m in the nut q. Stops v, x, located at about the centre of gravity of the pendulum system, limit the amplitude of the oscillations.