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Patent GB-190419147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Leather Stretching Machines.
Inventor: POST EZRA LORD
Filed: 1904-09-05
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 19,147. Post, E. L. Sept. 5. Bides and skins, tanned, treating.-To prevent driving - belts from stretching more at one edge than at the other, the leather from which they are to be made is stretched. For this purpose, the soaked hide n, held by clamps i, is stretched by turning a screw o<5>, which, working through a crossbar o, passes through a sliding crosshead c carrying the clamps upon levers f. To maintain the crosshead in any position, dogs c<4> with bevelled noses are actuated by springs c<7> to engage holes in the sleeves of the crosshead and in the frame members a. The inner arms of the levers are longer than the outer arms. Thus, the more elastic outer parts of the hide are stretched to a greater extent than the inner portion. Longitudinal wrinkling during the process is prevented by a cross - member p carrying clutches i. The form of the clutch used is shown in Fig. 6. A pivoted jaw i<4> with teeth k is operated by a handle k<7>, a transverse lip k<4> being adapted to engage behind a shoulder k' upon a fixed jaw i<5>. The clutch is pivotally mounted on a plate mwhich is connected to a bar h by a groove- and-tongue joint. By this arrangement, the clutch may be turned horizontally, when it is secured in its adjusted position by depressing a collared pin m<5> into one of a number of segmentally-arranged holes m<8>, while it may also be moved longitudinally, being then finally maintained in position by screwing down a pin into one of a row of holes h'. By placing the members a nearer together and using only one lever f, the apparatus is rendered suitable for stretching half a hide.
Patent GB-190420382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: ROSS GEORGE GUSS
Filed: 1904-09-21
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 20,382. Ross, G. G. Oct. 16, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Refilling, p r e - venting.-The neck of the bottle is partly cylindrical and partly conical in shape, the lower conical portion Leing fitted with a glass thimble 13 having a circumferential flange b on its outer surface for determining the amount by which the thimble can be forced down, and provided with a packing - ring 13<a>. This thimble forms a seating for a glass or other conical spring-controlled valve 14, the spring 15 of which enters a recess in a glass or other sealing-plug 16. The latter has fused into it a bent locking-spring, the free end of which engages with the underside of a shoulder in the bottle neck when the plug is forced home. Sufficient space is left above the plug 16 for a cork which prevents the escape of liquid, the plug having one or more channels for the purpose of emptying the bottle when inverted. The inside of the bottle is made perfectly cylindrical, and its lower end is fitted with a plunger comprising a glass block 18 and a cork or other slightly-elastic packing-ring 19. The lower end of the body 10 of the bottle is provided with a fixed bottom piece consisting of a glass block 20, which is sprung into place and secured by an undulating spring 22 placed in a recess formed partly in the wall of the bottle and partly in the block 20. The latter is also provided with a conical recess, which leads to a socket-like perforation o in the block 18 and is closed by an ordinary cork 21. Before the bottom piece is fitted into the bottle, its outer surface may be coated with cement which will afterwards set and secure a hermetic joint between the bottom piece and the body of the bottle. To open the bottle, it is inverted and placed on a stand 26, and a rod 27, which may be formed with a screw thread and provided with a gauge nut 27<a>, is pushed through the cork 21 until its end is seated in the perforation o, as shown in Fig. 2. By applying further pressure to the handle 28 of the rod, the plunger is pressed down, the valve 13 unseated, and a passage opened for the liquid from the bottle through the channels in the plug 16. After a sufficient quantity of liquid has been removed and the bottle re-inverted, the amount of liquid drawn off is indicated by the position of the plunger, which has a sufficiently tight fit to support the weight of the liquid remaining in the bottle without slipping back again. The bottle, having once been emptied, cannot be refilled, but, by breaking it, the several details can be used with a new bottle body. In some cases, a threaded projection 12<a> is formed on the bottom piece 20, being adapted for the connection of a flexible hose so that compressed air may be used for actuating the plunger.
Patent GB-190425190-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Construction of Acetylene Gas Generators and the like
Inventor: WORSNOP CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1904-11-19
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 25,190. Worsnop, C. H. Nov. 19. Acetylene and like lamps.-Generators in acetylene lamps and portable apparatus for lighting vehicles are constructed to avoid splashing of water and to facilitate removal of spent lime. The invention is applied especially to a generator for what is known as " acetyloid " gas, and consists in placing over a perforated baffle-plate F a grid E of transverse vertical plates upon which the acetyloid rests. Under the perforated baffle-plates is placed a conical piece G of metal, with a circumference rather less than that of the generating- chamber. This serves to prevent a too sudden rush of water, and also assists in preventing splashing. B represents the bell inside the water tank. Specification No. 24,458, A.D. 1898, describes the application of baffle-plates to the generator.
Patent GB-190428543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Junction and like Boxes
Inventor: MANQUAIS ERNEST ROSS LEE
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 28,543. Manquais, E. R. L. Dec. 28. Junction boxes and the like are formed in sections d, e, which can be separated or connected at the overlapping joints d', e', g<1> by means of bolts i, g so that a box of any desired size may be easily built up. The front plate is made of such a size as to suit the box under construction ; the panel board is preferably built in sections, and side openings d<3>, e<3>, &c., fitted with tubes as at l, are provided for introducing the conductors.
Patent GB-190500070-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Recreative Purposes.
Inventor: WOOD EBENEZER
Filed: 1905-01-02
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 70. Wood, E. Jan. 2. Amusements for fairs; toy lifts.-A recreative appa - ratus for carrying passengers, which may also be constructed as a toy, consists of a receptacle E attached to a rope, belt, or chain D, which can be wound around a shaft B freely mounted in a support A. The receptacle E, containing passengers, is wound to its uppermost position, and is then liberated. When the cord D is completely unwound, the momentum of fly-wheels C on the shaft B causes it to be partially wound up again, and the receptacle oscillates vertically until the momentum is exhausted. The shaft B may be wound up by suitable gear, and a brake may be used on the shaft B or the wheel C to control the descent of the cord D. According to the Provisional Specification, two similar apparatus may be coupled together, and a safety net may be arranged underneath the receptacle E.
Patent GB-190500931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Boxing Matches
Inventor: DOWNING GEORGE CLEMENT
Filed: 1905-01-17
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 931. Downing, G. C., [Dixie Match Co.]. Jan. 17. Drawings to Specification. Conveyers.-In a machine for filling matches into match-boxes, the boxes are carried through the machine between a pair of endless sprocket chains running over chain-wheels driven by bevel-gearing. The two wheels over which one of the chains run are mounted on a slide which allows the distance between the two chains to be adjusted to suit boxes of different sizes.
Patent GB-190506873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Apparatus for the Generation of Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: WINDHAM FRANK
Filed: 1905-03-31
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 6873. Windham, r., and Thomson, G. L. March 31. Lift valves; valves for automatic liquid supply; regulating discharge from valves.-A valve for - regulating the supply, of water in an acetylenegenerating apparatus comprises a tube o, closed at its lower end by a leather-faced disk mounted on a wire s. The valve is operated by a spring-controlled rod u,-and may be retained in the open position by rotating a curved wire so as to engage a depression 2 on the finger-piece y. The rate of flow may be varied by the use of wires of different sizes.
Patent GB-190509876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Door Fastenings.
Inventor: GIBBONS FRANCIS JOSEPH JAMES
Filed: 1905-05-10
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 9876. Gibbons, F. J. J. May 10. Latches.-In a pull-and-push latch, the spring- controlled sliding bolt a, Figs. 2 and 3, having a friction roller a' and guided in the mortise case b by the projections b<1> and the pin b<2>, is operated by the bevelled face c<1> of the stem c engaging the bevelled side a<3> of an opening in the bolt. Handles d<1>, d<2> pivoted at f carry collars, into one of which the stem c is screwed, the other containing the spring g and also lugs to which the other end of the stem is pivoted. The application to a pivoted latch is shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the latch h being pivoted to a carrier having a stop pin j<2>. The latch is operated by its rounded part h<1> engaging the bevelled face c<1> of the stem c.
Patent GB-190510593-A (GB)
Title: An Improved "Automatic Spring Action," for Opening & Exposing Interior of Jewel or other Boxes or Cases, having Interior Fittings.
Filed: 1905-05-20
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 10,593. Marshall, D., and Kelly, Marshall, & Co. May 20. Jewel boxes and cases.-Jewel or other boxes or cases having trays are so made that, on the lids being raised, the trays are also raised and the hinged fronts of the boxes are depressed. The trays B<1>, B<2>, B<3> are connected by metal or wooden arms A', A', the spring C acting on the stud D on the arm A' to raise the trays B<1>, B<2> when the lid E3 is raised, and the hinged front being simultaneously depressed by the lever G and rod F.
Patent GB-190510788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Town Maps or Guides.
Inventor: WERNEKINCK ALEXANDER
Filed: 1905-05-23
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 10,788. Wernekinck, A. May 23. Maps.-Town maps or guides consist of a main plan a showing only street names, with which is combined a number of auxiliary maps b, c on which are shown by means of lines or circles the positions of the streets, squares, &c. so that they register with those on the main plan. Either the main or the auxiliary maps or both are made on transparent paper or the like, and they are superposed and secured together in any suitable manner. Separate auxiliary maps may be used for streets which run in a certain direction, squares, bridges, public buildings, places of interest, tramcar and omnibus routes, &c. In the case of long streets, house numbers may be given at intervals. The auxiliary maps are provided with reference divisions which may consist of consecutively-numbered squires corresponding to a list with which they are used.
Patent GB-190510883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Supporting Curtain or Cornice Poles or Rods.
Inventor: BRYON EDWARD
Filed: 1905-05-24
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 10,883. Bryon, E. May 24. Ropes, chains, and the like, arranging.-Apparatus for raising and lowering curtain poles comprises a pair of brackets b, b<*>, of which the bracket b carries one and the bracket b<*>, shown in Fig. 5, two pulleys mounted on axes b<3>, b<3*> while each bracket has a guide-pulley b<6>, b7. The cord c by which the curtain pole is suspended is connected to the pole by rings c<1>, c<2> and is arranged as shown, passing over the pulley b<2> and under the guidepulley b<6>, across the window, under the pulley b<7>, and over one of the pulleys b<4> of the bracket b<*> to form a loop c<*>, the end passing over the pulley b<5> to the ring c<2>, When the curtain pole is raised, it conceals the parts of the cord crossing the window. The brackets may be somewhat modified in form and may be formed of cast metal as the bracket shown in Fig. 8. Also, instead of pulleys, thimbles may be employed as shown in Fig. 13. The guide-pulleys b<6>, b<7> may be dispensed with, and, in this case, in order to avoid the exposing of the cord, the arrangement shown in Fig. 20, may be employed.
Patent GB-190512680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cam Shafts for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: LEHMANN ERNST
Filed: 1905-06-19
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 12,680. Lehmann, E. June 19. Gas and like engines.-Driving or cam shafts for explosion engines of the multi-cylinder type are made with square or polygonal portions 2 on which are placed the cams 3 for the inlet and exhaust valves of the engines. The cams are made to fit the angular portion of the shaft and are adjusted by sliding them into position. They are then secured by screws, pins, or the like.
Patent GB-190517037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Exploding Fog Detonators without having to Wait for Engine and Train to Run Over and Explode them.
Inventor: DOWNING WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-08-23
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 17,037. Downing, W. Aug. 23. Detonator apparatus comprises two vertical pile magazines, from which a slide feed supplies the detonators to two anvils, to be exploded in turn by a manually-operated hammer, which simultaneously actuates the feeding slide. The hammer 1 is mounted by means of a pivot C in the stand 6, and successively explodes detonators on the two anvils 2, which are cased round, the case being provided with apertures allowing the sound to escape, and with slot holes for the supply and discharge of detonators. A pin B on the hammer shaft 1 engages a notch in either of two slide rods A, thus moving forward the slide D to feed a detonator from the magazine 3. Each slide D is pin-jointed to a swinging arm E attached by a spring to the fixed pedestal 4 to provide for the return of the slide.
Patent GB-190519125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electropathic Socks for Boots and Shoes
Inventor: ROMAIN JONAS ANIDJAR
Filed: 1905-09-21
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 19,125. Romain, J. A., and Anidjah, S. S. Sept. 21. Electric socks for boots and shoes are made with strips of copper and zinc &c. spaced apart and interlaced with the felt &c. of the sole B, mounted upon a backing of cork &c. The strips may be joined at one or both ends by turning them over transverse strips E. According to the Provisional Specification, the strips may be let in below the felt and may be connected in pairs or in series.
Patent GB-190522796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutting Sheet Rubber.
Inventor: MUSTO THOMAS EDWARD
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 22,796. Musto, T. E., and Musto, G. Nov. 7. Slicing.-Relates to a machine for cutting sheet rubber from a revolving cylindrical block, and comprises means for automatically feeding the block towards the knife, and for increasing its speed of rotation as its diameter decreases. A cylindrical block e of rubber is mounted on a spindle f, driven in bearings adapted to move vertically in a frame f<1> beneath a knife b, which, in operation, is reciprocated horizontally by an eccentric c<1> on a driving- shaft d. The frame f<1> is adapted to be withdrawn from its position under the knife to facilitate the adjustment of the block e. Lugs g<2> on the bearing- blocks of the spindle f engage screw spindles q<1>, which are rotated, through suitable gearing, from the driving-shaft d, to keep the block e in continual engagement with the knife b. The driving-gear comprises speed cones i, j, connected by a belt i, which is automatically moved so as to secure for the rubber blocks e a constant peripheral velocity. The sheet rubber is wound on a spindle s, driven at decreasing speed to ensure a uniform rate of winding.
Patent GB-190525232-A (GB)
Title: Horseradish Chutney.
Inventor: MELTON HENRIETTA
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 25,232. Melton, H. Dec. 5. Condiments.-Horse-radish chutney is prepared by boiling cloves, long pepper, allspice, and cayenne pepper in vinegar and afterwards removing them, then adding grated horse-radish, lemon juice, salt, and sugar to the liquor, and reboiling for some time. Raw cream and an extract made by digesting the horse-radish trimmings in water are then beaten in, and the resultant mash after a further boiling is bottled for use.
Patent GB-190600267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Bars, used in connection with Railway Safety Appliances.
Filed: 1906-01-04
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 267. Haywood, T. E., and Saxby & Farmer, [Dutton, F.]. Jan. 4. Points and switches, railway, locking. Safety locking bars are suspended so as to reduce the initial effort required to lift them. The locking- bar 2 is secured to V-shaped hangers 12 loosely connected by bolts or studs 11 to links 4 pivoted at their upper ends to the rail 1. The bar can be operated either by rods or by an arrangement of double wires. In the latter case, a pivoted horizontal rod 19, connected up to the double wires, operates the bar by pressing on the rollers 21, Fig. 4. Normally the link 4 is in a vertical position, thus reducing the effort required to lift the bar at the beginning of the movement.
Patent GB-190601852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring Temperatures by Electric Resistance Thermometers.
Filed: 1906-01-24
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 1852. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Gordon, A. Jan. 24. Thermometers. - An electric resistance thermometer a and an adjustable resistance are connected to the two coils of a differential relay b, which controls the starting and direction of motion of an electro-motor c and thus moves the contact to restore the balance. The temperature is indicated by a pointer connected to the contact-arm and may be also recorded on a drum f. The relay is of the suspended-coil type, and its tongue m controls the motor through a reversing switch d. The contact-arm is connected to a toothed wheel i geared to the motor as shown. The resistance g is wound on an insulating- core of rectangular cross-section with rounded corners, and is mounted round the dial.
Patent GB-190602582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Elastic Wheels for Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: COSSET MARCEL
Filed: 1906-02-02
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 2582. Cosset, M. Aug. 8,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spring wheels.-The rim is formed of flegments, having interengaging projections and recesses, supported on curved spokes of spring steel which fit in radial slots in the hub and are adjustable by means of compound wedges f acting against their ends. The segments are each made in two parts fitting together laterally, and have inturned lips to engage the tyre ; they may be formed with lugs to receive pins l passing through eyes in the spring spokes, or they may have sockets i secured to them to receive the ends of the spokes. The segments are surrounded by a winding of steel cable upon which is mounted a tyre n composed of superposed bands of leather. The curved spokes are also shown in the Specification in combination with a continuous rim, and the compound wedges are shown in a wheel in which the spokes cross from one side of the hub to the opposite side of the rim.
Patent GB-190611126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Separating and Sorting Apparatus and the Treatment of Materials thereby.
Inventor: LORD THOMAS
Filed: 1906-05-12
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 11,126. Lord, T., and Carey, J. May 12. Sifting and separating chalk, cements, &c.-The lighter particles of wheat, grain, chalk, wool, cement, &c. are separated by passing the material in front of a rapidly-rotating perforated disk D, Fig. 1, through which a current of air is drawn by a fan A, the perforations in the disk being of larger size than the particles which are to be separated. The central part of the disk may be unperforated and provided with a conical piece L. Fig. 3 shows disks D, D', D', D3 having successively smaller perforations and arranged one behind the other on a shaft E, the impurities withdrawn from the grain &c. by the air current being graded by the disks and escaping by shoots K<1>, K<2>, K<3>, while the clean grain escapes at K. Fig. 5 shows the disks D, D<1> and the fan A arranged on separate shafts, the grain being drawn in with the air along the passage P. When it is desired to treat a wide stream of grain without using a large disk, several disks D are arranged in one plane as shown in Fig. 4. The disks may be of thin sheet metal, and may be conical.
Patent GB-190611340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuzes for Armour Piercing Projectiles
Inventor: IMPERIALI ROBERTO
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 11,340. Imperiali, Marquis R. May 15. Fuses for projectiles ; projectiles, ordnance. - The bursting-charge 12, 13 of an armour-piercing projectile, moves forwards relatively to the shell 1, Fig. 1, on impact, and projects the delay-action fuse, Fig. 3, against the end of the cavity 4, thereby crushing the soft metal cap 29 and causing the firing-pin 23 to strike the cap 20 and ignite the slow match 19, which is enclosed in a tube 17 projecting into the charge 12. The bursting-charge is in two portions 12, 13, the former being contained in a cylinder 9 which is inserted into the projectile at the time when the latter is required for use.
Patent GB-190613698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutters for Breasting Machines.
Filed: 1906-06-14
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 13,698. Thomas, J., and Baxter's Leather Co. June 14. Heels.-A rotary heel-breasting cutter comprises two plates c, d, clamped adjacently to each other, and carrying cutters a, b, respectively, the points of the former cutters being on the circumference of a circle of less diameter than that on which the cutters b are disposed. In operation, the cutters a first remove the material to a certain depth, while the cutters b give a deeper and finishing cut.
Patent GB-190614158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Self-aligning Bearings for Shafting.
Inventor: MAIR WILLIAM BRUCE
Filed: 1906-06-20
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 14,158. Mair, W. B., Sykes, J. H., and Ferguson, J. June 20. Hangers and brackets; self-alining bearings. - A self-alining bearing for shafting, which permits of endways movement of the shaft, consists of a housing-ring c in two parts, furnished with pivots f seated in two levers s h pivoted on a bolt i, which is mounted in lugs j on a plate k. The levers h can turn in the same or opposite directions, giving freedom of the shaft a to move in all directions. To prevent endways movement of the shaft in one bearing of a series, the levers h are compelled to turn simultaneously in opposite directions by means of a toothed lever m, which is pivoted on a fixed stud n and engages toothed arms l on the levers h.