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Patent GB-190623831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buffing Machines.
Inventor: HEYS JOHN JAMES
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 23,831. Heys, J. J. Oct. 27, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fans.-Relates to machines for buffing, scouring, or cleaning soles and heels of boots &c., leather, or other material. The machine is fitted with an exhaust fan 39 for removing dust &c. from the work and tools. The fan is mounted in a hood or casing 9, which is formed in two sections 44, 46 bolted together at 45. The fan shaft is journaled in bearings 47 in the front section 46, which is slotted to provide means for removing the fan when the rear section 44 has been taken off, or to give access to it for cleaning purposes.
Patent GB-190626691-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Loose Sole or Sock for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: LAW SAMUEL TAYLOR
Filed: 1906-11-24
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 26,691. Law, S. T. Nov. 24. Socks.-A layer a of sof t felt, woollen cloth, or like non-conducting material is sewn or solutioned to a thin foundation b of waterproof f material, such as linoleum. The two layers may be secured together r by pressure while the waterproof material is in a plastic state. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, t o Specifications No. 5766, A.D. 1892, and No. 25,296, A.D. 1899.]
Patent GB-190626848-A (GB)
Title: Stems for Artificial Flowers and Leaves and Method of Producing the same.
Inventor: JACOBSON JULIUS
Filed: 1906-11-26
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 26,848. Jacobson, J. Nov. 26. Tubes of f i b r o u s materials.-Stems of artificial flowers are made tubular by drawing threads a over a mandrel e, a part of which is immersed in an adhesive mass c. A further covering of threads g may be added by drawing this tube through an opening i while.the adhesive substance is still moist, or by covering the dried tube with some adhesive substance.
Patent GB-190626949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Case-shift Mechanism of Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: UNDERWOOD JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 26,949. Underwood, J. T. Nov. 27. Typewriters.-Relates to platen-shift mechanism of the kind-provided, in addition to the ordinary shift-key, with means for shifting the platen and retaining it in the shifted position, and with means by which the platen can be returned to the normal position and there retained as long as the key is depressed. The platen is raised to enable a single capital letter to be written by means of a key-lever 14 having an arm 16 which bears against the shifting-frame 12. Movement of the shifting-frame is normally prevented by means of a pin 18 at the lower end of the frame which is engaged by a notch 19 in a lever 20. A pin on the key-lever 14 rocks a cam 23, which acts on the lever 20 and releases the shift-frame. The platen is raised and held in the upper position by means of a finger-lever 27, which acts through a lever 32 and a spring 34 on the lever 20. An incline 37 on the lever 20 acts on the pin 18 and raises the platen, which is held in the upper position by the engagement of an arm 31 on the lever 27 with a notch in the lever 32. The platen can be temporarily depressed against the force of the spring 34 by means of a key-lever 39 connected to the shifting-frame 12 by a slotted link 41. The machine may be provided with another platen-shift lever having a pin which is engaged by a catch on the shaft of the cam 23. Depression of the lever 14 releases the latch and allows the platen to descend.
Patent GB-190700833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners for Travelling Bags and other Bags.
Inventor: WILKS ABRAHAM
Filed: 1907-01-12
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 833. Wilks, A. Jan. 12. Locks, key; fastenings.-In bag fastenings of the type that are fixed to the ends of one half of the bag frame, and provided with downwardlyprojecting claws adapted to pass through holes in the other half of the frame to secure the two parts together, means are provided by which the claw is fastened or locked in its fastening position. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the claw lever 1 is provided with a recess 11 at its closing end to engage a catch 10 on a spring controlled sliding bar 6, mounted on the frame and operable by a push-piece 8. The bar 6 can be locked by a transversely-moving bolt 25 operated by a key. The claw 1 is returned to its ' open' position by means of a spring, preferably arranged on its axis 2. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the claw is locked by a sliding bolt 6, which is moved by a key to engage the heel 27 ; the claw is under the control of a blade spring 32, which retains it in either the open or closed position.
Patent GB-190702565-A (GB)
Title: Process for Obtaining Aromatic Sulphonic Acids and their Alkali Salts from Sulphonating Mixtures Containing Sulphuric Acid
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-02-01
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 2565. Boult, A. J., [Miersch, W.]. Feb. 1. Sulphonic acids; sulphonates.-Sulphonic-acid melts are added to an alkali salt of a mineral acid and the mixture is heated until it separates into two layers. The upper one contains sulphonic acids and their alkali salts, and the lower one alkali bisulphate, which may be drawn off in the usual way. The whole may be solidified and the lower layer of the cake detached from the upper one. The addition of water to the reacting mixture is avoided as far as possible, but in some cases sufficient must be added to prevent premature solidification of the mixture. Sulphuric acid must also be added in the event of there being insufficient free acid in the melt for the reaction. In an example, benzene monosulphonic acid, and common salt are heated to 130-140‹ C. The process is also stated to be specially suitable for sulphonic melts of toluene.
Patent GB-190703054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sound-receivers and Sound-reproducers for Phonographs and Gramophones.
Inventor: WAWRINA EDUARD
Filed: 1907-02-07
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 3054. Wawrina, E. Feb. 7. Phonographs &c.-The lateral displacement of the recorder is effected from the main or a secondary shaft by a system of worms or toothed wheels, actuating a toothed segment connected with the recorder. In one arrangement, the main shaft carries a worm 2, Fig. 1, engaging with a wheel 3 driving a pinion 6 on which rests the segment 7. An adjustment of the gearing will regulate the pitch of the spiral made. In a modification, a spiral 9, Fig. 3, on the lower surface of the disk-carrier 8 engages a wheel 10 fixed to a pinion 11, which drives a toothed segment 12 secured on a lever rigidly connected to the trumpet and, through that, to the recorder. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 1644, A.D. 1878.]
Patent GB-190703546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to "Bottom Boxes" of Economisers or Feedwater Heaters.
Inventor: HARDY JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-02-13
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 3546. Hardy, J. W. Feb. 13. Junction pieces; spigot-and-socket joints.-In an economizer or feedwater - heater, the ordinary tapered sockets in the bottom box into which the tubes fit are provided with flanges F a little larger in diameter than the tubes P. The ends of the tubes are tapered, as at C, to fit into the sockets, and the joints are caulked. Tight joints are ensured, independent of slight variation of length in the tubes.
Patent GB-190707892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Pressure Controlling Devices for Tool Engines Operated by Fluid Pressure.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1907-04-04
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 7892. Justice, P. M., [Sullivan Machinery Co.]. April 4. Percussive hand tools.-In a fluid-pressure controlling-device for tool engines of the type in which the tool is both operated and fed forward by fluid pressure, the valve is adapted to be actuated by successive operations so as to admit pressure first to the feed cylinder and then to the tool. As applied to a pneumatic hammer drill, a valve 12, transversely mounted in the rear head of the tool cylinder 4, is held up either by a spring or by the constant supply of fluid pressure passing through a port 24 against an eccentric groove h in a rotary sleeve 8 of length and contour enabling it to control the respective supply passages. The sleeve is held by a split clamp 11, the reduced end 9 of the cylinder 4 being slit to fix it tightly on the feed cylinder. The sleeve contains a spring-pressed pin 30, which is made to register with one of a series of five depressions, Fig. 6, in the end of the tool cylinder, according as it is required to shut off fluid in the supply passage 19 from supply ports 20, 21 to the feed cylinder 22 and tool cylinder, or partly from the feed cylinder and wholly from the tool cylinder for initially actuating the feed piston, or to open partly to both or fully to both. To give the sleeve a definite range of movement and to turn it from the fixed initial to the final position, the end of the tool cylinder has a stop-pin 28, which engages a segmental recess 29 in the side of the sleeve. The, valve chamber has a chamber 26, which connects by apertures 27 with the atmosphere to exhaust the feed cylinder in the upper position of the valve. In the tool shown, the feed piston is braced against a side wall of a mine or quarry.
Patent GB-190710024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Separating and Simultaneously Extracting Water from Mineral, Vegetable and Animal Substances.
IPC: B01D57/02
Filed: 1907-04-30
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 10,024. Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning. May 1, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Electric endosmose.-In an electro-osmotic process for eliminating water from paste or mud of mineral, vegetable, or animal substances, the various solids are deposited fractionally in accordance with their different natures or physical properties, and are thus separated from one another. In one method of carrying out the process, the suspension is contained in a metallic vessel which serves as the electrode towards which the water wanders, say, the cathode ; the other electrode is immersed in the mixture and may be surrounded by a pervious partition. The finest particles first deposit at the anode or at the surrounding partition, the process is then interrupted, these deposited particles are removed, and coarser particles are then deposited, and so on. In another method the mixture is caused to pass through a series of apparatus so arranged that the finest particles are deposited in the first vessel, coarser particles in the next, and so on. When thick mixtures are under treatment, the process is carried out in a vessel of non-conducting material ; the anode is arranged as described above, while the cathode consists of wire netting or perforated sheet metal and surrounds the anode ; the solid particles outside the cathode on their way to the anode then pass through the cathode, that is, through a zone containing few particles in suspension and are thus more readily separated ; the mixture outside the cathode is by preference stirred during the process.
Patent GB-190714978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators for Shaft Bearings.
Inventor: SHEPHERD THOMAS
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-06-29
Abstract: 14,978. Shepherd, T., and Green, J. H. June 29. Lubricators. - A lubricator for shaft bearings, comprising a cup from which grease &c. is expelled by a spring-actuated piston, is provided with a non-screwing cap e secured by swivelling bolts g and nuts k<1>, or by set-screws. Two rods r mounted on the cap e are connected by an adjustable cross-piece s, between which and a collar u on the piston-rod l a spring v is placed. A nut t on the screwed end of the rod l serves to retract the piston. The cup a is provided with one or more outlet nozzles b, c, which are fitted with regulating- valves d. The piston comprises a split packing- ring k and two disks i, j, held against a shoulder on the piston-rod by a nut m. One of the disks is formed with a projection n, Fig. 3, slightly deeper than the ring k, which therefore floats freely. The ring k is expanded by a spring o, which encircles the rod l and engages bevelled proj ctions on the inner side of the ring.
Patent GB-190715616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Rubber Articles from Old or Waste Rubber.
Inventor: GARE THOMAS
Filed: 1907-07-08
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 15,616. Gare, T. July 8. Moulding india-rubber. -Particular forms of Archimedean screw extrusion presses are employed for moulding tyres, tubes, &c. from old or waste rubber in accordance with the invention described in Specification No. 12,454, A.D. 1906. The powdered waste, after being fed through a hopper d, is compressed by the screw e, the enclosed air escaping through holes f in the outer casing or in the hollow shaft of the screw. The compressed material then passes through a mould portion b, Fig. 1, in which it is moulded and heated, and it is finally cooled in the portion c. According to the form shown in Fig. 3, the rubber is previously shaped between the threads of the screw e, the pitch of which may increase towards the delivery. The nozzle m rotates with the screw and is surrounded by a heat casing g. The mould b, Fig. 4, may be allowed to slide away from the screw, and, when full, its ends and air-holes are plugged, and it is then heated in an oven. A canvas tube may be placed inside the tube b, or it may be used in the place of it so as to produce canvas-covered rubber.
Patent GB-190716498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pencil Point Protectors.
Inventor: BENSON FRANK GUSTAV
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 16,498. Benson, F. G. July 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Pencil point-protectors.-The protector comprises a cylindrical part 3 which may be split, and a conoidal part 5 having a hole 6 at the end for the projection of the point of the pencil for use. The conoidal form of the end 5 enables it to clear the conical sharpened part of the wood of the pencil 2.
Patent GB-190717322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Carding Dressing or Opening and Cleaning Flocks, Wool, Capoc, Hair, Fibre, or for the like purposes.
Inventor: GAUNTLETT SAMUEL CAREY ROGERS
Filed: 1907-07-29
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 17,322. Gauntlett, S. C. R. July 29. Openers.-Relates to machines such as those described in Specifications No. 1343, A.D. 1878, No. 2246, A.D. 1885, No. 7036, A.D. 1894, No. 20,858, A.D. 1902, and No. 8133, A.D. 1904, for carding dressing, opening, or teasing flocks, wool, kapock, hair, or the like. The fibrous material is discharged from the spiked drum B laterally and upwardly into an expansion chamber A. The dust and small particles are withdrawn by a fan D at the upper part of the chamber, and the cleaned material falls through the opening in the bottom of the chamber. A reticulated screen O may be provided through which dust may drop on to a plate R, from which it may be removed through the door S. A shield or apron P may be provided at the delivery end of the machine.
Patent GB-190717468-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Wheel.
Inventor: ROBIANO LE COMTE GAETAN DE
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 17,468. Robiano, Comte G. de. July 30. Spring wheels.-To obtain a laterally strong wheel, plates 17, 18, integral with the rim slide between two pairs of plates 3, 7 and 4, 8, rotating on the axle on ball bearings 5. The outer part of the wheel is driven. The elastic cushion comprises a pneumatic tube at the hub and rim, seated in grooves in a floating ring formed in two parts. A valve 24 is connected to the tubes by two flexible pipes, that passing to the inner tube being wound on a roller mounted within the plates. A plate 29 of glass or other transparent material covers the outer sliding joint.
Patent GB-190717841-A (GB)
Title: Process of Combined Denaturalization and Carburation of Alcohol.
Inventor: DURUPT ANTHIME JACQUES
IPC: C12F5/00
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 17,841. Durupt, A. J. Aug. 8, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spirits.-Alcohol is treated for the production of various qualities of denatured and carburetted spirit by adding to it 2 per cent of methyl alcohol and 36 per cent of suitable hydrocarbons, for example a mixture of benzol, benzoline or petrol, and crude petroleum, and afterwards removing the volatile bodies by distillation at about 70‹ C., and then removing the congealable elements by cooling to about-12‹ C. The product isa denatured alcohol, and is also used as a denaturing-agent. Mixtures containing 10 per cent of this product may be further modified by admixture with the volatile or the congealable elements obtained in the first operation, the mixture being afterwards distilled. Products suitable for lighting, heating, and motivepower purposes, and for the manufacture of varnishes, antiseptics, and disinfectants are thus obtained.
Patent GB-190718695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ring and Traveller Frames for Spinning Doubling and Twisting Machines
Inventor: BELANGER VICTOR
Filed: 1907-08-19
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 18,695. BÚlanger, V. Aug. 19. Spindle apparatus ; lifting-rails.-A d e v i c e for securing the sockets of fixed or rotary traveller - rings consists of a split spring ring d, provided with a rib b which engages a corresponding groove in the ring socket, and with lugs e which are bent over to secure the spring ring to the ring-rail i.
Patent GB-190718956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Control of Induction Motors.
Filed: 1907-08-22
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 1 8 , 9 5 6. Rhodes Motors, Ltd., and Fielden, S. H. Aug. 22. Motors, controlling.-In motors which are started as repulsion motors and at full speed are converted automatically to induction motors by short-circuiting devices, independent means, mechanical or electro-magnetic, are provided for breaking the short-circuits so as to re-convert the motor to a repulsion motor when the brushes are rotated upon the commutator to change the direction of motion of the motor. As shown applied to the driving of lifts and the like, the ends of the rotor winding are connected to contacts a which are all short-circuited by the conducting cone b mounted on and insulated from a sleeve d adapted to slide upon the shaft g. Fixed upon this shaft is another sleeve f carrying a bracket k, to which is pivoted the lever the inner part of which is formed as a curved tooth m engaging a slot in the sleeve d. The outer portion carries a screwed weight with a heavy head q. This device forms a centrifugal governor by means of which, when the predetermined speed has been reached, the sleeve d is moved against the action of the spring r so as to short-circuit the rotor. Movement of the sleeve h prevented by a spring-held pivoted lever carrying a roller 14 at one end and a weight 13 at the other. The roller engages in a depression in the sleeve and holds it against the action of the arm m until the predetermined speed is reached when the short - circuit is performed rapidly. In order to reverse the direction of the rotor, it is necessary to change it back to a repulsion motor, and in the application shown arrange-. ments are made for mechanically withdrawing the short-circuiting cone at the time the brushes are rotated for reversing. The rope-wheel 2 carries a lever 5 connected with a lever 6 pivoted upon the shaft-bearing and forked at the outer other end so as to engage a spindle 8, which passes through the hollow shaft of the motor and is connected with the distant end of the sleeve d. To reverse the motor, the rope 3 is pulled so as to reverse the position of the brushes and at the same time to open-circuit the armature by drawing the spindte 8 to the right. A quick-threaded screw upon the spindle 8 turned by the rope-wheel may replaca the system of levers shown, and the device may be adapted for tramcar motors.
Patent GB-190720988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus, in connection with the Exhibition of Letters, Pictures, Diagrams, Figures, and the like, for Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: DOUGLASS ARTHUR DOUGLAS
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-09-21
Abstract: 20,988. Douglass, A. D. Sept. 21. Monogrammic signs.- An apparatus for the production of letters, pictures, diagrams, figures, &c. comprises two flat sheets provided with liquid-tight spaces designed to be filled with black or coloured liquids. Apiece of hard wood a, such as teak, or a sheet of glass for displaying by transmitted light, is provided with grooves c that outline the letters &c., and on to this surface fits a glass b with ridges b<1>, Fig. 3, fitting into the grooves c with a suitable packing. The two plates may be clamped together by an iron frame &c. Small holes f, g are bored through the top and bottom of each space. The top hole f is provided with an upwardly turned pipe h having an enlarged extremity l containing a ball-valve n, Fig. 4. The bottom hole communicates with a downwardly bent pipe i connected to a liquid-receptacle j, Fig. 2. The downwardly bent pipes all pass through holes in a cross-board k, Fig. 2, at the bottom of the box. When a source of compressed air is connected with the pipe i, the liquid is forced into the corresponding space and the displaced air leaves at the valve l, Fig. 2. On entering the space l, the liquid raises the ball n, Fig. 4, and closes the outlet. When the pressure is removed, the liquid returns to the receptacle j. The Provisional Specification also describes a device for automatically operating the apparatus ; this consists of a number of circular plates, one for each letter &c., bored with holes in such a manner that, when the device is operated, air is passed through the holes as desired.
Patent GB-190721535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Transformers.
Inventor: MAICHE LOUIS
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 21,535. Maiche, L. Dec. 6, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Transformers for telegraphy and wireless telegraphy are made without a magnetic core, and of little depth but of large diameter. They have the primary winding e enclosed within the secondary winding c, g, but separated therefrom by insulation d, f. The windings may be formed in sections, and coupled up in any order by means of a commutator.
Patent GB-190722278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Means for Isolating the Change Speed Gear of Motor Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: MEYER ERNST GUSTAV
Filed: 1907-10-09
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 22,278. Meyer, E. G. Oct. 9. Clutches; variable-speed gearing.-Relates to the apparatus described in Specifications Nos. 10,416 and 12,232, A.D. 1906, and No. 10,844, A.D. 1907, which comprises a clutch placed immediately behind the change-speed gear-box for the purpose of isolating the latter while the changes of speed are being made. The present invention consists in providing means for temporarily preventing the positive clutch from coming into operation until the two shafts to be connected have attained the same speed. One arrangement is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A one-way roller clutch is formed by the clutch members a, c, the rollers o, and the springs 23. The rollers o are preferably guided by central collars n. The clutch member a can rotate to a limited extent relatively to the sleeve 25, which it drives by means of a blocking - pin 26 bearing against and compressing a spring 29 contained in an annual compartment 27. The sleeve 25 drives the shaft g, which is squared or keyed for the purpose and which carries the inner member b of a jaw clutch or other positive clutch b, d. The pin 26 has an elongation 30, which prevents the clutch member b from engaging until the shaft g has taken up the speed from c. When this has occurred, the compression of the spring 29 brings the end of the pin 30 opposite a slot 31 and permits the locking of the positive clutch which then takes up the driving and releases the temporary clutch. In modifications, a ball, cone, or ratchet clutch is substituted for the roller clutch, the spring 29 being suitably placed. The clutch is put in action by the lever 11, as described in the prior Specifications referred to above.