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Patent GB-190509128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Carriage Door Locks.
Inventor: FEENY VICTOR ISIDORE
Filed: 1905-05-01
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 9128. Feeny, V. I. May 1. Fastenings, railway-carriage door.-The latch bolt a is withdrawn by a horn f<1> of the follower f, and is held retracted in the striking position by a hook g<1> on the follower engaging a hook h<1> on the catch bolt h, as shown in Fig. 3. The striking- plate is so arranged that the latch bolt a is struck before the bolt h, so that the hooks are disengaged before the bolt h is pressed in to release the follower and allow the latch a to be shot by the springs c. The horn g is provided on the follower f to withdraw the bolt h fully from the staple when the door is to be opened.
Patent GB-190513001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Additions to Tubular Metallic Rivets for Brace Tabs and the like.
Inventor: HURST JAMES FRANCIS
Filed: 1905-06-23
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 13,001. Hurst, J. F., [trading as Hurst & Co., J. F.], and Dowler, H., [trading as Dowler & Sons, F.]. June 23. Rivets.-Relates to covering rivets for brace tabs, belts, &c. with celluloid. To prevent a central hole from being formed in the covering during the riveting operation, the celluloid disks are moulded while hot to produce domed caps c, Fig. 1, which are applied to metallic rings b as shown. The covered rings are then placed on the heads a of the rivets, which, by suitable pressure, are expanded within the domes of the caps. A metallic liner d, Fig. 9, may also be used under a plain or domed cap c.
Patent GB-190513320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: TRUSS THOMAS FREDERICK JOHN
Filed: 1905-06-28
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 13,320. Truss, T. F. J. June 28. Vertical, multitubular, and return-flue boilers ; feed-water, supplying ; joints.-A generator is heated by fire-tubes placed immediately below the water level. The feed-water enters at the bottom in such a manner as to prevent disturbance of the water in the boiler. In the boiler shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the spiral tubes A<8> carry the hot gases from the burners A<5> to the central uptake A<6>. The products o f combustion may be returned to the burners, where they are drawn in and circulated again by the incoming gas. The feed-water upon entering impinges against a conical baffle A<12> supported by a hood A<13>. The uptake may be formed as shown in Fig. 4 so as to facilitate connexion with the tubes. In Figs. 5 and 6, U-shaped tubes D are shown applied to a cylindrical boiler. The burners D<3>, D', D<6> project into the flared ends of the tubes, the other ends of which are connected by beads D<4> to the adjacent tubes. The feedwater in this case enters in an air-space entrapped by a bell-shaped baffle D<10>. The generator shown in Figs. 7 and 8 is heated by the hot gases from an internal furnace E'. After passing through the flue tube E to the chamber E<2>, the hot gases return to the front of boiler through the shorter limbs E<3> of the U-tubes shown, the other limbs E<4> of which terminate in the uptake E<5>. Part of the combustion products may be returned to the furnace by means of the inductive action of a steam jet. Fig. 9 shows a vertical boiler with an internal combustion chamber F, which communicates by tubular coils F<1> with the uptake. In a modification, Fig. 10, of the U-tubes shown in Fig. 6, both ends of the tubes are closed, and the inlet and outlet conduits G', G<2> are set obliquely, as shown.
Patent GB-190513608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety-locks for application to Bags, Portmanteaus, Boxes, Trunks and the like.
Inventor: LIEVENS PIERRE
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 13,608. Lievens, P., and Jahn, G. July 1. Locks. permutation, for bags &c, To one side of the bag is secured the casing 1. the top-plate of which is provided with the longitudinal slots 2, each having on one side a projection 3. Slidably mounted on the casing 1 is the plate 4 provided with keyhole slots with the narrow parts of which the projections 3 on the casing engage. Through the circular part 6 of each of these slots passes the hub 7 of a rotatable disk 8, which is notched at 9 and adapted to receive the projection 3 on the casing when the parts are as shown in Fig. 3. The hubs 7 are connected in the casing 1 by the plate 10 against which presses the spring 11 secured to each hub by a washer 12, to prevent the disks 8 from moving accidentally. Each of the hubs 7 is formed internally with a polygonal crosssection to receive a similarly-shaped pin 13, provided with a milled head 14, and a nut 16 for securing it in place. The heads 14 are provided with letters &c. corresponding to the flat sides of the pins 13. The plate 10 is provided with downwardly-projecting pieces 19, which partially cover holes 21 made in the casing and are adapted to engage catch-pieces on the other side of the bag inserted in the holes 21. Assuming the bag to be locked, to unlock it, the disk 8 must be turned until the notches 9 are in their correct positions for engagements with the projections, as indicated by the known:combination of letters, and then, by means of the knobs 14, the locking bar 10 can be shifted to the left out of engagement with the catch-pieces, the bar 10 returning to its original position under the action of a spring, when released. In order to retain the bar in its unlocked position, one of the disks 8 is provided with a circular notch 22 extending out of the notch 9, so as to engage with the corresponding projection 3, as shown in Fig. 6. The combination can easily be changed by removing the nuts 16 and inserting the pins in a different position in the hubs 7.
Patent GB-190514336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Mechanism for Rotary Engines.
Inventor: DAWE WILLIAM ROGER
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 14,336. Dawe, W. R. July 11. Annular-chamber type valves and valve-gear.- A valve mechanism is described for rotary engines of the type described in Specification No. 1600, A.D. 1905. A single lever is used to actuate both the reversing and relief valves. The lever c actuates, through links f, one arm g of each of two bell-crank levers, fitted on the squared ends h of the steam valve spindles. The other arm actuates a valve q in the casing p, through a slot k, a pin m, and a lever n. This valve controls the communication between a steam pipe t and pipes r, s which lead to cylinders u, v, each containing a piston w, Fig. 3, attached to the relief valve x the movement of which is therefore under the control of the lever c. A pair of relief valves is provided for each steam admission valve. Instead of the slot k and lever n two toothed quadrants may be used. In the modified arrangement, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the lever c is rigidly connected to the stem 2 of a valve 13 which controls the communication between the steam pipe 5 and the pipes 3, 4, so that when one pipe communicates with the steam the other is open to the exhaust. The steam valves are, in this case, actuated by the lever c through links 8, 9. Each relief valve 15 is connected.to a plunger 14 and piston 10 working in the cylinders 12, 27, 28, 30. The piston 10 is kept to its seat by steam from the pipe 5 aud is forced off its seat, when this snpply is cut off, by the exhaust steam and also by live steam admitted by the port 24, passages 22, 23 and pipe 19. The upper ends of the cylinders 12, 30, 27, 28 are put in communication by pipes 25, 29, so that the pistons in these cylinders rise and fall together. In each case, by one movement of the lever, the proper admission valves and the corresponding relief valves can be set for either direction of running.
Patent GB-190514628-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gate Fastening.
Inventor: JOHNS HERBERT
Filed: 1905-07-15
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 14,628. Johns, H. July 15. Padlocks; latches; catches, gravity.-Relates to a fastening for gates which can be easily operated by horsemen. The fastening consists of the pivot part f<2>, passing through the head of the gate, and the cranked parts f<1>, f<3> connected therewith and forming the latch-piece and handle respectively. The latch part f<1> is adapted to engage with a reversed hook on the gate-post. The handle f is formed as shown in Fig. 1, or may be simply cranked as shown in Fig. 4. By pulling the handle f the latch is disengaged, and continued pulling opens the gate. The U-shaped parts f<5>, f<7> of the handle render it easy for the gate to be opened by means of the riding crop or whip. A loop f<9> is provided on the handle adapted to engage with the staple S and be locked by a padlock.
Patent GB-190515751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stove-knobs.
Inventor: CORNFORTH ROBERT GARDNER
Filed: 1905-08-01
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 15,751. Cornforth, R. G. Nov. 14, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 19011. Knobs.-Fig. 1 shows a knob adapted for use with stoves, in which a spirally-coiled wire 8 is fixed in an annular groove 5, Fig. 5, by bending the ears 6, 7 over the ends of the wire.
Patent GB-190517842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Coating Machines for Electric Conductors.
Filed: 1905-09-04
Granted: 1906-11-03
Abstract: 17,842. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 4. Wire.-In a coating-machine for electric conductors, the spojting-apparatus, Fig. 21, may comprise a shaft 93 mounted at one end in a hollow revolving shaft 94 and carrying at the other the spool frame 99 guided and prevented from turning by a rod 103. The bobbins 3 are held between a tread on the spindle 107 and a nut 108, and a friction drive is produced by a spring 111 pressing the stud head against a washer 110 on the collar 106. The reciprocating movement is produced by the device shown in Fig 20, a differentially-operating nut and screw moving it in one direction or the other according to whether the nut or screw is turned the faster, this being determined by which of the pinions 162<a>, 163<a> is in gear. As by the system above described, the winding and unwinding reels both tend to wind the conductor, the effect of any momentum acquired by the spools is eliminated.
Patent GB-190519073-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Detecting the Overloading of Chains or Ropes of Cranes, Lifting and Hauling Appliances, and the like.
Inventor: DENISON SAMUEL
Filed: 1905-09-21
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 19,073. Denison, S. Sept. 21. Rope or chain stress indicators. - A device for indicating the overloading of a lifting or hauling cable is enclosed within a drum-shaped casing F, Figs. 1 and 2, and is constituted by an upper cross-head A, fixed to the casing by bolts B and a relatively movable cross-head G of spider-like form, suspended by bolts J from plates H encircling the bolts B and resting upon helical springs D supported upon the floor of the casing. The upper cross-head is connected to a shackle A' and the lower one by a rod E to the shackle El. Overloading is indicated by the closing of a circuit containing batteries K<1>, K' and an electric bell K<3>. This is effected by an adjustable contact N upon an arm M, carried by the movable cross-head G coming into contact against the action of the springs D with a fixed contact L. A trial switch 0 operated from an opening in the casing is employed for the purpose of bridging the contacts L, N at any time. The movable cross-head may be also arranged to throw out signals through slots in the casing in addition to sounding the alarm. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, one or more indicators P are thrown out when the spring- controlled arm P<7> is released by the withdrawal of the lever P<1> by the cross-head G. The arm P<7> also closes the circuit of the bell by engaging the contact L. This form of indicator is re-set by the attendant. In other arrangements, more than two spiral springs and other means of indicating and releasing the signals and of nesting the details are employed.
Patent GB-190521459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: KRAMER ERWIN
Filed: 1905-10-21
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 21,459. Kramer, E. Oct. 21. Inverted incandescent gas lamps; air supply; gas supply.-In inverted incandescent gas lamps, having a bell-shaped casing 3 round the mixing-chamber, and a cap 4 for holding the globe and shade, the outlet 13 for the waste gases and the inlet 20 for the air supply to the interior of the casing 3 are placed at opposite sides of the lamp. The bell 3 is secured at its upper end to the burner tube, and is riveted at its lower end to the cap 4, which is itself screwed at 5 on to the burner tube. The gas supply is regulated by two flat-ended screws 15, 16.
Patent GB-190522567-A (GB)
Title: Improved Driving Belts.
Inventor: MELLIN MAX LOUIS
Filed: 1905-11-04
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 22,567. Mellin, M. L. Nov. 4. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Driving and like chains. - In driving - belts of the type described in Specification No. 29,197, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Mechanism &c.], the bands are replaced by steel chains on which the frictional pieces of leather &c. are threaded, the interstices of the chains being filled with packing - pieces. Each chain is built up of inner links C and outer links D, preferably cut from flattened steel tubing, hinged together by pins E made of vulcanized rubber, vegetable fibre, leather, &c. ; or metallic pins may be used, which may be covered with leather or hide. The cavities are filled by pieces of wood &c. shaped so as to make the surfaces of each chain flush and continuous. According to the Provisional Specification, solid-link chains may be used.
Patent GB-190525345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Dress Fasteners.
Inventor: BARNWELL JOSEPH EDWARD
Filed: 1905-12-06
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 25,345. Barnwell, J. E., [trading as Baker & Finnemore]. Dec. 6. Hooks and eyes.-A f astening-device of the spring hook and eye type comprises a spring hook formed of a back part a, perforated or otherwise, with abutting arms b, and a wire eye c. The parts are to be sewn to the dress, and the fastening may bo engaged or disengaged by a straight pull, the arms b yielding sufficiently to permit the eye to pass in or out.
Patent GB-190600358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pile-driving Machines.
Inventor: SCHWARZ CARL HERMANN ROBERT
Filed: 1906-01-05
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 358. Schwarz, C. H. R. Jan. 5. Pile-drivers.-A pile-driver is provided with (1) a front supporting- sleeper, made in three parts hinged. together, to allow working in corners, and (2) with an inclinable jib provided with struts b, c movably connected to the base, and and to which the jib is fastened by ties k, m. The back struts c are secured by bars d and bolts d<1>, and the front ones by means of bars e and bolts e<1>, the bars e being hinged by bolts e<2> to swivelling lugs e<3> on the sleeper ends f. The latter are hinged to the central portion of the front sleeper and are held in position by pins r and hooks q, Fig. 6. The front and back struts are secured together by adjustable ties n, o.
Patent GB-190613551-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Distributing, and Binding the Surfaces of Roadways with, Heated Hydrocarbons.
Inventor: THWAITE BENJAMIN HOWARTH
Filed: 1906-06-13
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 13,551. Thwaite, B. H. June 13. Spray burners.-In an apparatus for melting and heating pitch, tar, and other hydrocarbons and distributing them on road surfaces, part of the pitch &c. contained in the tank a under air pressure may be burnt in the furnace, by means of a spray burner 8 supplied with fuel and compressed air from the tank through pipes and valves 9, 10 and 6, 7 respectively.
Patent GB-190622331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Waist Belts or Bands for Suspension of Articles of Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: WOOD FRANC OGILVY
Filed: 1906-10-09
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 22,331. Wood, F. 0. Oct. 9. Belts for suspending trousers, drawers, dresses, &c. are provided with hooks and loops on the inner side, the hooks engaging with a rear strap of the garment, and the loops with buttons at the front and sides. Fig. 1 shows the inner side of the belt provided with hooks E and wire loops F, each of which is double to facilitate the entry of the buttons. The fastener may otherwise be formed of a flat piece of leather, vulcanite, thin metal, or other material, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190626692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Breaking Up and Re-heating Cream used for Making Fondants, Chocolate Centres, and the like.
Filed: 1906-11-24
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 26,692. Keiller & Son, J., and Boyd, W. Nov. 24. Heating liquids.-In a process of reheating cream used for making fondants, chocolate centres, &c., graining or firing of the cream is prevented by breaking it up and passing it through small tubes or channels heated by steam which does not come into contact with the cream. The heater 6 contists of a closed vessel, having steam inlet and outlet pipes and being traversed by pipes 10. The heater is attached to a feed-apparatus which may consist of screws 7 which force the cream through the tubes 10, whence it falls into the depositing- hopper 8.
Patent GB-190627094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Take-up Mechanisms for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: NORTH WILLIAM STANLEY
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 27,094. North, W. S. Nov. 28. Governing needle and under threads; double-loop stitching-machines.-Relates to a take-up for the under thread of the sewing-machine described in Specification No. 27,093, A.D. 1906. A wire 14 is bent in the form of a double hook, and a thin cam disk 19 is mounted on the main shaft 10 so that it passes between the parts of the wire. The thread is taken from an ordinary tension and is passed through an eye 34 in the end of the looperactuatng rod 7, and then through the hook 14, over the disk 19, to the looper 1. The cam has two high portions A, C. The slack caused by the withdrawal of the looper is taken up by the part A, and the slack produced when the needle moves again towards the needle is taken up by the part U. In a modification, a third point B, Fig. 6, following A is used to straighten out the thread between the needle and the looper. The device may be used as a needle-thread take-up.
Patent GB-190706653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fittings for Carrying Seats, Stools or Tables in Motor Vehicles or Boats and elsewhere.
Inventor: SMITH THOMAS
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 6653. Smith, T., and Stedall, B. P. March 19. Seats and stools; tables.-Seats, stools, or tables for use in motor-vehicles, boats, or elsewhere, are supported in a tubular standard a, Figs. 1 and 3, by means of a pillar which consists of two jointed parts b<1>, b<2>, so that when the seat, table, &c. is pulled up it can be turned up to a substantially vertical position, as shown in Fig. 3. An arm d extending from the standard is fitted with a spring clip d' to be engaged by the upper portion b<2> of the pillar to prevent the seat &c. from turning when folded. In order to lock the seat &c. against rotation in any desired position, when in use, the upper end of the standard is provided with a series of inner peripheral notches e, Fig. 4, into any one of which a projection e<1> on the pillar b<2> may engage. In the case of a seat, a hinged and folding back c', Fig. 1, is provided. The standard is secured to a deck or floor by means of a fixed socket a<2> which receives the flanged end of the standard, a projection a<4> thereof engaging in a recess at the top of the socket.
Patent GB-190709516-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Door Latch and Electrical Alarm.
Inventor: THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 9516. Thomas, W. April 24. Alarms, burglar, combined with door fastenings. The invention is shown applied to a latch A. The inner end of the bolt slides in a block B provided with one terminal, and is provided with an electric contact-piece C in connexion with the terminal on the block B. Secured to the end of the block B by a sleeve M is an insulating-block G carrying a contact-piece H in connexion with the second terminal E. The piece G is so adjusted by aid of a set-screw K that the contact-pieces C, H are just sufficiently apart to allow of the latch bolt being withdrawn to unfasten the door. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 12,545, A.D. 1895.]
Patent GB-190715850-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Safes.
Inventor: WILSON ALEXANDER BASIL
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 15,850. Wilson, A. B. July 10. Safes.-To prevent a thief from burning or melting a hole in a safe, it is provided with a lining to the outer shell, consisting of material which on heating or burning evolves noxious gases or fumes. The substance may be sulphur, sulphide of arsenic, cayenne pepper, any non-explosive compound of picric acid, or other suitable material.
Patent GB-190717418-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Collapsable Seat for Carriages and the like.
Inventor: BOIE ARNOLD
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 17,418. Boie, A., and Heuer, E. July 30. Seats, arrangement of; bodies-A carriage is provided with a collapsible revolving seat, mounted on a pivoted pillar adapted to be turned down so as to enter a recess in the floor. The recess for receiving the pillar h is closed by hinged doors x<1>, x<2> which are opened automatically by a part v secured to a bolt r by which the pillar is locked in its upright position.
Patent GB-190722730-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Stole, Boa or like Article of Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: RUBENS CELESTINE
Filed: 1907-10-15
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 22,730. Rubens, C. Oct. 15. Boas and victorines; muffs.-A stole, boa, or like article of wearing-apparel is made from alternate pieces of stiffish or stiffened material A and non- stiffened material B cut to the required shape and sewn together side by side. The pieces A may be of horsehair cloth, or may be of velvet or like material ornamented in any way and stiffened by whalebone, spring steel, horn, &c. The pieces B may be of lace, net, or other open-work material for the purpose of securing ventilation, and, if not sufficiently strong, may be strengthened by elastic cords, ribbons, &c. fastened between the sections A. Fig. 2 shows a stole, and Fig. 10 a muff in accordance with the invention. Pockets F in the pieces A may enclose spring steel strips or the like, so bent as to produce a tubular shape, Fig. 12. Or fastening-devices C, D may be fixed to the stiffish strips A, Fig. 7, in such a manner that any portion of the garment may be made tubular, as shown in Fig. 6 ; for example, the neck portion or the hanging front portions, by fastening the reciprocal portions C, D. The sections A may be covered on both sides with fur, feathers, plush, velvet, embroidered silk, &c., and the sections B may be of lace, knitted fabric, or embroidered silk, the whole garment being so arranged as to be reversible. In the garment shown in Fig. 2, the sections A are covered on one side with feathers or fur E applied so as to overlap the sections B; or both sections A and B may be so covered with material. The usual fastenings of a boa &c. may be added.
Patent GB-190726068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Stamped or Embossed Paper.
Inventor: LOEBBECKE GEORG
Filed: 1907-11-25
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 26,068. Loebbecke, G. Nov. 25. Embossing.-A craped paper having its creases rendered firm and not liable to yield, as described in Specification No. 11,403, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Paper &c.], is used for embossing purposes. The embossed paper may be used for any purpose, such as wall-paper, fancy papers, &c.