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Patent GB-190501878-A (GB)
Title: Telephony
Inventor: BUELL EDWARD ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-01-31
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 1878. Buell, E. A. Jan. 31. Telephone systems. - Relates to a step-by-step selective mechanism for party-lines. Each substation is provided with three polarized electromagnets and armatures. One 31 of these turns the ratchet-wheel 24 against the spring 28 by means of the pawl 27 ; the second 35, operated by a current of the opposite sign, will lock the ratchetwheel when the hooked arm 29 carried by the wheel is in position to be engaged by the hooked arm 36 carried by the armature. The third electromagnet 38, which is earthed, releases the pawls 27, 34 ; the latter pawl simply prevents any backward movement of the wheel 24 during the operations. The whole apparatus is such that it can easily be applied to circuits previously equipped. The ratchet-wheel 24 at substation B is made of conducting-material, but possesses two teeth insulated from the wheel; these two teeth are separated by three teeth at this station. In the zero position, regulated by the atop 30 and arm 29, one of these teeth is in contact with the detent 27, and the subscriber at B can ring up the exchange annunciator 23 by a current passing along the wire 15<1>, pawl 27, armature 32, and the wire 15, and can then ask to be connected with station C of, say, five steps. The exchange operator rocks the lever 9, bringing the springs of the key 8 into contact with the terminals 45, 46, which have been connected to the negative and positive poles, respectively, of the battery 40 by the key 44, and moves round the ratchet-wheel of every substation, say, three steps, so that substation B is once more in communication through its second tooth. It is retained in this position locked by moving over the reversing- key 44 and then moving lever 9 once. On the return of the key 44, the lever 9 is rocked twice more till station C is also in communication. The stations B, C are then in communication, and not only are the others not connected np but they are short-circuited across. For in these cases, the pawl 27 is in contact with the metal wheel 24 which is connected across to the wire 16<1>. When the operator desires to restore a subscriber's station to its normal condition, she depresses the plunger 52, thereby again connecting the positive pole of the battery 40 with the terminal 46, and the negative pole to the terminal 45 and the ground at the same time. This connexion energizes the electro-magnet 31, drawing forward the armature 32 as before, and makes connexion at 52<1>, thereby energizing the releasing-magnet 38. The exchange operator has a similar apparatus, without the locking-adjustment, at the exchange. The ratchet-wheel 51, for example, may have a slot 50 through which numbers may be shown indicating the number of steps made.
Patent GB-190514216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Adjustable Supports for Shelves, Display Rods and the like.
Inventor: BARTLETT FREDERICK HAROLD
Filed: 1905-07-10
Granted: 1906-07-10
Abstract: 14,216. Bartlett, F. H., and Harris, D. A. July 10. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Brackets. - Relates to means for attaching to standards brackets for supporting display shelves, rods, and the like. Each bracket a has a plurality of headed studs or adjustable screws b, which are passed into keyhole slots e in the side or face of the standard c. In the case of face fittings, the wood &c. may be hollowed out to accommodate the heads of the studs, or the standard c may be a bar of U-section. In a modification, the enlargements d of the slots e may be omitted, the slots being continued laterally to open on an edge of the standard. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 6954, A.D. 1887.]
Patent GB-190514269-A (GB)
Title: Flue Cleaners
Inventor: SUZUKI TOZABURO
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 14,269. Suzuki, T. July 11. Cleaning pipes and tubes.-Boiler and evaporator tubes and boiler flues are cleaned, without the necessity of ceasing working, by means of series of scrapers which always remain in the tubes or flues and are worked from the outside. As applied to an evaporator, Fig. 1, each tube is provided with scrapers 15 attached to rods 14 bolted to a plate 27 connected by means of a spider 26 to a rod 22 which can be operated by a lever 24; the total movement of the scrapers being equal to the distance between any two. The scrapers 15 consist of sharp doubleedged rings 16, Fig. 3, attached by arms 20, Fig. 4, to hubs 18 on the spindles 14. In the evaporator Fig. 1, scrapers 21 are fitted to a movable circulating tube 11 supported by the spider 26. In the case of a boiler with curved tubes, Fig. 7, flexible rods 14 are used, jointed at 35 to bars rigidly attached to a framework 34 actuated through a rod 36 and rods 32.
Patent GB-190514335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sights for Fire-arms.
Inventor: DANIEL CHARLES SCOTT
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 14,335. Daniel, C. S. July 11. Sights.-Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 4 a rear elevation of a backsight having a semicircular hood 10, concentric with the sighting- notch 6 and adapted to receive a ring 7 of ivory or other light-coloured material.
Patent GB-190517344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Windows for all kinds of Vehicles.
Inventor: HOLTKAMP HERMANN
Filed: 1905-08-28
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 17,344. Holtkamp, H., Schultz, A., and Heidemann, K. Aug. 28. Window opening and closing apparatus.-A pivoted sash lift h, attached to a vehicle window, is also employed to effect the engagement or otherwise of window-holding pawls with ratchet racks mounted in the door-frame.
Patent GB-190518109-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Setting the Hands or Indicators on a Clock-face or the like and Apparatus therefor
Inventor: PARKS SAMUEL HALL
Filed: 1905-09-07
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 18,109. Parks, S. H. Sept. 7. Indicators, "engaged" and like; indicators, departure.-In a method of setting hands or indicators moving over a dummy clock face or the like, the spindle of the hands &c. is connected by gearing B to a setting pivot pin D, placed outside the clock face, and actuated by a suitable key, which may be removed to prevent tampering with the indication. According to the Provisional Specification, the key may be irremovable, access to the key being obtained by opening the casing.
Patent GB-190520301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Doll Faces and similar Articles.
Inventor: EISENMANN JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-10-07
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 20,301. Eisenmann, J. Oct. 7. Dolls.-The faces of rag dolls are moulded from cardboard, and a layer of coloured gauze is applied to the cardboard, with or without the interposition of a coating of colour or coloured tissue paper. Eye sockets are cut in the moulded cardboard.
Patent GB-190520978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Holders or Cases for Cigarettes, Cigars, Matches, and other Articles.
Inventor: RICH LOUIS FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1905-10-16
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 20,978. Rich, L. F. C. Oct. 16. Cigar and cigarette boxes; contents, delivering.- A metal box or case for containing cigarettes, cigars, matches, &c. is provided with a lazy-tongs device which presses forward the remainder of the articles after one has been withdrawn. As each cigarette &c. is withdrawn through the flap a<*>, the remaining ones are pressed forward by the plate c, which is actuated by the pivoted rods e, f, g, h, controlled by the coiled spring k. The lower ends of the rods f, g are pivoted to the plates c, i, and their upper ends slide in slotted pieces c<1>, i<1>. The pin m, which is fixed to the plate c and slides in the slot a<3>, enables the plate c to be withdrawn while the case is being re-charged through the gap a<*>. The pointer m<2>, mounted on the pin m, indicates the number of cigarettes in the case. The plate i may be omitted, the rods g, h being secured to, or merely resting against, the side a<1> of the case. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the case is provided with a sliding lid a<5> having a projection a<7> which withdraws the plate c as the lid is opened.
Patent GB-190522278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Clamp-brackets, Combining Hanger and Rail Holder for Mantelshelves and the like.
Inventor: RUCK JOHN CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1905-11-01
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 22,278. Ruck, J. C. Nov. 1. Brackets for mantel shelves are made with a clamp a, and a clamp-screw c for gripping the shelf and carrying a slotted arm g, which by sliding and turning on a block i, Fig. 3, can be held in any desired position against the enlarged lower limb e of the clamp a by means of the fly-nut f. The head c<1> of the clamp-screw c is made with two pairs of hooks, so that fire-place or stove utensils may be suspended therefrom as indicated in Fig. 9. An eye-bolt clamp k, l, shown in detail in Figs. 4 and 5 and used for carrying a rail for airing clothes, holding screens, supporting hangings, and the like as described in Specification No. 1096, A.D. 1903, can be moved in the slotted arms g, or, if desired, may be placed in one of the holes o, and clamped in any desired position by the nut m ; when this nut is tightened, the rail in the eye k is also firmly secured.
Patent GB-190523417-A (GB)
Title: Improved Steam Generators.
Inventor: BOURDON CHARLES
Filed: 1905-11-14
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 23,417. Bourdon, C. May 9, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Sectional boilers. - An element of a boiler is formed of a corrugated plate folded upon itself and riveted at its inwardly projecting parts 3, thus forming a series of water tubes or passages 2, and, by the juxtaposition of two elements, a similar series of fire tubes 7. In the boiler shown, the elements are placed vertically with their passages somewhat inclined. Each element is provided with a tube 9 opening into the steam drum 11, and with an inlet tube 8 communicating with the transverse distributing pipe 10. The back of the furnace may be protected by an additional element 26, which is connected to the steam drum by tubes 25, 27, and which communicates at its lower end with a sediment chamber 29.
Patent GB-190524391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Lenses.
Inventor: TAYLOR HAROLD DENNIS
IPC: G02B9/56
Filed: 1905-11-25
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 24,391. Taylor, H. D. Nov. 25. Lenses. - Relates to a further modification of the Cooke lens described in Specification No. 22,607, A.D. 1893. The combination, which approximately satisfies the Petzval condition, is, as shown by the Figure, built up of four simple lens - two double convex ones outside and two double concave ones inside. The refractive indices are so graded that while in one half of the combination the positive lens is made of more highly refractive glass than the negative lens, in the other half the reverse is the case.
Patent GB-190525485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Checking Apparatus suitable for Checking the Time of Workmen.
Inventor: WEST JULIUS HENRIK
Filed: 1905-12-07
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 25,485. West, J. H. Dec. 7. Time - ckecking apparatus for workmen. The times of unpunctual arrivals are printed in full on a workman's card, punctual records being indicated by printing a star, stroke, or suitable mark to facilitate checking. A single recorder may print the times of entry or exit during working hours and stars at other times, or a separate star-printing device may be provided. In the latter case, a cardholding slot may be shifted from the star to the time-printing device at the commencement of work, or the type may be shifted similarly with,respect to a fixed slot, or a series of slots may be provided, opened mechanically or electrically at the proper times. Several star-printing devices can be operated by one time-apparatus, to accommodate a large number of punctual workmen.
Patent GB-190604793-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: O'BRIEN PATRICK JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-02-27
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 4793. O'Brien, P. J. May 3, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bottles, non - refillable.-T h e bottle neck is contracted to form a seat 9 for a ball valve 10, above which the neck is thickened to form a seating 11 for a plate 12 provided on its underside with a packing 13. The plate 12 is locked in the neck by spring arms 16 provided with barbs 17 to engage a shoulder 18 on the neck when the bottle is inverted. A plate 19 is placed between the spring arms and below the plate 12, the whole being secured together by a rivet 15.
Patent GB-190610262-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Constructing the Centre Girders of Ships.
Inventor: ELLIS ROBERT ELWOOD
Filed: 1906-05-02
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 10,262. Ellis, R. E. May 2. Kelsons.-The centre girder 0 of double bottoms is constructed w i t h its upper and lower edges either flanged or fitted with an angle-bar. The angle-bars or flanges are arranged on opposite sides of consecutive portions b, b<1>, b<2> of the girder, so that efficient and strong connexions g, g<1> may be made. This construction enables the kelsons to be-built up from templets and to be riveted up before being put in place. In a modification, the flanges or angle-bars are on the same side on consecutive plates, and the butts are strengthened by short angle-bars.
Patent GB-190611471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary or Straight-bar Knitting Machines.
Filed: 1906-05-16
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 11,471. Cotton, Ltd., W., and Aldridge, C. H. May 16. Straight-bar knitting-machines.-For graduating the pressure on the needle beards or stems, according to the number of needles affected, in making Niantic heels or like mispressed or sliding presser work, an auxiliary edge cam D is employed in conjunction with a sliding truck C<2>, controlled by the racking of the thread-carrier stops. The ordinary presser truck is supported between two arms C, and is acted on by a cam B<2>. On the same pin C is the truck C<2> acted on by the cam D, the lower part of which is at about the level of the highest point of the cam B<2>. The pressers or mispressers move in with the thread-carrier stops, and as they act on a gradually increasing or decreasing number of needles. the truck C<2>, connected by a forked lever C', C<6> to a rod C<3> moving with one of the stops, is shifted to another part of the cam D, and the needles are brought more or less heavily against the pressers &c, The cam D and sliding truck C<2> can be applied at other parts of the pressing- mechanism.
Patent GB-190615838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Driers for Paints, Varnishes and Oils.
Inventor: GUITTET GEORGES
IPC: C09F9/00
Filed: 1906-07-12
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 15,838. Guittet, G. July 12. Paint driers.-Driers for paints, varnishes, and oils are prepared by dissolving one or more metallic salts in pure or denatured alcohol, acetone, or amyl acetate. In an example, acetates of lead and manganese are dissolved in alcohol. White or colourless varnish may be added.
Patent GB-190618352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter Binders and the like.
Inventor: POURE GEORGES
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 18,352. Poure, G. Dec. 8, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Filing papers &c.-A letter-binder consists of a base A of sheet steel, which may be attached to a suitable case or back, and a presser. The base carries rods a, a against which the letters are placed, and a rack b. The presser is composed of three part, a bearing-plate B having hooks c at the ends to engage the rods a, a steel spring C held by guideclips e, and a hook D, shown in detail in Fig. 8, which engages the teeth on the rack b. The base A and bearing-plate B may be ribbed, so as to increase the rigidity and enable the letters to be held more tightly. Eyeleted index sheets may be carried by the rods a.
Patent GB-190620046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prisms for Pavement Lights and the like.
Inventor: WEBBER LIONEL HANBURY
Filed: 1906-09-08
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 20,046. Webber, L. H., and Ives, R. A. Sept. 8. Pavement-lights.-Glass prisms for pavementlights and the like consist of a sole-piece a, Fig. II, formed integrally with a prism having a front vertical part with a forwardly-bent nose 1, 2, and two or more rear surfaces 3, 4, 5 at different, lnclinations to the horizontal plane. In the form shown, the inclinations between the surfaces 3, 4, 5 and the horizon are respectively twentynine, forty-one and a half, and sixty-eight degrees. Fig. IV shows a form having a short vertical back surface 6, and three surfaces 3, 4, and 5 inclined to the horizon at angles of thirty-two, forty-three, and sixty-seven degrees, the surface 5 having reflecting and refracting channels. Fig. VI shows a form having four rear surfaces 3,4, 5, and 6 inclined at angles of thirty-two, forty-three, sixty, and seventy-seven degrees respectively, with ribs on the surfaces 5, 6 inclined respectively at angles of forty-five and forty-seven degrees to the horizon. The above inclinations may be altered. In a three-row light, the front row is of glasses of the form shown in Fig. II, and the second and third of glasses as shown in Figs. IV and VI.
Patent GB-190627183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wooden Boxes
Inventor: WITTKOWSKY CARL
Filed: 1906-11-29
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 27,183. Wittkowsky, C. Nov. 29. Making wood boxes.- The walls a of wooden boxes are made up of several veneers glued or cemented together so that the grains run in opposite directions, and they engage each other by means of undercut dovetails, as shown. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 30,064, A.D. 1896.]
Patent GB-190702898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigar Machinery.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 2898. Ransford, R. B., [International Cigar Machinery Co.]. Feb. 5. Cigars.-Relates to a machine for making long filler cigars in which the usual mould is dispensed with. The main section and two additional short sections of the filler leaves are cut by means of knives mounted on the cutting-roll 1, and are superimposed one on the other and carried forwards to the bunching-mechanism by means of channels which have co-operating belts. The tobacco is fed to the charge receiver 55 by measuring feeding- fingers 37, which are given a forward movement by means of an adjustable weight on the arm 52. Proper rising and falling and backward movements are given to these fingers by suitable cams. The charge in the receiver is then deposited on the rolling-apron 76 and is wrapped in the binder. The mechanisms for carrying out the above operations are particularly described in Specification No. 2899, A.D. 1907. The bunch is delivered from the rolling-apron into manipulating-rolls 104, and thence to the wrapping-rolls 139 by means of lifting-pins 132. The wrappers are cut by means of a roll 198 co-operating with a cutting-die 195, and are presented to the wrapping- mechanism by suction carriers. The wrapped cigar is carried by a swinging arm 262 to the finishing-devices, which include a rotating thimble in conjunction with two brushes 266, 265 which rotate about an axis of the cigar as well as about their own axis, and a re-rolling mechanism consisting of a conical roll 286 and a curved plate 287. The manipulating, wrapping, and finishing mechanisms are particularly described in Specification No. 2900, A.D. 1907.
Patent GB-190703189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Supports and Connections of Electric Conductors and Cables.
Inventor: ASTAFIEFF NICOLAS
Filed: 1907-02-08
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 3189. Astafieff, N. Feb. 8. Conductors, supports for.-The ends of aerial conductors are supported by fixing them in sockets 17, which by means of claws engage with pins 15 carried in a rectangular frame 13 pivoted on a pin 12 in a strap 11 embracing an insulator 8 on a vertical pin 6, which is supported in a stirrup 4 attached to the main support 1 by a spring bolt 2 so as to allow for temperature variations. A depending arm may be formed on the socket to act as a coupling so that a branch conductor 23, carried by a second insulator 27 in the frame 13, may be attached. thereto through a fuse 19, and in this case the insulator 27 is held by two split pins 28. Soft metal packing 10 may be placed between the strap 11 and the insulator 8, as well as between the pin 6 and the insulator 8 as shown at 7. A modification of the device is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in which the main conductor 29 rests in a groove in the top of the insulator 39 carried on a stem in the usual way.
Patent GB-190704294-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fly Wing Trawling Net.
Inventor: SHEEKEY FRANCIS OWEN
Filed: 1907-02-21
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 4294. Sheekey, F. O. Feb. 21. Trawling-gear.-Trawl nets are constructed so that the portion that comes into contact with the sea bottom is of very limited area, and are provided with fly-wings at the sides which are formed in overlapping sections, so that solid obstructions can pass through without breaking the net. Fig. 2 shows an underneath view of the net, and Fig. 3 an elevation of the fly-wings. The ground-rope C is arranged at a comparatively short distance from the end W, W of the net, and the ends B, B' are connected to the otter-boards A, A<1> by ropes, from the upper of which are suspended the overlapping sections D, E, F, G, H, J of the fly-wings. At the middle and end of each section, lines S run from the foot-rope up to the lace-rope.
Patent GB-190705013-A (GB)
Title: Process for Producing Chlor-acetic Ether and Chlor-acetic Acid.
Inventor: IMBERT GEORGES
Filed: 1907-03-01
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 5013. Imbert, G. March 1. Chloracetic acid and its ether are produced by acting on dichlorethoxyethylene with an excess, and the thoretical quantity of water, respectively. According to an example, when 18 kilos. of water are run slowly into 141 kilos. of dichlorethoxyethylene, chloracetic ethyl ether is produced. According to another example, 100 kilos. of dichlorethoxyethylene are boiled with 400 kilos. of water, and evaporated to dryness ; the product is chloracetic acid.
Patent GB-190706093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to a Process of Photolithographic Reproduction.
Inventor: GAULTIER PAUL LOUIS VICTOR
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 6093. Gaultier, P. L. V. March 13. Lithographic and like printing.-A process for the photo-lithographic reproduction of drawings, pictures, and the like consists in printing from a collodion negative upon glazed paper sensitized with gelatine and ammonium bichromate, and developing in water. The print is then inked with a flannel roller and sponged several times, dried and again moistened, and then transferred to a stone or zinc surface, from which reproductions are obtained. From tracings, a negative print may be prepared, and treated as above, In reproduction from half-tone originals, sponging of the print is omitted. The process may be applied to negatives obtained for each of the primary colours or superimposed impressions in different tones of one colour may be made from two or three prints obtained from the same negative by exposures of different length. Should one image not correspond in size, a proof on tbin paper is cut up and placed in exact registration upon a proof from the one taken as standard, and from the re-constituted image a re-transfer of correct dimensions is made.