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Patent GB-190513577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Hoists suitable for use on War Ships.
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 13,577. Clarke, Chapman, & Co., and Walker, H. July 1. Switches. - Relates to controlling - devices for an electrically-actuated rack-and-pinion lift for use on warships in which the motor is mounted on top of the cage and receives current from four vertical wires arranged in the well. In one form of control, Fig. 7, the controller 17 is arranged at the foot of the well. As the cage reaches the limit of its travel, it engages tappets carried by an endless rope passing over the pulleys w at the foot of the well. This causes rotation of the lower pulley, which acts through bevel-gear x to throw the controller into the ' off ' position, Fig. 8 shows diagrammatically circuits by which the travel of the cage is controlled by switches in the car and on the landings. Indicators, such as lamps 65, 64 arranged at each floor excepting the extreme ones, are actuated by the cage in its travel engaging rocking arms 68, and serve to show whether the cage is above or below that particular floor. Switches 40 at each floor are moved according to the position of the cage as shown by the indicators to complete the control circuit through either of the wires 44, 45, to start the motor to bring the cage to that floor. Switches 36 &c. in the cage are moved simultaneously by the passenger before starting in the cage, the switches 36, 38 being opened and the switches 37, 39 closed. The opening of the switches 36, 38 breaks the circuit of the wires 44, 45 and the landing switches are put out of action. Closure of the switch 39 completes the circuit of indicators 61 at each landing, showing that the lift is in use. The cage is started by moving the switch 35 to the right or left to complete the motor control circuit. Arranged in this circuit are indicators 60 which show that the lift is in motion. The doors are provided with switches 54<a> of such a nature that all the doors must be closed before the circuit of the landing switches can be completed. Automatically-operated limit switches are arranged in the circuits of the ' up ' and ' down ' solenoids.
Patent GB-190515097-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Transporting Rabbit or Poultry Hutches and the like.
Inventor: PARKER JOHN
Filed: 1905-07-22
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 15,097. Parker, J. July 22. Poultry coops hutches and the like.-For moving rabbit or poultry hutches or the like, levers B with wheels C attached by metal forks or frames B' are pivoted to the structure at E, their handle ends working in frames D, which serve as stops. By securing the levers B in position by pegs, the structure can be left with one end raised off the ground. The levers B may be connected by a bar.
Patent GB-190515809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment of Steel.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-08-02
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 15,809. Taylor, W., and Mudford, F. J. Aug. 2. Thermometers.-The temperature to which steel should he heated in annealing and tempering is determined by the change produced in its magnetic properties, the steel becoming non-magnetic at the critical temperature. In one arrangement, the steel mass E, Fig. 1, is placed together with a coil C in the magnetic field produced by an electric current passing through two other coils A, B. On reaching the critical temperature, the mass becomes non-magnetic, and the change may be noted by means of a galvanometer D or a telephone. In another arrangement, the steel deflects a balanced pendant of magnetic material, and the critical temperature is indicated by the return of the pendant to its normal position of equilibrium. In a third arrangement, the steel is placed between two iron rods 10, 11, Fig. 3, in a muffle, and completes one path in a divided magnetic circuit or field due to a magnet. The rod 10 is also in contact with one end of a bar 8 which is adapted to oscillate about a fulcrum 7 formed on one polepiece 4, while the other end of the bar. is separated from a yoked end 9 of the other pole-piece 5 by an air-gap. While the steel retains its magnetic properties, the reluctance of the magnetic circuit through it is less than the reluctance of the circuit containing the air-gap, and consequently the lever 8 does not connect with the yoke 9. The critical temperature is indicated by the rocking of the lever, and this movement may control the gas supply or other heating means of the muffle. The steel may fall into a quenching-liquid when magnetic attraction ceases.
Patent GB-190518783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Rolling Stock.
Inventor: POWELL CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1905-09-18
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 18,783. Powell, C. E. Sept. 18. Couplings, non - automatic.-A link-and-hook non - automatic coupling is operated from the side of the vehicle by a hand wheel or lever which is locked in position by a spring catch. Fig. 2 shows a plan of the coupling in the extended position. The link comprises two portions B, B<2> connected by a knee-joint, the part B being formed with flat sides which embrace the hook A and keep the coupling in the central position. The link is raised by a cam-sbaped piece C which engages with a lug formed on the link B and is fixed to a shaft D which may be rotated by a wheel or lever E. A spring catch F engages with the arms of the wheel E to hold it in position, and may be released from either side of the vehicle by a handle I or rod H, being held in the released position by a pivoted catch G, Fig. 5. A guardplate K is fitted to the end of the vehicle to allow the link to move freely upwards. The shaft D may be fitted with universal joints.
Patent GB-190519036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Multi-rate Electric Measuring Apparatus
Filed: 1905-09-20
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 19,036. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 20. Energy and quantity meters, for multi-rate systems of metering, are provided with transformers arranged to give the desired ratio of registration between currents supplied for different classes of translating-devices, or at different times. The arrangement indicated in Fig. 1 is adapted to register current for lamps 6 and heaters 7 at different rates, the latter being connected to the primary coil 17 ; taps 19 may be provided on the secondary coil 18 to facilitate alteration of the ratio of registration. In a modified arrangement (not shown), the field coils 10 of the meter are connected only to the secondary coil of the transformer, the current for the lamps passing through the whole of the primary coil, and that for the heaters through a portion only of the primary coil. The arrangement shown in Fig. 3 is adapted to allow of the use of current for heaters 7 only at a low rate, while current for both lamps 6 and heaters 7 when lamps are being used is registered at a higher rate ; a switch 22 in one position connects both sets to the meter direct. The arrangement shown in Fig. 4 is adapted to register currents for all purposes at the same rate, but to change the rate at definite times ; the switch 30 may be controlled by a clock in the meter itself, or by an electromagnet 38 actuated from the generating-station through a control wire as shown, the controlling- switch 40 being operated either by hand or clockwork.
Patent GB-190521263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam and Gas Turbines.
Inventor: LENTZ HUGO
Filed: 1905-10-19
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 21,263. Lentz, H. Oct. 19. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In turbines of the kind described in Specification No. 6301, A.D. 1905, the elastic fluid repeatedly impacts on the wheel in the manner shown in the Figure. The inverting - devices are contained in chambers g which increase in size from inlet to outlet. The inlet nozzle b passes the steam or gas through the ring of blades on the wheel c into a channel d having collecting-blades at the inlet side and a nozzle at the outlet which returns the steam through the blades to another channel e and so on round the wheel. The partitions p in the outlet portions form convergent velocity - increasing nozzles, so that, after each passage through the wheel, there is a fall in pressure and a parlial conversion of pressure into velocity between the partitions before the next passage through the wheel. Two or more turbines, having inverting-devices such as described, may be arranged in different casings.
Patent GB-190521304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Apparatus for Removing Dust from Carpets and for other like purposes.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS WALTER
Filed: 1905-10-20
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 21,304. Griffiths, W. Oct. 20. V a c u u m cleaning- apparatus for carpets, furniture, and the like comprises a suction nozzle T connected by flexible hose to the inlet J of double exhausting-bellows C, C' mounted on a box or suction chamber A with a sloping top. The front of each bellows, which are operated by foot, is connected by a link e' to a lever E pivoted at e<3>, so that when the top of one is forced down that of the other is raised. The bellows have flap or other suitable valves F, H, and are mounted on the box A by screws and nuts c' so as to be detachable for inspection. A filterbag K arranged around the inlet J and a canvas screen M prevent dust from passing into the bellows. The bottom of the box A is detachable. Several interchangable nozzles of different shapes may be provided, and are preferably connected to the hose R by metal tubes, which may be telescopic.
Patent GB-190522003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Finishing Machines for Boots and Shoes
Inventor: JACKSON WALTER
Filed: 1905-10-28
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 22,003. Jackson, W., and Pochin, H. N., [trading as Jackson & Pochin]. Oct. 2. Burnishing. -Relates to means for automatically presenting the work to the tool of an edge-setting machine. The jack 7 is carried by a vertical rod 9, which is rotated by a worm and wheel 11, 12 from a shaft 13. The latter carries two oppositely-rotating clutch pulleys 15, 16, which are adapted to be thrown into and out of gear by a sliding shipper-rod 21. When one side of the sole has been set, adjustable cams 23 on the underside of a table 24 carried by the rod 9 move the shipper-rod so that it changes the clutches and reverses the motion of the jack. The edgesetting tool 28 is of the usual vibrating type, and is preferably carried on the front end of a sliding rod 41, which is constantly held forwards by a counterweighted lever 42. The shaft 31 for actuating the tool is flexibly driven by a belt 35 and pulley 34 from the main shaft 3. The tool head 33 is slidably mounted in a bed 37 so as to be capable of adjustment for different sizes of boots, the bed being pivotally connected to a bracket 38 secured to the machine frame. An arm 47 projects from the bed 37 and engages an approximately soleshaped templet 44 in a table 45 carried by the rod 9. This ensures that the tool 28 will remain square with the sole-edge as the boot is moved round on the jack.
Patent GB-190523787-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method for Treating or Impregnating Absorbent Materials, Textiles, Paper or other Lamellar Materials with Resins, Fatty Acids and the like.
Inventor: BRANDT HEINRICH OTTO
Filed: 1905-11-18
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 23,787. Brandt, H. O. Nov. 19, 1904, date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Ornamenting fabrics. - To ornament paper, fabrics, &c., they are sprinkled with metal or glass powder, sand, &c., either before or after impregnation with the ammonium salts of oleic, stearic, resinous, and similar acids, the fabric &c. being subsequently heated to drive off ammonia and' water, leaving a precipitate of free resin ; or the glass powder &c. may be added after the decomposition of the ammonium resinate &c.
Patent GB-190603289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Fixing Cutting Off the Upper or Wearing Portions of Compound Tramway Rails.
Filed: 1906-02-10
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 3289. Rhodes, E., and Romapac Tramway Construction Co. Feb. 10. Mounting and securing rollers on shafts.-Relates to improvements in the machine, described in Specification No. 9175, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Railways &c.], for fixing the upper or wearing portions of tramway rails on to the base portion and consists in means whereby the pressure rollers can be readily fixed on the ends of their shafts and easily removed when necessary. The lower ends of the shafts 2 are formed taper or conical and the pressure rollers 1 bored with a similar taper. A keyway is formed in the end of each shaft into which a key 4 having a lug 5 is fitted. The pressure rollers are passed on to the shafts from the upper ends and fixed in position as shown. As the strain on the rollers, when in use, is in a downward direction, the rollers are kept firmly in position.
Patent GB-190604409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Synthetic Production of Cyanide of Ammonium.
Inventor: LANCE DENIS
Filed: 1906-02-22
Granted: 1907-02-22
Abstract: 4409. Lance, D., and Elworthy, E. G., [administratrix of Elworthy, H. S.]. Feb. 22, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Carbon; hydrogen; nitrogen.-The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises the following matter. It is stated that, by passing a mixture uf carbon monoxide and hydrogen over reduced nickel at 380-400‹ C., carbonic acid and water vapour are formed and some carbon is set free. The claims also include the manufacture of nitrogen by blowing air through glowing carbon and passing the gases produced over metallic oxides, preferably copper oxide, which may first be ,burnt in a motor or furnace to oxidize carbonic oxide and sulphuretted hydrogen, removing these impurities by any suitable means, and then purifying the nitrogen if necessary by passing it over heated metallic iron or other metals, the carbonic acid being recovered if desired ; the production of nitrogen by passing air over heated metals, the reduction of the oxides obtained by means of producer gas, the separation of the carbonic acid from the nitrogen by any known means, and the purification of the nitrogen by passing over heated metals, preferably iron ; the manufacture of nitrogen, nitrogen oxides, and nitric acid by passing air over heated metallic copper with recovery of nitrogen and then passing ammonia over the copper oxide; and the manufacture of hydrogen and nitrogen and, if desired, of carbonic acid " by passing producer gas over metallic "iron," preferably as described in Specification No. 12,461, A.D. 1902, " collecting the nitrogen " and the carbonic acid thus produced with puri- " fying of the carbonic acid and sulphurous acid, " afterwards passing steam preferably superheated " over reduced metal, thus re-oxidizing this metal " again and freeing the hydrogen from the steam." This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190605587-A (GB)
Title: A Cutting Machine for Cutting-out Lace or for Cutting Embroidered or other Fabrics and such like uses.
Inventor: PERKINS THOMAS ECKERSLEY
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 5587. Perkins, T. E. March 8. Cutting-machines for lace, embroidery, and fabrics.-Relates to a machine for cutting out lace, embroidery, or other fabrics, in which the cutting and feeding operations are automatically effected, while the. guiding of the material is controlled by the manipulation of a crank handle. The machine resembles an embroidering- machine of the Bonnaz type, and is fitted with the universal feed mechanism of that type, comprising a feeder foot D, actuated by a cam D' and cam lever D', both carried on a sleeve D<3> mounted in bearings C' in the head C. The sleeve D<3> is rotated about its axis to vary the direction of feed by a handle, operating through the usual bevel - gearing. The cutting - device comprises a fixed blade G, Fig. 3, which projects down into a recess in the table, and is detachably secured to a sleeve F mounted on the lower part of the sleeve D<3>, and a movable blade H, pivoted at G<1> to the fixed blade G, and actuated by a bar k, which is vertically reciprocated within the sleeve D<3> by a slide K<1>, operated from a cam on a driving-shaft L. The blades are arranged in a central vertical plane passing through the axis of the cam D<1>. The material if clamped at the required moments by an annular presser-foot M, carried by a stalk M', sliding in a vertical recess in the side of the cylinder F. The presser-foot is normally depressed by a spring, but is raised on the ascent of the bar K by engagement with a projection on the latter.
Patent GB-190611313-A (GB)
Title: Combined Street Sweeper and Collector.
Inventor: WHITTOME JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 11,313. Whittome, J. T. May 15. Sweeping-machines.-Relates to the machine described in Specification No. 1371, A.D. 1903. The sweepings after delivery by the brush to the trough A, Figs. 1 and 2, are gathered into the elevator by scrapers D, Fig. 3, which are oscillated by crankpins d<6> engaging slotted blocks d<5> on the scrapers. The pins are driven by bevel-gearing, from a shaft G and are arranged to lift the scrapers outwapdly as shown by the curved arrows, and to drop them on the inwardly-sloping margins of the trough A for the in-stroke. To enable the elevator buckets to ride over obstruction between them and the trough A, the lower spindle c' of the chain-wheel is carried by a pivoted arm c', which has a cross-bar c<7> running in a slotted suspending- link c<4>, so that the spindle c<1> can rise and fall freely. To eenable the brush B to adapt itself freely to the road surface, the outer ends b<4> of the pivoted bars b<1> by which it is carried are suspended from the vehicle frame by springs b<5>. The brush and guide-plate b<9> are raised by a chain b<7> and a lifting-lever b<8>. Distributors K, Fig. 2, are placed at the elevator outlet to eject the dirt &c. evenly into the receiving-car. The distributors are pivoted at the ends of arms k<1>, with interposed springs as shown, and, together with the supporting-links k<6>, are oscillated by a cranked bar k<2> which is driven by chain-gearing. A small swivel-wheel E is attached to the draught-bar F to support the sweeper and facilitate attachment to a cart.
Patent GB-190613996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Music Holders and Turners.
Inventor: STEM EDGAR SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 13,996. Stem, E. S., Boyd, T. S., Boyd, C. A. M., and Bush, P. D. June 19. Leaf-holders; leaf-turners.-A musicleaf holder and turner capable of being folded into small compass comprises a base 20, Fig. 1, to which are detachably secured an angle-plate 21 and restplate 23 turned downward at its front edge to engage the groove in the bookrest of a piano and connected to the base by screws 26 passing through slotted flanges 24 which enables the leaf-turner to be adjusted in position. Attached to the plate 21 by a tongue 31 and slot 32 is a book-holder 28, Fig. 10, comprising a pair of curved strips 28<a>, 28<b>, of sheet metal connected by springs and hinges. Jointed arms 35, carrying a cross-piece 34, are connected to the holder 28 by a tongue and slot to form a support for music &c. A holder 40, to grip the lower edge of a book, comprises a bent wire running along the lower part of the desk and having upturned portions 41 kept in engagement with a book &c, by a spring arm 42. The book-holder may be rotated out of operation by means of a wheel 45, Fig. 3, having a curved slot 49 with an offset 50 at one end, into which a spring 51 drops, when the holder is rotated to release a book, and retains the holder in the disengaged position. The leaf-turning apparatus comprises a number of arms 53, Fig. 5, connected by means of coil or plate springs 55 to a post 62, which can be turned by a screwdriver to adjust the tension of the springs 55 and is secured by a clamping-nut. The leaf clips on the turning-arms are formed of a single piece of twisted wire 54, Fig. 13, having fingers 57 and a loop 56 and attached to the arm 53 by means of a rivet 59 connecting the sides 58 of a clip secured to the arm. The end of the loop 56 is received in a slot 61, from which it can be lifted so that the arm 54 may be turned into an horizontal position. The arm-releasing arrangement is contained in a case 63, Fig. 5, surrounding the post 62 and provided with the slot 64, Fig. 11, through which the arms extend. A bent lever 67 pivoted to an ear 69 on the casing and having an upwardly - extending detent 71, bears at its inner end against a pivoted dog 74, which is under the control of a spring 76 secured to the pivot 75 of the dog and tending normally to keep the end 77 of the dog across the slot 64. The other end of the spring 76 may also act on the lever 67. On depressing the end of the lever 67 by pressing upon a bar 79 pivoted to the base 20, Fig. 1, an arm is liberated, the detent 71 preventing the liberation of more than one at a time. For returning the arm to the starting position, a pinion meshing with a rack 86, Fig. 5, is provided on the post 62, and carries a bar 81 having an upturned end 82 which engages the arms 53. The rack is operated by means of a lever 83.
Patent GB-190614535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change-speed Mechanism.
Filed: 1906-06-26
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 14,535. Rochet &. Schneider. April 13, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Variable - speed gearing.-In changespeed gearing of the type in which driving and driven shafts are in line and in which h countershaft is employed, the driven shaft c is hollow, extends across the gear case, and is supported at either end by ball bearings j, g, respectively. The driving- shaft is supported in the usual bearing e in the casing and is provided with an extension a, which passes through the shaft c and is supported at its far end by a ball bearing d.
Patent GB-190615935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Furniture.
Inventor: WATKIN HENRY
Filed: 1906-07-14
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 15,935. Watkin, H. July 14. Knobs.-In order to prevent roses made of china from being broken by attaching them to the door with screws, they are fastened by means of flanged metal disks E, Fig. 2, attached to the door by means of screws 10. The flange is slit at three places 6 to give a better hold on the rose. Springs G introduced between the knobs B<1> and the roses absorb shocks on the knobs when the door is slammed.
Patent GB-190619364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Postal and other Wrappers
Inventor: BENNET JOHN FREDERICK
IPC: B42D15/08
Filed: 1906-08-30
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 19,364. Bennet, J. F. Aug. 30. Mercantile forms.-A postal or other wrapper and index or other form has a flap b with side flaps a folded at c and d, d<1>. The wings a are turned in, and the flap b is turned back so that the wings a form a pocket into which the folded sheet is tucked.
Patent GB-190628601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps with Supported Electrodes.
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1908-02-14
Abstract: 28,601. Beck, H., and Dentsche Beck- Bogenlampen Akt-Ges. Dec. 14. Arc lamps.-A ridged electrode a, shown in section, to rest on a stop which also conveys current to it, as described in Specification No. 28,600, A.D. 1906, has the ridge b thickened or made of less combustible material at its junction c with the body of the electrode. A projection is thus formed which screens the stop from the arc. One inclined electrode is thus supported, and its electrode-holder is connected by horizontal rods to an electrode-holder supporting the second electrode. According to the Provisional Specification, the projection on the electrode may be produced by causing only a small part of the ridge to rest on the stop. Specifications No. 16,294, A.D. 1903, and No. 6305, A.D. 1904, are referred to.