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Patent GB-190612157-A (GB)
Title: A Semi-rotary Internal Combustion Engine.
Inventor: ULMER GOTTLOB
Filed: 1906-05-24
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 12,157. Ulmer, G., [known as Ulmer, F.]. May 24. Fixed-abutment type with oscillating vanes. A rotary explosion engine of the oscillating-vane type has abutments a<1> carried by fixed heads which are held together by bolts j<1> and carry packing-rings h pressing against two concentric rings b. The rings are mounted on a shaft d and carry pistons c, alternate pistons baing furnished with by-passes z. Both heads and rings have radiating gills, and the former have annular supply chambers i connected to one another through the centre of the cylinder and to inlet ports f<1>. The abutments are packed by strips a<2>, a<3> acted on by spring rings a<4>, a<5>, while the pistons are packed by strips c<1>, c<2> acted on by spring rings c<3>. The Provisional Specification describes a piston packing comprising a number of radial rods hinged alternately at the inner and outer ends. Separate cy:inders are used for suction and firing. Mixture is drawn in through port f<1>, and is passed on the return stroke through by-passes to the firing-cylinder. On the next stroke, it is compressed and is finally exploded, exhaust taking place through ports f.
Patent GB-190622029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: HENNING WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1906-10-05
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 22,029. Henning, W. J. Oct. 5. Engines with two or more cylinders working on one crank, and with working parts enclosed; valves, distributing and reversing.-A fluid-pressure motor for drills &c. has special reversing and distributing valves, and a valve-chest divided into interchangeable inlet and exhaust departments. The steam enters the chamber G through the reversing-valve H, and passes through the oscillating-valves F, F<x> to the cylinders B, B<1>, C, C<1>. The oscillating and reversing valves are constructed as shown in Figs. 15, 16, 12. In the position shown in Fig. 4, the inlet fluid passes through passage hx in the valve H and around the distributing-valves to the cylinders. The exhaust passes through the distributing-valves and port h to the outlet g<3>. The valve H is reversed by means of the handle h<9>, Fig. 1, through the sleeve h<6>. The reversal of the valve H interchanges the inlet and exhaust ports of the distributing-valves. The exhaust port in the reversing-valve is greater in area than the inlet ports.
Patent GB-190623781-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electrical Resistance Thermometer
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-25
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 23,781. Johnson, G. W., [Heraeus, W. C., (Firm of)]. Oct. 25. Thermometers. - In order to obviate the disadvantages of ordinary electricresistance thermometers due to the heat having to pass a layer of air, and to the platinum wire being subject to disintegration, the platinum wirea a is wound on a quartz - cylinder b over which a quartz tubes c is fused.
Patent GB-190625087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Governing Mechanism for Turbines.
Filed: 1906-11-07
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 25,087. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 7. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Relates to mechanism for governing the speed of steam turbines of the type described in Specification No. 11,348, A.D. 1905. The valves are grouped on two steam boxes 6, one of which is shown in Fig. 1, and are operated by cams on shafts 7. The cams on each shaft are arranged one behind the other, those on one shaft being cut away so as to come into operation after those on the other shaft. Or the cams may be arranged to bring the valves on the two steam boxes alternately into operation. These cam shafts are operated through bevel-wheels, a shaft 9, and a pinion, by a piston in the cylinder 11, the rod of which is toothed at the end to form a rack 14. The cylinder is filled with a fluid under pressure, for example the lubricating-oil, and the movement of the piston is controlled by a pilot valve 27 operated from the governor lever 32. The lever 30 which operates the pilot valve is pivoted at the further end to a lever 33 forming part of the hunting-gear 33, 35, 36, 39. In order to increase the efficiency of the hunting-gear, the exhaust from the cylinder 11 is arranged so as to work intermittently. One method of carrying this out is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 7. The exhaust pipe 40 is fitted with an air-vessel 43 and a spring- pressed valve 41. This valve is so constructed that when opered it remains open for an appreciable time until the pressure due to the air in the vessel 43 is much reduced, and then remains closed until the liquid pressure has re compressed the air in the chamber. In a modification, the cylinder is placed at right-angles to the position shown, and racks provided on the ends of the extended pistonrod engage pinions on the cam shafts.
Patent GB-190626524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Time-alarm Electric Signalling.
Inventor: MAAS GEORGE CHARLES
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 26,524. Maas, G. C., and Gowing, G. H. Nov. 22. Signals, time-alarm. -In an electric timealarm signalling-system for use in hotels &c., the hour-hand 7 of the clock moves over a series of contacts 5 connected, respectively, to the bars 23 of the switchboard 3, which bars can be connected by the flexible plugs 17, 18, 19 to the bells A, B, C of the rooms to be called. The hour and minute hands are electrically connected, and complete the alarm circuit from the battery 1 through the minute-contact 4, hands 6, 7, hourcontact 5, corresponding bar 23, plug 17, and bell A back to the battery. This circuit is thus only completed when the minute-hand engages the contact 4. If it is desired to actuate the alarm at the quarter or half hours, additional contacts are provided for engaging the hour-hand, and also for the minute-hand, all the minute-hand contacts being connected in series. Fig. II shows the construction of one unit of the switchboard 3. The two parallel wires 28, 29 pass through notches in the strips 31, and are connected by plugs inserted in the holes 35 in the front 33 of the witchboard.
Patent GB-190629553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutches.
Inventor: FAY THOMAS J
Filed: 1906-12-28
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 29,553. Fay, T. J., and Ellsworth, J. M. Dec. 28. Clutches.-In coil-friction clutches, the coil 12, Fig. 1, is secured at one end 13 to the driving- member 6 and encircles a cone 9 of less inclination than the member 6. The cone is carried by arms 7 on the driven sleeve 2 and is normally pressed axially by a spring 16 to grip the loose end of the coil 12 against the member 6, so that the coil is tightened upon it. The parts are disengaged by a lever. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the loose end of the coil 12 is pressed upon the driven cone 19 by an external cone 22.
Patent GB-190706117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Separators.
Inventor: ANDERSSON AKSEL EDWARD
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 6117. Andersson, A. E. March 13, 1906. [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lubricating oils, recovering. Relates to appa. ratus for separating oil from bilge water. The liquid enters at a and passes in a zigzag path between partitions b so that the oil can separate out, splashing being meanwhile prevented. The oil then flows through a sieve-cloth ring f held between the walls of the float d, and is led away through a flexible pipe g. The water is discharged through the valve c when the float impinges on the ring i. The float is adjusted by pouring shot &c through an orifice m in its cover.
Patent GB-190707247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corsets.
Inventor: STRIEBEL ALBERT
Filed: 1907-03-26
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 7247. Striebel, A. March 26. Corsets.-The lower part of a corset is made to fit the figure independently of the upper part, by forming the busks of two or more parts pivotally connected together. The meeting edges of the back of the corset are flared below and laced together. As shown in Fig. 1, the lower part c -of each corset busk is pivoted to an upper part b, so that, when the fastenings e are joined, the abdomen will be tightly compressed. Each edge of the back of the corset is cut away below, as shown at f, Fig. 3, and contains a stiffener curved to the same shape. The lower part of the corset may thus be laced up more tightly than the upper part.
Patent GB-190716212-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tyre Carrier for Motor Cars.
Inventor: ROBINSON NORMAN
Filed: 1907-07-15
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 16,212. Robinson, N., and Roberts, J. M. July 15. Bracketsfor mounting and securing reserve tyres and wheels on vehicles.-A holder for carrying spare tyres or wheels on motor vehicles is adapted for different sizes of tyres. Two arms a, a' are hinged together at their lower ends, and have semicircular jaws a<3>, adapted to hold the tyre fixed to their upper ends. The arm a is secured to the car by a bolt a<4> and nut, and carries another jaw at its lower end. The pivoted arms are pulled together. so as to grip any sized tyre by a cord or strap a<12> passing through a hook a<11> on one arm and an eye a<10> on the other. When the device is not in use, the movable arm is folded down on to the other,
Patent GB-190717358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Musical Instruments
Filed: 1907-07-29
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 17,358. Marks, E. C. R., [Autopiano Co.]. July 29. Automatic instruments. -A movable tracker, capable of being skewed to produce arpeggio effects, as described in Specification No. 11,850, A.D. 1905, is provided with an anxiliary port 12, Fig. 6, which, when the tracker is in its skewed position, is in connexion with a tone-modifying device, so that any note of an arpeggio chord can be accentuated or otherwise modified. The tunesheet is provided with special perforations p, so placed as to operate just before the particular note perforation P, and the sheet may be lined or ruled to indicate the note selected. In the construction illustrated in Fig. 3, a pipe 24 leading from the port 12 is closed by an adjustable valve 25 when the tracker is in its normal rectangular position. In a modification, in which the tracker is in two parts, the modulating channel in the upper sliding part only registers with that in the lower fixed part when the upper part is skewed. The tone-modifying device may consist of a pneumatically-operated valve by which a direct passage from the main wind-chest to the action is substituted for an indirect passage governed by a regulating-pneumatic.
Patent GB-190720592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Batteries or Cells
Inventor: RABBIDGE PARNELL
Filed: 1907-09-16
Granted: 1908-09-16
Abstract: 20,592. Rabbidge, P. Sept. 16. Primary batteries ; secondary batteries. - An absorbent for electrolytes consists of copra from which the oil has been expressed. The copra residue is washed, screened, and dried, and is then ready for use. The invention is described with reference to a cell of which oxidized lead forms one electrode and zinc, cadmium, magnesium, or the like the other, the electrolyte being a mixture of solutions of mercury sulphate and sulphate of zinc or other metal forming the positive plate.
Patent GB-190720941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Opening and Closing Apparatus for Skylight and like Windows.
Inventor: MOEHLE HEINRICH
Filed: 1907-09-20
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 20,941. M÷hle, H. Sept. 20. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Window opening and closing apparatus.-Skylights and like inaccessible windows 1 are operated by means of a weighted rack 2, a toothed wheel 4, and a sprocket-wheel 6 on a common axle 5, connected to the operating-shaft 10 by a chain 7 and a chain-wheel 8.
Patent GB-190721149-A (GB)
Title: Improved Power Rotary Discharging Apparatus.
Inventor: LIDDLE JOHN
Filed: 1907-09-24
Granted: 1908-12-24
Abstract: 21,149. Liddle, J., [Indiana Manufacturing Co.]. Sept.24. Elevators.-Relates to pneumatic elevating-apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 4877, A.D. 1876, and No. 17,926, A.D. 1905, for taking the straw from thrashing-machines and discharging it through the stacker pipes and comprises the particular combination of parts described. A fan casing a has a peripheral discharge outlet b and a segmental inlet opening c between the axis and the periphery. A rotary fan is mounted within the casing on one end of a shaft d passing centrally through the side of the casing opposite the inlet opening and supported outside the casing in boxes e carried on a bracket f. The fan has a series of radial wings i reinforced by ribs j on the rear sides formed on a central disk k preventing the passage of air, straw, &c. from one side of the fan chamber to the other. To the inlet opening is secured a hopper m having a bottom gradually increasing in depth and curvature as it approaches the inlet, and entirely open at the top.
Patent GB-190721412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Tins.
Inventor: OPSAL SOEREN
Filed: 1907-09-26
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 21,412. Opsal, S. Sept. 28, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Flanging punching; stamping.-Dies for stamping flanged blanks for cans &c. are provided with means for trimming the flanged blank after the cupping and flanging operation. The lower die consists of a stationary block 1 and two annular dies 2, 3. The outer die 2 is pressed up by a spring, and the inner die 3 is connected with the outer die so as to be capable of slight relative axial movement. A stationary annular cutter 7 is also carried by the lower die. The upper die consists of a presser 8 and annular dies 9, 10. The die 9 coacts with the cutter 7, and the die 10 is capable of slight axial movement relatively to the die 9. In operation, the sheet is first punched by the cutter 7 and die 9, and on continued movement of the upper die the blank is drawn over the stationary block 1. After some time, the inner die 3 meets a stop 12 and the annular dies 9, 2 continue to descend, so that the marginal portions of the blank projecting between the rings 9, 10 are cut off.
Patent GB-190721651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Receivers for Wireless Telegraphy.
Filed: 1907-09-30
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 21,651. Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., and Young, A. M. Sept. 30. Wireless telegraphy.-A receiving arrangement is described for isolating one of several wave systems too near to one another to enable them to be separated by tuning methods alone. In the case of two systems, the effect of the interfering system on the receiving telephone is neutralized by a process of separation of its effect into two oppositely acting parts, which are then adjusted to cancel one another. A receiving circuit tuned for each system is used with the secondaries S<1>, S' of the magnetic detectors connected in series with a telephone T. The effects of the interfering system on P', P<2> are sent in opposite directions through the telephone T, and are made equal in strength by means of the shunted resistance R<2>, while the effect of the desired system is only slightly reduced. In the case of three or more systems, a receiving circuit is tuned for each system, and the effects of each interfering system on the circuits are adjusted by shunted resistances so that their sum has no effect on the telephone.
Patent GB-190727920-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Tiles for Roofs and Walls.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 27,920. Lake, H. W., [Th³mmelitwerke Asbestkunstschieferfabrik Ges.]. Dec. 18. Roofing-tiles, facing blocks, bricks, and tiles.- Mica, asbestos, and' cement are mixed with water in a pulping-machine, and the viscous and homogeneous mass so obtained is wound on a pasteboard machine, thin layers being superposed until the plates are of the desired thickness. The tiles are removed and are pressed between metal, plates ; they remain plastic, however, until the cement is set by heating. Specifications No. 24,708, A.D. 1896, No. 6455, A.D. 1900, No. 25,374, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Heating], and No. 6918, are referred to.
Patent GB-190801966-A (GB)
Title: Duck or Canvas Preparing Apparatus for Hose-pipe Making Machines.
Inventor: LOVETT JOSEPH SCHENCK HOOKER
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 1966. Lovett, J. S. H., Payne, T. P., and Near, W. W. Jan. 28. Cutting-machines for fabrics.-In apparatus for cutting and preparing duck or canvas for the hosepipe making machine described in Specification No. 1964, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Pipes &c.], a guillotine blade E co-operating with a ledger blade D severs material fed from rollers K, K<1>, the blade E being arranged at an angle to the feed table. The shaft I' of the feed rollers I is driven by link-work and ratchet and bevel-wheel mechanism from a cam I<12> on the driving-shaft H. The inner edges of the strips overlap one another and are coated with cement, a support roller upon a shaft L<1> and a roller carried by an arm swung upon the shaft I<1> serving to press the lapped edges together. The upper roller has spikes which serve to hold the lapped edges in position. The knife moves in vertical slots A<5> and receives its motion through links H<3> from cams H<1> upon the driving- shaft. In the mechanism for driving the shaft I', the cam I<12> is connected by a link to a lever which is pivoted upon the frame, and is slotted to receive a block adjustable therein for the purpose of increasing or decreasing the feed as desired. The table is recessed to receive idle rollers B<4>. Instead of the cams, a steam or air cylinder may be employed for driving purposes.
Patent GB-190805214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Galvanic Gas Batteries
Inventor: JUNGNER ERNST WALDEMAR
Filed: 1908-03-07
Granted: 1909-04-07
Abstract: 5214. Jungner, E. W. March 7. Primary batteries.-A layer K of amorphous electrically-conducting carbon, such as coke, which becomes consumed in the cell is placed in an outer cell B in contact with a perforated graphite plate A provided with a graphite conductor. In the inner porous pot P is placed on a perforated ebonite or like sheet E a layer G of small pieces of graphite, the spaces between the particles not being small enough to be filled with liquid by capillarity. The graphite G is in contact with a perforated graphite plate D provided with a graphite conductor. The graphite G is saturated with a solution of nitrosyl sulphuric acid in concentrated sulphuric acid, and the same liquid fills the outer cell B to a level slightly below the plate E. The carbon K is attacked, especially if the apparatus is heated, thereby reducing the nitrosyl sulphuric acid which is re-oxidized at the cathode by air supplied through a pipe R. Exit tubes R<1>, r are also provided. Other reducing-substances may replace the coke K.
Patent GB-190809088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Typewriters.
Inventor: BOOTH JAMES DOMETT
Filed: 1908-04-27
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 9088. Booth, J. D. April 27. Typewriters. - The platen is provided with a normally inoperative friction grip for rotation in either direction independently of the usual linespacing mechanism or knob ; one or more co-operating adjustable stops may also be provided. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the platen shaft B is provided with a friction drum D for engagement by a brake band pivoted to crossed levers F, which are pivoted on an arm H mounted on the platen shaft. The brake band is normally held away from the drum by its elasticity, or by means of a spring between the levers F. The brake band may be replaced by two brake shoes. In other modifications, a shaft mounted in a hub or sleeve on the platen shaft is provided with a cam or eccentric for operating a split-drum clutch-member or a spring-retracted cone clutch-member, or for direct engagement with a friction disk. The friction drum may be attached to or form part of the usual knob C. The co-operating stop or stops may be saddles K (or thin set-screws k) adjustable in a groove in a disk J secured on the end of the carriage; or a graduated arc may engage by spring grips with the end of the carriage. According to the Provisional Specification, one of the stops may be permanent and the other adjustable upon an arc or disk, graduated if desired, which may be a part of the carriage casting ; or, in the case of a arc, it may be of spring metal attached to the carriage. One end may be hinged to, and the other end spring engaged with the carriage.
Patent GB-190811585-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Garter, Armlet, or the like by Means of which any Person can be Identified
Inventor: STANHOPE ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 11,585. Stanhope, A. May 28. Garters; cuffs.-A garter, armlet, &c., composed of leather &c., is provided with a cavity on the inner surface containing a piece of paper, flexible metal strip, &c., bearing the wearer's name and address, for purposes of identification.
Patent GB-190812448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Moulding of Rubber Pads for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: O'BRIEN JOHN
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 12,448. O'Brien, J. June 9. Moulding p a r t s of boots and shoes. -Rubber heel-pads fitted with securing-plates for boots and shoes are produced in a vulcanizing-mould fitted with a plunger, which is operated to force the securing-plate through the surface into the substance of the pad, and simultaneously to compress the rubber in the mould around the plate and to retain the parts of the pad during vulcanization. A mould plate A is formed with a series of mould cavities a into which project plungers b carried by a plate B. Metal securing-plates D, Fig. 3, are placed upon the shaped ends of the plungers band rubber blanks placed over them. The cavities a are then closed by a cover-plate C secured by bolts c and wedges c<1>, Fig. 4, the mould is placed in a vulcanizing-press, and the plungers b are forced inwards so as to bring the securing-plates D into their final position. The plungers may work through the top of the mould.
Patent GB-190818868-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Case or Body for Drapers' Models, Dressmakers' Busts and the like.
Inventor: CLARK JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-09-08
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 18,868. Clark, J., Clark, P., and Green, J. F. N. Sept. 8. Lay-figure stands, comprising several segments, each segment being attached to adjacent segments at several points by independentlyadjustable devices, have these devices operated from the outside, but not projecting. The stand is not divided horizontally but is divided into four vertical segments c united by a pin f<1> in a countersunk socket f which engages holes e<1> in a bar e attached to the adjacent segment, or a thumb-screw may be used to clamp a plain or slotted plate. Wires j may pass through blocks j<1> on adjacent segments to limit their displacement. A strap g may be used at the waist and an elastic band h at the neck, which is formed with turned-in flanges to engage a cap or a pedestal stand.