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Patent GB-190514538-A (GB)
Title: Combined Lamp and Apparatus for Generating and Storing Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: HAWKINS THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1905-07-14
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 14,538. Hawkins, T. H. July 14. Acetylene. - Relates to automatic generating and storing apparatus for acetylene lamps. The carbide holder a is placed in a chamber A, and water is introduced by a pipe a<3>, fitted with a regulating-valve, from an annular chamber B surrounding the chamber A. The gas generated passes through a purifying - chamber F containing cottonwool, or other filtering - medium, to the burner E through a cock e. When this is turned off, the gas passes by a pipe a<1> to a chamber C at the bottom of the apparatus. Water in this chamber is driven through a pipe c in a chamber D, from which the air passes by a pipe b and a regulating- cock b<1>, which also serves as a safety escape for excess of gas when the chamber C is full. The water in the chamber A is also driven back through the pipe a<3> into the chamber B. The passage of water from the chamber B is regulated by a perforated plug a<5> and air-pipe a<6>.
Patent GB-190516724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrical Apparatus for Controlling the Working of Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1905-08-17
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 16,724. Dawson, A. T., and Horne, J. Aug.17. Mountings. - Relates to electric apparatus for controlling the working of ships' guns so that while training from either of the extremes to the " mid " position the gun will be automatically elevated to a predetermined point. The apparatus further prevents the elevation or depression of the gun beyond fixed limits. The elevating-motor B, Fig. 1, is controlled by a rotary switch mounted in the casing D, and actuated by motion derived from both the elevating and training gears. A pinion d<3>, Figs. 6 and 7, carried by the spindle d<1> of the switch D', gears with a sector d' on a spindle d, Figs. 4 and 5, connected. by a coupling e<3> with. a pinion e<x>, rotatably mounted on the end of the shaft C of the elevating-gear. Pinions e' mounted on a disk e<2>, secured to the shaft C, gear with the pinion ex and also with the internally-toothed casing E. Normally, when the gun is elevated or depressed, the pinions e<1> run idly round the pinion e<x> until a projection E<1> on the casing E strikes either a fixed stop a or an adjustable stop e<4>. The pinion ex is then rotated and consequently the switch D<1> is actuated to open the circuit and prevent further elevation or depression, as the case may be, and, in the case of the depression being too great, the connexions are reversed independently of the gunner's control lever, and the gun is elevated by the requisite amount. The position of the stop e<4> is adjusted by a plunger e<5>, working against a camrail on a stationary part of the turret. Should the training proceed too rapidly, the switch is further rotated and a contact connected with the training- switch is reached. Spring-controlled arms d<5> act against the sector d' and restore the switch to the normal position.
Patent GB-190518664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Change Speed Gears more especially applicable to Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: GRIFFIN ERNEST FEATHERSTONE
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 18,664. Griffin, E. F., and Cox, F. J. Sept. 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Motor road vehicles.-Relates to variable-speed and reversing friction gearing for motor-cars &c., of the type in which grooved wheels are thrust into engagement one at a time by means of eccentrics. The driving-element b takes the form of a stepped cone. Driven elements d rotate loosely upon eccentric portions a<1> of a shaft e, or on a sleeve, and rotation of this shaft or sleeve brings the elements d successively into engagement with parts of the cone b. The elements d are coupled so as to rotate together by pins f working in slots g or other suitable connexion. The motion is taken off from a flange &c. h.
Patent GB-190523453-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combination of a Lavatory Basin and Filling Apparatus.
Inventor: ADAMS MOSES JAMES
Filed: 1905-11-15
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 23,453. Adams, M. J. Nov. 15. Lavatory basins.-The basin E is pivoted at P and is rigidly attached to a receptacle F which, on tilting the basin, withdraws water from the vessel Q and discharges it into the basin. The basin may also be made in one with the vessel Q, and this may be discharged by means of a pivoted receptacle such as F, fitted with a handle, by a displacer or by an ascending piston. A series of vessels Q may be supplied by one fitted with a float valve which is fed from the main tank. Specifications No. 1973, A.D. 1869, and No. 474, A.D. 1871, are referred to.
Patent GB-190523559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Holding Hats, Umbrellas, and the like.
Inventor: BEECHEY WALTER
Filed: 1905-11-16
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 23,559. Beechey, W. Nov. 16. Fastenings, clip. Relates to a device for use in theatres, churches, or other like places for holding greeting, menu, programme, and like cards. To a base-plate a are attached spring clips B, E. The clip B is curved outwardly as at C, Fig. 2, to hold umbrellas or the like. The lower end of the clip E is bent round, as shown in Fig. 3, to hold a hat, while the upper end is bent down at F to form a clip for a playbill, programme, or the like. The ends of the springs are bent round as shown or tipped with rubber or similar material.
Patent GB-190524971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Prism Telescopes.
Filed: 1905-12-01
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 2 4 , 9 7 1 . Rathenower Optische Industrie-Anstalt vorm. E. Busch Akt.- Ges. Oct. 4, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telescopes.-To enable the power of prismatic telescopes, especially binoculars, to be changed, each tube is provided with two object-glasses having different focal lengths and adapted to be put into and out of action alternately. As shown in Fig. 1, the object-glasses b, b<1> are mounted in tubes c, c<1> secured eccentrically to the end-plates d, d, which are screwed into rings e of the form shown. The required lenses are brought into line with the prisms a' by turning the rings e. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the adjusting-rings g are toothed to enable them to be turned together by a pinion i mounted on a sleeve k with a milled head v.
Patent GB-190526399-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Instrument for Military Sketching.
Inventor: ORTON CECIL ALFRED
Filed: 1905-12-19
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 26,399. Orton, C. A. Dec. 19. Compasses, magnetic; protractors. -A compass for use in plane-table work is combined with a detachable alidade for sighting and ruling the usual systems of radiating lines. The circular ends H, H<1> of the alidade G, Fig. 3, work in a circular recess cut in the bottom of the compass bed, being kept in position by a pin working in the circular grooves E, E'. The method of using the instrument is shown by Fig. 4. In this way, a number of radiating lines can be drawn from the end of the base-line without moving the compass.
Patent GB-190601984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Golf Balls.
Inventor: MACNEIL ALFRED BUCHANAN
Filed: 1906-01-26
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 1984. Macneil, A. B., and Macneil, J. Jan. 26. Balls.-A golf ball is made by winding vulcanized rubber tape or thread a on a central core b of rubber &c., plain or coloured rubber solution being applied to the last portion of tape. The windings are then softened by heat, and the ball is compressed in a mould till cold.
Patent GB-190602064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Signalling Systems for Railways and the like.
Filed: 1906-01-26
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 2064. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 26. Switches, electro-magnetic. In a railway signalling system, a relay comprising an operating coil R', a pivoted armature r<1>, and a fixed polarizing coil m<1> surrounding the armature, is employed. The relay is connected across the track rails and its armature is sometimes polarized and sometimes non- polarized, these conditions depending upon the position of two control switches operated by the semaphore arm. Specifications No. 19,086, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Railway signals &c.], and No. 19,890, A.D. 1904, are referred to.
Patent GB-190602479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Motor Starters with Overload and No-voltage Release.
Inventor: SIEBERT WILHELM
Filed: 1906-02-01
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 2479. Siebert, W. Feb. 1. Switches; cut-outs.-Relates essentially to the combination of barrel-type release switches with a barrel-type starting-switch, the field magnets for rotating the release switches having extensions to blow out arcs. Fig. 2 shows the preferred arrangement, the starting-barrel A, overload release and no-voltage barrels B, C, respectively, being end-on. The release barrels are rotated by any known electro-magnetic means, such as a spring-biassed armature, Fig. 5, or ring sector and solenoid, Fig. 6. The extensions s of the magnets prevent arcing. The no-voltage barrel is operated positively by the current. The overload barrel is set by the switch handle, which engages a projection on it, and a catch F holds the barrel in the 'on' position until the catch is tripped by the overload coil G. The controller handle has three positions ; in the first position, the no-voltage coils are energized through a shunt-circuit ; in the second, resistance is put into this circuit, and the armature is connected to line through the overload device and a resistance, which is cut out in the third position.
Patent GB-190607040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Firing Mechanism of Ordnance.
Filed: 1906-03-23
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 7040. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Hadcock, A. G. March 23. Ordnance breech mechanism.-Relates to firing- mechanism and consists in means for inserting a fresh primer in the vent without the necessity of the gunner's going behind the breech of the gun in the event of a missfire, and for preventing the unseating of the primer by the rush of air through the vent as the breech is closed. The lock G slides in the usual manner in the box E, but the bolt H for imparting the motion thereto is provided at its outer end with a cam-piece J, which, when rocked by a lanyard attached to the eye K, raises the bolt out of engagement with the camgroove D in the lever C. The lock may then be drawn aside by the lanyard so as first to extract the fired or faulty primer, and then, when moved beyond the ordinary open position, to permit a fresh primer L, carried in a carrier M in the lock, to be automatically inserted in the vent by the spring pusher N. The lock is returned to the firing position by a spring T. The extractor 0 is pivoted to the lock at P and carries a spring-bolt Q, which, during the opening movement, rides up the incline R and raises the extractor into position for extracting the primer. When the lock is fully open, the extractor is again depressed by a spring B', and remains in this position during the closing movement, thereby preventing the blowing-out of the freshly inserted primer. In a modification, the lock G is drawn aside and returned by hand from the side of the gun, the bolt H being disengaged by a lever pivoted to the lock-operating handle.
Patent GB-190610559-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cap or Closure for Powder, Polish and other Sprinklers.
Inventor: THESTRUP NILS
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 10,559. Thestrup, N. May 5. Stoppers.-The screw caps b of powder, polish, and other sprinklers have concave tops a, so that the linoleum or other sealing-material c is forced into intimate contact with the orifices d.
Patent GB-190614180-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Package for Cocoa, Tea and the like.
Inventor: WAECHTER GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-06-20
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 14,180. Waechter, G. June 20. Contents, delivering.-In boxes for containing tea, cocoa, &c., the tea &c., either loose or contained in a perforated wrapper d, rests upon the false bottom b of the box a. The bottom b is raised by strings c. Either the strings or the wrapper d, which is torn as required along the lines of perforations, are graduated to show definite quantities of tea &c. delivered.
Patent GB-190622414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Indicating Apparatus particularly adapted for use in connection with Tramway Stopping Places, Routes, Advertisements and the like.
Inventor: HAYN AUGUST FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1906-10-10
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 22,414. Hayn, A. F., and Leilich, J. A. W. Oct. 10. Collectors for electricity. The current for the electro-magnet which operates a station or route indicator and advertising-apparatus is taken from the trolly wire 60 by means of an insulated conducting-sleeve 61 on the trolly pole, which at the stopping-places passes between and makes contact with rails 57, 58 suspended from the wire 50 by spring bows 53, 54, 55, 56.
Patent GB-190622430-A (GB)
Title: Treating Vegetable and Mineral Oils.
Inventor: HARRIS JOSIAH
Filed: 1906-10-10
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 22,430. Harris, J. Oct. 10. Purifying oils; fatty oils.-Vegetable and mineral oils are purified for edible purposes, burning, &c. by a process resembling that described in Specification No. 4290, A.D. 1906, for the purification of tallows. Crude vegetable oil is heated to a suitable temperature, and ozone is blown through until there is a perceptible increase in the quantity of free fatty acid present. An alkaline solution is then added to cause the separation of the impurities and colouring-matters. After removal of the scum, the oil is dried by an air current, and is then mixed with alkaline aluminous earth which is afterwards separated by means of a filter-press. When treating mineral oils, the current of ozone is maintained until the flash-point of the oil is raised to the required extent, and the oil is then mixed with a filtering-medium consisting of animal charcoal and alkaline aluminous earth, which is afterwards separated by means of a filter-press.
Patent GB-190625351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Collars for Personal Wear.
Inventor: WILLIAMS EDWARD HENRY
Filed: 1906-11-10
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 25,351. Williams, E. H. Nov. 10. Collars.-In order that the tie may move more freely in double collars, the inner band is provided with two or more perforations e on each side of the stud hole c.
Patent GB-190628547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Car Couplers.
Inventor: CHAPMAN GILES AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 28,547. Chapman, G. A. Dec. 14. Couplings, automatic.-In a coupling of the swinging-knuckle type, the knuckle is locked in the closed position by a solid block instead of by a locking piu or bar, whereby greater strength and durability are secured. The knuckle 8, pivoted at 7, is formed with arms 10, 14 which enter recesses 11, 13 respectively, within the coupler head. The locking-block 15 slides vertically in a recess 12 in the coupler and is raised by a pin 16, the downward movement of which may be limited by a cotter pin 21. The knuckle 8 is provided with a hole 9 for the reception of a pin when the coupling is to be connected to the ordinary type of pin coupler. Draw-gear.-The shank 2 of the coupler is attached to the draw-gear by a cotter passing through a slot 3, and by bolts engaging with the holes 4.
Patent GB-190705549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transporters or Conveyors for Loading and Unloading Ships or the like purpose.
Inventor: WESTMACOTT REGINALD GRANVILLE
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 5549. Westmacott, R. G., and Sutton, R. March 7. Loading and unloading.-Apparatus for loading and unloading ships comprises a beam or spar a, pivotallysupported at f from the fall of a derrick, so as normally to occupy an inclined position with one end extending into the ship's hold. While the beam is in this position, one or more skips are attached to a trolly d running on rails thereon. The beam is then tilted by a tackle h, and the load is transferred to the wharf or lighter and removed automatically or by hand. The trolly d returns as the beam assumes its normal position. Instead of a trolly, the skips may depend from an endless wire passing round pulleys at each end of the beam. For handling bales &c., the beam may be trough-shaped, so that the bales may slide thereon or be carried on a trolly running on rails.
Patent GB-190706819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Lamps.
Inventor: HARRISON CLARK WAY
Filed: 1907-03-21
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 6819. Harrison, C. W. March 21. Incandescent gas lamps.-In lamps, such as inverted incandescent lamps, having uptakes or flues for the combustion products, these flues C terminate below or adjacent to the air inlets B<1>, which are protected from the waste gases by a hood D. The external air passes through perforations in the outer casing A to the spaces C' between the uptakes, and then through the open end of the hood D.
Patent GB-190709197-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Boot for Horses.
Inventor: FROST THOMAS
Filed: 1907-04-20
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 9197. Frost, T. April 20. Horse - boots. - The ankle-boot is formed with a basepiece a of kersey or like material, having a stiffening- patch d on the outside and a similar pad e of lambskin, with the wool side placed inwards, on the inside. The lower part of the piece a is formed with a V-shaped notch v, Fig. 4, and the two edges of the notch are drawn together and covered by a strip c to form a flap to protect the fetlock.
Patent GB-190712712-A (GB)
Title: Means for Obtaining Unidirectional Electric Current from Spark Coils
Inventor: MILLER LESLIE BRADLEY
Filed: 1907-06-01
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 12,712. Miller, L. B. June 1. Spark-gap apparatus. - Unidirectional electric currents are obtained from spark coils by placing in the secondary circuit an apparatus which interposes a solid non-conductor except when the primary current is being interrupted. A mica disk 1, synchronously geared through the spindle 2 to an interrupter in the primary circuit, has holes M which may be filled with metal studs, so arranged that only at the instant when the primary current is interrupted is the circuit between two terminals 6, 10 of sufficiently low resistance to allow a current to pass. The alternative paths for the current at other times are by way of the air and through the mica disk. Of these, the air path has the lower resistance but both are sufficiently great to prevent a current from flowing at the moment of making the primary current. The apparatus is enclosed in a wooden box 3 with a glass cover 4, on which are mounted terminals 5, to which are screwed half balls of brass 6, 10. The secondary circuit between the contacts 6, 10 is by way of a gap M in the mica disk 1, the gap being in the position B between the metal terminals, contact 7, bar 8, contact 9, and a second gap M in the mica disk. Any insulator that will not char may be used in place of mica, and the box 3 may be filled with gas under pressure or with a non-conducting liquid. The apparatus is preferably fixed above the driving-spindle of a primary circuit interrupter, which consists of two fixed contacts, at opposite ends of a diameter, swept by a revolving jet of mercury, the two spindles being coupled by an insulating-rod having a clutch at one end. It may, however, be used with any primary interrupter and any necessary alterations in the number of the holes or the method of synchronous driving made. Several mica disks may be employed on the same shaft.
Patent GB-190715082-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mode of, and Means for, Tightening and Slackening Driving-bands, Belts or Ropes.
IPC: F16H7/02
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 15,082. Buckton & Co., J., and Wicksteed, J. H. July 1. Belt and r o p e gearing; variable speed gearing; tension arrangements. -Relates to arrangements of tension pulleys and operating m e a n s therefor, for putting one e o r more driving belts or ropes into or out of action, to obtain variable speeds, or reversal; and also described as applied to metal - planing or other machines with reciprocating parts in which hand and automatic control are both required. The tension pulley E, Fig. 1, acts upon the inner surface of the belt and is carried by a bell-crank lever operated through a connecting-rod K by a crank disk, eccentric, or cam J, which is rotated until stopped by a lug h arranged just beyond the dead - centre so that other locking or retaining means are unnecessary. The connecting- rod K may be adjustable as shown in Fig. 3, a spring L taking up the pull. Several sets of gearing &c. may be arranged co-axially to provide variable speeds. In this case, the operating-disk J may be provided with detent locking means corresponding to the dead-centres of the respective connecting-rods. In the arrangement as applied to planing-machines &c., shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the belts F<1>, F<2> travel in opposite directions, and alternately drive the shaft b which governs in the ordinary way the reciprocation of the table or other member Z'. The driving-shafts A', A<2> are connected by gearing a', a<2>. The tension pulleys E', E2, which alternately tighten the belts F<1>, F<2>, are interconnected by a link K<2>, Fig. 6, joining arms g<2>, G<2> on the shafts D', D<2>, both pulleys thus being simultaneously moved in the same direction by the connecting-rod K<1> and crank-disk H<1>. The crank-disk H<1> is rotated through 180 degrees to effect reversal, through bevel-gearing J<3>, J<4> and a pinion J<6>, by the movement of a rack Y' operated by hand, or by the reciprocating table, in each case through the pivoted lever Y<4> and link Y<2>. For adjustment, in addition to the adjustable rod K, the pulley arms C<1>, C<2> may be split and tightened by a bolt d<3> so as to be angularly adjustable ; also the rocking shafts D<1>, D<2> may be adjustable as by means of bolts in slotted holes as at d'. The operating-means may be modified by arranging a pair of operating crank-disks H' to rotate through 240 degrees, in which case part of each rotation is ineffective and the disks act alternately ; the crank - disks may also be arranged to rotate in vertical planes. Specification No. 1893, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190716332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuzes for Projectiles
Inventor: CUSHING SAMUEL DEWEY
Filed: 1907-07-16
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 16,332. Cushing, S. D. July 16. Fuses for projectiles.-The firing-pin is adapted to be unlocked and brought to the armed position by the rotation of the projectile. The pin 4 is pivoted at a in a slot in the hammer block 1 ; the tail 5 is locked by two spring-pressed bolts 6. When the projectile is discharged from a rifled gun, centrifugal force separates the bolts 6 and rotates the unlocked pin 4 to the armed position. The springs 8 are retained in the block 1 by a sleeve 2, or by small cup-shaped screws or plugs. The movement of the firing-pin may be assisted or caused solely by a spring. The locking of the pin may be supplemeted by providing a weak spring 14 behind cthe block 1. Normally, the pin 4 is thus pressed against the anvil plate 15 ; when the projectile is fired, however, the spring 14 is momentarily depressed thereby allowing the pin to move to the armed position. The pin is such that, when free, it hangs in the unarmed position when the projectile is vertical or approximately so.