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Patent GB-190319933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extracting Moisture from Air for Blast Furnaces and the like
Inventor: GAYLEY JAMES
Filed: 1903-09-16
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 19,933. Gayley, J. Sept. 16. Drying air.- The blast for blast and converter furnaces is deprived of moisture before compression, by being sucked through a chamber or chambers with pipes 8 through which refrigerants, such as water. anhydrous ammonia, brine, or carbonic acid, are kept circulating. Air enters by the tube 6, which may be cooled by water or other jackets, into the chamber 7, and deposits most of its moisture on the water pipes 8, which are preferably of copper, and is further cooled below 0‹ C. in one or other of two similar chambers 13, where the refrigerant is preferably ammonia. These chambers 13 are in duplicate, so that one may be cleared of deposited ice while the other is being used. Metal grids 17 stop any suspended moisture, but are not close enough to hinder circulation. The refrigerants pass from tubes 12 to tubes 10, 8, 9, 11 and then out. Any two may be used together, or ammonia used alone. The cooling-tubes 8 may be arranged as partitions or in coils.
Patent GB-190322686-A (GB)
Title: Improved Feed-water Regulating Apparatus for Steam Generators.
Inventor: SGAL LOUIS
Filed: 1903-10-20
Granted: 1904-10-20
Abstract: 22,686. Sgal, L. Oct. 20. Feedwater, controlling.-The cylinder A communicates with a boiler by pipes E, F, which are so arranged that the cylinder is flooded when the water in the boiler rises above its proper level. The motion of the piston B, which is connected to the piston-rod of the feed pump, is thus retarded, and the supply of feedwater lessened. The ends of the cylinder are connected by a tube G provided with a regulating-cock H. The lower pipe F enters the cylinder at two ports, the distance between which is about equal to the width of the piston,
Patent GB-190327426-A (GB)
Title: Process of Treating Surfaces for Water-proofing and Preservative purposes.
Inventor: CAFFALL EDWARD MAY
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 27,426. Caffall, E. M. Dec. 15. Paving. - For waterproofing and preserving surfaces of brick, stone, plaster, metal, wood, and other materials in pavements &c., the surface is heated by compressed air, sprayed with the treating- material, and then again treated with heated compressed air. Heated air under pressure is introduced through a pipe D to an oven B, which has an open face placed against the surface A. When the surface is sufficiently heated, the valve d is closed and valves e, f are opened. The compressed air then forces material in a tank 0 through a spraying-nozzle G upon the surface. When the surface is saturated, the valve f is closed and the hot air turned on again through the valve d. For heating the air, it may be passed through a spiral pipe within a stove, or it may be passed up through coals placed on a grate in an enclosure.
Patent GB-190401955-A (GB)
Title: Profiled Leathers or Skins and the Process and Machine for Manufacturing Same.
Inventor: JULIETTE MADAME VEUVE G KREMPP
Filed: 1904-01-26
Granted: 1904-12-15
Abstract: 1955. Krempp [nÚe Ligaud], Veuve G. Jan. 26. Tyres, pneumatic.-In a method of and means for moulding leather, appli. cable, amongst other purposes, to the shaping of outer covers for pneumatic tyres, the usual smooth pressure cylinder of a leather - splitting machine is replaced by a profiled roller 1, beneath which rings 3 are mounted on a shaft 2 of less diameter than the bore of the rings. These rings rest on an india-rubber or other elastic roller 4, and the leather, being passed between them and the roller 1, is severed by an endless band or other knife 6. In modifications, the rings are replaced by a second profiled roller, or by a fixed undulated counterblade.
Patent GB-190409724-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gas Burner for Heating and Cooking Purposes.
Inventor: LAMBERT ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1904-04-28
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 9724. Lambert, A. J. April 28. Gas burners.-A burner specially adapted for use with the toaster and griller described in Specification No. 21,535, A.D. 1903, consists of a box or trough A closed at the top by detachable plates G with long parallel flame openings or slots F. A domed cover K may be placed over the burner to cause the flames to rise and converge towards the centre. The openings N may be formed by cutting and turning up parts L to serve as supports for a kettle or a pan. This cover may serve as a cover for the griller and toaster. According to the Provisional Specification, the cover has a central adjustable opening.
Patent GB-190415910-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing Vessels from Foundering at Sea.
Inventor: MAURICE MORGAN SIDNEY
Filed: 1904-07-18
Granted: 1905-07-18
Abstract: 15,910. Maurice, M. S. July 18. Buoyancy, increasing; sinking, preventing. - In order to prevent foundering, a vessel is fitted with a number of metal air tubes or pear-shaped chambers, such as a, permanently or detachably secured to the outside of the hull. In order to supply additional buoyancy,a number of large canvas and leather bags may be inflated under pressure and attached to the vessel. Sinking may also be prevented by the use of bell-shaped vessels, air being imprisoned as the ship settles down, and the ship's boats may be slung upside down for the same purpose. Gas balloons may also be used. A boat may be fitted with a continuous air chamber running faround outside under the gunwale.
Patent GB-190421654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Air Cushions
Inventor: PULBROOK ANTHONY
Filed: 1904-10-08
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 21,654. Pulbrook, A., and Pulbrook, E. H. Oct. 8. Springs, bearing.-Relates to an air cushioning- device applicable to seats, vehicles, and for other purposes, and refers to Specifications No. 20,811, A.D. 1901, and Nos. 1139 and 22,400, A.D. 1903. The body to be supported rests upon a platform F connected with the lower side of an annular air cushion C by a platform LP and rods B passing through holes 0 in a support S. The cushion, which may contain compressed or attenuated air, is connected to the platform LP and the support S through rigid rings R, which are made broad enough to allow for deformation of the sides of the cushion when attenuated air is used. The cushion is provided with restraining-material, and may be constructed to allow the inner tube to be exposed for repair. An annular support AS, the top of which may be provided with a band of rubber, or with one or more air cushions, is provided, upon which the platform F may rest when the cushion is deflated. In the form shown in Fig. 3, an air cushion UC is interposed between the platform F and the support S, the upper platform UP being formed in overlapping segments.
Patent GB-190501302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Rivetting Machines or the like.
Inventor: HILLER KARL EDVIN
Filed: 1905-01-23
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 1302. Hiller, K. E. Jan. 23. Riveting.-Pneumatic machines for riveting and similar work are provided with slide-valve mechanism by which the operating-cylinder is put alternately into communication with the compressor and with a receiver, so that the exhaust air is used for the return stroke and for the initial movement of the forward stroke. The valve is partly manually and partly automatically operated. The valve seat, Figs. 1 and 6, is provided with ports 12, 13 communicating with the top and bottom of the cylinder respectively, with a port 15 communicating with a receiver 10, and with a port 16 communicating with the outer air. The valve is formed with recesses 18, 19, Fig. 7, working over the ports 12, 13, 15 and with a recess 20, working over the ports 12, 13, 16. The receiver 10 may form a part of the frame 1 of the machine. The compressor connexion to the valve-chest 9 is not shown. The valve-spindle is connected by a bellcrank lever and rod 22 to a hand-lever 21 working over a notched quadrant, and by a rod 26, sliding through the end of a lever 25 as determined by lock-nuts 33, to a rod 27 actuated by a cam 30 secured to a movable part of the machine such as the swinging lever 3, forming part of an ordinary toggle connexion between the piston 7 and the heading-ram 2. When the piston 7 is in its uppermost position, full pressure is used for heading by squeezing, the port 13 communicating with the chest 9, the hand-lever 21 having been swung to the left to bring the valve into the position shown in Fig. 7. Motion of the hand-lever to the right successively cuts off the compressor ; connects the cylinder with the receiver through the passages 13, 19, 15 ; cuts off the receiver and connects the bottom end of the cylinder with the air through the passages 13, 20, 16 ; and connects the top end of the cylinder with the receiver through the passages 12, 18, 15. The piston 7 now moves down and the projection 32 of the cam 30 moves the valve to cut off the top of the cylinder from the receiver. Expansion of the air in the cylinder produces further movement of the piston until atmospheric pressure is reached ; a spring valve 36 then opens and the piston will continue to descend by gravity. Further depression of the rod 27 by the cam 30 to the position shown in Fig. 1 connects the passages 12, 20, 16 and brings the piston to rest. Motion of the hand-lever to the left closes the passages 13, 20, 16 and opens the passages 13, 19, 15. The piston rises by the pressure of the air in the receiver and finally, on the completion of the leftward movement of the hand-lever, the port 13 opens into the chest 9 admitting full compressor pressure.
Patent GB-190504044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Regulating the Supply of Air and Steam or Water to Suction Gas-producers.
Inventor: SMITH HARRY FORD
Filed: 1905-02-27
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 4044. Smith, H. F. Feb. 27. Feed-water, supplying and controlling. - The supply of water to a steam generator, used in connexion with a suction gas-producer, is controlled so that the steam and air drawn through the producer are always mixed together in a constant proportion. The apparatus depends for its action upon the fact that, if the head of water over an orifice is kept proportional to the pressure of air on a vane situated in the air-inlet pipe, the flow of water through the orifice is proportional to the flow of air through the pipe. A water supply M is led into a cylindrical vessel D, supported, preferably, on knife-edge bearings, and provided with a slot in its circumference to admit the water-pipe P and to allow the vessel to rotate about its centre through an angle of twenty to thirty degrees. An annular overflow K surrounds the supporting- shaft. A weight is placed on the circumference of the cylinder so as to be directly under the supporting-shaft when the orifice 0 lies in the plane of the water level ; the size of this orifice may be adjusted by means of a valve N. A vane A is carried by a curved arm connected to the cylinder, so as to move freely and occupy a central position in the air-pipe. The cylinder is supported in a semicylindrical casing E which is divided into two parts so that the drip from the overflow K may be discharged through an opening G, and so run to waste, but the flow through the orifice 0 is run into the air-pipe, and so passes with the air to the vaporizer. This consists of a series of hollow disks or surfaces B, which may be heated by the exhaust gases from the engine so that the water may be entirely converted into steam. Consequently the proportion of moisture in the air remains constant, regardless of the quantity of air passing through the inlet pipe. Vanes H are provided in the cylinder to steady its movement.
Patent GB-190507322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Letting Off Air and Water in Heating Apparatus and the like.
Inventor: WERNITSCH HERMANN
Filed: 1905-04-06
Granted: 1905-08-17
Abstract: 7322. Wernitsch, H. April 6, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Float valves; rotary spherical valves.-Fig. 1 shows a valve actuated by a float as fitted to a steam trap. The valve body is formed by a ball K in which is cut a conical recess, the axis of which coincides with that of a rod and a float H to which the ball is rigidly connected. As water accumulates, the float rises and rotates the ball on its seating, until the recess uncovers the escape passage. The valve also serves to admit air to the system when the heater is shut off, the external pressure then lifting the ball off its seat. To prevent the ball from being displaced, wire stirrups are provided, which enclose it basket-wise.
Patent GB-190514075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads for Hospitals, Infirmaries and the like.
Inventor: WHITFIELD SAMUEL ILSLEY
Filed: 1905-07-08
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 14,075. Whitfield, S. I. July 8. Bedsteads.-In a bedstead for hospital and like purposes, in which the bottom can be elevated at the foot end, a supplementary frame A, which carries the mesh B, is pivoted at a<5> to the side bars C at or near the head end, and is supported at the foot end, when not in use, by a cross-bar c<2>. The frame is supported in the raised position by racks F, which engage the cross-bar c<2> or projections on the chills c<3>, handles E being provided for raising the frame.
Patent GB-190524847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Garments
Inventor: SWANTEES SAMUEL FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-11-30
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 24,847. Swantees, S. F. Nov. 30. Drawings to Specification. Combination undergarments; undervests linings. -The backs of undergarments are covered on the inside by a soft lining of fabric, and the space between this lining and the real back is filled in with an open-work fabric.
Patent GB-190601299-A (GB)
Title: Depuration of Copper Sulphate, Contaminated with Salts of Iron, and the consequent Direct Extraction of the Sulphate of Copper from Ores.
Inventor: CONEDERA RAIMONDO
Filed: 1906-01-17
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 1299. Conedera, R. Feb. 19, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Copper sulphate.-Relates to the purification of copper sulphate from iron. Roasted copper pyrites is piled in an enclosure with an inclined, grooved, concrete bottom, and is moistened with a solution of mixed copper and iron sulphates obtained by lixiviating some of the roasted ore. The copper oxide present in the roasted ore converts the ferric sulphate which is present, or is produced from ferrous sulphate by oxidation by means of the air, into ferric oxide or basic ferric sulphate insoluble in water. The heap is moistened with water from time to time if necessary, and when the process is complete may be almost completely lixiviated by this means, the pure copper-sulphate solution which runs off being collected and crystallized or used for preparing copper by the cementation process. If there is more than enough copper oxide in the roasted ore to react with all the ferric sulphate present, sulphuric acid is added. Ores poor in copper are preferably roasted by piling the crushed ore in heaps consisting of alternate layers of finer and coarser material and suitably arranging fuel in the heap so that when the heap is lighted at the top the combustion will proceed downwards and from the centre outwards. Impure copper-sulphate solutions other than those obtained from ores such as those obtained in electrolytic operations, may be purified from iron in the same way by distributing the liquid upon the porous mass and exposing it to the air as above described. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 states that impure copper solutions such as those above mentioned may be purified from iron by distributing them over a porous mass of foreign material containing copper oxide or other base provided it is harmless to the copper sulphate, and that the processes described may be used separately or in combination. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190603025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Artificial Silk.
Inventor: BOUSFIELD JOHN EBENEZER
Filed: 1906-02-07
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 3025. Bousfield, J. E., [Soc. Anon. Fabrique de Soie Artificielle de Tubize]. Feb. 7. Processes; reeling-machines; stop-motions.- To effect the reskeining of artificial silks &c., without an intermediate winding on to bobbins, the material is wound directly from reels to a measuring-reel A, Fig. 1, which is driven from the shaft B and provided with a revolution counter C, Fig. 1, and pawl D, whereby the motion of the reel is arrested when the desired length is wound. If the thread breaks, the lever E is depressed, and by engaging stops F on the reel automatically stops the motion. A counterweighted brake in connexion with the bottom reel regulates the tension of the thread.
Patent GB-190603282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for the Manufacture of Wheel Fire-lighters.
Inventor: PINCHING WILLIAM BENJAMIN
Filed: 1906-02-10
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 3282. Pinching, W. B., and Bovet, C. L. Feb. 10 Sawing. - Apparatus for making wheel fire - lighters of the kind described in Specification No. 8088, A.D. 1898, is shown in side elevation in Fig. 1, and comprises means for intermittently feeding grouped laths, for grooving them, tying them up, and cutting off the section 3 when tied. The laths after being grouped by a light die are fed by three gripping- boxes, of which the middle one reciprocates and the end and middle boxes grip alternately. The first box, Fig. 2, consists of a number of plungers each carrying a doubly grooved pulley c' around which a cord passes from a lever c<9> over a pulley c<3> on a tightening-lever c<4>. Another arm c<11> of the lever c<9> is raised intermittently by a cam and causes gripping to take place, the cam being actuated from a cam shaft B, Fig. 1. The middle gripping-box is similar, but has two sets of plungers d<3>, Fig. 1, which are pressed outwards by springs and are forced inwards to grip the laths when the boxes release them. The middle box is reciprocated on rods d<10> on arms d<5> on a rock-shaft d<6>, the return or feeding movement being slower than the advance. The third gripping-box is similar to the others and contains two sets of grippers E, E', between which a saw J operates to cut off the fire-lighters when grooved and bound. The laths are fed through a cylinder E<8> on which spur-wheels g<1>, g<2> and a driving-pulley g<3> can turn. The pulley g<1>, driven from the main shaft, carries in a radial slot a grooving-saw F, rotated from the second spurwheel g2 through a pinion g<5>. The saw F is carried by one arm of a spring-pulled lever pivoted on the spur-wheel g', the other arm of this lever being engaged by pins on a star-wheel. The star-wheel is advanced at each rotation of the cam shaft B by a tripped lever, and allows the spring-pulled lever to bring the grooving-saw F into action at alternate revolutions of the spur-wheel g<1>. The star-wheel carries several sets of pins for successive use as the saw F becomes worn. A spool of string H is also carried by the spur-wheel g<1>, which winds string round the laths automatically in the groove made by the saw F. The string wedges tightly and does not need tying. After binding, the laths are fed to the third box, in which the bound section is cut off by a saw J on a swinging arm and is removed to be dipped in resin or the like. The Provisional Specification mentions that the third gripper may be mounted on a swinging arm to allow for inspection.
Patent GB-190619028-A (GB)
Title: Device for Controlling the Nourishment given to a Suckling as regards Time or Time and Quantity.
Inventor: HOLENSTEIN-ROTH EMIL
Filed: 1906-08-25
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 19,028. Roth, E. Holenstein-. Aug. 26, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Time reminders.-A device for controlling the nourishment given to a suckling as regards time of feeding, or time of feeding and quantity supplied, is provided with a time scale and a quantity scale, and with indicators for drawing attention to special parts of the scales. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the scales e, f are arranged on a segment c. and the indicators i, i<1> are pivoted at the centre of curvature of the segment and pass through the slots g. The springs k press the indicators against flanged pieces h projecting beyond the scales. The device may also be arranged in the form of a watch with hands and dial, or may be such that only the required figures on the two scales are visible.
Patent GB-190619573-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Arrangement for the Improvement of Up Draughts and the Minimising of Down Draughts in Chimneys and Ventilating Shafts.
Inventor: MCLEAN DUNCAN
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 19,573. McLean, D. Sept. 3. Chimney and ventilating- shaft tops.-A wind-tilted canopy a, surmounted by one or mnre flat annular disks f and preferably by a cap h, is mounted above a chimney &c. top b by means of straps c, d and a bolt e, or by other means. The lower edge of the canopy may tilt to leeward, or the apparatus may be weighted, fitted with vanes, or shaped so as to cause it to move towards the wind. The disks preferably decrease in diameter upwardly and the upper edge of the part a may be bevelled inwardly. The flue b may stand over one or more chimney flues, and, when the device is used as a ventilating-shaft top, the flue b or the shaft may be provided with an outlet for any rain entering between the disks f.
Patent GB-190622416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Stop Devices for Use in Sewing Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-10-10
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 22,416. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Oct. 10. Boot-sole sewing-machines;< >stopping-gear; stopping, automatic; governing needle thread.-Relates to an automatic device for stopping the machine when the tension of the needle thread fails because of a miss-stitch, the breaking of the thread, or the like. The device is shown applied to a boot-sole sewing-machine having automatic devices for holding and guiding the work. The driving-pulley 8, shown in the plan view of the driving-gear, Fig. 8, is connected to the main shaft 4 by a clutch 7 operated by a lever 15 on a rock-shaft 17, which is connected by a lever 18 and a rod 19 to a pivoted treadle 21. When the treadle is depressed to start the machine, a detent lever 23, Fig. 9, engages a stop 25<x> on the lever, and retains it until released by a cam 31, which rotates once for each complete operation and rocks the detent by means of levers 28, 26. When the thread tension fails, the detent is withdrawn by a rod 64, which is operated through a bell-crank lever 63 by a pneumatic piston in the cylinder 58. The piston is governed by an air valve 52, shown in plan in Fig. 3, and which is normally kept closed against the action of a spring by a cam-end 50 of a lever 45. The lever 45 carries a rod 41, the end of which is situated behind a lug 40 on the auxiliary take-up lever 37. The lever 45 is pressed towards a cam 47, rotating once for each stitch, by a spring 48, but is normally prevented from such movement by the contact of the rod 41 with the lug 40. When the thread tension fails, a spring 39 forces the auxiliary take-up down and moves the lug 40 out of alinement with the rod 41, so that at the next opportunity it will move forward, so allowing the lever 45 to rock, the valve 52 to be operated admitting air to the pneumatic cylinder 58, which releases the detent 23 and permits the treadle 21 to rise by the action of a spring, open the clutch, and stop the machine. To stop the machine quickly, a brake shoe 65, Fig. 12, is supplied, pivoted at 67 and operated from the bell-crank lever 63 through a universally-jointed rod 70. In order that the brake may be applied when the machine is stopped by the operator by depressing the detent 23, to release the treadle, by the foot, the rod 19 is provided with a lug 73, which engages a pin 74 on the bell-crank lever 63 and operates the brake shoe.