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Patent GB-190421019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Apparatus.
Inventor: LAWDER ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-30
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 21,019. Lawder, A. W., [trading as Barker & Co., F. W.]. Sept. 30. Ventilators; ; shafts ; valves.-To prevent the valve C of the apparatus described in Specification No. 18,801, A.D. 1889, from being raised by updraughts in the flue or shaft surrounding the inner tube, this tube is fitted with a lip or socket E enclosing the edges of the valve. A hood or cover, which may be open at the top or perforated at the sides, is sometimes attached to the lip.
Patent GB-190427747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Motors.
Filed: 1904-12-19
Granted: 1905-03-02
Abstract: 27,747. Soc. Nouvelle des Etablissements Decauville a¯nÚ. May 7, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The carburetter shown in Fig. 1, for maintaining a mixture of constant strength at varying speeds, is provided with a water-jacketect conical mixing-chamber b, in which moves vertically a suction-operated conical float c for regulating the air passage. Air, heated by passing in contact with hollow webs k through which the cooling-water is led, enters the conical base of the carburetter at i, the hydrocarbons being admitted through inclined ports. The conical float c is guided at its ends by spindles and controlled by the spring h. A second compensating-spring may, if desired, be used in connection with the float. A modification is described in which the float is operated mechanically by an external arm connected to a convenient part of the motor.
Patent GB-190501366-A (GB)
Title: Calculating Machine.
Inventor: GOLDBERG HYMAN ELI
Filed: 1905-01-24
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 1366. Goldberg, H. E. Jan. 24. Typewriters a r e provided with means for reckoning commercial accounts while they are being typed in bill form in several columns side by side containing items, subtotals dissected into deb it and credits, balances, and the like, there being one or more receiving counters moving relatively to a plurality of setting-mechanisms, some of which may be rendered operative or not at will. The apparatus consists of a part containing the differential-movement, operated by the keys, and the fixed setting-wheels receiving this motion, which are, with their reversing means, so placed as to gear with the receiving counters, carried by, but adjustable on, the carriage. The setting-wheels are carried by fixed brackets on a stationary guide-bar 50. The receiving-counter is adjustably mounted upon a notched slide 52, travelling on the guide-bar, motion being transmitted from the paper-carriage by means of an arm 54 engaging in a channel 53 and provided with a pivoted bar 55, which, when placed crossways as shown, lifts the carriage enough to prevent the types from printing. In one form of the apparatus, the typewriter must have a shift key enabling the numeral key struck to print the complement of the number.
Patent GB-190502946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Railway Couplings.
Inventor: HILL EDWARD JACOB
Filed: 1905-02-13
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 2946. Hill, E. J., and Robinson, J. F. Feb. 13. Drrcw - gear; buffers. - Relates to means for guiding automatic coupling-heads of the centralbuffer type into alinement for coupling on curves. The pivot b<5>, Figs. 1 and 2, attaching the drawhead to the draw-bar b, supports also a yoke c extending laterally downwards to receive the ends of the rods c<1> secured to the adjusting buffer plate c<2>, which extends the same distance as the coupler head in front of the buffer beam. Springs c<5> tensioned between washers c<6> abutting against shoulders on the rods c<1> and the yoke c are threaded on the rods c', which are prevented from leaving the yoke by nuts c<8> and cotters. The yoke is bolted at c<4> to the draw-head so as to move with it, play being allowed to the coupler shank and the rods c<1> by the laterally - elongated slides a<2>, a<3> attached to the buffer beam. The coupler shank also passes through a doubly-flared opening e<5> in a loop e<4> in a lateral rod e<1>, on which are threaded springs e which assist in centralizing the coupler. The buffing and draw springs b<1>, b<2> are carried between end plates b<3> on the shouldered draw-bar b, which work on guides b<4>. The rounded rear end of the coupler shank bears in its extreme inner position against a seat d<1> attached to the underframe. On coupling on a curve, the opposing adjusting buffer plates c<2>, on meeting, force, by the yielding springs c<5>, the yoke c to swing round the pivot b<5> and carry the coupler head into position for engaging the similarly-guided opposing coupler. The adjuster may be formed of a castmetal frame, or of a flat bar of wrought iron or steel bent to a U-shape, the bow being pivoted to the draw-bar and the outer ends of the arms connected by a transverse brace above or below the coupling-head, and the arms being supported by brackets attached to the headstock and adapted to allow lateral play.
Patent GB-190504066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car-seats.
Inventor: BENNETT FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-02-27
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 4066. Bennett, F., and Walker, S. A. Feb. 27. Seats.-The back of a reversible car seat is carried by arms 17, which are suspended from the framing 15 by links 18, and which have extensions 17<a> for tilting the angular foot-rest bars 21 when the seat is reversed. The links 18 are prolonged beyond the pivots 19 into cavities in the seat, which is thus tilted by the engagement of the inclines 15<a>, 16<a>.
Patent GB-190504892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Power Generators.
Inventor: CHITTY HENRY
Filed: 1905-03-08
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 4892. Chitty, H. March 8. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles. - In electrical plants, the air, which is warmed in its passage through the dy n a m o - electric machines, is utilized for combustion in the furnace of the steam generators, the current of air being produced by natural, induced, or forced draughts. In the application of the invention to an electric locomotive shown in Fig. -1, a current of air is drawn through the inlets e, i of the generator c and motors g, which may be constructedas described in Specification No. 9397, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Dynamoelectric generators &c.], and, after passing through the armatures and between the field magnets, enters the furnace of the steam generator a through pipes f, h. The draught may be produced in any well-known way, such as by discharging the live steam of the boiler a, or the exhaust steam from the turbine b, into the funnel or by means of fans. In plants, in which the generators c, Fig. 3, are driven by internal-combustion engines m, the exhaust is utilized to produce the draught through the electrical machines.
Patent GB-190507903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Accumulators or Secondary Electrolytic Cells.
Inventor: FENNELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-04-13
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 7903. Fennell, W., and Perry, W. P. April 13. Secondary batteries.-Relates to eledrodes in which hard, porous, non-conducting material, insoluble in the electrolyte, in the form of rods, tubes, irregular pieces, or a network, honeycomb, or framework in one or more pieces, is coated with a thin film of active material. The honeycomb &c. may be of pumice, or of other materials such as earthenware or other burnt clay, asbestos, slate, soapstone, &c., either separately or in combination. It is coated with active material by first damping and then blowing or dusting active powder through it. Or the film may be precipitated chemically out of solution, or allowed to settle out from a solution in which the active matter is in mechanical suspension. The coating may also be applied by alternately dipping into an emulsion and drying. If desired, the thickness of the film may be increased by electro-deposition, or by other usual means. The active material for the positives may be the oxides of lead, iron, nickel, cobalt, or copper, and for the negatives, lead, zinc, cadmium, copper, or manganese. Fig. 3 shows a moulded network a of clay, subsequently baked, coated with active material b, while Fig. 4 shows a number of coated rods a with a central metal conductor d held together by bands e of rubber, asbestos yarn, or corrugated ebonite. In Fig. 7 is shown a perforated leaden container g, with a terminal piece h, filled with coated granules b. In a modification, a non- conducting container, of ebonite or celluloid, is employed, a conducting rod being embedded in the granules. In some cases the honeycomb &c., in one or more pieces, may completely fill the cell, different electrodes being separated by corrugated, perforated ebonite, asbestos cloth, or burnt-clay sheets. The honeycombs may be provided with additional holes in the direction of the path of the current, and with vertical or inclined holes to serve as gas exits. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 6145, A,D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190510673-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Fountain Pens
Inventor: BLAIR JOHN
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 10,673. Blair, J. May 22. Pens, reservoir. Relates to fountain pens which are filled by creating a partial vacuum in the reservoir. The invention also comprises a n o nleakable nib-holding nozzle through which the ink is sucked up. The pen barrel A tapers slightly from the end a towards the rib, but a short length at the rear end is made cylindrical to form an air-tight connexion with the metallined cap B. This lining is secured in the cap by pins b<1>. The rear end of the barrel is closed by a plug C which when partially unscrewed allows air to pass into the interior of the barrel. To fill the pen the cap B is removed, the plug C loosened, and the pen dipped in ink. The cap B is slowly passed on to the barrel, the hole b<2> being closed by the finger, the case is then slowly pulled off again, the ink being thus drawn up into the barrel. The plug C is finally screwed up tight. The nib nozzle D is screw-threaded on its front end and contains the feed-bar H which is flat on its underside. The nozzle may be screwed out of or into its operative position, as shown by dotted lines, by means of a bar i fixed inside the nib cap F, which bar fits the recess between the feed bar H and the nozzle. The cap F screws on to the barrel when the pen is out of use, but otherwise is supported on the plug C by means of the projection F.
Patent GB-190515926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Radiators for Heating Buildings and the like
Inventor: BARKER CHARLES ROBINSON
Filed: 1905-08-03
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 15,926. Barker, C. R. Aug. 3. Heating buildings.-To prevent discolorization of the wall by the air rising from the radiators, detachable filtering-panels C, of gauze, canvas, or the like, are fitted to the radiator hoods A, which are secured to the wall by means of lugs, or screwed directly on to the radiators, a felt or other pad being fitted between the hood and the wall. The panel C is secured in guides D, preferably by set-screws, and is provided with a dust-collecting channel F, Fig. 4, which may contain water for moistening the air.
Patent GB-190521645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Mechanical Stokers.
Inventor: RUELF ARI
Filed: 1905-10-24
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 21,645. R³lf, A. Oct. 24. Mechanical stoking.-Relates to periodicallyoperated steam, air, or gas jet apparatus for feeding and distributing lump coal to furnaces. Within a feeding-hopper c is mounted a revoluble measuring-cross e driven from a shaft r by means of toothed wheels p, q. A cam disk t is carried by this shaft and periodically depresses a lever l, thus opening a valve m which communicates by means of a flexible pipe i with a distributing-nozzle g. The nozzle is shaped as shown in Fig. 2, and provided with divergingly-placed apertures s.
Patent GB-190523261-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folding Platform Step and Gate Combined for Tramcars & like Vehicles.
Inventor: LACEY JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-11-13
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 23,261. Lacey, J. Nov. 13. Catches, spring.-The handle of a tramcar or like vehicle gate has a reversible recessed arm L, which, when engaged with the pin W on one of the gate bars, locks the gate open as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. When reversed, as shown in dotted lines, it enters the lock M and engages the spring-pressed tongue N, thus locking the gate in the closed position. To open the gate, the tongue N is raised by lifting a pin P which projects from the rear of the lock through a slot.
Patent GB-190525274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheels for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: COARD JEAN-BAPTISTE MARIE ALBE
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 25,274. Coard, J-B. M. A. Dec. 5. Ball bearings; sliding bearings.-The axle arm a<1> of a road-vehicle axle a slides vertically in a casing b<1> between spring-pressed buffer plates f, from which it is separated by balls n.
Patent GB-190525935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Decoration for Panels and other Surfaces.
Inventor: BURTON ELIZABETH EATON
Filed: 1905-12-13
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 25,935. Burton, E. E. Dec. 13. Ornamenting; woodwork, o r n a - mental. -P a n e l s used in the construction of screens, doors, wall surfaces, &c. are decorated by carving or embossing the wood or leather background into designs B, which are shaded by burning with heated implements or chemicals and then applying suitable dyes. The foliage is produced by attaching pieces of leather the edges D of which are burnt and coloured as described. Fabrics, such as silk or cloth of gold or silver, may be inserted between the layers of leather. Sky or water effects E may be obtained by using shells or glass of a bluish or other suitable tint.
Patent GB-190601944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Systems of Laying Electric Conductors.
Inventor: HIGHFIELD JOHN SOMERVILLE
Filed: 1906-01-25
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 1944. Highfield, J. S. Jan. 25. Conduits insulation.-Conductors, particularly for high-tension and direct currents, are carried, preferably as bare stranded cables k, Figs. 2 and 3, which may, however, be varnished, by insulators g held by resilient rings h in air-tight continuous metallic tubing through which clean dry air is pumped. The air is preferably under pressure, and should be filtered before use, e.g. by passing through a vessel filled with coke, and then dried by passing through a similar vessel containing a drying-agent, such as lime, so that water may be kept out, the insulation improved, and the condition of the system indicated by pressure gauges placed at suitable intervals. Relief valves e are provided throughout the system so that a continuous circulation of air may be maintained.
Patent GB-190611631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spools or Reels.
Inventor: CROCKER EUGENE BRADLEY
Filed: 1906-05-18
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 11,631. Crocker, E. B. May 18. Spools &c.-The head 1 is securely attached to the hollow barrel 3, which is preferably constructed of metal and corrugated, by means of metal bushings. The bushing 4, provided with an internally screw - threaded hub 6, is soldered or otherwise secured into the barrel, and the head 1, preferably made of paper fibre, is firmly held by the flange 10 of a retaining-bush 9, which screws into the hub 4 and is secured by a pin 15. The inner end of the bushing 4 may be provided with an inwardly bevelled head 7 having a central aperture 8 for the winding-spindle, and a metal centring-plug 11, which may be provided with an annular shoulder, is soldered into the outer end of the retaining- bushing.
Patent GB-190613197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gyroscope Spinning Devices.
Inventor: LEAVITT FRANK MCDOWELL
Filed: 1906-06-07
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 13,197. Leavitt, F. M. June 17, 1905, [date applied far under-Patents Act, 1901]. Gyroscopic apparatus.-The steering-gyroscope of a torpedo is speeded up by gearing from the propelling-engine, the driving-shaft employed also acting to hold the gyroscope steady till its speed is attained. A spur-wheel h on the propeller shaft C engages a long pinion j on a shaft L adapted to slide in a bearing g in the casing of the gyroscope, and adapted also to drive by a clutch formed thereon the axle of the gyroscope J. The shaft L while engaging the axle bears in the boss m formed on the inner gimbal ring so as to hold the fly-wheel steady. The shaft is withdrawn after an interval by a fork Q when the latter is actuated by a slide P, which is moved by a ratchet pawl 0 on a lever N rocked by a cam M on the propeller shaft.
Patent GB-190617202-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Pillows for Private and Hospital use
Inventor: DUKE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1906-07-31
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 17,202. Duke, A. July 31. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Pillows.-A pillow or head-rest which freely admits air under the head of the sleeper is made of a frame of wire, cane, or other material across which webbing or fabric is stretched to support the head.
Patent GB-190623920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Glazing Bars or Astragals for Roof Lights and Windows.
Inventor: LESTER HENRY SLOANE
Filed: 1906-10-27
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 23,920. Lester, H. S. Oct. 27. Glazing roofs.-Relates to shoes for securing sheathed astragals or glazing-bars of inverted T or similar section in position without it being necessary to pierce the sheath. The shoe is substantially of known form, and consists of a sole E hooking over, or secured by screws to the purlin, a carrying-part C at right-angles to the sole provided with apertures H opposite the usual gutters formed in the astragal sheath, and a yoke D projecting from the carrying-part C and fitting over the web of the astragal, as in previous forms of shoes, but of such a depth as to prevent the glass from being lifted by wind pressure. The shoes for the upper ends of the astragals may have lugs M on the carrying-part C, through which the securing-screws pass, the sole E being made short ; or it may be dispensed with in cases in which the astragal rests on the roof-bar.
Patent GB-190623924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal or other Window Casements and the like
Inventor: WELSTEAD CHARLES ERNEST
Filed: 1906-10-27
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 23,924. Welstead, C. E. Oct. 27. Casement fasteners.-A casement a is side-hung at a<1> to a portion b<2> of the outer frame, which is mounted on top and bottom pivots c. By suitably operating a bolt d, the frame b<2> can either be secured to the window sill, leaving the casement free to opsn outwards in the usual manner, or the frame b<2> can be secured to a socket platef on the casement, which can then be turned about the pivots c for cleaning purposes.
Patent GB-190625751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Cutters for Wood Planing Machines.
Inventor: MADSEN PETER MARENTIUS
Filed: 1906-11-14
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 25,751. Madsen, P. M. Nov. 15, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Planing; tools.-In a rotary cutter for tongueing and grooving boards, planks, &c. of the adjustable type, the cutting-edges are formed on the disks a, b, c, as shown, the width of the tongue or groove being varied by turning the central 'disk relatively to the two outer disks. In a modification, the central disk may be in one piece with one of the outer'disks, and the regulation may be effected by turning the other disk. In the tongueing-cutter shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the outer disks a have slanting faces c to engage the disk b, and the teeth on all the disks have an eccentric outer contour, so that as the disk b is turned relatively-to the outer disks, the width of the outer cutter may be varied. In the grooving-cutter shown in Fig. 5, the disks have teeth of a similar contour to those in Fig. 1, but the teeth on the disk b are made slightly elastic by being turned thinner at the root on both sides, and the slanting bearing-surfaces of the outer teeth slope also wave-like alternately to one.side and the other, so as to deviate the teeth of the disk b, as shown on Fig. 5, so that the groove is a little wider than the thickness of the teeth. The faces, as shown in Fig. 5, slant peripherally relatively to each other, so that the middle teeth are only pinched at the forward edge. To ensure agreement between the disks, the central disks has a series of holes to receive a peg, passing also through a hole in the outer disks.
Patent GB-190625914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Couplings or Joints particularly applicable to Self-propelled Vehicles.
Filed: 1906-11-16
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 25,914. Pullcar Motor Co., and Baines, W. Nov. 16. Universal joints.-A universal joint, shown applied to a motor road vehicle in which the steering is effected through the driven wheels, comprises jaws c, d upon the shaft ends a, b, engaging a loose rectangular block e, the ends c', d' of which are curved mutually at right-angles to slightly different radii. The wheel o is suitably connected to the driven shaft b, and revolves upon a hollow support h pivoted upon the vertical pins j carried by the axle bracket &c. i, f. Arms or levers, after the Ackermann system, are connected to the parts h' of the axle support h to control the road wheels. Roller &c. bearings g for the axle shaft a, and a leather or other flexible casing secured by wire &c., for the universal joint, may be provided.
Patent GB-190628148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Gases.
Inventor: BACHMAN FRANK ESHLEMAN
Filed: 1906-12-10
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 28,148. Bachman, F. E. Dec. 10. Washers.-In washing dust-laden gases, the dust is thrown on to the wetted inner surface of a cylinder by means of centrifugal force and washed down. For this purpose, the gas inlet is arranged tangentially. or non-radially, so that the gas traverses the washer in a spiral path. In one form of washer, two concentric shells 7, 8, Fig. 2, are arranged in a casing 2, and inside the annular chambers 9, 10, formed between the shells, spiral shelves 12 are supported. The dust is deposited on the outer walls and shelves and washed down by means of water spray pipes 17 ; the shelves are preferably grooved to form channels for the water to flow down. The gases escape through a central uptake 15 wherein they may be washed by means of spray pipes 20. In a modification, the central uptake is dispensed with, the gases escaping from the lower ends of the shells into a main. In another modification, the spiral shelves are dispeneed with, the gases entering a casing 2<a>, Fig. 7, by a tangential pipe 13<a> and, after swirling round in a downward direction, escaping by a central uptake 15<a>; or the inlet may be at the bottom of the chamber, the gases swirling round in an upward direction. In order to maintain a flow of water down the walls of the casing on which the dust is deposited without spraying the gas, external water-supply boxes are used. The box may be divided into chambers 13<c>, 14<c>, Fig. 13, by means of longitudinal partitions 12<c>, and the inner chambers 14<c> are provided with slots or series of holes 15<c>; the head of water is preferably just sufficient to overcome the pressure of the gas, so that no spraying occurs.