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Patent GB-190301204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines
Inventor: MACDONALD JOHN KING
Filed: 1903-01-17
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 1204. Croll, J., Macdonald, G., and Macdonald, A., (trustees of Macdonald, J. K.), [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. Jan. 17. Buttonhole-sewing machines; buttonholes, cutting.- Relates to means for storing up power from the manual operation of a stop-motion device, of the kind described in Specification No. 8864, A.D. 1901, of a buttonhole - sewing machine, of the type described in Specification No. 20,358, A.D. 1902, by winding up a spring, such stored-up power to be subsequently utilized to perform an operation, when a detent is automatically tripped. The operation performed may be the cutting of a buttonhole, the shifting of a work clamp, or the performance of any other necessary function. The mechanism is described in the Specification as applied [to means for cutting buttonholes. The cutter 137, Fig. 1, is carried by a vertically-reciprocating bar 139 operated through a link 140 and pivoted lever 141. A roller 47, carried by the lever 141, engages a groove in a cam-cylinder 143, which is rotated by a spring 146. The spring 146 is wound up when the clutchcontrolling lever 101 of the stop-motion device is moved by a treadleoperated rod 112. An arm 111 of the lever 101 operates a pawl 39 through a bell-crank lever 41 and a pitman 40. The pawl 39 partially rotates a ratchet-wheel 37, carried by a spur-wheel 35, which gears with a pinion carrying the lower end of the spring and loosely mounted on the spindle 33 of the feed-wheel 60. A detent is provided to prevent backward movement of the ratchet-wheel 37. The cam-cylinder 143 is shown in detail in Fig. 4. The upper end of the spring 146 is connected to a pin 46 on a collar 147 mounted to turn loosely on the spindle 33. A lug 84, Fig. 7, on the upper face of the collar 147 engages a recess in the lower face of the cam-cylinder 143, which recess is provided with a cushioning-spring 148. A collar 154, cut so as to form a vertical opening 155 and a cam 156, is mounted on the shaft 33 and rotates with it, and a notch 48 is provided at the top of the cylinder 143. An escapement lever 149, provided with two teeth 152, 153 and controlled by a spring 150, is pivoted at 42, Fig. 1. A tappet 158 on the collar 147 bears against the lower tooth 153 of the lever 149, and so prevents rotation of the cam-cylinder when the machine is stopped. During the sewing of a buttonhole, the cam 156 over-rides the tooth 152, and so depresses the lever 149 and releases the tappet 158, and the cam-cylinder rotates slightly until the back wall of the notch 48 bears against the tooth 152. On the completion of the buttonhole, the opening 155 in the collar 154 registers with the notch 48, when the lever 149 is raised by the spring 150, and the cam-cylinder 143 rotates and operates the cutter 137. On the completion of the cutting operation, the tappet 158 again comes into contact with the lower tooth 153 of the escapement lever, the sudden stopping of the cylinder being cushioned by the spring 148.
Patent GB-190301483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Rendering of Cinematograph Representations.
Inventor: DONISTHORPE FRANK WORDSWORTH
Filed: 1903-01-21
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 1483. Donisthorpe, F. W. Jan. 21. Magic-lantern apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for producing stereoscopic effects in kinematograph pictures. Positive transparencies are made from two series of negatives taken by a stereoscopic kinematograph, and are then simultaneously projected and partly superposed on a white screen by light of complementary colours. By viewing the screen through binoculars, the eyeglasses of which are the same colours respectively as the images, only one image is received by each eye, and stereoscopic effects are produced. As a modification, white light may be projected through both series, and filtered through glasses of complementary colours after leaving the apparatus. The same effect is claimed from superposing the two series of positives and projecting white light through the combination while being traversed by kinematographic apparatus.
Patent GB-190305965-A (GB)
Title: Screw Threaded Sockets for the Screws of Railway Sleepers.
Inventor: BAUMERT PAUL
Filed: 1903-03-14
Granted: 1903-04-16
Abstract: 5965. Baumert, P. March 14. Screw sockets.- Metal sockets a having a coarse external thread are screwed into railway sleepers, and have an internal thread to suit the rail screw b. The external thread may be lefthanded.
Patent GB-190312271-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Portable Freezing Apparatus Adapted for Producing and Dispensing Effervescent Beverages
Inventor: KRUEGER FRANZ
Filed: 1903-05-29
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 12,271. Kr³ger, F., and Hõnsch, R. May 29. AÙrating liquids; siphon v e s s e s.-A vessel h is fitted with a flange adapted to rest upon an inner edge of the outer double - walled vessel a. A cover b, fitted with a delivery tube d, extending to the bottom of the inner vessel h, is clamped down so as to form an airtight closure by means of india-rubber packing g. Carbonic acid is admitted from a vessel attached at c through perforations in an annular passage i at the bottom of the inner vessel h. A relief valve (not shown) fitted in the cover b allows the excess of carbonic acid to escape. The double walls of the outer vessel are filled with insulating-material.
Patent GB-190313500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Cut Off Gear for Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: CROSSLEY WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1903-06-17
Granted: 1904-04-21
Abstract: 13,500. Crossley, W. J., and Atkinson, J. June 17. Throttle valves.-A sliding or conical throttlevalve c is situated in the admission-valve chest a of an internal-combustion engine and held open normally by springs j. A valve o, Fig. 1, or u, Fig. 5, under the control of the governor opens ports for the admission of air to the back of the valve and allows the suction of the motor piston to draw it forwards over the ports e, f, or s<1> when the speed is excessive.
Patent GB-190314972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversing Gear for Non-reversible Engines.
Inventor: REMMERS HEINRICH
Filed: 1903-07-06
Granted: 1903-08-13
Abstract: 14,972. Remmers, H. July 6. Driving-gear for screw propellers. - In certain gearing in which pinions are used for reverse driving, the forward and reverse speeds of the driven shaft are not identical. To obviate this, especially for driving screw propellers, gearing is arranged as shown. The flywheel a on the driving-shaft forms with the disc b on the driven shaft m a friction clutch, through which the shaft m is driven directly. For the reverse, the rim p of the flywheel drives friction wheels g, h mounted on the same spindles as the pinions d, e which engage the spur-wheel c. The friction wheels g, h are held up to their work by their extensions i, k bearing on the track q. When the hand-lever n is moved from R to H, the shaft m is advanced and the wheel c is disengaged from the pinions d, e. If the lever is afterwards moved on to V, the frame f is moved forwards, disengaging the friction wheels g, h from the rim p and bringing the disc b into contact with the wheel a.
Patent GB-190325673-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Composition especially applicable to Coating Handles of Golf Clubs.
Inventor: WATKINS WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-11-24
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 25,673. Watkins, W. Nov. 24. Bats; golf; polo.-A composition for coating the handles of golf or polo clubs or the like consists of a mixture of heel-ball and pitch, with or without the addition of resin. The ingredients are melted together.
Patent GB-190328022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Emulsifying Apparatus.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 28,022. Howorth, F. W., [Bazzi & Co., E.]. Dec. 21. Drawings to Specification. Milk, treating for special purposes.-Milk is specially prepared for feeding calves &c. by treating previously-separated milk with fats, in a special emulsifying-apparatus.
Patent GB-190401867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Discharge of Halogenated Indigo Colouring Matters
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1904-01-25
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 1867. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Jan. 25. Dyeing.-Halogenated indigo dyes are discharged from vegetable fibre by oxidizing agents (such as chromates, chlorates, and bromates) in the presence of a small quantity of an oxygen carrier. Suitable carriers are :-Soluble compounds of bismuth, antimony, magnesium, mercury, cobalt, arsenic, and arsenic acid, and salts of vanadic, nitric, arsenious, arsenic and ferricyanic acids. An example is given in which 60 parts of a bichromate, 10 parts of the double salt of antimony fluoride and sulphate, in 200 parts of water, and 730 parts of British gum thickening, are employed. After printing, the material is dried and passed for 30 seconds through a bath containing oxalic acid and sulphuric acid at 50‹ C.
Patent GB-190402003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pattern Cylinders for use in the Manufacture of Paper Lace and the like.
Inventor: HEIMANN MOSES
Filed: 1904-01-26
Granted: 1904-03-03
Abstract: 2003. Heimann, M. Jan. 26. Lace, paper and like imitation; cutting-machines for paper &c.-Pattern cylinders for use in the manufacture of paper lace &c. consist of an engraved and tempered steel cylinder a, provided with end discs c of untempered steel, and an untempered steel cylinder b. These cylinders are rotated in contact and under pressure until the engraved pattern d on the cylinder a is impressed deep enough in the cylinder b to ensure an effective cutting of the paper, the softer end discs c permitting this impression to be made.
Patent GB-190404307-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Arrangement of Mechanism for Operating the Switches or Points of Tramway and other Lines.
Inventor: BOUSFIELD JOHN EBENEZER
Filed: 1904-02-20
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 4307. Bousfield, J. E., [Chesi, C.]. Feb. 20. Points and switches. - Relates to switches or points on tramway and other lines, operated by the driver. Fig. 2 shows attachments to the under part of the car. This arrangement is in duplicate for moving the switch either way, and also for operating at either end of the car. Pressure on the rod R, which is connected to a bell crank actuated by a pedal, moves the bell crank L and allows the rod M to fall. A counterweight P causes it to rise again when the rod R is relieved. The rod M enters a slot I as shown in Fig. 3, and presses against the arms H of a rocking lever E which communicates by rods D with another rocking lever C pivoted at G and joined directly to the switch.
Patent GB-190416518-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Fountain and similar Pens.
Inventor: SLOAN LAWRENCE GUNN
Filed: 1904-07-26
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 16,518. Sloan, L. G., [Waterman Co., L. E.]. July 26. Pens, reservoir. Relates to a method of attaching the cap to the barrel of a fountain or stylographic pen. The male screw-thread e of the barrel a, situated beneath the tapered portion c, engages with the female thread f, formed a suitable distance inside the cap b beyond the slightlytapered portion h, which fits friction-tight upon the part g. This portion g tapers from the thread up to the point d, and the various parts are so arranged that, when the cap is pushed on to the barrel, a small right-handed twist causes the portion g to be tightly gripped by the portion h, and also causes the screw-theads to engage one another. A ring attached to the end of the cap is used to suspend the pen from the person &c., and the cap may be placed as usual on a tapering portion of the barrel a when the pen is in use. In case the cap should in time fit loosely on the portion g, the thread f is made sufficiently long to enable the cap to be screwed on a greater distance.
Patent GB-190422601-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Checking the Shuttle in Looms.
Inventor: CROWTHER JOSEPH DYSON
Filed: 1904-10-20
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 22,601. Crowther, J. D., and Sykes, A. Oct. 20. Looms, checking shuttles in.-When the loom is running in the usual direction, a revolving tappet or a bowl 12, Fig. 1, depresses a sliding piece, shoe, or casting 21, and thus rocks a lever 13 on a stud 14. The bowl is mounted on an eccentric stud 11<1> on a boss 11 fixed to the low shaft 3, which revolves in the direction of the arrow a. The lever 13 pulls down one end of a strap or connection 17, Figs. 1 and 3, connected to springs 20 fastened to studs on the lay 8, and also connected to buffers or collars 19 loose on the picker spindles 7. The pickers are thus advanced a little to check the incoming shuttle. The parts are timed so that the bowl 12 is just coming out of contact with the shoe 21 at the moment the shuttle strikes the picker. The lever is returned to its normal position by a spring 23. The connection 17 preferably comprises sections, some of which are thin metal rods, joined or hooked together, the flexible portions being guided around pulleys. When the loom is reversed and the shaft 3 rotates in the direction of the arrow b, the checking-arrangement does not act. The bowl 12 then forces the shoe 21 endwise only, against the action of a spring 22 at each revolution.
Patent GB-190423695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Forming Wire Hat Frames
Inventor: JAMESON WINTHROP MARSTON
Filed: 1904-11-02
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 23,695. Jameson, W. M. Nov. 2. Bonnets; stays or stiffeners.-Wire frames for ladies' hats are constructed on adjustable supports a, Fig. 2, attached to a base b, half of which b<1>, Fig. 1, is fixed by screws to a pedestal B, Fig. 2, the other half being free to turn about hinges b<x>, Fig. 1, in order to release quickly, without distortion, the wire frame when completed. The sheetmetal supports a are arranged in a number of groups as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In a modification, Fig. 5, two groups are arranged in one slot. Each support is separately adjustable in its own plane by means of a clamp e', and a slot a'. Each group is adjustable radially by means of slots b<7>. Notches in the supports serve for holding the wires 1, 2, 3. For supporting radial wires f<1>, Fig. 1, of the frames, a central post b<10>, Fig. 1, is provided. By this arrangement, the supports for one set of wires can be arranged outside and clear of the supports for the others.
Patent GB-190424077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Turning, Aerating and Conveying Grain or Malt.
Filed: 1904-11-07
Granted: 1905-11-07
Abstract: 24,077. Hurst, C. F., Griffiths, C. H., and Boby, Ltd., B. Nov. 7. Mixing malt, grain, &c.-Apparatus for turning, aÙrating, and conveying malt or grain, by which the malt &c. is distributed o n the floor at an alterable distance from the place where it is picked up, consists of a travelling beam carrving an elevator which is automatically moved in and out of the operative position, a distributing - drum which receives the grain from the elevator, and an adjustable screen. Fig. 1 shows a front elevation, of one end, Fig. 3 a side elevation, Fig. 4 a central section, and Fig. 5 a section on the line 5-5, Fig. 1. The beam a spans the malt house &c., is supported on rollers a', and is driven by means of rotary pinions b which engage fixed racks d. Endless running bands e pass over guide-rolls e<1> and round the double driving-pulley f, which is connected by toothed wheels g, g<1> and worm gearing h, h<1> with the bevel pinion i, with which either one of the bevel-wheels i<1>, i<2> may be made to gear by means of the clutch lever k, which is thrown over by adjustable stops at each end of the traverse. The elevator l, suspended by trunnions 1<1> from the beam a, carries buckets l<2> which lift the malt &c. and deliver it to the drum or series of co-axial drums m. The wheel n<1>, in the gearing for driving the elevator, is mounted loosely on its shaft, and is secured thereto, during the forward traverse, by a clutch p controlled by a pivoted crank lever p<1> ; a stud p' on the lever p<1> enters a cam-slot p<3> in a sliding bar p<4> which is actuated by adjustable stops so as to unclutch the wheel n' at the end of the forward traverse and to clutch it at the end of the backward traverse. A solid bar at the other side of the apparatus is moved in guides, by the adjustable stops, similarly to the bar p<1> ; these two bars carry bearing-brackets q which support the shaft of the drums m, and operate the links r to tilt the elevator in and out of the " picking up " position at the ends of the backward and forward traverses respectively. The drum m carries slats m<1>, and discharges the malt &c. against a screen which is adjustably mounted on the travelling beam between fixed side walls s<1>.
Patent GB-190508531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Leads for Electrically Operated Coal-cutting Machines.
Inventor: KIRKUP PHILIP
Filed: 1905-04-20
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 8531. Kirkup, P., Stoker, A. P., Bowman, F., Alderson, W., and Jones, A. W. April 20. Couplings for use in leads supplying current to electrically - operated coal-cutting and like machines are made so that, on the members n, o, b of the coupling being pulled apart, any arc which may be formed is enclosed in the airtight chamber formed by the tightlyfitting casings f, m till the casings come apart, when the inrush of air to the partially vacuous space extinguishes the arc. The casings, which fit together with a "piston "fit," are held by a nut p; the cables a are secured to the sockets b, which are held in insulating- bushes c by screws e insulated by a strip j of mica or the like. The bushes c are keyed as shown into the casing f, which is made in halves and held together by screws and with the edges at each end rounded to avoid injury to the conductors.
Patent GB-190517736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler Tube Cleaners
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1905-09-01
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 17,736. Thompson, W. P., [Thompson Manufacturing Co., M. H.]. Sept. 1. Cleaning tubes.-Boiler tubes are cleaned by jets of steam and hot air which are given a spiral. motion as they pass into the tube. The cleaner consists of an inner hollow cone d having spiral grooves h upon its interior, alternating with similar grooves g upon its exterior, the grooves g being converted into passages by an outer plain conical sleeve K. Steam entering the hollow cone through the tube c passes into the tube through the nozzle e and draws through the spiral passages air which is heated owing to its being in contact with the grooves g.
Patent GB-190520091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Apparatus for Feeding Sheets of Paper, Labels, and the like to Packet Making, Printing, and other Machines
Filed: 1905-10-04
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 20,091. Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain and Ireland), and Drysdale, H. Oct. 4. Feeding sheets.-Packet-making, printing, &c. machines are fed with sheets, labels, &c. by a pneumatic separating - roller from a pile supported on a platform which is automatically elevated by ratchet-gearing controlled by a feeler on the top of the pile, so as to keep the top constantly in the correct position. Improved means for raising and lowering the platform, and for renewing and guiding the pile, are described. The apparatus is an improvement on that described in Specifications No. 12,999, A.D. 1898, No. 6864, A.D. 1899, and No. 6389, A.D. 1901. The pile is supported on a removable inclined part 3 of the platform 4, and is guided by the frame 7 and the hinged wings 5, 6. The flatform 4 slides on guide-rods 15, and is normally raised and lowered by a screw 12 engaging a half-nut at the back of the platform. By turning the handle 49, the half-nut is withdrawn and the platform may be raised or lowered by hand. The screw 12 is normally actuated to raise the pile by bevel-wheels 16, 17, driven from a ratchet-wheel 19 by a pawl 20, Fig. 4, reciprocated by a cam 23 through levers &c. 24, 26, 21. The pawl 20 may be held out of engagement with the ratchetwheel 19 by lifting a handle 43, and the screw 12 may then be rotated by the hand-wheel 46 through bevel-wheels 47. When the top of the pile is sufficiently high, a roller 29 which sometimes rests on the pile acts through levers &c. 28, 38, 39, 40,41 to prevent a cam 42 loose on the shaft 18 from moving completely away from the pawl 20, which is thereby prevented from acting on the wheel 19 for part or all of its stroke. While the top paper is being separated by the suction drum 32, on the shaft 37, the roller 29 is lifted from the pile by a lever 30 actuated by a cam 36. An air blast from a tube 51 may help the suction drum 32 to separate the top sheet from the pile, and deliver it to the geared rollers 53 and castor rollers 56, which, in combination with suitable guides, feed the single sheets to the printing &c. machine. Any sheets other than the top one which are lifted by the drum 32 are dropped into a basket 46. Specification No. 20,091A, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190520800-A (GB)
Filed: 1905-10-14
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 20,800. Thornton - Pickard Manufacturing Co., Pickard, G. A., and Slinger, F. Oct. 14. Shutters, roller-blind, are so constructed that it is not possible to give a time exposure without releasing the actuating-spring and working with the lowest tension. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the release lever A when set for time exposures moves an extension piece d on the spring pawl D and disengages it from the ratchet c of the operating spring roller C. In that shown in Fig. 4, this is effected by an intermediate pivoted link piece D<1>.
Patent GB-190605137-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with Trolleys, Hand Trucks, and the like.
Inventor: HASS FERDINAND
Filed: 1906-03-02
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 5137. Hass, F. March 2. Crowbars.-In order to facilitate the raising of loads on to a hand trolly, truck, or the like, a crowbar 14, having a claw 20 and flanges 19, is passed through, so as to fulcrum upon a bearing 18 provided on the trolley, and is used for raising the edge of the load on to the trolly shoe 17. When not in use, the crowbar is carried in brackets 15, 16.