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Patent GB-190526697-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Eraser Holder for Pencils.
Inventor: BOWEN ANNIE FLORENCE WILSON
Filed: 1905-12-21
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 26,697. Bowen, A. F. W. Dec. 21. Erasers; pencil and like holders. - Relates to an adjustable eraser-holding attachment for pencils. The holder 2, Fig. 2, is secured on the pencil by slit portions forming springs, and is provided with a screw-threaded portion 4 to receive a screwthreaded eraser clamp 5, several forms of which are described. The clamp shown in Figs. 2 and 3 is formed of screw-threaded jaws 7 connected by a yoke 8. Fig. 9 shows the screw threaded portion as continued throughout the length of the clamp ; the jaws may be formed by slits 15, or may be separate pieces hinged together. Instead of jaws, impaling- pins may be used, as shown at 18, Fig. 11, and 22, Fig. 15. A spiral wire 23, Fig. 16, or wavy wires 30, Fig. 19, may serve as the screw - threaded portion. The wire 23, Fig. 16, is provided with an impaling-pin, and may be attached to a milled head 25 ; the holder is made in two parts 26, 27 screwing together. The wavy wires 30, Fig. 19, form the clamp and are hooked at the ends 29 to compress the eraser slightly.
Patent GB-190527076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mechanical Players of Musical Instruments
Filed: 1905-12-28
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 27,076. Lake, H. H., [Aeolian Co.]. Dec. 28. Automatic instruments.-To indicate the alinement and adjust the tune-sheet to proper alinement with the tracker ducts, the indicator 7, in fixed relation with the tracker 1, registers with the guide-line 30 on the tune-sheet, and the shaft 61 when turned by a key effects a simultaneous and equal adjustment of the shafts 21, 34. The guide-line 30 may be formed of perforations, and the indicator 7 may be pivoted, so that it can be turned out of its operative position. When the shaft 61 is turned, a worm and lug turn the shaft 53, which in turn, by lugs engaging with grooves in collars 5, adjusts the shafts 21, 34.
Patent GB-190527160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Friction Clutches.
Inventor: HERISSON ALBERT
Filed: 1905-12-29
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 27,160. HÚrisson, A. Dec. 30, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Clutches. - Relates to improvements in the friction clutch described in Specification No.14,135, A.D. 1905. The fourpart cone 1 slides on a sleeve 2, which is secured to the cap 3 of the clutch part 4 and does not quite fit the driven shaft 5. A sleeve 6, connected by springs 9 with the part 4, carries rods 7 provided with springs 8 bearing on the cone 1. The rollers 10 are provided with ball bearings, and the levers 11 are connected by springs 12.
Patent GB-190604637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: SMITH ROBERT THOMAS
Filed: 1906-02-26
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 4637. Smith, R. T. Feb. 26. Locking-nuts.-In means for adjustably securing the disks B of a vehicle wheel, rings P<1> on the disks bear against a curved nut P threaded on an extension O of the bush J and are locked by nuts Q arranged as shown for compactness.
Patent GB-190607137-A (GB)
Title: A Safety Device for Railway Crossings.
Inventor: MAUSSHARDT MICHAEL
Filed: 1906-03-24
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 7137. Mausshardt, M. March 24. Lamp signals; crossing-gate signals.-A lamp, carried on a shaft in a post b, is actuated by gearing from a shaft f, which is rotated by wire connections d from the balance weight of a crossing-barrier a to a lever e on the shaft f, a balanceweight lever g being also provided on the shaft f. By the change in the colour of the lamp glasses on rotation, the locomotive driver and drivers of other vehicles are warned of their approach to the barrier.
Patent GB-190613465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Distribution of Sheets of Paper.
Inventor: EHRLICH MATHILDE
Filed: 1906-06-12
Granted: 1907-06-12
Abstract: 13,465. Ehrlich, M. June 12. Contents, delivering and withdrawing.-A holder for enclosing folded paper consists of a box having slits s<1>, s<2> in the lid and supported by a hook g passing through the slit s<1>. The bundle of folded papers is carried by the lower arms of the hook g.
Patent GB-190618053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Wagon Brake Gear.
Inventor: HILL EDWARD JACOB
Filed: 1906-08-11
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 18,053. Hill, E. J. Aug. 11. Brakes.-The pin C, for locking the hand-lever B of a railway-wagon brake to its rack A when the brakes are on, can be removed by a lateral move. ment of the hand-lever, so that the brake can be released from either side of the vehicle. The rack comprises a single bar; it may have a single row of perforations a, but preferably there are two rows in staggered relation, the perforations opening into a groove F to assist the shunter in the dark. The pin C has an arm or shoulder c which engages over the outer side of the hand-lever, and a shoulder E which bears against the rack and prevents the pin from becoming jammed in the rack under the upward pressure exerted upon it by the lever. A bracket d prevents the lever from moving too far from its rack. A stop D is provided to support the lever in case the brake gear should give way. Existing double racks may be utilized by closing their limbs together, but the rack is preferably of approximately T-section, the arms f of the T being at the inner side of the rack.
Patent GB-190618961-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Trap for Rodents and like Animals.
Inventor: SEIFERT CARL
Filed: 1906-08-24
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 18,961. Seifert, C. Aug. 24. Traps.-A self-setting trap of the type in which the door is closed by means of one and opened by a second tilting bridge has a curved door a pivoted by means of arms b and linked to the bridge f. When set, the door rests upon the projection h<1>, which is withdrawn when the animal tilts the bridge i. The bridge falls back to its closed position when the animal passes up the passage j, or returns to push open the door a, the projection h<1> fitting into a slot k in the door.
Patent GB-190624795-A (GB)
Title: Device for Relieving the Winding Up Arrangement of Beams on Floating Cranes
Inventor: BODE ALFRED
Filed: 1906-11-05
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 24,795. Bode, A., and B÷ttcher, K. Nov. 5. Cranes.-Floating cranes used on pontoons &c. have balance weights, which simultaneously relieve the winding-machinery of part of the weight of the jib and balance the whole structure. The Figure shows the invention applied to a rotary crane. The balance weight e is suspended by means of a pulley f, which is supported by a rope connected to the fixed structure at b<2> and to the luffing jib at c'. In some cases, the weight may be hung directly from the end of the jib. The invention may be applied to non-rotary floating cranes. A screw shaft rotated by suitable bevel-gear is shown for luffing the jib.
Patent GB-190701044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Chains for Motor Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: BRAMPTON ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-01-15
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 1044. Brampton, A., Wadhams, G., and Thorneycroft, C. W. Jan. 15. Driving and like chains.-Driving - chains are formed by connecting cranked side plates together by angular driving-blocks, the inner cranked ends of one pair of plates lying between the wider ends of the next pair ; the driving-blocks are so secured to the side plates as to prevent relative movement therewith. Fig. 2 shows a plan of the chain with the narrow ends l<l> of the plates l connected together by blocks a, the ends l<1> of one pair of plates lying between the ends l<2> of the next pair. Fig. 5 is a section through a joint, and Figs. 6, 8, and 11 are end views of different kinds of driving-blocks. Annular bosses a<2> on the blocks a fit into circular holes in the ends l<1> of the plates, and a rivet r is passed through each block and expanded over the wider ends l<2> of the plates. Projections a<3>, Figs. 6 and 8, or a<8>, Fig. 11, on the blocks fit into recesses or notches in the ends l<1> of the plates to prevent relative movement. For this purpose also, the upper surface of the blocks a and bosses a<2> may be grooved as at a', Fig. 8, the bosses fitting into correspondingly - shaped holes in the side plates. The block shown in Fig. 11 has driving- faces a<9>, all of different radii to engage teeth on sprockets of different diameters, and a nose a<11> which forms an oil cushion between the block and wheel teeth when driving.
Patent GB-190708764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Devices for Electric Motors.
IPC: H02P1/34
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 8764. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 15. Motor control systems. --Switch gear for controlling induction motors of the slip-ring type is so arranged that the primary motor circuit can only be closed after the secondary circuit has been closed through the full resistance, the resistance being afterwards cut out automatically. In the arrangement illustrated, the primary P of the motor can be connected to the three-phase mains 1, 2, 3 through either of two switches 18, 18<1>, for forward or backward running, these switches being operated by solenoids 4, 4<1> controlled by a switch 25 and contacts 23, 23<1>. In their #off' position, the switches 18, 18<1> complete the circuit of a solenoid 10, which lifts a contact-arm 9 and connects the resistances 6, 7, 8 in the secondary motor circuit S before closing the contacts 23. The switch 18 or 18<1> is then operated, and is held by a latch 19 and a voltage coil 22, and the fall of the contact-arm 9 is governed by a dash-pot 13. In a modified arrangement, a series of contactor switches acting automatically in succession is used to shortcircuit the resistances 6, 7, 8 in sections. In order to stop the motor quickly, as in the operation of hoists or lifts, a brake 38 may be controlled by a solenoid 39 so as to be withdrawn when the primary circuit is closed.
Patent GB-190712604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Hangers.
Filed: 1907-05-31
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 12,604. Clift, C., and Clift Co. May 31. Clothes - hanging apparatus.- Hooks or pegs b, b<1> of the folding type are pivoted side by side on a pin b<5> in a housing B, and the hook b for supporting hat is retained in an horizontal position by means of a stop b<l>', while the hook b<1> for supporting garments rests in a pendent position against the lower end of the housing B. When the hooks are folded back into the housing, their hooked ends enter a slot b<3> in the housing and a recess a' in the rail or the like A. A modification, particularly applicable for attachment to movable supports, is shown in Fig. 5 and comprises means for retaining the books in the inoperative position. The clothes. hook b<1> is pivoted in a slot b<10> in the hat-hook b, and, in the inoperative position, engages a retaining-spring b<9> in the recess a<1>, which is furnished with a sheet-metal lining B<1>. A shoulder b<11> on the hook b<1> engages a notch in the hook b and thus retains this hook in the closed position.
Patent GB-190713825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas or Internal Combustion Turbo-motors.
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 13,825. Soc. des Brevets EtrangÞrs (Armengaud - Lemale) (Turbo- Moteurs). June 14, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic fluid turbines.-A gas turbine provided with an auxiliary steam generator in the combustion chamber is shown in Fig. 1. The combustion chamber a of the gas turbine is fitted with a steam generator at its outlet end, consisting of chambers c, d, water-tubes b, and a collector e, which supplies the steam to a nozzle f, Any other suitable form of steam generator may be used, such as a water chamber k, Fig. 4, traversed by fire-tubes b, or a flash boiler composed of serpentine, spiral, or other tubes arranged in the extension of the combustion chamber. The steam produced may act on separate turbine wheels. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises also the following. The combustion chamber a, Fig. 8, of a gas turbine is provided with an injector, which is fed with a portion of the combustion gases and sucks in and compresses air which supplies the combustion chamber. The injector compressor may be combined either in series or in parallel with a turbo-compressor. The combustion chamber may be fed by an injector supplied with gas by an auxiliary combustion chamber supplied with compressed air by the injector. The turbine buckets 3, Fig. 14, are shaped out of a bar of nickel steel and are inserted in the slotted rim 1, Fig. 17, of the turbine wheel and are secured by pins 4. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190719016-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Removal of Copper from Copper, Tin, Antimony and Lead Alloys.
Inventor: RICHTER WILHELM
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 19,016. Richter, W. Aug. 23. Copper sulphate.-In the production of copper sulphate from alloys of copper, antimony, tin, and lead, the alloys are oxidized in a refining-furnace, and the oxides extracted with hot acetic acid. The solution is treated with sulphuric acid and evaporated. Lead sulphate is thrown down, acetic acid distils over, and copper sulphate is formed.
Patent GB-190720528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Swinging Cradles for Fire Hose and the like.
Inventor: MORRIS JOHN
Filed: 1907-09-16
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 20,528. Morris, J. Sept. 16. Hose racks.-A swinging cradle for fire-hose &c. consists of two side frames A with lugs B through which passes a pivot D, securing the side-pieces A after the manner of a hinge and pivotally mounting the cradle on lugs H cast on the main. Cross-bars carrying wood &c. bobbins F form the bottom of the cradle on which the hose rests. In a modification, the cradle is pivoted to a clamp on the main.
Patent GB-190721084-A (GB)
Title: Card Vending Apparatus
Inventor: NEUMANN BERNARD
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 21,084. Neumann, B., and Gammelgaard, P. N., [trading as Heitmann's (Nachfolger), J.]. Sept. 23. Sale apparatus; displaying articles to be sold.- Pictorial post cards &c. are contained in boxes on an endless band 8, which is adapted to be rotated by an intending purchaser before windows 2, 3 by means of an external handle on a spindle 11<a>. The cards are pressed to the front of each box by springs 52 bearing on a false bottom 51. Delivery mechanism ; coin action.-A card having been selected, the handle is turned until the box 7 in question is opposite the window 3, and a coin is inserted and passes by a shoot 14 into a slot 15 in a hand-operated slide 12. The slide is then drawn out, and the coin engages the nose 20<a> of an arm 23, which is pivoted to a lever 20, turning that arm against the action of a spring 24 out of the path of a pin 25 on the casing, the toothed extremity 23<a> of the arm simultaneously engaging and bending down the top card of the pile. The lever 20, which is pivoted to the casing at 19 and controlled by a spring 21, carries also an arm 22 which, during the movement of the slide 12, depresses a spring arm 34 carried by a second slide 16 so as to remove a projection 35 on the arm from a lug 29 on a bar 28. This bar, which is slotted to engage a fixed pin 27, is then thrown forward by a spring 30, a rubber cushion 31 at the extremity of the bar engaging and securely holding the bent portion of the card. The slide 16 is connected to the slide 12 by means of a cord 17 passing over guide-pulleys and carrying weights at its extremities, so that as the slide 12 is drawn forward the heavier weight is raised and the lighter weight 18 draws forward the slide 16, which takes with it the foremost card by means of a hook 33 and thrusts it through a delivery aperture 6 sufficiently far to enable it to be grasped by the purchaser. The lever 20 and arm 23 are returned by the springs 21, 24 respectively when the coin escapes past the nose 20<a>, and the slides 12, 16 are returned by the fall of the heavier weight, the projection 35 returning the bar 28 by engaging the lug 29. During the return movement, the bar 28 is oscillated owing to the engagement of its curved side with a fixed stud 32, the rubber cushion 31 positioning the next card to ensure its engagement by the toothed portion 23<a> at the next operation. Fig. 8 shows a modification in which the foremost card is first separated by the free bent end of an arm 42, and is then thrust out by a tongue 46.
Patent GB-190721123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sifting Machines.
Inventor: PETER JACOB
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 21,123. Peter, J. Sept. 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sieves or sifting-surfaces, cleaning.-Relates to means for keeping the silk or sifting-surface of plansifters clean, and consists in forming the pivot of the brush with straight sides a, and curved ends b, Fig. 2, the outer sides g of the curved ends of the brush guide d being made eccentric to the inner sides h. The brush is formed on its underside with a guide-strip f and a supporting- bar n. The frame of the brush consists of two parts k, l between which plates m may be placed when the brushes become worn. Strips p on the upper part k and below the longitudinal members o of the sieve frame limit the upward movement of the brush, and bristles t on the outer sides of the parts k, l keep the side passages s clean. The brush pivot may be tubular, or it may consist of a straight section a, Fig. 3, and two circular sections b.
Patent GB-190801187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Railway and Tramway Systems.
Inventor: THOMSON ROBERT CLEGHORN
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 1187. Thomson, R. C., [Kempt, D.] Jan. 18. Electric railways &c.- Relates to electric railways and tramways on a conduit system in which the conduit is formed in the track rails or attached thereto, the whole being stated to be an improvement on the system described in Specification No. 5938, A.D. 1903. Conduits; conductors.-The track rails are formed on the outer or inner side of the tread with an additional groove 2, which is lined with insulating- material 4 and adapted to carry a conductor 6, laid in the bottom of the groove or embedded in the insulation at one side, as shown. In a modified construction, this groove is formed in a special piece of rail or conduit secured to the side of the track rail. To prevent dust and moisture from entering the groove, a covering of flexible non- conducting material 7. is secured along the upper part of the groove, which is compressed as shown in Fig. 9 when the collecting-wheel 10 passes. Holes 8 are formed in the bottom of the groove to allow moisture to escape, The conductor in one rail is used as the supply, and that in the other as the return. Collectors.- The collecting-wheels 10 are carried at both ends of the car as near to the wheels as possible, and when arranged to run on the conductor, are preferably grooved and covered with insulating-material. Rods 11 are mounted at the back and front of the collectors so as to clear the groove or keep the guard 7 in position. The transverse bar 13 carries both the collectors at one end of the car, and is slidably mounted in brackets and pressed downwards by springs. The bars 11 are able to rise against springs 16 if they meet with any obstruction. The wheel and rods 11 are protected by a covering 19, and the whole structure can be raised or lowered as desired by the driver of the car.
Patent GB-190809470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres.
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1908-05-01
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 9470. Kempshall, E. May 1. Tyres, pneumatic &c. -In tyres having recessed treads, such as those described in Specification No. 340, A.D. 1908, domeshaped metal, vulcanite, or like caps a are embedded and vulcanized in the recesses during the process of moulding the tyre, and enclose projections d on the tyre. The caps a have preferably broad upwardly-curved rims b, which are surrounded by the material of the tyre and may be perforated. The caps may be circular or polygonal with rounded or conical summits.
Patent GB-190809717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filling Replenishing Mechanism for Looms.
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 9717. British Northrop Loom Co., [Northrop Loom Co.]. May 5. Loom shuttles, changing bobbins and the like in, automatically.-The hopper or feeder consists of a circular plate 9, Fig. 2, peripherally thickened at 10 and provided with pockets 10<x>, in which are fastened the shanks of spring or separable jaws 12, parallel to the axis of the feeder. The bobbins are supported entirely by the engagement of their butts b<1> with these jaws, which are notched to receive the rings b<x>. The plate 9 is supported by a shaft 3 provided with a head 4, to which is secured the shank 19 of the weft-end holder 20. The weft-ends f pass over the edge of a bell-like circular disk 17, which is fastened by a set-screw to the extended hub 15, Figs. 1 and 2, of the feeder. A weighted strap 23 passes round a guide-sheave 24 on an arm 25 fixed on a shaft 5, and is wound round a barrel 22 mounted on the hub 15. The barrel is thus turned and a notched part of its enlarged head 27 acts on a pawl 29, mounted on a stud 30 projecting from the feeder. The feeder is thus fed forwards to a position in which the foremost bobbin is in contact with the usual abutment 21. The transferrer 7, 7<x> then removes this bobbin from its jaws 12 and feeds it to the shuttle. The feeder is thereupon rotated until the next bobbin is in contact with the abutment 21 and, as the feeder revolves, the weft-ends are wound on to the stationary holder.
Patent GB-190817081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches.
Inventor: FRESHFIELD MICHAEL
Filed: 1908-08-14
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 17,081. Freshfield, M. Aug. 14. Calliper and like gauges.-A spanner or wrench having a rack 5 pivoted to the fixed jaw and adapted to engage with teeth 12 formed upon the back of the movable jaw, has the rack locked in position by a sliding sleeve 13. The faces of the shank 1 may be marked with the standard and metric lineal measurements (not shown) so as to adapt the device as a measuring-gauge.
Patent GB-190818659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Sash Lifts.
Inventor: JAMES JOHN JESSE
Filed: 1908-09-05
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 18,659. James, J. J., [trading as Dutson & Co.]. Sept. 5. Window-opening apparatus.-Sash lifts are formed from sheet metal and comprise a finger-piece pivoted to a bracket screwed to the sash. The finger-piece d, bent to conform to the shape of the fingers, has its upper end d' turned over to form a stop which bears against the bracket a when the finger-piece is lifted, and is provided with pierced bent-over ears d<2>. The bracket a has two upturned pierced ears a<1>, the finger-piece being pivoted to it by means of a pin c passing through the ears of the finger-piece and the bracket. Fig. 11 shows a modification in which the upper end d<3> of the finger-piece is turned outwards at right-angles to form the stop, and projections d<1> on each side enter holes a<2> in the upturned ears on the bracket.
Patent GB-190903836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Electric Lamp Fittings.
Inventor: WILLIAMSON LEROY ALFRED
IPC: F21V27/00
Filed: 1909-02-16
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 3836. Williamson, L. A. Feb. 16. Reels.-In a portable device for obtaining light at a distance from a stationary lampholder, a casing 1 has a recess for a plug 9, Fig. 3, attached to flexible wires which can be wound on a hub 2 of hard rubber or other material. This hub contains the lamp socket, and carries at its closed end a hinged arm 14, Fig. 4, with a handle 15, which can be used either for turning the hub, or, as shown, for locking the hub against rotation, the handle in this case fitting in a hole partly in the casing and partly in the hub. The plug is retained in the recess by a swivelling ring 12 and a catch 13 when not inserted in the permanent lampholder. The ring 12 serves also to support the device when this is in use. Caps at either side of the recess allow the plug to be grasped for withdrawal. The casing may be in two parts held together by friction.