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Patent GB-190626270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooking Vessels
Inventor: TRIEBERT GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-11-20
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 26,270. Triebert, G. Nov. 20. Saucepans &c.-Cooking-vessels of the type provided with an inner removable perforated pot have lugs or indents g on the outer vessel a, which in certain relative positions register with notches h on the conical edge f of the inner pot b, allowing the inner pot to be put in or withdrawn, or to rest on the lugs g; practically serving them as a cover. In pots of oval section the notches, are arranged as shown, so as to register when the upper pot is turned through an angle of 180 degrees.
Patent GB-190701070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Candle Lamps.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS RICHARD
Filed: 1907-01-15
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 1070. Griffiths, B. Jan. 15. Globes.-An imitation candle is formed by a globe A resembling a white or coloured candle, which encloses an electric lamp C. One or more ventilating- holes G may be provided in the globe, which is supported by a gallery E on the cap F.
Patent GB-190703631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Iron Electrodes for Accumulators with Alkaline Electrolyte and Method for Manufacturing same.
Inventor: JUNGNER ERNST WALDEMAR
Filed: 1907-02-13
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 3631. Jungner, E. W. Feb. 14, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Secondary batteries.-Iron electrodes for use in accumulators with alkaline electrolyte are coated with an active closely-adhering layer of rust. This rust is obtained by immersing a thin iron plate in a mixed solution of copper and ammonium salts, for example, ammonium chloride and copper sulphate, and is then allowed to oxidize in air ; when the plate is dry, it is coated with a solution of sulphur in carbon disulphide, the carbon disulphide is allowed to evaporate, and the operations are repeated until the required thickness of rust is obtained. Other oxidizing means, such as nitric acid, may be employed, and salts of other metals that are precipitated by iron, for example mercury, may be substituted for the copper salts. Cathode electrolysis in alkali removes acid radicals, and reduces the rust to ferrous hydrate and in part to metallic iron. An accumulator is built up from iron plates or wire mesh or net which have been subjected to electrolytic oxidation ; thin plates of porous insulating-material, such as asbestos or artificial silk, separate the electrodes, and the whole is immersed in a cell containing caustic alkali.
Patent GB-190705508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Alternating Electric Current Motors of the Commutator Type.
Inventor: LAMME BENJAMIN GARVER
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1908-03-07
Abstract: 5508. Lamme, B. G. Aug. 2, 1906, [date applied for, under Patents Act, 1901]. Motors, controlling.-To operate alternating-current series motors, for propelling railway vehicles &c., as braking-generators, the series connexion is broken and their field-magnet windings are separately excited from the transformer winding through which the motors are supplied with energy. The armatures are connected to a braking-resistance on to the winding of a mechanical brake. The armature 6, Fig. 1, and field-magnet winding 5 of the motor are connected to the mains through an adjustable auto-transformer 1 and a controller having running contacts M and braking contacts G, the connexions for running and braking being shown underneath the corresponding contacts. The degree of braking may be adjusted by varying the resistance 9 in the armature circuit, or by varying the field strength by means of the switch 8 or by the use of a variable resistance or choking-coil in the field circuit. Instead of connecting the field-magnet winding 5 directly to the transformer 1, it may be connected to an auxiliary transformer, adjustable or otherwise, connected between suitable points on the main transformer winding. The invention is applicable to a number of motors, in which the braking may be effected gradually by connecting the armatures of the motors in succession to the braking-resistance, the controller having two or more braking positions. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 describes also a method of operating alternating- current series commutator motors as braking-generators to return energy to line by energizing their field-magnet windings from an auxiliary generator of the commutator type, the field-magnet winding of which is connected to the supply circuit. One or more of the motors may be used as the exciting generator or generators. The field-magnet winding of the machine may also be separately excited when the machine is running as a motor. This method of regenerative braking may be employed in connexion with motors of the repulsion type, such as Winter-Eichberg motors, Fig. 8, in which the running and braking connexions are indicated under the corresponding controller contacts M, G, one of the motors 25 acting as the exciter for the rest in the braking position. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190710196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Treatment of Sugar in the Centrifugal Drying Machine
Inventor: MACFARLANE JAMES WEIGHT
Filed: 1907-05-02
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 10,196. Macfarlane, J. W. May 2. Hydro-extrators; casings. -Relates to centrifugal apparatus in which sugar is treated with superheated steam. To prevent the steam from escaping from the machine, the machine is provided with covers H. sliding in guides I in such a manner that if the guides were produced they would meet together at a point in front of the outer casing. The steam nozzle g rests on the top of the covers H over a hole h therein. Behind a set of centrifugal machines, which are each provided with a sliding cover, is a steam-pipe A along which are arranged a series of superheaters C. The superheaters C consist of chambers containing coiled pipes D with constricted inlets e, which may be provided with adjustable plugs. The steam passes through the inlet e, and is thus brought to an unsaturated state, with reduction of pressure, and is further heated by the steam in the chamber while passing up the coil. It then pases by the pipe G to the centrifugal machine. When the steam is shut off from the coil, condensed steam drains through the constricted inlet and is removed from the chamber C through a steam trap.
Patent GB-190713944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Milking Apparatus.
Inventor: LINDSTROEM KNUT IVAR
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 13,944. Lindstr÷m, K. I. June 17. Cow-milkers.-Each teat is acted upon by two or more pistons operated successively by means of air pressure and drawn back by springs, each piston acting as a slide valve for the piston immediately below. The cylinders 1, 2, 3, 4, shown in elevation, partly in section, in Fig. 1, are connected together by pieces 19 in which are passages 7 which connect adjacent cylinders by means of openings 6, 8. The pistons are hollow, having apertures 14, 15, and are provided with a cap 10 which prevents dirt from entering the cylinder and which is formed with a slot 11 fitting a projection 12 on the cylinder to limit the motion of the piston. Air is forced in through the inlet 5, driving the piston 1<x> forward, the root of the teat being gripped between the part 18 and the spring-retained wall 9. At its outermost point the piston 1<x> uncovers the opening 6 through which the air passes to the cylinder 2. In a similar way all the pistons are operated. When the air is shut off, the piston 1<x>, being drawn back, on reaching its limit opens the cylinder 2 to the atmosphere by means of the apertures 6, 14, 15. The wall 9 may be in one piece, or in sections with the lowest section rigidly attached to the cover.
Patent GB-190715746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Corsets.
Inventor: REYNOLDS LEETHEM
Filed: 1907-07-09
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 15,746. Reynolds, L. July 9. Corsets are provided, according to a known method, with laced openings b, over which is fitted, on the outside of the corset, elastic webbing c, of an outline corresponding to that of the openings b, which expands when the corset is put on. According to the present invention, similar openings with laces and webbing are provided at the hips, and, by tightening or loosening the laces d, the elastic is relieved from further strain.
Patent GB-190718020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches.
Inventor: LUNDBERG ANDREAS PETER
Filed: 1907-08-08
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 18,020. Lundberg, A. P., Lundberg, G. C., and Lundberg, P. A. Aug. 8. Switches.-A tumbler switch for controlling two circuits has three terminals 4, 5, 6 secured in a base 1 and connected by conductors 7, 8, 9 to three switch contacts 10, 11, 12. The terminal 5 is connected directly to one main of an electric circuit, and the terminals 4, 6 by way of different currentconsuming apparatus to the other supply main. In the cavity 2 in the base work two switch levers 13, 14, independently mounted on the pin 17 and engaging the contacts 10, 11 and 11, 12 respectively. Two knob-levers 15, 16, similarly mounted on a pin 18 in the bridge-piece 3, enable either or both switch members to be operated, so closing either or both circuits. The switch members may be of any construction, and when of the two-way type, suitable additional terminals being provided, suitably connected, four circuits may be controlled, though the maximum number in circuit at one time will be two.
Patent GB-190718910-A (GB)
Title: Remedy for Scab in Sheep.
Inventor: ROBERTSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-08-22
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 18,910. Robertson, A. Aug. 22. Lotions.-A composition for making a lotion for use in treating scab or mange in sheep is prepared by heating sulphur with arsenic, caustic soda, and water. The mass is dried, ground, and mixed with sublimed sulphur, solution of sodium arsenate, sulphonated oil, spirits of tar, and glycerine. Specification No. 13,944, A.D. 1903, is referred to.
Patent GB-190719768-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Photometer.
Inventor: EVANS-JACKSON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 19,768. Jackson, J. E. Evans-., [Bryhni, H.]. Sept. 4. Photometers; pupilometers.-To determine the intensity of a light, a self-measurement is made of the size of the pupil of the human eye. A mirror A, Fig. 1, and a plano-convex lens B are mounted as shown. The plane face of the lens which is uppermost is provided with a scale C. On looking through the lens B, an enlarged image of the pupil and scale is seen, and the size of the pupil determined. As shown in Fig 2, a closed box F is provided with a glass plate H with two marks on it, a mirror A, and an adjustable diaphragm I. The size of the aperture is varied until the diameter of the pupil is equal to the distance between the marks, then the size of the aperture indicates the intensity of the light.
Patent GB-190722667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifts or Hoists.
Inventor: BROWN NORMAN SEDDON
Filed: 1907-10-15
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 22,667. Brown, N. S. Oct. 15. Lifts.-The floor of a lift or hoist cage is provided on its edge with a pivoted flap, which is connected by a crank and links to an operating-cam or lever, and to a device for gripping the hand rope, the object being to prevent passengers' feet from being trapped between the edge of the cage and the wall. Fig. 2 shows one form of the invention. The pivoted flap A is rigid with a crank a which is connected by a link b to a lever B. A spring b<1> normally keeps the flap in the raised position, but when the cage is opposite a landing the lever B is swung over by a cam c engaging a sliding rod C, and the flap is lowered. In a modified form, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the flap A is also connected to one of the jaws D' of a grip acting on the hand rope or chain R, the other jaw D being connected by a link d and lever B' to a second sliding rod C' coacting with a cam in the side of the well. If the flap A is lowered while the cage is in motion, the hand chain R is gripped and the cage stopped. The jaw D is retracted when passing the various floors, so that the lowering of the flap A does not effect the stoppage of the cage. The lever B may be operated by hand and may have a pawl-and-ratchet device for holding it in the desired position. The jaw D may have a pin- and-slot connexion with the link d, the other jaw being spring-controlled.
Patent GB-190800494-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Moistening Air.
Inventor: KESTNER PAUL
Filed: 1908-01-08
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 494. Kestner, P. Jan. 8. Moistening.-In an apparatus for moistening air, water-spraying nozzles 1, 2, 3, &c. are arranged one behind the other, and preferably centrally, within a conical tube T, which narrows towards the outlet.
Patent GB-190801238-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Performing an Illusion or Conjuring Trick with a Die or Dice
Inventor: HAMLEY CECIL FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 1238. Hamley, C. F. Jan. 18. Conjuring-apparatus.-A hollow cube is marked with spots on its faces to represent a die. Some of the spots consist of disks a turning on pivots b in circular apertures in the cube, as shown in Fig. 5. The disks are coloured on one side to match the face of the cube, and on the other side to match the fixed spots. By manipulating the disks, some of the spots can be made to disappear.
Patent GB-190801376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shirt Fronts
Inventor: WILLIAMS HARRY
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 1376. Williams, H. March 3. Shirts.-The two halves of a shirtfront a are formed with folded - over flaps b, b<1> so that they interlock in a known way, but the flaps are not extended to the top and bottom of the front, and the parts where the folds occur are formed of less thickness of material than the rest of the front.
Patent GB-190801873-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Brick or Block for use in Filter, Bacteria and like Beds where Sewage or Impure Water is Treated.
Inventor: LONSDALE JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 1873. Lonsdale, J. Jan. 28. Flooring-bricks.-A brick for the drainage floors of filter beds, bacteria beds, &c. is formed with downwardly-directed channels a<1>, b<1> at the ends and sides, communicating with transverse and longitudinal channels along the base.
Patent GB-190804750-A (GB)
Title: Process for Manufacturing Hydrate of Potassium and Hydrate of Soda from Recent Eruptive Stones by Boiling with Quick-lime and Water, without or with Overpressure.
Inventor: SCHAECKE FERDINAND
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1909-03-02
Abstract: 4750. Schõcke, F. March 2. Sodium and potassium hydrates are prepared from recently erupted minerals by boiling them with quicklime and water, with or without increased pressure. Numerous minerals are instanced as suitable for the purpose. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 13,875, A.D.1904.]
Patent GB-190805088-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Roofing
Inventor: BEAMISH JOHN HOBBS
Filed: 1908-03-06
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 5088. Beamish, J. H. March 6. Glass-houses, roofs, summer-houses, sky-lights, &c. are glazed or covered with panes, slates, &c., inclined in two directions, so that a ridged or prismatic appearance is presented, while channels are provided for the removal of moisture deposited on the inside or outside of the roof. The rafters A, A<1>, Figs. 2 and 3, support ridges B and channels G, the ridges B and glass clips E being secured by lead-headed nails. The lower edges of the panes are supported by bent ends H<2> of clips H, which are secured to the rafters to retain the channels G in place. The space between the glass and the upper edge of the channel affords an inlet for condensation water. In a modified form, Fig. 4, the condensation water falls into outer channels S, while rain-water is carried to an inner channel G to which the glass is secured by clips K. The channels S may alternatively be formed in one piece with and be carried above the channels G, the glass being secured by bending over the inner edges of the channels S or by means of detachable clips. In another form, the rafters are of angle or T-section, and the rain-water channel G is formed by clipping together the adjacent panes. The channels S are formed by the flanges of the web.
Patent GB-190812518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling.
Inventor: FOERSTER ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-06-10
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 12,518. F÷rster, A. June 10. Collectors for electricity.-Current is collected from auxiliary rails connected to a switch operated in conjunction with a semaphore signal, or otherwise by collecting-rings 3, held in an insulated band 2 in the flange of the track wheel. The ring 3 is connected to an insulated ring on the axle of the wheels, and brushes supply current to theindicating-apparatus. The contact rails are made resilient so as to be depressed by the wheels.
Patent GB-190813112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lace Making Machines.
Inventor: FLETCHER WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 13,112. Fletcher, W. June 19. [Patent of Addition to No. 19,011, A.D. 1907.] Lace machines.- The apparatus decribed in Specification No. 19,011, A.D. 1907, for shogging the comb bar and equalizing the amounts of thread worked off the bobbins, is employed to shog the catch - bar simultaneously with the comb bar, and thereby avoid injury to the carriages due to the scraping or rubbing of their nibs against the catch-bar blade. Curved grooved rails B are attached to the comb bar A, and corresponding brackets d<1> fitted to the catch-bar D carry adjustable pieces E which work in the grooves and limit the end movement of the catch-bar. A similar construction may be applied to the landing-bar of a Levers machine.
Patent GB-190815461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Sounded Horns
Inventor: NICHOLSON ARTHUR HAROLD
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 15,461. Nicholson, A. H. July 21. Electrically-operated plate vibrators.-An electric horn comprises a telephone receiver of the kind described in Specification No. 1333, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.], one of the diaphragms 1, 2 bearing soft-iron disks 3, 4, which normally rest against a pin 20 controlled by a spring 22 as shown in Fig. 2. When the circuit is externally closed, current passes through the screw 17 to the winding 12, thence to the adjustable screw 16 provided with a lock-nut 18, from which it passes to the pin 20, diaphragm 2, and ring 5. The natural periods of the diaphragms are preferably approximately equal ; but the disks 3, 4 may be made of different mass, and, by duplicating the magnet and providing each with a separate switch and contact-pin, two distinct notes (or one superimposed on the other) may be obtained.
Patent GB-190816727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-contained Diving Apparatus.
Inventor: DAVIS ROBERT HENRY
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 16,727. Davis, R. H., and Hill, L. E. Aug. 8. Reducing-valves for use with self-contained divers' dresses are adapted to give a constant supply of air or oxygen for varying pressures in the oxygen cylinders and at varying depths. The valve nozzle k<1> may be covered by the valve k which is free to slide in the casing as the diaphragm l moves. The pressure on the lefthand side of the diaphragm is the same as in the pipe leading to the valve ; on the right-hand side it is connected by a by-pass m to'the delivery pipe j. An injector n may be fitted.
Patent GB-190818721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dry Battery Cells.
Inventor: DOE WALTER SCOTT
Filed: 1908-09-07
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 18,721. Doe, W. S. Sept. 7. Primary batteries.-A dry battery has sealed in the top an overflow reservoir F for receiving the liquid discharged from the battery in working and for re-supplying it to the battery. It comprises also a zinc electrode-vessel A, lined with paper or other bibulous material B and containing a carbon or like electrode D surrounded by filling-material C. The reservoir F is annular and consists preferably of two zinc cup-shaped parts F<1>, F<2> inverted one in the other ; the reservoir being in contact with the electrode A but insulated from the electrode D by a bushing E of rubber or the like. Openings F<3> are provided in the bottom of the reservoir for the passage of the excitant. The reservoir rests on a washer G, of paper or like bibulous material, which absorbs excitant and excites the reservoir surface. The part F<1> of the reservoir is provided with a vent F<4>, adapted to be closed by a valve I when the battery is inverted.
Patent GB-190822915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Radiometers.
Inventor: LARSSON GUSTAF OSCAR
Filed: 1908-10-28
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 22,915. Larsson, G. O., and Svalling, G. E. Oct. 28. Radiometers; photometers.-Radiometers are provided with an internal contact whereby they can co-operate electrically with signalling-apparatus. A rod 1, carrying a blackened vane 3 and an iron pin 8, is pivoted in the vacuum tube 4. Lightwaves falling on the vane 3 repel it against the action of gravity or the torsion of a spring or the force of a magnet 6. By making the spring adjustable or causing the magnet to work over a dial 7, the sensitiveness of the apparatus can be adjusted. In this way the apparatus can be used as a photometer. A contact-device 5 is arranged inside the tube and, when the iron. pin 8 touch'es the same, the circuit of a bell alarm is closed. The bell circuit is short-circuited at the first impulse caused by the radiometer, so that the bell sounds continuously.
Patent GB-190823233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Severing Strips of Clay or similar Plastic Material into Short Lengths.
Inventor: ARROWSMITH THOMAS
Filed: 1908-10-31
Granted: 1909-11-01
Abstract: 23,233. Arrowsmith, T., Arrowsmith, H. T., and Arrowsmith, J., [trading as Arrowsmith & Sons, T.]. Oct. 31. Cutting - apparatus. -Apparatus for severing shaped clay &c. strips into short lengths for pottery stilts, spurs, &c. comprises an horizontal table a carrying a series of vertical guides c through which the strips d are fed to a rotating knife h. Adjustable gauge rollers a\ arranged beneath each guide, determine the length cut. The knife h is lubricated by rollers arranged above and below it, or by pads, and may be replaced by a reciprocating knife. Detachable liners f, Fig. 5, may be fitted to the guides c and may be furnished with swells g to support the strips during cutting. Various forms of guide tubes are described.
Patent GB-190901013-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bolt or Fastening applicable to Double Doors such as French Windows, Book-cases and the like.
Inventor: MCDOUGALL ALLAN JAMES
IPC: E05C7/06
Filed: 1909-01-15
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 1013. McDougall, A. J. Jan. 15. Double-doorfastenings.-The left-hand door of a French window, book-case, &c. is secured by a bolt D, normally held out of the path of the door by a spring X acting on a lever A, to the other end of which is pivoted a bevel - ended push - piece K adapted to be forced up by the right-hand door. Specifications 1439/84, 7455/86, 8876/86, and 10,535/04 are referred to.
Patent GB-190911538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment of Bearing and/or Wearing Surfaces of Fluid Pressure Turbines.
Inventor: HOWDEN JAMES
IPC: F01D25/16
Filed: 1909-05-15
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 11,538. Howden, J. May 15. Drawings to Specification. Rotors.-The interior of the hubs of turbine rotor disks are coated electrolytically with copper, with or without a superimposed layer of nickel or other hard metal, so that a tight fit may be made upon the shaft, at the same time allowing a certain amount of play. Seizure of the peripheral parts of the rotor due to overheating or the like is thereby obviated. The exterior portion of the hub and other surfaces may be similarly treated.