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Patent GB-190615566-A (GB)
Title: Miniature Rifle Range
Inventor: COLLINS GEORGE
Filed: 1906-07-10
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 15,566. Collins, G. July 10. Targets.-Running-man targets b are hinged to a sliding block d moved across the line of fire by a cord k from the firing point, and disappearing targets m are carried by clips n on a shaft o, which is rotated by springs s to bring the targets into view and by the cord k from the firing point to cause the targets to disappear. When a running-man target is struck, it falls back on its hinges against a guard-rail y, and is afterwards raised automatically into position by a fixed inclined rail c at the end of the track. The slide d is moved back across the line of fire, when the cord is released, by a weight s or spring connected to the slide by a cord passing round pulleys h, i. Each target b is maintained in a vertical position, until struck, by a spring bolt which bears against a stepped cam or collar on the end of the hinge pin or pivot. The clips n may be used for stationary targets. Instead of using one long carriage or block d, each target may be mounted on a separate carriage, the carriages being connected by ropes or chains. The targets m may be arranged behind the targets b to avoid the necessity of removing the targets m from the clips n when the targets b are in use, and projections of the targets b below the pivots may strike lower inclined righting-rails. The cord k may be attached to the block d or a separate cord may be used for each set of targets.
Patent GB-190618803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Coating of Metals with Metals.
Inventor: HYDE AUGUSTUS CHARLES
Filed: 1906-08-22
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 18,803. Hyde, A. C., and Swan, K. R. Aug. 22. Welding.-Platinum and metals of the same group and alloys thereof are united to nickel or iron or their alloys by rolling a thin sheet of platinum &c. on to a plate of iron &c. so that it adheres, and then heating in an atmosphere of hydrogen to a temperature slightly below the melting-point of the baser metal. The process may be applied also to coating tubes, rods, wire, &c.
Patent GB-190620303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Scales, Weighing Machines, Balances and the like.
Inventor: COOKE ERNEST ALBERT
Filed: 1906-09-12
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 20,303. Cooke, E. A. ;Sept. 12. Grant of Patent refused. Adjusting.-For purposes of adjustment and to prevent tampering, a metal box b, preferably with a flanged portion, is fastened to the framing for the reception of the adjusting-material. The box may be fastened to the leg h or formed in one with it. It may be connected to the cross-piece a, or it may form part of the pieces which support the knife-edgesf of the levers g. Other modifications are described (1) in which the box is not attached directly to the cross-piece c but to a part carried by the latter ; (2) in which the box is arranged below and is connected to the triangular plate which supports the platform of a platform machine, or in which the box is connected to the platform itself which then forms the cover for the box ; and (3) in which the box is supported by a fork-shaped piece, which is connected to a leg h and supports the knife-edge of the beam. In the last construction, the beam is single and arranged centrally.
Patent GB-190620917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Regulating the Flow of Grain or similar Material through a Vertical or the like.
Inventor: ROBSON STEPHEN EDWARD
Filed: 1906-09-20
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 20,917. Robson, S. E., Robson, F., and Collins, J. W. Sept. 20. Shoots.-An iris diaphragm is used to regulate the flow of grain or other material through a vertical tube or the like. The diaphragm casing b, Figs. 1 and 4, has lugs c for attachment to lugs d on the tube e, which has a discharge spout f and a measuring-slide g. Pins m at one end of the leaves l engage in holes in the actuating-ring p, and pins r at the opposite ends engage in slots s in a ring t below the leaves. A pointer w on the handle h moves over a graduated plate v on the casing b, and the ring p may be locked in the desired position by a set-screw as shown in Fig. 1. The tube a above the diaphragm may be of glass or of wood partly glazed.
Patent GB-190623284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding and Polishing Machinery or Apparatus.
Inventor: EADE AMOS
Filed: 1906-10-20
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 23,284. Eade, A., Eade, A. J., and Eade, T. E. Oct. 20. Surfacing; sharpening.-In grinding or polishing apparatus, means are provided for reciprocating a carrier for the grinding or other tool, or for the article to be ground. The carrier 9 is mounted to slide on a guiding-frame, and carries two sprocketwheels 13, 14, which engage the lower and upper lengths 7,6 of a chain extending between a suitablydriven chain-wheel and a guide-wheel. Ratchetwheels 15, 16 are secured to the shafts of the wheels 13, 14 respectively, and either ratchet wheel may be engaged by an arm 18, 19 of a doublearmed pawl pivoted on the carrier, so that either sprocket-wheel 13, 14 may be locked, and the carrier moved in one direction or the other by the chain. An arm 20, attached to the pawl, is engaged by a sliding bar 21 mounted on the carrier and, when the carrier reaches the end of its traverse in either direction, the bar 21 strikes an adjustable stop on the frame and is thereby moved, causing, one arm of the pawl to be disengaged from its ratchetwheel and the other arm to engage the other ratchet-wheel, so that the motion of the carrier is reversed. A projecting part 23 on a spring-pressed pivoted arm 22 engages indentations in the bar 21 to hold the bar in either of its positions. The invention is described as applied to apparatus for grinding the helical cutter of a lawn-mower, the carrier being provided with bearings for a grindstone, which is driven by means of a pulley and a belt passing round and moving backwards and forwards along a driven roller: The cutter is rotated in suitable bearings on the bed of the machine.
Patent GB-190700616-A (GB)
Title: Tire-repairing Apparatus
Inventor: HART JAMES
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 616. Hart, J. Jan. 9. Building wheels; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-An apparatus for withdrawing wires from tyres and inserting new wires consists of two blocks A, C, pivoted to a third block B by means of hinges a', c' and fastened down by staples. The meeting faces of the blocks have registering longitudinal grooves, of different sizes to accommodate various tyres. Fixed to each end of the block B is a cover-plate D, through holes in which the wires are drawn. Two plates G attached to one end of the block B carry a bolt h<3> on which a handle H is pivoted, a link h connecting the handle to a clamp h<2> in which the wire to be drawn is held. On the other end of the block, a brazing-clamp F, used for brazing new wires on to the old before the latter are withdrawn, is attached by means of studs e in a plate E bolted to the block. Both the pulling-bandle and the brazing-clamp are adjustable so that they can be used with any groove.
Patent GB-190704612-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Engine
Inventor: TUCKFIELD CHARLES
Filed: 1907-02-25
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 4612. Tuckfield, C., and Garland, W. G. de F. Feb. 25. Gas and like engines.-In steam, gas, compressedair, and like engines of the wabbler type, pairs of cylinders are arranged in alinement around the shaft and operate a disk e which transmits motion to hemispherical disks g upon the shaft b through antifriction rollers g<1>. The pistons Care connected in pairs, and their rods d have pivoted blocks f which engage projections e<1> on the disk e. The disk e may make contact with both sides of a single disk g. The inlet and exhaust valves h, i are oparated by an adjustable disk j, which is driven at half-speed in explosion engines, but is connected to the sleeve k and driven at the same speed as the shaft in steam and compressed-air engines. The sleeve k is angularly adjusted by the longitudinal movement of the threaded sleeve r'. The cam-pieces o are carried loosely in and driven by contact with the ends of slots q in the disk j. The cylinders may be arranged back to back.
Patent GB-190705924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shirt Collars.
Inventor: STAFFORD ALBERT BURGESS
Filed: 1907-03-12
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 5924. Stafford, A. B. March 12. Collars.-A linen collar has on one end two button flaps 7,8, Fig. 1, integral with the collar and adapted to receive between them a plain Button flap 4 on the other end. A stud is placed through the holes in all three thicknesses,.the arrangement t serving to bring the ends of the collar evenly together.
Patent GB-190706297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Try Cocks for the Water Gauges of Steam Boilers and the like.
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 6297. Hopkinson, A. H., Hopkinson, L. H., and Rigby, R. V., [executors of Hopkinson, J.], Kilburn, R., and KopKinson & Co., J. March 15. Actuating lift valves.-The throughway of pet cocks for the water gauges of steam boilers is controlled by two lift valves B, C, the lower B of which opens before the upper valve C and closes after it. The valve B has guide-wings b sliding in the seat b<1> and a guiding-spindle F. A spring G may be placed behind the valve to assist in closing it. The upper valve C is preferably a ball valve, conveniently arranged in the part H of the body, which is detachable from the main body A. L is a perforated web in the detachable part H, acting as a guide for the spindle F of the lower valve. The lower valve is actuated by a handle D on a spindle E, which has a cam or equivalent device for raising the valve; the upper valve is raised by the spindle F.
Patent GB-190708645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Steam.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1907-04-13
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 8645. Thompson, W. P., [Johnson, W. S.]. April 13. Actuating valves. - A valve G' for controlling the supply of water to an instantaneous steam generator is operated by a diaphragm J<1> subject to the pressure in the fuel supply pipe. Above the valve G' is a handoperated valve E', which is adjusted to allow a small quantity of water to pass -to theboiler at all times.
Patent GB-190711256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Bevelling or otherwise Operating upon Plates of Sheet Metal.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 11,256. Boult, A. J., [Pfaudler Co.]. May 14. Roller-ways.-Each table 5, 6 in a machine for operating on metal plates is movable on a track 1 and is fitted with rollers 15, while the table 5 is also fitted with arms 9, secured on a shaft 7 and having shoulders 12, for transferring the work as indicated in Fig. 2. The rollers 15 are on a level with the surfaces 26, between which and the bars 27 the work is clamped while being operated upon. The arms 9 have eyes 13 for attachment to a crane hook.
Patent GB-190728540-A (GB)
Title: An Attachment for Fixing to the Bottom of Umbrellas with which to Stand them up.
Inventor: READ WILLIAM FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-12-28
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 28,540. Read, W. F., and Doyle, T. W. Dec. 28. Tripod and like stands. - An attachment for standing umbrellas upright consists of a metal tube a carrying a sliding collar e provided with hinged legs f, which pass through apertures in a flange g on a ferrule d. The tube a is slipped over the umbrella end and secured by compressing an india-rubber lining by means of a screwed plug c. The collar e is held in the closed or open position by springs h.
Patent GB-190802969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Radiators, for use on Motor Road Vehicles and like purposes.
Inventor: WILKINSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1909-02-10
Abstract: 2969. Wilkinson, W. Feb. 10. Gas and like engines.-An element for a radiator for motor road vehicles &c. is constructed out of a single sheet. On one side, only projections care formed by pressing or otherwise, and the sheet is then folded so that the projections are outside and lie opposite each other. Communicating channels e are formed between the projections by the provision of small corrugations in the sheets. The elements are assembled with their projections touching, thus forming passages for the cooling air.
Patent GB-190804911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in Coating Roads Footpaths Playgrounds or the like with Tar or other suitable Fluid
Inventor: CANDY FRANK
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 4911. Candy, F., and Candy, F. P. March 4. Liquids, distributing.-In spreading tar on roads, foot-paths, playgrounds, &c., a flexible network, mesh, or mat of metal or fibre is used with a machine such as that described in Specification No. 10,523, A.D. 1906. The mesh &c. which is preferably constructed of chain mail, is attached by hooks to a boom, which may be a length of gaspipe, and is connected by chains to a revoluble shaft attached to the tarring-machine. By rotating this shaft and thereby shortening or lengthening the connecting-chains, the mesh is caused to drag on the road behind the sprays of tar to spread the tar over the road, or is raised clear of the road when not in use. When a reticulated mesh is used, the tar may be discharged on to the mesh. The mesh &c. may have a fringe of short chains, and it may be given an oscillating side-toside motion.
Patent GB-190808401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trawl Nets.
Inventor: BOWEN WILLIAM SPENCER
Filed: 1908-04-15
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 8401. Bowen, W. S. April 15. Nets; trawling - gear.-The mouth a<2> of a trawl net is flared in order that the pressure of the water may keep it open, so that otterboards may be dispensed with. The pair of rope or other flexible concentric rings a, a<1> are connected by a piece of fine meshing, or by pieces of wood or other r material which will offer resistance when drawn through the water. The shape of the mouth is controlled by the relative lengths of the bridles B. In the Provisional Specification, it is mentioned that a number of bell-crank levers may be attached to the mouth.
Patent GB-190808904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Furnaces.
Inventor: BOUNEAU JEAN
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 8904. Bouneau, J. April 24, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Electric furnaces. - In an electrode furnace, material to be treated is passed through a preheati n g - chamber b which has an horizontal roof and an inclined bottom extending o v e r the whole of the furnace chamber a. A man-hole c is provided. Two electrodes e, shown in end view. are mounted on trollies which run upon and receive current from conducting-rails and enter the furnace from opposite sides. Spare electrodes are carried on trollies on branch rail tracks. The fused material is refined in a carbon crucible m by an arc from an electrode o, placed near the taphole of the crucible.
Patent GB-190812129-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Relieving Pressure on the Swell in Looms for Weaving.
IPC: D03D49/52
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 12,129. Mason, Ltd., T., Stansfield, J., and Holt, W. June 4. Loom shuttle-relief motions.-The stop-rod tongue C, Fig. 1, is raised to relieve the shuttle, by the end N of a lever M, which is pivoted on an extension of the frog bracket and is caused to rise in front of the frog L against the action of a spring R when the other end of the lever is acted on by a pin H<1> carried by an arm H secured to the connecting-rod F. The tongue C has a lateral extension to engage with the end N. In a modified arrangement, the spring R is connected to the lever M behind its pivot, and the pin H<1> acts upon the underside of the lever.
Patent GB-190812771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Type Line Casting Machines.
Filed: 1907-11-04
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 12,771. General Composing Co., and Degener, H. Nov. 4, 1907. Type-bar making m a c h i n e s.-Relates to machines of the kind described in Specific a t i o n s No. 17,135, A.D: 1893, No. 27,630, A.D. 1897, No. 2181, A.D. 1899, No. 9357, A.D. 1900, No. 13,772, A.D. 1903, No. 18,766, A.D. 1905, No. 24,064, A.D. 1906, and No. 24,377, A.D. 1907, and more particularly to the line carriage, and the means for guiding and alining the matrix-bars. The usual locking-wing 200 of the line carriage is placed at the extreme right of the carriage, and is attached to a sleeve 202 which turns on the upper guide-rod under the tension of a spring 203. The lower end of the wing is engaged by a spring-pressed pawl 205, Fig. 2, and is released shortly before the carriage reaches its extreme right-hand position, after which the wing is locked by a lever in known manner. The jaw 209 is moved towards and away from the wing in the known manner by a screw which is turned by rackgearing 210, 211, a bent lever 212, and a cam bar 215 on the machine frame. The jaw 209 is detachably secured to the part 206 of the carriage so that it may be replaced by another. The matrixbars are supported in the carriage by a bar 155, Fig. 3, which fits loosely into the slots in the backs of the matrix-bars. At the casting-point, the matrices are alined .by a second bar carried by the mould-block, which is advanced into the slots in the matrix-bars, the' bar 155 being simultaneously withdrawn. Separate guiding and alining slots may be formed in the matrix-bars, Fig. 8, the alining- slots being V-shaped. The alining-slots may be formed in the front edges of the matrix-bars and the guiding-slots at the back, Fig. 9, or the alining- slots may be formed by deepening the guiding slots, Figs. 10 and 11. The separate guiding and alining bars may be replaced by a single long bar having projecting and recessed parts ; or a straight-edged bar which can be advanced and retracted may be employed.
Patent GB-190816813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and Latches.
Inventor: PHILLIPS ALBERT
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 16,813. Phillips, A., and Wood, M. G. Jan. 21, 1909. Locks, key.-A single spring g is employed to operate the levers or sliders f of a lock. The levers are so constructed that portions of the edges thereof are flush when the levers &c. are in the locking position, and other portions are flush when the levers are raised by the key, and the spring is so formed that parts k<1>, l thereof bear on these two portions in the two positions of the levers respectively.
Patent GB-190817257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Targets.
Inventor: PATERSON MARION MCALLISTER
Filed: 1908-08-17
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 17,257. Paterson, M. M. Aug. 17. Targets.-A series of dished or recessed sections b converge to centres c, at which are arranged balls &c. d adapted to travel up inclined troughs e, to effect electric communication with an indicating- target at the firing point.
Patent GB-190820498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Protective Devices for Alternating Electric Current Systems.
Filed: 1908-09-29
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 20,498. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Wedmore, E. B. Sept. 29. Distributing.-The two windings of each of two relays arranged at two points to form a protective device for a feeder or a system are supplied with current from two different points of the feeder or system. As shown in Fig. 1, the series transformers a, b supply the windings c, e and d, f respectively of relays of the type described in Specification No. 22,465, A.D. 1903. Each relay controls the circuit of a tripping-device, and under normal conditions is inoperative. If, however, a fault occurs between A and B, the reversed current in one of the transformers will reverse the current in one of the pairs of relay windings, thereby causing the relays to close the trip-coil circuits. The leads 2, 3 of the pilot circuits may be replaced by a single pilot wire or by the earth. In polyphase systems in which the neutral is insulated, each of the phases may be protected as described above, using the earth or a common wire as a return path for all the phases. To avoid unnecessary winding, however, a pair of cross-connected transformers a, a<1> aud b, b<1> is used as shown in Fig. 4. When the neutral is earthed, three series transformers a, a<1>, a<2> and b, b<1>, b<2> connected in open delta are provided as shown in Fig. 5. One of the transformers at each end is reversed in connexion, and the other two have different ratios of transformation so as to render the arrangement operative in the case of a short-circuit between the phases. To avoid causing all the relay windings to carry the full load of the transformer secondaries, the coils d, e are placed in the pilot wire. Normally, no current flows in the wire, and the currents in the coils c, f are arranged to exert no force on the coils d, e. In another arrangement, the transformers a, b are grounded and the coils c, f placed directly in the feeder, Fig. 7, or included in a short-circuit about each transformer. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 9, two separate transformers are, or one transformer with two windings is, employed. When the arrangement shown in Fig. 7 is employed upon a ring main and branch from it, the transformers arranged in the branch and upon each side of it are placed in series.
Patent GB-190823489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in High Potential Rectifying Switch.
Inventor: SNOOK HOMER CLYDE
Filed: 1908-06-30
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 23,489. Snook, H. C. July 20,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Converting alternating and direct currents ; switches ; transformers.-Both positive and negative waves of an alternating electric current of high potential are rectified, principally for use with r÷ntgen-ray apparatus, by the following means:-An electric motor, inverted rotary converter, &c. G running in synchronism with the frequency of the alternating current is mounted with the rectifying-switch E and transformer I upon a table H so as to form a portable unit. The shaft of the motor &c. is connected by an insulating-coupling p to the wooden shaft of the rectifying-switch. This shaft has metal ends m journaled in bearings n in the wooden casing o of the switch. Four metal rods or wires r, t, u, v pass through and are supported by rubber &c. insulating-sleeves w. These with the shaft form a balanced rotating sys stem. The conductors r, u are shown arranged at right-angles to the conductors t, v. The bare extremities of these conductors pass close to conducting-arcs 3 ... 10, having an angular extent corresponding to slightly less than the positive or negative current wave, which are supported opposite one another in pairs upon pairs of parallel insulating-rods 1. The arcs 3, 9 are connected to a conductor i leading to the translating- device requiring rectified current, and the arcs 5, 7 are connected to the return conductor i<1> from the translating-device. Arcs 4, 6 and 8, 10 are connected by leads h, h<1>, respectively, with the secondary terminals of the transformer I. Adjacent arcs between which exist great differences of potential are separated by heavy slabs x, y, z of glass, mica, &c., which extend well up to the shaft J. In a modification, the rods r, u and their co-operating arcs are displaced 90 degrees, bringing all the conductors r, t, u, v into the same longitudinal plane. Five insulating-slabs are used in this case. The phase of the current pulsations may be adjusted by means of the coupling p, and a device to maintain synchronism may be added to the shaft J in the form of a member having poles rotating in an alternating magnetic field. The direct coupling p may be replaced by any mechanical connexion with the driving-member which will ensure synchronism and a proper phase-relation between the shaft of the motor and the shaft J.