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Patent GB-190326266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Beds and Bed-steads.
Inventor: DESJARDINS CHARLES
Filed: 1903-12-01
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 26,266. Desjardins, C., and Michaud, E. Dec. 1. Bedsteads.-Relates to means for raising and supporting sick persons in bed in hospitals &c. A three-sided frame 12 is pivoted in bearing-plates 7 attached at about the middle of the mattress frame 1. Extensions 16 of the frame 12 are attached to links 19, which are hooked into springs 18 connected to chains attached to anchor-hooks carried by the head bar of the frame 1. Segments 9, formed with adjustment holes 10, are attached to the side-bars of the frame 1, and are used with chained pins 22 for securing the extensions 16, which are formed with holes for this purpose. The frame 12 is provided with a cover or apron, which is in pocket form as far as the pivots, beyond which point the upper fold only extends towards the foot of the bed, where it is rolled round a tension roller carried in brackets 27 and provided with a ratchet-wheel 28 and pawl 29 and a square head 30 to receive a wrench. Where the usual spring of the mattress frame is sufficient, the lower portion of the apron is dispensed with. The frame 12 may be made with a body portion and extensions connected by screw couplings.
Patent GB-190326401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coverings or Protectors for the Uppers of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: FOOTNER REGINALD JOHN
Filed: 1903-12-03
Granted: 1904-10-13
Abstract: 26,401. Footner, R. J. Dec. 3. Gaiters.-A gaiter A of rubberproofed fabric, leather, or other suitable material protects the uppers of boots and shoes from wet. The cover A has a stiffened rubber or steel or metal wire edge B to secure it to the sole, and is further secured by straps E which cross one another under the foot and pass around the ankle. Side clips and a toe-piece D may be used as well for the same purpose.
Patent GB-190327944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knobs for Lock Furniture
Inventor: LEGGE JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-12-21
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 27,944. Legge, J., and Chilton, H. H. Dec. 21. Making door knobs.-The body portion of the knob consists of a corrugated cylindrical shell A, Fig. 7, formed from sheet metal by any ordinary process. The neck C, Fig. 3, is secured to the shell A by means of the projections d, which are inserted into the holes c, Fig. 2, in the bottom e of the shell and afterwards riveted over. The knob is completed by securing the head D, Fig. 5, in place on the open end of the shell A, this being accomplished by spinning it in a lathe until the lip a grips the first corrugation b, Fig. 7, of the shell.
Patent GB-190400076-A (GB)
Inventor: TAYLOR CHARLES WILLIAM ALEXAND
Filed: 1904-01-01
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 76. Taylor, C. W. A. Jan. 1. Valves, distributing; valve-chests etc.; valve-rods etc.; valves, reversing.-The rotary distributing valve described in Specification No. 783, A.D. 1902, is adapted for reversing. In the valve, j, k, h, i are the steam ports, and n, p, m, o the exhaust ports. The latter are divided by a partition r to prevent leakage of steam. The steam and exhaust ports e, f, and g leading to the cylinder are in the bottom of the valve casing which is constructed with a space s closed by a door x. The valve-spindle rotates only, and is provided with a feather for transmitting rotary motion, the valve being moved longitudinally thereon for reversing by the handactuated lever 4 ; or the valve may be otherwise rotated by the spindle. The shaft 6 may be hollow to convey steam from one chest to another as in a winch. Instead of shutting off the steam while reversing, the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 is adopted. Projections on the lever 4 only open the supply valve 9, when the lever is at either end of its stroke.
Patent GB-190400613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Open Fire-places.
Inventor: CLEAVER HOWARD CRUNDEN
Filed: 1904-01-09
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 613. Cleaver, H. C. Jan. 9. Fireplaces; grates; feeding and stoking; flues; dampers.-An open fireplace is provided with a forwardly-inclined open grate over which the burning fuel descends by gravity, from a combined shoot and hopper, the descent being limited by a kerb g. The draught through the grate and flues j is controlled by a damper k operated by a handle l. Doors ware opened to ventilate the room and to allow the smoke to pass to the chimney when the damper is closed. The inclined grate consists preferably of an apertured metal or firebrick slab or a series of transverse horizontal flat bars m, which may be set in a removable frame. A firebrick r of the form shown may be placed between the fire bars and the bottom of the fuel shoot f, which is supported by a firebrick bearer q. The fuel is supplied at a door e. A removable ashpan p is provided. According to the Provisional Specification, the grate may be mounted on trunnions.
Patent GB-190404525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rolled Metal Beams and the like.
Inventor: ZAHN ROBERT
Filed: 1904-02-23
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4525. Zahn, R. Feb. 23. Rods and bars. - The webs of rolled iron or other beams for floors, motor road vehicles, &c. are perforated by boring, stamping, or punching, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to reduce the weight, and produce an ornamental trellis effect.
Patent GB-190405538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Cone Drum Driving Mechanism
Inventor: BRIGGS JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-07
Granted: 1904-12-22
Abstract: 5538. Briggs, J. W. March 7. Slubbing-frames.- In cone - drum mechanism for textile and other machinery, an endless rope or the like in multiple coils is used for connecting the two speed cones. As shown applied to a slubbing-frame, the endless rope a passes five times around the driving-pulley b and four times around the driven pulley b<1>, the fifth loop passing over the guide-pulley c, mounted on a stud d, Fig. 3, in the hollow boss e, adapted to slide on the upright f. The upright f is bolted at g to the usual travelling rack-bar h, and at each end has a cross-pin i<1> supporting loosely-mounted fingers i to guide the ropes a. Compensation for the stretching of the rope a may be effected by releasing a set-screw, which may be used to hold the boss e on the upright f, pulling down the boss e, and again tightening the screw ; or, preferably, the boss e is provided with heavily-weighted arms j, the boss in this case being free to move on the upright f. In this latter case, in order to relieve the rope a from the tension due to the weights during the process of winding back, the upright y is provided with ratchetteeth m, in which a pawl n is caused to engage when its tail-piece n<1> contacts with a striker o at the end of the journey.
Patent GB-190409200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Chimney Tops
Inventor: WYSS-BAUMGARTNER ALFRED
Filed: 1904-04-21
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 9200. Baumgartner, A. Wyss-. May 30, A.D. 1903, [date, applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Chimney tops.- A metal strip is arranged in the form of a conical helix, in which the acute angle, made by the sides of the strip with the axis, increases, from bottom to top. The top may be made of cast iron, or from a circular sheet of wrought iron in which is made a saw cut along a line following an archimedian spiral, the centre of the circular sheet being then drawn out perpendicular to its plane. The Figure shows a chimney top made up of four helices and terminating in a cone.
Patent GB-190411264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrically Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: THAYER RUSSELL
Filed: 1904-05-16
Granted: 1905-05-16
Abstract: 11,264. Thayer, R. May 16. Electric locomotives and motor vehicles.-Relates to motor road vehicles capable of running on tramways on the overhead-supply system and also to storingand control ling means. The vehicle shown in plan in Fig. 3 is provided with a trolley pole and a pair of contactwheels 117, capable of being actuated simultaneously by a ample lever 79. The contactwheels may be connected to the bar 125 by links 121 to allow freedom of motion to the vehicle The vehicle is provided with motors 167, 171 connected by differential gear, and also with storage batteries 114. Fig. 6 shows the controller diagram, by the connections of which the motor 167 is used in conjunction with the supply mains 109, 46, and at the same time charging the battery ; the motor 171 is used for propelling the vehicle by current from the storage batteries when it is away from the source of power. Switches 165, 165<a> are operated so as to put in circuit either of the motors 167, 171. Fig. 15 shows a vehicle wheel adapted to make contact with the rails and provided with an insulating-tyre 178.
Patent GB-190411509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Studs for Fastening Cuffs and for other like purposes.
Inventor: CHAMBERS-JONES PETER
Filed: 1904-05-19
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 11,509. Jones, P. Chambers-. May 19. Cuff suspenders.-Cuffs are fastened to coat sleeves by passing the heads a of studs through the centre stud-holes of the cuffs, placing the parts d through holes in the inside folds of the sleeves, and then replacing the bases e and securing them by the nuts f. In a modification, a screw-threaded hole is made from the base up through the stem of an ordinary stud, and another base is provided with a screw-threaded stem to fit into the hole, the coat sleeve being gripped between the two bases.
Patent GB-190412795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pipe Wrenches.
Inventor: HOSTETLER WILLIAM AMBROSE
Filed: 1904-06-06
Granted: 1904-07-07
Abstract: 12,795. Hostetler, W. A., and Boyer, L. O. June 6. Wrenches. - One jaw 2 of a pipe wrench is pivoted in the bifurcated jaw end 1 of the shank 3, and is opened by a spring 8 and closed by means of a spring 7 and a lever 9.
Patent GB-190416359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Tripod Heads for Photographic purposes.
Inventor: SPRASON JOHN AMBROSE
Filed: 1904-07-25
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 16,359. Sprason, J. A. July 25. Tripod and like stands.-In the head attachment, the casing 14 of the ball Joint 11 is fitted near to one angular corner of the tripod head 9, and has side openings 15 to allow the ball and stem 28 to swing over into the position shown in dotted lines. A revoluble pressure plate 19 is carried on a screw 17, which is turned by an elongated squared key, the upper end of which can pass through holes 26, 27 in the ball and into the recess 25 in the screw. The stem 28 carries the plate 31, on which is a revolving table 13, and is kept in place in the pillar 12 by a garter pin 30 and clamped by the screw pin 34. In a modification, the spherical pressure plate is mounted on a plate screwing into the casing, and is rotated by a handle passing through an opening in the casing.
Patent GB-190425309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Preparation of "Tarred" Slag, Macadam and other Material.
Filed: 1904-11-21
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 25,309. Tar Macadam (Purnell Hooley's Patent) Syndicate, and Hooley, E. P. Nov. 21. Measured quantities, delivering.-In a modification of the apparatus described in Specification No. 7796, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Roads &c.], for the preparation of tarred macadam, the slag, macadam, &c., and the tar are automatically admitted to the mixing-apparatus in measured quantities. The slag is graded in a revolving screen and discharged into a hopper 2, Fig. 3, but is prevented from entering the mixing-machine, until a certain quantity has collected in the passage 4, by a door 6 to which is connected a tube 7 containing a ball weight 7<a>. The tar is supplied to a vessel 8 from a main 10 and is discharged by compressed air admitted by a three-way cock 12 from a pipe 11. A float 17 fitted to the spindle of a valve 19 closes the valve when the liquid in the vessel 8 has fallen to a certain level. The threeway cock 12, which normally connects the vessel 8 to atmosphere through the pipe 20, is turned by a lever 13 connected to a crank 15 fixed to the counterbalanced door 6. When the door opens, compressed air is admitted to the vessel 8, and the tar and slag enter the machine at the same time. A modification is shown in Fig. 4, in which the tar is admitted by raising a lid 22 connected by links to the door 6, and the slag may be diverted by a flap 30 through an opening 31<a> in the side of the hopper 2.
Patent GB-190506860-A (GB)
Title: Coin-freed Mechanism for Turnstiles
Inventor: ALLAN JAMES
Filed: 1905-03-31
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 6860. Allan, J. March 31. Turnstiles, coin - freed. The angular rotation permissible being a right-angle, the spindle a is fitted with a four-toothed wheel d, Fig. 2, or a quadrantal coin carrier m, Fig. 5, and also with a ratchet b and spring detent c to prevent back motion. The coin having been inserted, the movement of the locking-slide g withdraws the stop e from the path of the teeth of the wheel d, or the corners m<1> of the carriers m, freeing the spindle a, which may then be turned through a right-angle, a tooth of the wheel d or a quadrant of the carrier m simultaneously engaging a stop f and restoring the slide g and stop e to their own original positions. The coin carrier m is brought to rest before it engages the stop e by the engagement of the spring p with the cutaway portion m<2>, the teeth of the ratchet being removed at b<1> to allow a slight backward motion of the carrier if forced past this position. The inserted coin passes through a common slot k<1>, Fig. 2, coupling together the slide g and push-rod k, until it is moved off a fixed supporting ledge and escapes. In the devices shown in Fig. 5, the coin rests in a common slot in the carrier m and slide g, and as the former is rotated bears on the cam-portion e<1> of the stop e, pushing back the slide g and then escaping through the slot o'. The push-bar k may be returned by a spring k<2> ; or it may be returned by hand, in which case it is adapted to close the coin slot when in its inner position.
Patent GB-190508647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Moulding Apparatus.
Inventor: FERGUSON JOHN
Filed: 1905-04-22
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 8647. Ferguson, J. April 22. Moulding.- Pattern plates are constructed so that patterns may be rapidly changed and refixed, the parts of the plates subject to wear easily renewed, and moulding-boxes may be applied either way about to obtain a complete mould d from a half-pattern. The patterns are nailed or pegged to a wooden or like board 2, Fig. 1, supported on battens and recessed to receive metal plates 3 secured by bolts 5. Peg and hole fittings 7, 8 are adjustably secured to the plates 3 symmetrically about the centre-line of the plate 2. The lower part 12 of the moulding-box is provided with corresponding peg fittings 13, Fig. 6, and during moulding a line is drawn on the plate 2 coincident with one edge of the box. The upper box, provided with hole fittings, is placed on the pegs 7, the screws 9 are slackened, and the pegs are adjusted by screws 16, passing through slots in lips 17 on the plates 3 and tapped into the pegs 7, until the edge of the box coincides with the line drawn on the plate. The moulding is then completed in the ordinary way.
Patent GB-190514135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Clutches
Inventor: HERISSON ALBERT
Filed: 1905-07-08
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 14,135. HÚrisson, A. Nov. 11, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Clutches. -Friction clutches are operated by levers bearing on cones formed in an even number of parts, separate parts of the cone being alternately advanced to put the parts in action. The shoes 1, or other clutch parts bearing on the outer member 5, are operated by pivoted levers 6 which carry rollers 8 bearing on a cone formed in four or other even number of segments 10,11,12,13 constructed with faces of spiral form as shown in Fig. 3. Pins 14 on the segments pass through guides 15 secured to the sleeve 9, which slides in, but turns with, the member 5 and is operated by a lever. As the sleeve 9 is advanced, the shoes are pressed out until, when the rollers 8 are on one pair of segments, say, 10, 12. contact with the member 5 prevents these segments from advancing and compresses the springs 17, while the segments 11, 13 advance to make a continuous surface for the rollers to pass over, as shown in Fig. 3. When the rollers pass over to segments 11, 13, these are similarly held while the segments 10, 12 advance to form a continuous spiral surface.
Patent GB-190601174-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Sewing Machines for Closing Filled Bags and the like.
Inventor: HASPERG AUGUST VON
Filed: 1906-01-16
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 1174. Hasperg, A. von. Jan. 16. Sack-seaming machines; overedge-stitching machines; feed; governing needle and under thread; needle - driving; needle - holders; presser - wheels.- The mouth of the bag to be sewn is fed between a positively-rotated disk 31 and a spring-pressed presser-wheel 36, the spindle of which is pivoted on a fixed arm 34, and the bag itself is carried forward at the same rate by a travelling chain or the like. One thread is carried by a needle 14, the holder of which is directly reciprocated by an eccentric 4. The second thread is carried by a looper 10 fixed to an arm 8, which is pivoted in the base of the frame and is oscillated by a cam. The loop of the under thread is passed through that of the needle thread, and is then taken off the looper 10 by a catcher 20 and laid on the front of the seam so that it will be threaded by the needle-thread on the next stroke. The catcher 20 is universally mounted on a swivel 19, and receives a compound motion from a cam-groove in the periphery of an eccentric 5. The threads are passed over tension pulleys 47 and then to simple take-up levers 51, going and returning through the same thread eyes 49. After that the needlethread is passed through a clamp 56 in the needlebar and then to the needle-eye. The under thread passes over a guide 58 to the looper eye. The feed-disk 31 is rotated by a silent ratchet and disk 30 actuated from a slide 25 in the base. This slide is reciprocated by a cam-actuated twoarmed lever 22, and, in order to permit variation of the size of the stitch, the lever is pivoted on a bell-crank lever 38 so that its centre of oscillation can be moved relatively to the cam and slide and the ratio of the working lengths of its arms varied. By a screw 43, the feed-devices can be kept out of engagement with the actuating-cam. The pressure of the presser-wheel 36 can be varied by moving the slotted lever 40.
Patent GB-190603015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Attachment of Steam Turbine Blades or Vanes.
Inventor: SCHULZ RICHARD
Filed: 1906-02-07
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 3015. Schulz, R. Feb. 7. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Relates to fastening-devices for the blades of steam turbines. The blades a, Fig. 1, have dovetailed feet which are inserted into corresponding grooves and separated by filling- pieces. A mandrel is then inserted into apertures c in the feet and filling-pieces and forced in so that they are forced outwardly against the walls of the groove. The cross-section of the groove may be varied and the shape of the feet and filling-pieces varied. A number of lateral apertures o, Fig. 5, may be formed in the feet and filling-pieces so that the insertion of the mandrel forces metal laterally into suitable grooves. A mandrel f, Fig. 7, of variable shape may be forced into a notch in the blade a, so that the metal is forced sideways into a dovetailed or recessed groove. A combination of slots and holes may be used. Various forms of indentations in the blade feet are described, and these may be formed as complete apertures, through which a mandrel can be inserted. All the holes can be filled with pegs or the like. To secure the last blade in a row, the filling-pieces are formed in halves x, y, Fig. 17, so that one half y can be upset to secure the parts in position.
Patent GB-190605263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Control of Electrically-propelled Vehicles.
Filed: 1906-03-03
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 5263. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Hopps, B. March 3. Sparking, preventing.-In controlling electric motors for propelling vehicles, where the current is supplied by a generator driven by a petrol engine or other prime - mover carried by the vehicle, the changes of connexion from series to parallel, and other changes involving the breaking of large currents, are accompanied by cutting- down of the field strength, which is restored in the running positions. In one form of apparatus for this purpose, the driving-motors M, M' and the generator G, which may have a separate exciter E, are connected through a controller C, placed near the motors in order to obviate long lead - wires. The controller C has movable contacts on a shaft A actuated by the driver's handle L which is caused to describe a compound or zigzag movement by a slotted and notched plate P, the handle being hinged to the shaft as shown. The component motion at right-angles to the shaft A turns the controller successively to its series and parallel positions, the arrangement being preferably such that forward connexions are made by moving the handle in one direction, and reverse connexions by the contrary movement. A spring B constrains the handle, which on moving from the middle ' off ' position falls first into the series notch ps and afterwards into the parallel notch pp, or if the reverse movement is made the handle enters the reyerse notch pr. The component motion of the handle about its hinge actuates, by means of an integral extension l, a rod s linked to the switch S controlling the field resistance R, which is thus inserted into the field before each change of connexions and cut out again afterwards. The alteration of field resistance may be effected by other mechanism than that described, e.g. by means of contact-studs on the controller casing traversed by a sliding arm. The checking of the driver's lever at the respective contact positions may be effected by a pawl carried on the lever and capable of release by hand.
Patent GB-190607681-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Forming Pulp Fibre Articles
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-03-30
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 7681. Justice, P. M., [United States Fibre Stopper Co.]. March 30. Moulding pulp stoppers.-Disks for bottle stoppers and the like are moulded direct from pulp-water. The lift of a stem 9 raises a valve 6, allowing pulp-water from a container 3 to enter a receptacle 5 closed by a valve 7, which, after the upper valve is reseated. is lowered by the contact of a crosspiece 10 with the bottom of a slot in the stem 12, allowing the water to flow through a hopper 17 into an open-ended cylinder between the upper and lower dies 22, 35. These dies are perforated to allow expressed water to pass through, but have screens on their faces to retain the pulp fibres. A vacuum is maintained below the lower die, and compressed air is introduced above the other, so that water is driven from the pulp and passes out at the top through a pipe 48 and opening 47. Communication to the spaces behind the dies is regulated by two-way valves, so that as the dies separate, compressed air is admitted behind the lower die to force the moulded disk against the upper die from which it is detached by a puff of air and falls on a fibrous strip 55<1> stretched between the arms of a receiving-device 55 tilted into position when the lower die descends by projections 60 engaging the faces 59. Rollers contacting with the curved faces 58 tilt the device out of operation when the die rises again, the disk received being delivered to an endless belt 62. The machine can be made multiple in operation, the valve stems 9 then having preferably a bar 63 connecting them across and two pivoted arms 11 reciprocating them.