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Patent GB-190501754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Ignition Device for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: VALETTE HENRI DE LA
Filed: 1905-01-28
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 1754. La Valette, H. de. Jan. 28, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901 ] Distributing.-The Figure shows sparking-connexions for an explosion engine including a magneto-machine circuit c, d, e, a battery circuit i,j, e, make-and-break devices b, h, and switches p, g, v, z, 1, 2. The switches p, q, v are actuated by a bar q in such a manner that one circuit is closed while the other is open. The switch z has a segment w which makes contact before and ceases after the generation of the current corresponding to the particular brush x and sparking-plug y. The switches h, z and magneto a are worked synchronously with the motor, for example by a common shaft. In order to prevent sparking, switches 1, 2 connected respectively to the circuits c, d, e and i,j, e may be pressed together against an earthed contact 4 by a button 3.
Patent GB-190502177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Syphon Tops for Bottles for Containing Aerated Water and the like.
Inventor: ELSE JOHN
Filed: 1905-02-03
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 2177. Else, J. Feb. 3 Siphon vessels.- The body and spout of a siphon head are formed in one piece of porcelain or glass. The lever L and valve-seating V<1> are also preferably formed of porcelain or glass. One end of the lever L takes into a slot in a cylindrical ping L<2>, which is pressed by a spring L<3> against the valve V and holds it against its seating. The head is attached to a bottle by a metal cylinder C and split nuts or otherwise, and a rubber washer W is interposed to ensure a tight joint. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 15,934, A.D. 1885, and No. 15,941, A.D. 1893.]
Patent GB-190511341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Clutches.
Filed: 1905-05-30
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 11,341. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Wilson, W. G. May 30. Clutches. - In a plate friction clutch of the Weston type, the plates of one or both series of plates are formed with spring arms b<2> through the ends of which the rods supporting the plates pass, the object being to prevent the plates from binding together. Small spacing-washers are fitted on the rods between the. arms b<2>.
Patent GB-190512555-A (GB)
Inventor: GUDGEON JOHN
Filed: 1905-06-17
Granted: 1906-06-16
Abstract: 12,555. Gudgeon, J. June 17. Steering by plates at sides etc.; stopping way.- Plates 8, 9 carried by friction rollers in casings 6, 7 on each side of a vessel near the stern, are used for the purpose of steering or stopping way. The plates, which are fitted with rods 10 having buffer springs, are operated from a hand-wheel 29, through a shaft 30, spindle 13, clutches 15, 16, screws 21, 22, and links and levers 25, 26, 27. The clutches enable the screws to be operated singly or together. The outer ends of the casings 6, 7 are fitted with sluice valves, which, when closed, enable the sides of the casings to be removed for examination or repair of the plates. In a modified arrangement, the plates 8, 9 are operated by hydraulic cylinders, the rods 10 acting as piston-rods.
Patent GB-190515450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Boiler Tube Cleaners.
Inventor: KRAUSE ALBERT FLORIAN
Filed: 1905-07-27
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 15,450. Krause, A. F., and Ladd, C.- C. July 27:, Steam and other fluid-pressure hammers ; pistons; valves. - Comprises a self - centring boiler-tube cleaner of the type in which a fluid-actuated doubleheaded hammer strikes the inner surfaces of the tubes so as to detach scale from their outer surfaces. The upper side of the flange d of the hollow piston is always subjected to fluid pressure supplied through the pipe G and channel h. When, however, the ports i are alined with or below the channel h, fluid passes to the interior of the piston and, acting on the whole sectional area, causes the piston to move upwards until the ports j are uncovered, allowing the fluid to exhaust into the cavity c ; the piston is returned by the constant pressure on the upper side of the flange d. One end of the hammer is screwed into the piston, while the other end passes through the plug C<1>. The cleaner is centred by three plugs K at each end forced outwards by fluid supplied through the ports n, channel o, and ports o'. A groove p permits constant communication between the channels h, o.
Patent GB-190515532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Dyeing, Mordanting, or Bleaching Loose Materials, Spun Threads, Cops, Knitted Good and the like.
Inventor: VENTER OTTO
Filed: 1905-07-28
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 15,532. Venter, O. July 28. Bleaching; dyeing.-In apparatus for bleaching, dyeing, and mordanting. cops, fabrics, knitted goods, &c., the liquid is circulated through the material in opposite directions by a pump which works always in the same direction instead of as usual in opposite directions alternately. The liquor is contained in a closed tank 2 which communicates with the open vat 1 by a pipe 21 (which may be closed by a cock 13), nozzle 22, and receptacle 20, Fig. 1. The materials to be treated are placed on perforated hollow bodies 23 communicating with the receptacle 20 by narrow pipes 31. Or they may be placed in the annular space round the receptacle 20, the walls of which are in this case perforated. Or the materials may be placed in a perforated cylinder 35, Fig. 3, supported on trunnions 36, 37 and communicating by channels 38, 39 with the nozzle 22. The open vat 1 may be above, level with, or below the tank 2. The apparatus works as follows :-By suitable manipulation of the three-way cocks 12, 14, 15, the liquid may be made to traverse the path 22, 10, 14, 24, 7, 11, 15, 25, or from the interior of the materials outwards by the path 16, 14, 24, 7, 11, 15, 17, without changing the direction of operation of the the pump 7. The tube 30 may be supplied with steam, compressed air, vacuum, or water by means of one of the nozzles 3, 4, 5, 6. For the first dyeing, the liquor can be sucked or forced by vacuum or compressed air, respectively, through the materials by connecting the tube 30 alternately with vacuum and compressed air, when it traverses the path 2, 21, 22, 20, 31, 23 and through the material placed on the bodies 23. Or the first motion may be imparted by the pump. The tank 2 is connected with a reducing-valve 19 or similar device which furnishes steam or compressed air, so that there is always a " super- " pressure " in the tank 2.
Patent GB-190516078-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Rack for Draining and Drying Plates and other Articles.
Inventor: GREEN WILLIAM HERBERT
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 16,078. Green, W. H. Aug. 5. Plate, dish, and like racks.-A draining -rack for plates &c. consists of one or more pairs of arms a pivoted to a supporting - frame b. The arms may be folded away when not in use, and their outward movement is limited by stops. The arms may be made of wire as shown, or by casting, stamping, &c. Plates &c. are supported in the slots a<2> in the arms, and cups &c. by being placed over the projections a<1>.
Patent GB-190516780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Percussion Tools for Cleaning Flue Tubes
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1905-08-18
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 16,780. Marks, G. C., [Dean, G. W.]. Aug. 18. Cleaning tubes.-The hammer or rapper 32, Fig. 9, of a percussive tool is curved and is fitted into a slot in the head of the bar 30 ; it is connected by short links 33 with the rod 31 of a piston 2 which works in a cylinder 2<1>. Steam or gas is admitted to the opposite ends alternately of the cylinder by an oscillating valve 38, driven by a pin-and-slot mechanism 46, Fig. 1 ; the slot is formed in a plate 1, the front end of which is bent down and fitted into an opening in a block inserted between the hammer and the end of the piston-rod 31. The bar 30 is rotated slowly by the mechanism shown separately in Figs. 3 and 4. The worm 4 is geared with a wheel 6 keyed to a fixed sleeve 5, and is fitted with a ratchet-wheel 12 operated by one or the other of two pawls 15, 16. These are carried by a lever 8, the outer end of which has a pin 9 engaging an inclined slot 10 in the plate 1. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the pawls act on separate wheels 18,19, and are carried by collars 20, 21, which can have a slight rotary movement relative to an intermediate collar. 17. The levers 8<a>, which receive motion from the 'plate 1, engage slots in the peripheries of the collars 20, 21, and are pivoted to the collar 17.
Patent GB-190516861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-compressors and Valves therefor.
Inventor: BURGESS THOMAS
Filed: 1905-08-21
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 16,861. Burgess, T., and Scragg, W. E. Aug. 21. Actuating valves and cocks; rotary or oscillating disk or sector valves; check valves.-A valve D of cylindrical or disk form is rotated over single ports a in the cylinders of an air-compressor by bevelgearing on the crank-shaft of the compressor. The port d<1> communicates with a groove d<2> covered by an annular valve H held on its seat by a spring h. The valve and the spring h are held in position by a screw K or by other means.
Patent GB-190518620-A (GB)
Title: Improved Slow-speed Operating Mechanism for Electric Motor-starters and like Resistance Switches.
Filed: 1905-09-15
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 18,620. Veritys, Ltd., and Gott, A. E. Sept. 15. Switches.-A resistance switch, a motor starter (for example), is provided with a slow-speed operating- mechanism comprising an epicyclic train and a self-releasing clutch brought into action by depression of the handle. The mechanism may be attached to an ordinary motor starter. The usual starting-handle a is provided at one end with an insulating-stud a<2> against which bears the arm c of the slowspeed mechanism. The arm c is secured at the end c' to a central spindle d, bearing in the sleeve e, clamped upon and projecting at each end of the casing f. The sleeve e also forms a mounting for a fixed tooth-wheel g which is pinned to the frame f, a removable tooth-wheel h with one tooth more than the wheel g and carrying a half-clutch h', a halfclutch piece i the counterpart of the piece h<2>, and a rotating casing j, moved by a lever l and carrying a toothed pinion m to gear with the wheels g, h. The system forms an epicyclic train giving a slow motion to the arm c. The half-clutch i can slide axially upon the sleeve e to engage its counterpart h<2>, and rotates with the central spindle d, being coupled to this spindle and to the spring-pressed peg r by the pin o. Normally, the half-clutch i is pressed out of engagement with its counterpart h' by the spring r<2>, the wheel h being normally free. On depression of the lever l which lies over the peg r, the two half-clutches are brought into engagement, and when the lever is revolved a slow motion is imparted to the switch proper. A coiled spring s between the casing f and the arm c serves to bring the arm c back to the original position as soon as the clutch parts are disengaged by release of the operating-handle l<3>. Other forms of epicyclic trains may be employed.
Patent GB-190519130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Attachments for Wood Turning Lathes.
Inventor: CODLING ROBERT BATES
Filed: 1905-09-21
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 19,130. Codling, R. B. Sept. 21 Tools for woodturning lathes are arranged for undercutting, and in front view conform to the profile of the article required. The tools 16, 17 are secured on beds 18, Figs. 1 and 3, according to the number of cuts required. The beds are carried by a slide traversed transversely to the axis of the work, and are shaped in plan so that the tools commence to cut at the centre and progress towards the end.
Patent GB-190525680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Fatty Acids from Fatty Acid Esters.
Filed: 1905-12-09
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 25,680. Vereinigte Chemische Werke Akt.-Ges. Jan. 25, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fatty acids ; glycerine.-The decomposition of fatty acid esters into fatty acids and glycerine by the aid of ferments in an acid medium, as described in Specification No. 22,111, A.D. 1902; is accelerated by the addition of the neutral metallic salts of manganese, iron, aluminium, or zinc. The acidmedium may be obtained as usual, either by the addition of acids or acid salts or by the action of the ferment on the fat. The ferment preferably. employed is that derived from the castor-oil seed. The salt preferred is manganese sulphate.
Patent GB-190526507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mechanically Solving Problems in Nautical Astronomy
Inventor: GARCIA MANUEL JOSE
Filed: 1905-12-19
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 26,507. Garcia, M. J. Dec. 19. Bearings and courses, determining; longitude instruments.-Relates to apparatus for determining mechanically the hour-angle and the ship's position at sea, and for solving other problems in nautical astronomy such as tracing Sumner lines on a chart, determining the variation of the hour-angle with the latitude and altitude, finding the azimuth, and calculating the ship's position by simultaneous altitudes or two altitudes taken at intervals. In this instrument all the determining lines, angles, &c. are projected on to a plane passing through the meridian of the heavenly body observed, and a single are is used for all the readings, the solution of a problem being determined by the intersection of two circles projected as straight lines on to the plane of the instrument. The body 1 of the instrument has guides 2, 3 for a frame 4, which when adjusted is clamped by a thumb-screw 6 to a slide 5 which can be adjusted slightly by a screw 7. A part 10 slides in the frame 4, and has a number of parallel lines to enable readings to be transferred from the sides of the frame 4 to a rotatory graduated arm 13. This arm and a similar arm 14 have longitudinal slots and end verniers which move over the arc 11. The arms are secured to the arc by a screwed part 16, and can be clamped in position separately by screws 17, 18 arranged as shown in Fig. 2. The lower arm 13 carries two sliding markers 19, 20 to facilitate reading, while the upper arm 14 carries a rule 24 arranged at right-angles to it and adjusted along its length by a rack and pinion 22, Fig. 3. In using the instrument, the equator is represented by the vertical line through the zero of the arc 11. The rule 24 may be replaced by the sighting-device shown in Figs. 4 and 5. This consists of two reflecting prisms 27, 28 adjustable along the arm 14, and a sighting-tube 25 and a mirror. A sight is also provided at the end of the arm 13, and adjustable sights are arranged in guides 8, 9 in the frame 4. In using the instrument to determine the hour-angle from the declination and altitude of a star, and the latitude, the arm 14 is fixed at zero and the arm 13 is fixed at the angle corresponding to the zenith distance along the arc 11. The rule 24 is then adjusted, until it passes through the end of the arm 13, and clamped to the arm 14, which is then turned to the angle corresponding to the declination, as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 11. The ship is somewhere on the rule 24. The arm 13 is then turned to the angle corresponding to the latitude, and one edge of the frame 4 is brought into coincidence with the end of the arm 13. Then the ship will be at the point of intersection b of the edge of the frame with the rule 24. A marker 19 is adjusted at the point where a parallel from the point b meets the arm 13, both arms 13, 14 are turned to zero, and the rule 24 is adjusted until it coincides with the marker 19. The rule 24 will then indicate the hour-angle on the arc 11.
Patent GB-190601184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heel-attaching Machines for use in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-01-16
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 1184. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co]. Jan. 16. Heels; nailing. -Relates to heelattaching machines in which the heel i s subjected t o compression before the driving of the nails, and consists in the provision of means for accurately controlling the compression, and for varying the amount of compression to meet different conditions. in the known type of machine shown in Fig. 1, the stationary projection 11, forming part of the machine frame, and the vertically-movable block or jack-support 12 have journaled in their shafts 20, 21, to which are secured cams 22, 23. The latter are provided with cam surfaces 24, 25 and 26, 27, arranged concentrically to the axes of the cams, and are actuated by levers 28, 30 and 29, 31 from adjustable blocks 32, 33 on the vertical rods 6. During the first quarter-revolution of the main shaft of the machine, the cam-surfaces 24, 25 coact to force the block 12 upwards, and so to place an increased pressure on the heel. During the next quarter-revolution of the shaft, the surfaces 26, 27 coact and allow the cams to rock without further upward movement of the block, during which time the nails are driven. In the final-revolution of the shaft, the cams are returned to their normal positions. The amount of compression of the heel is varied by adjustment of the normal position of the block 12. For this purpose, a plate 35, Fig. 3, rotatably mounted on a stud 38 secured to the projection 11, and provided with an actuating - handle 37, is adapted to engage a lug 34 secured to the face of the block 12. The plate has a number of acting faces, which are arranged at different distances from the axis of the plate, and preferably provided with distinguishing marks for readily determining the proper face to give the desired amount of compression. The amount of compression secured by each face may be indicated on the machine. Accidental displacement of the plate 35 after it has been adjusted is prevented by the engagement of a spring-pressed pin 44, carried by an arm 43, with one or other of a number of countersunk holes 46 arranged upon the plate.
Patent GB-190601561-A (GB)
Title: Device for Automatically Lighting and Extinguishing Illuminating Apparatus
Inventor: BROENDUM MAGNUS VILHELM
Filed: 1906-01-20
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 1561. Br÷ndum, M. V. Jan. 20. Clocks combined with lamps.-Illuminating-apparatus is turned on and off at predetermined times by a spring motor controlled by clock-work. The motor consists of a spring barrel 21 wound by means of gear-wheels 22, 30, and driving the spindle 16 by means of wheels 18, 17 interlinked by a ratchet clutch. The clock-work g has two hour-wheels '8, 9 provided with pointers 10, 11 moving round a disk divided into twenty-four divisions, and these wheels are driven by a wheel 29 through friction clutches 4, 5 so as to allow of the adjustment of the pointers to required time of lighting and extinguishing respectively. The wheels 8, 9 have projections 12, 13, which, at the predetermined times, press detents 14, 15 and thus release projections 19, 20 on the wheel 18, whereby the spindle 16 is turned half a revolution to perform the lighting or the extinguishing of the lamps.
Patent GB-190603241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing Liquids especially suitable for Sewage.
Inventor: STODDART FREDERICK WALLIS
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 3241. Stoddart, F. W. Feb. 9. Sewage, treating; filtering.-The perforated and corrugated sheets, used in distributing sewage over filter-beds in the manner described in Specification No. 18,244, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Filtering &c.], are supported by lugs b on the edges of the supply troughs a. The lugs b are adapted to fit beneath the corrugations, which form inverted troughs, and thus close the ends of the latter. The sheets are fixed in position by bolts e passing through slots in the troughs a.
Patent GB-190608697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Brakes.
Inventor: BAER HENRY
Filed: 1906-04-11
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 8697. Baer, H. April 11. Brakes.-A brake in which pivoted jaws a, b are clamped upon a drum n is so arranged that it tends to maintain its central position upon the drum. The long arm of a lever c, pivoted to the jaw a, is connected by a link e to the short arm of a lever d, which is also pivoted to the jaw a. A weight l is suspended from the lever c by a rope p, bearing against a pulley k in a carrier i, which is adjustably fixed to the lever d. An inclined surface f on the lever c bears against a roller q on an abutment piece g, which is carried by the jaw band may be adjusted by a set-screw h, which is slackened to remove the brake. Should the jaws be carried round by the drum in the direction of the arrow, the action of the weight upon the levers c, d releases their grip, so that they tend to remain centrally upon the drum.
Patent GB-190609710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Fibrous Agglomerates.
Inventor: CAUDEMBERG CHARLES ALFRED CARL
Filed: 1906-04-25
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 9710. Caudemberg, C. A. C. de. May 10, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Plastic compositions; india-rubber compositions.- All kinds of fibrous substances are agglomerated by impregnation with a solution of bitumen and caoutchouc containing from two to five per cent of each, the resulting mass being then plunged into a sulphuretted solution, such as a bath of carbon bisulphide containing from five to ten per cent of sulphur chloride. The latter operation is preferably carried on in a closed vessel in which the pressure is first decreased and then increased to assist the absorption. The product may be moulded while it is still malleable. It is not attacked by acids and fire, and is impermeable.
Patent GB-190613218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bricks and the like.
Inventor: WINGFIELD SAMUEL WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-06-07
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 13,218. Wingfield, S. W. June 7. Bricks, interlocking. Angle bricks for inspection chambers, man - holes, short walls, hollow columns, culverts, &c. are formed with a series of interlocking projections and recesses so arranged as to enable the bricks to be reversible for the purpose of breaking joint at adjacent courses. The projections and recesses are arranged in pairs, in alternating sequence along the horizontal edges, and at equal distances each for each from certain datum lines. Fig. 1 shows such a reversible brick, provided with projections and recesses a, b, a', b<1> arranged in pairs along the horizontal and vertical edges. Plane bricks for use with the angle bricks are formed with a similar system of interlocking devices. The vertical edges of the angle bricks are not usually required to be reversible and need not, therefore, have the projections and recesses arranged in pairs. The recesses may be extended to form grooves along the edges for the reception of cement. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the projections a<2> and recesses b<2> of the horizontal edges are arranged on one side of a cement-receiving groove c, and in a modification these projections and recesses are of lozenge shape in plan. Fig. 9 shows a brick adapted to form a portion of a hollow wall. A cruciform brick for forming the junction of a course of two intersecting walls is also described.