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Patent GB-190613164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversible Rotary Engines
Inventor: STORY RICHARD NETTERVILLE
Filed: 1906-06-07
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 13,164. Story, R. N. June 7. Oscillating disk valves; actuating valves. - Multipleway oscillating disk valves are described in connexion with a rotary engine. A circular disk formed with various openings is mounted upun the main bearings and is held against the valve seat by a retaining-ring 12<a>, Fig. 5, and also by peripheral guides 11<a>. A portion of the circumference of the disk is made with teeth which gear with a worm spindle 19, actuated by a hand-wheel 19<b>. A two-way valve is shown in Fig. 9. A disk 151, approximately heart-shaped, working upon a pivot 152, is provided with an opening 153, adapted to register with a port 34<a>. In the position shown, the port 34<a> is out of register and therefore closed, the port 34<b> being open. On rotation of the valve in a clockwise direction, the disk passes over the port 34<b>, thereby closing it, while the opening 153 and port 34<a> come into register. The valve is actuated by a band-wheel 157 through a screw spindle 154 and a pin-and-slot connexion 155.
Patent GB-190613263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Generation of Acetylene and other Gas.
Inventor: ROSENBERG AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1906-06-08
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 13,263. Rosenberg, A. June 8. Acetylene.-In a generator, a container a for holding the carbide or other solid is fitted with strips e, f indicating capacities. A cover b fitted with an exit nozzle c with stop - cock d has a rubber ring h and is held down by arms p, and these by fly-nuts working on screwthreaded s t u d s fixed to the container. Pin s q limit the rotation of the arms p when their nuts are being tightened. An upright stud s is carried by the container, and engages with a hole at one side of the flange k. When working, the container is immersed - in water or other liquid, which enters by an externally screw-threaded tube t and flows through an opening x in a tube t<1> and through the slit y<1> in the baffle y. These tubes are fixed to a flange u tightened against the dished bottom v by a flynut w, and are surrounded by a loosely fitting, removable, perforated, tubular shield z.
Patent GB-190613285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Control of Alternating Current Motors of the Induction Type
Filed: 1906-06-08
Granted: 1907-06-08
Abstract: 13,285. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 8. Switches for short-circuiting the phase-splitting devices or starting-windings of single-phase induction motors when the motors are up to speed. The switch is provided with pairs of long and short contacts c', c<3>, and a spring-pressed plunger D', tending to keep the switch blade out of engagement with the contacts c<3>, is locked at starting by means of a device L connected to the armature m of an electromagnet M. On the failure of the current through the electro-magnet M, the armature is released by gravity or by a spring m<1>, thereby unlocking the plunger D'.
Patent GB-190613774-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1906-06-15
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 13,774. Justice P. M., [Industrial Development Co.]. June 15. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, valves for. The upper side of the air-inlet valve forms the seat of the oil-inlet valve, the former valve being raised by cam action and the latter by the pressure of oil. The air valve k is worked by a toothed segment l<1> or in any other suitable manner, and around its stem the oil valve o works against a spring o<2>. Oil under pressure enters the space h, and, lifting the valve o, enters the space K, to which air is supplied from a compressor E. On the opening of the valve k, the mixed oil and air pass to a vaporizer and igniter M. The time of opening of the oil valve is regulated by varying the compression of the spring o<2>.
Patent GB-190618233-A (GB)
Title: Device for Inserting or Fitting on Rings to Bottles and the like
Inventor: VEECK RUDOLF
Filed: 1906-08-14
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 18,233. Veeck, R. Aug. 14. Stoppers.-Relates to apparatus for applying rings of cork &c. to bottle necks and stoppers. The cork ring i, Fig. 1, is placed upon a conical mandrel d and an outer conical tube f is slipped over it into the e position shown. A flange h on the tube f rests upon the mouth of the bottle k, and the ring i is pushed into the internal groove m by a divided ring c, which slides on the mandrel d and is moved by rods b attached to an external knob a. Fig. 3 shows a similar device for applying rings to stoppers s. In this case, the mandrel d<1> tapers in the reverse direction, and is connected with the upper part e<1> by a bayonet-joint to facilitate its insertion into the cork ring i.
Patent GB-190619936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Self Closing Door Hinges
Inventor: ECKERT HENRY
Filed: 1906-09-07
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 19,936. Eckert, H. Sept. 7. Hinges.-Relates to hinges of that type in which, when the door is opened, it is raised clear of the carpet or floor and is thrown out of the perpendicular. Fig. 5 shows the lower hinge fixed in position to the jamb j. The hinge plates a, b have sloping sides g, the edges c, d, e,f being made at an angle h other than a right-angle with the hinge pin i. The flap a is fixed in position with its side g in vertical alinement with the jamb so that the pin i is thrown out of the perpendicular. The hinge pin of the upper similar hinge is in alinement with the pin i.
Patent GB-190620234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Insulator Stalks.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1906-09-11
Granted: 1907-09-11
Abstract: 2 0 , 2 3 4 . Bloxam, A. G., [Goffin, J.]. Sept. 11. Conductors, supports or holders for. - Insulators are carried on stalks a, the lower ends of which protrude through the bracket - supporting arms and carry catches b pivoted at right-angles to the axis of the stalks so that the catches can turn or be turned into a position indicated by the dotted lines until stopped by projections e, t h u s holding the stems securely in position. The stems may be cut away at the bottom to make room for the catches, and several semicircular notches i n the slot d may be made to allow the pivot c to be shifted according to the thickness of the bracket arms.
Patent GB-190623112-A (GB)
Title: Friction Clutch Mechanism for Printing, Stamping and Die Presses and the like
Inventor: ROCKSTROH MAX
Filed: 1906-10-18
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 23,112. Rockstroh, M. Oct. 18. StopPing and starting apparatus.-In frictionclutch and brake mechanism for printing, stamping, and other machines, the fly-wheel is fast on the driving-shaft and is driven by a loose belt pulley to which it is clutched for driving, and the brake is applied, when the pulley is unclutched, to the sides of the rim of the fly-wheel or to a friction cone on the fly-wheel. Figs. 1 and 2 show an arrangement in which the fly-wheel b fast on the driving-shaft a is provided on one side with a clutch cone c co-operating with a conical recess in the loose beft-pulley d, which is pressed by a spring g so as to disengage the clutch. The pulley is clutched to the fly-wheel by a sliding rod k, the inclined end i of which engages the inclined projections h of a ring 3 on the hub of the pulley. The rod k is pressed upwards by a spring l to effect the engagement, and this movement is permitted, and the downward movement ejected by a cam o on a handle n fixed on a shaft m. The cam o engages a roller r on the rod k. On the shaft m are fixed two cam-arms q which, when the lever n is moved down to disengage the clutch, engage and lift the brake blocks s, which are forced against the sides of the wheel b by inclined guides p. In a modification of the above-described arrangement, the clutch and pulley d are arranged and operated as shown in Fig. 7. In the third modification shown in Fig. 7, the pulley d is pressed to engage the cone c by springs g, which bear against the wheel b and against a movable spring-support w, connected by the bolts v to a half ring u engaging a groove in the hub of the pulley d. The support w is moved by the ring 3 and rod k, as described above. The brake comprises a cone c' on the fly-wheel which, when the pulley d is unclutched, is engaged by a hollow cone d<1> connected with the ring 3.
Patent GB-190625521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inverted Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: COUSEN ALFRED
Filed: 1906-11-12
Granted: 1907-11-12
Abstract: 25,521. Cousen, A. Nov. 12. Incandescent vapour &c. lamps.- In an inverted lamp, especially a highpressure burner, the mantle c is secured in the soft state on the burner mouth above a flange e by a string &c. d, and is shaped and hardened in position. The burner mouth is provided with two spiral steel or metal strips, one flat and the other corrugated. The globe is secured by means of screws l to the globe holder on the burner tube in an air-tight manner, so that the combustion products escape at the bottom.
Patent GB-190627468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Trawling Nets for use in Herring or other Fishing.
Inventor: GARMS JOHANN AUGUST
Filed: 1906-12-03
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 27,468. Garms, J. A. Dec. 3. Trawling-gear; net floats and buoys.-Otterboards d are perforated in the centre, and connected to the spreading-bars f by chains or ropes, and to the trawl warp g by chains h attached to their corners. The float c is connected to the trawl warp by a rope e.
Patent GB-190702376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Switch and Signal and like Lamps.
Inventor: HAMM WILLIAM SEWALL
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 2376. Hamm, W. S. Feb. 1, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Signal lamps.-In railway, signal, and like lamps, the glasses 24, 25 are placed within the lantern, and leakage of light at the edges is prevented by a screen 46. The glasses are operated by levers 28, 29 having forked ends 32 which engage sliding fingerpieces 33. A cam-piece 38 is provided at the end of a spring 36 so as to lock the ends of the levers 28, 29 alternately, whereby so long as one glass is in the operative position, the other cannot be operated. In lamps where the housing of the shutters is below the lens, the reservoir is conveniently carried by a chair 47, which is attached to a back pillar by a lug 49.
Patent GB-190704647-A (GB)
Title: Convertible Bed Chair.
Inventor: FARMER DENNIS
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 4647. Farmer, D. Feb. 26. Bedsteads ; chairs. -A chair convertible into a bed has an upholstered seat B divided horizontally and hinged at the front, so that it may be turned over to bring the arms A to bear on the floor. The back C is hinged to the rear of the seat, and is adapted to turn down and rest on a folding strut D or struts. A roll E of upholstery is hinged to the back and can be turned up to form a pillow when the article is used as a bed. When the article is in use as a chair, the arms and back are held together by catches.
Patent GB-190704813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Dynamo-electric Transmission of Power
Inventor: HAYDON CLEMENT JOHN
Filed: 1907-02-27
Granted: 1908-03-27
Abstract: 4813. Haydon, C. J., and Williams, O. J. Feb. 27. Dynamos and motors.-To obtain variable speeds and torque from a prime mover of limited flexibility in these respects, the prime mover is caused to drive, through a differential gearing, one of two dynamo-electric or magnetic elements in inductive relation, the other element serving to drive the load ; the speed and torque are regulated by variable resistances in the circuits of one of the elements. When the torque between the two dynamo-electric elements, which may be either direct or alternating-current, becomes unduly large, the excessive current resulting actuates a solenoid core, which partly closes the throttle of the prime mover. The shaft a of the prime mover drives by means of a toothed wheel c, three gear-wheels d mounted upon axles e carried by a disk or bracket f keyed to a shaft b. Pinions g rigid with the gear - wheels d, engage with a spur-wheel h upon a casing i co-axial with the shaft a. The casing comprises one element of a dynamo-electric machine, current being supplied to, or received from brushes o upon slip-rings p. The other dynamo - electric element, the armature in the example shown, is secured upon the power shaft b. Each element may be closed upon itself and connected to a variable rheostat, or current may be supplied to the elements instead of being taken from them in which case, hypocyclic instead of epicyclic gearing is employed. By applying a braking-torque to the field magnets, a further regulation may be obtained, and if the casing is held stationary, the shaft b is reversely driven. To drive the shaft b at the same speed as a, an electromotive force is impressed upon the armature.
Patent GB-190708360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Slugging Machines for Boots or Shoes.
Filed: 1907-04-10
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 8360. Briggs, T., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. April 10. Nailing &c.-Relates to means for ensuring that the length of the stroke of the reciprocating carrier through which the wire is fed in slugging machines shall be constant when once adjusted, and that it shall reach the end of its travel in constant relationship with other moving parts of the machine. For this purpose, a compound bell-crank lever M, M' is employed. The lower end of the arm M is connected to the wire-carrier E' by a link N, while its upper end is formed with a sleeve M', Fig. 2, which encircles a sleeve M<4a> formed integral with the arm M<4>. The two arms are clamped together by a bolt M<6>, which passes through a slot M<5> in the arm M<4> and engages a lug M<2> on the arm M. The free end of the arm M<4> carries a roller which engages a grooved cam B on the shaft A.
Patent GB-190708949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Fluid Engines or Machines.
Inventor: PHIPPEN EDWARD AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1907-04-17
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 8949. Phippen, E. A., [Cooley Development Co.]. April 17. Movable-abutment type.-Relates to engines of the type described in Specifications No. 25,775, A.D. 1901, and No. 6168, A.D. 1903, and consists in making the spacer with an entirely cylindrical circumference and the casing or housing non- cylindrical, in arrangements for packing, and in means for enabling the engine to start from any point and for reversing the engine. Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate such a reversing engine. The piston 1 is in one with or keyed to the shaft 2, provided at each end of the piston with gearing 3 which meshes with the toothed gearing 4 in the head 40 of the spacer 5. Between the surface of the piston 1 and the inner surface of the spacer are arranged shoes 6, jointed to stems 7 and provided with springs 8 in the recesses of the stems. The spacer, formed cylindrical outside, has three equidistant ports 9, 10, 11. The packing-pieces 12, 13, 15 are arranged in recesses in the casing 16 and the packing-piece 14 in the bottom plate 27. These pieces can be adjusted by the nut 54 acting on the spring 32 round a stud. The inlet passages 17, 18 admit steam to the piston through the ports 9, 10, or 11. Two passages 19. 20 lead to the two ends of a valve chest containing a slide which is shot to one end or the other according as steam is admitted by the passages 19 or 20. The small passages 25, 51 are for the purpose of starting the engine from any position. The shaft 2 works in double- or single-roller ring bearings in the covers 34, 35. Ball bearings 37 may be provided for taking up the thrust. Each spacer head 40 has three triangularly - disposed recesses containing packing-strips 41, bounded at each end by the screws 56. Small passages 42 admit steam to the inner side of the strips to keep them up to the end face of the piston 1. Between the ring plate 38 and the spacer head 40 are provided two or more thin rings 44, pressed by the springs 39. Each ring has a small bole and an eccentric channel cut in it for distributing the lubricated steam. A non-reversing engine is also described.
Patent GB-190717967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Deadening Shocks and Vibration in Vehicles of any kind.
Inventor: LOUIS BOUISSON
Filed: 1907-08-07
Abstract: 17,967. Bouisson, L. Aug. 7, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Springs.-In a pneumatic cushion adapted for use as a bearing-spring for all kinds of vehicles, or in spring wheels, the pressure is transmitted from the piston to the compressed air through the intermediary of a liquid such as glycerine, oil, &c. Fig. 1 shows the application to a bearing - spring, in which a piston 10, fitted with packing - rings and jointed to a fixing-plate 12, works in a cylinder 5, the ends of which are secured to an outer cylinder 1 in the manner shown. The lower parts of the cylinders contain a liquid and have communication by holes 16, while the upper part of the outer chamber 1 contains compressed air or other gas. Charging and emptying nozzles 14, 13 respectively may be provided as shown, and a nut 9 may be fitted to act as a stuffing-box. The spring is attached by the plate 12 to the body, and by projections on the cylinder 1 to the axle. In the application to a wheel, the pistons and cylinders 25, 24, Fig. 2, form the spokes, being attached respectively to a tread hand 30 of rubber, cord, leather, &c, and to the hub 22, which is formed with a chamber 21 containing the liquid and gas. The outer ends of the cylinders 24 may be fitted with stuffing-boxes, and may be protected from dust, water, &c. by an envelope of canvas or rubber, a single envelope being provided for all the spokes, or a separate one for each spoke. The cylinders 24 may be elliptical or oval in crosssection.
Patent GB-190718535-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pneumatic Wheel or Wheel Attachment for Vehicles.
Inventor: WITHEY RICHARD
Filed: 1907-08-16
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 18,535. Withey R., Turquand, W. A., and Gedge, E. A. Aug. 16. Spring wheels; tyres, pneumatic. - An outer tread A of wood, cane, compressed cork, or canvas fabric, without a tread band, is stepped at its sides for the reception of leather covers b which connect it to the inner rim. A pneumatic tube fitted with a canvas sheath is enclosed. The outer edges of the cover b are secured by plates c formed with outwardlyturned edges. The cover is secured to the inner rim by means of wired edges, clamping-rings, or metal angle-strips secured by radial screws. In a modification, the rim A is in segments secured pivotally by central transverse pins.
Patent GB-190721208-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Upsetting and Flanging Metals.
Inventor: REYNOLDS GEORGE HUNTINGTON
Filed: 1907-09-24
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 21,208. Reynolds, G. H. Sept. 24. Cylinders of unspecified application. A cylinder, described as forming part of an apparatus for flanging pipes, consists of a tubular part and two ends 36 connected by tiebolts 37.
Patent GB-190722176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Twist Lace Machines.
Inventor: TOWLE PERCY
Filed: 1907-10-08
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 22,176. Towle, P. Oct. 8. Lace machines.-The carriages and comb-bar are laterally shifted at suitable times by ascertained amounts, and thereby enable the bobbin threads to be used up uniformly. The front comb-bar hanger A is arranged to slide a limited distance on the joint-pin C and may be shifted by a screw E or other means, the movement being limited to exact multiples of a gait by the aid of a wheel J with studs J<2> projecting various distances. Before starting, the comb-bar is placed with the right-hand end abutting against the longest stud J<2>. Subsequently the working is stopped at a suitable time, while the carriages are in the back combs and the wheel J is turned the required amount. The combbar is then brought down to the corresponding position and the carriages are transferred to it ; the comb-bar is then moved back to the former position and the working is re-started with the carriages in the new position. This procedure can be repeated as often as desired.
Patent GB-190727116-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to Road and Tramway Vehicles.
Inventor: KINGSFORD JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1907-12-07
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 27,116. Kingsford, J. E. Dec. 7. Switches.-A catch, adapted to retain side struts for supporting tramcars &c. when they tend to overturn, is released by solenoids i, k when energized by means of a pendulum switch n, pivoted at n<1> and operated by the tilting of the vehicle. A dash - pot o damps small oscillations of the switch. A manuallyoperated switch m may also be provided.
Patent GB-190800919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fire-places, Grates, Gas Stoves and Furnaces.
Inventor: DURRANT FRANK
Filed: 1908-01-14
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 919. Durrant, F. Jan. 14. Fire-places; gas stoves; air supply.-In fire-places, grates, gas stoves, and furnaces, air is induced to enter horizontal pipes at the sides of the grate and to flow up through vertical pipes or passages into an horizontal passage delivering the air through a slit or perforations above the fire. When applied to a grate or stove, air-pipes B, Fig. 2, arranged at the sides of the grate, communicate with passages C in a back-plate A leading into the horizontal passage D provided with a slit d. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, tubes B, C, D are employed, the tube D overhanging the fire-place and being made adjustable. The tubes B may be flared at their intake ends.
Patent GB-190804015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lavatory Basins
Inventor: SHERWIN ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 4015. Sherwin, A. Feb. 22. Lavatory basins.-At the top of the overflow is a soap tray D having a grid E.
Patent GB-190805224-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Separating Solid Particles from a Fluid or from each other.
Inventor: WAERD KARL
Filed: 1908-03-07
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 5224. Wõrd, K., and Wõrd, A. March 7. Separating liquids from solids; separators for granular substances. -Solid particles are separated from a liquid in which they are suspended, or from each other, by passing through rotating passages through which a current of liquid is caused to flow inwardly with a velocity sufficient to drive back the liquid in which the solid matter is suspended, but not the solid particles, or only the smaller and lighter r ones. Liquid carrying the solids enters through the upper end 19 of a hollow vertical shaft and passes through a space 18, which may be annular or divided by ribs, to a chamber 14 where it meets the inflowing liquid from the chamber 33. The solids, or the desired part of them, pass out into the chamber 33 and the liquids proceed by the passages 16 to the lower end 20 of the hollow shaft. The chamber 33 may rotate with the shaft, which may be horizontal. Several arrangements of the passages and chambers 16, 14, 18 are described.
Patent GB-190805798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condensers.
Inventor: HUNT WILFRED
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 5798. Hunt, W. March 16. Condensers. - Steam or other vapour is condensed by inducing it to flow into a region in which the pressure is higher than that corresponding to the temperature of the vapour. The preferred form of apparatus comprises an ejector D, by means of which the vapour entering at H is induced to flow through a pipe E into a vortex chamber A, in which the desired pressure is maintained by means of a loaded discharge and relief valves, or of a stand-pipe of the requisite height. In the vortex chamber A, the air and con densed vapours collect at the centre and pass away by an orifice G, while that portion of the liquid required for use in the ejector passes away by a tangential pipe K to a pump B, which forces it through a pipe C to the ejector. The surplus liquid resulting from condensation is removed by a skimming-pipe M and is delivered through a steam trap for use as feed-water or otherwise. Under certain circumstances, the pump may be dispensed with, and the velocity of the pressure medium may be maintained by the vapour itself.