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Patent GB-190508999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SMITH FREDERICK HUGH
Filed: 1905-04-28
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 8999. Smith, F. H. April 28. Direct air-pressure apparatus.-The initial fuel charges for internal-combustion engines are supplied to the carburettor mixing-chamber, when starting, by a hand- and foot-actuated pump, shown in Fig. 2. The pump is connected to the float chamber by a flexible connexion b, and is formed with a piston f which, when depressed, forces a charge of air into the float chamber. The float chamber is normally open to the atmosphere through the ports q. The apparatus may be used in connexion with the carburettor described in Specification No. 999, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Air and gas engines], and is suitable for motor road vehicles and ships.
Patent GB-190513501-A (GB)
Title: Embrocation.
Inventor: LAXTON EDWARD
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 13,501. Laxton, E. July 1. Embrocations.-An embrocation consisting of equal parts of mustard, vinegar, turpentine, and linseed oil is used as a remedy for bronchitis, quinsy, bruises, stiff joints, cramp, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, and the like.
Patent GB-190516052-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Top for Chimneys, Ventilators, and the like.
Inventor: HOLTZHEUER AUGUST
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 16,052. Holtzheuer, A. Aug. 12, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Chimney and ventilating - shaft top s . - Flexible material sach as metallic hosepiping is employed, so that the top will bend under the action of the wind as shown.
Patent GB-190518131-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Lavatory Appurtenance.
Inventor: BURN JOHN SOWERBY
Filed: 1905-09-07
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 18,131. Burn, J. S. Sept. 7. Soap dishes; tooth and nail brush and like toilet stands and holders.-A dish for soap &c. consists of a tray A with fluted inclined sides, and a removable hollow fluted conoidal part B in the centre, with a hole at the top to receive toothbrush handles. The soap and nail-brush rest between the inclined sides of the tray and the outside of the cone.
Patent GB-190524031-A (GB)
Title: Process for Producing Solid Drawn Tubes.
Inventor: BIER EMIL
Filed: 1905-11-21
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 24,031. Bier, E., and Hoffmann, A. Nov. 21. Casting and moulding.-A flawless hollow ingot to be made into a solid-drawn tube is cast around a conical mandrel e within a conical mould c which is cylindrical for a distance d. The mandrel rests on a disk of metal supported by the annular rim of a plunger l, sliding in a carriage k and operated by a ram a to compress the metal. The motion of the mandrel is retarded by the ram b. the motions of the two rams a, b being so controlled as to be always proportional to the ordinates of two curves A, B, the common abscissa t of which represents the time during which the ingot has been cooling. The disk of metal is sheared during the compressing process. When the pressure on the ram a is removed, the ram b pushes out the mandrel e, and then the plate m between the ram and mandrel pushes out the ingot.
Patent GB-190525452-A (GB)
Title: An Artificial Teeing Ground for Playing Golf.
Inventor: CUMMINS TANCRED DISRAELI
Filed: 1905-12-07
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 25,452. Cummins, T. D. Dec. 7. Golf.-An artificial stance for a teeing ground is formed of a coco-nut fibre mat b, which is fitted into a recess in the ground a, so that it is flush with the surface. The mat has a strong selvedge b<1> to prevent it from fraying, and, when placed in position, is filled with sand, which is worked into the mat with a stiff brush.
Patent GB-190527046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sparking Plugs for use in Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: LONGFORD HERBERT GEORGE
Filed: 1905-12-28
Granted: 1906-12-28
Abstract: 27,046. Longford, H. G. Dec. 28. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The insulation of a sparking-plug is made in three pieces to prevent it from cracking and producing shortcircuits. The metal body 1 is screwed internally to receive a plug 2, against which press the insulators 3, 5., each of which is recessed to receive a tubular part 4. The three parts are kept in place by the central rod 6, which is secured by a, flange at the bottom and a nut 7 and washer 8 at the top. Sparking occurs between suitable pieces 9, 10 of metal, the former fixed in the rod 6 and the latter embedded in the thickened end A of the metal body 1. According to the Provisional Specification, the insulation may consist of porcelain, china, glass, steatite, or other solid substance, and the insulator 4 may consist of sheets of mica wound about the rod 6.
Patent GB-190602260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plastering.
Inventor: JOHNSON WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-01-30
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 2260. Johnson, W. Jan. 30. Drawings to Specification. Lathing; plastering.-Sackcloth or like material is stretched over the studding a short distance behind wooden laths, and plaster is applied in one or more coats so as to fill the spaces between the laths and fibrous backing. The plaster is composed of lime, cement, and sand. Wire netting may also be used on the front or back of the laths.
Patent GB-190605223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Brewers' Refuse, Grains and the like.
Inventor: MAKIN EDWARD
Filed: 1906-03-03
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 5223. Makin, E. March 3. Mills and apparatus.-In a modification of the drying apparatus described in Specification No. 9835, A.D. 1895, [Abridgment Class Drying], a centrifugal or other agitator c is provided between the hopper and the drying pipe or flue a, to break solid lumps of coherent saturated spent hops, brewers' grains, &c.
Patent GB-190614804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telephonic Exchange Switch-boards.
Inventor: GRAHAM EDWARD ALFRED
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1907-09-28
Abstract: 14,804. Graham, E. A. June 28. Indicators or annunciators.-Lamp annunciators k<1>, for telephone exchange switchboards, are arranged behind glazed apertures in the switchboard door b<1>, and are surrounded, when the door is closed, by tubes q<2> attached to the inner side of the door.
Patent GB-190618180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Feed Guides for Platen Printing Presses.
Inventor: STAPP ORRILL VANSIOK
Filed: 1906-08-13
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 18,180. Stapp, O. V. Aug. 13. Platen presses; feeding sheets. - A feed-guide attachment for platen presses comprises a strip 10 adapted to be clamped round the platen 14 by a rigid strip 12 and nuts 13. On the strip 10, sleeves 15 are adjustably secured by screws 16. Through slots 17 in the sleeves 15 pass the ends of a flexible band 19, which is held taut by V-shaped springs 20 engaging slots 23 formed therein. These slots are also engaged by studs 25 formed on blocks 24, mounted on screws 26, Fig. 2, by which means fine adjustment of the strip 19 is obtained. The side lay consists of a bar 31, formed at the lay end with a finger 33 and two downwardly-projecting feet bearing on the tympan sheet. The bar 31 is secured to the band 19 by means of a yoke 30 and a wedge 32. Each front lay consists of a keeper " 35, sliding on the band 19 and formed with upturned clips 38 and spring tongue 37 adapted to receive guides 39, of the form shown in Fig. 8. For printing large sheets with large margins, guide-members 44, Fig. 1, with depending hooks 47 to receive the edge of the sheet, are provided on the band 19.
Patent GB-190621035-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Brake Mechanism
Inventor: TODD ROWLAND DOUGLAS
Filed: 1906-09-22
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 21,035. Todd, R. D., and Hazlewood, W. H., [trading as Birmingham Stopper and Cycle Components Co.]. Sept. 22. Brakes. - In a guide fitting for the yokes of cycle rimbrake mechanism, a bracket c connected by a slot d' and hook c<3> to the yoke d works upon a hollow guide-pin b fixed between the ears at, a<2> of a clip a, an enclosed spring f serving to restore the brake to its inoperative position and d a t the same time to lock the bracket and the yoke together. The spring bears at its lower end upon a slide g working within slots at the bottom part of the pin. By sliding the brackets upon the guide-pins by means of lugs upon the brackets, the lower ends of the hooks c<3> are raised to the level of the slots d<1>, when by pressing the sides of the yoke together the hooks can be entirely disengaged and the yoke disconnected. According to the Provisional Specification, the ends of the slide may be T-shaped.
Patent GB-190623935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Circular Knitting Machines
Inventor: WOODWARD CHARLES RICHARD
Filed: 1906-10-27
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 23,935. Woodward, C. R., Scott, T., and Brewin, W. Oct. 27. Circular knitting-machines.-Grooved non-transferable latch-needles, of approximately uniform cross-sectional dimensions in all parts, are employed in a machine having rotary needle-cylinders placed end to end. The method of transferring loops is as follows :-When a needle, Figs. 3 and 7, is projected to the transfer position, a groove 32 receives the hook-end of the corresponding rib needle, which is held meanwhile behind the projecting needle, with its hook end resting in a recessed portion of the cylinder, by a toothed presser-wheel geared to the stems of the needles. The rib needle is projected, whereupon the hook end mounts the edge of a recessed portion of the needle-cylinder and pierces the loop on the lower needle, which then retires to the inactive position. The oddnumbered tricks of the lower cylinder may be occupied by long, and the even-numbered tricks by short-butted needles, the odd-numbered tricks only of the upper cylinder being occupied. This arrangement allows of plain work changing into 1/1 rib being made. The employment of needles with two and three different lengths of butts in the upper and lower cylinders, respectively, allows of plain work being made, and of this being changed into one description of rib, and this again into a second description. The cylinders are rotated by gearing at the same speeds, and their distance apart may be varied. Sliding patternrings fitting against the base-flanges determine the changes made in the work. The needle cams are grouped so as to form knitting-tracks a, b, non- knitting tracks c, d, and transfer tracks e, f, f<1>. The stitch cams 21 ... 24 are mounted on slides 25, which are adjusted by hand, or automatically by levers 26 running over the pattern rings. The clearing-cams 28 are similarly controlled, to allow for tucking and welting. Prior to the change from plain work to 1/1 rib, the cam 24 is depressed to draw a slack course, and switches 34, 36 are released from holding-levers, such as 39. The rib needles are thus brought out of the track d and into the transfer track e. At the position 42, the latches of the rib needles are opened and the needles are then forced by the presser-wheel 11, behind the corresponding lower transfer needles. These then rise to the clearing-point on the switch 36 and a cam 43. A cam 44 then depresses the rib needles and causes them to take the transfer loops. The lower transfer needles proceed by tracks f, f<1> to the non-knitting track, the entrance to the knitting-track a being guarded by a swing cam 38. The transfer of loops from the upper to the lower cylinder is effected in a similar manner by the operation of switches 33, 37.
Patent GB-190625431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Covers for the Rubber Springs of Railway and Tramway Bogie-trucks and the like.
Inventor: LEVICK JOHN
Filed: 1906-11-12
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 25,431. Levick, J. Nov. 12. Springs.-Covers or caps for protecting the rubber springs or buffering - devices a of railway and tramway bogie - trucks &c., instead of being formed integrally with the washers c, d used with such springs, are made from separate pieces of sheet zinc or other metal pressed into the form of telescoping portions e', e<2> by a spinning or similar process.
Patent GB-190700073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Monorail Wagons and Vehicles, and the like
Inventor: PENNEY ALEXANDER TERASIUS
Filed: 1907-01-01
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 73. Penney, A. T. Jan. 1. Single rail vehicles.-In mono-rail vehicles which have rail wheels W taking the greater part of the weight, the road wheel B is connected to projecting arms D by an elastic connexion. The axle G, Fig. 2, of the wheel B is carried in an arm A, which is pivoted on one of the arms D at F, and carries a spring H which bears against a saddle L on the arms D. The arm A and spring H may be arranged as shown in Fig. 3 ; or the arm A may be pivoted on an arm D at its centre, and connected to the spring and the axle at its.respective ends. A check spring K may be used to prevent the arm from swinging back too far.
Patent GB-190700537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Change Speed and Reversing Gears.
Inventor: PARANT JULES RENE
Filed: 1907-01-08
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 537. Parant, J. R. March 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Variable-speed and reversing gearing.-In changespeed gearing, applicable to motor-cars, the driving-shaft 3 is not divided, but extends through the boss of a driven wheel 10 and is supported at its ends in bearings 5, 6 in a suitable casing. A countershaft 4 is similarly supported at its ends in bearings 7, 8. The wheel 10 and a spur wheel 36 supported externally by bearings 11, 35 are formed internally with clutch-members 42, 38. A sleeve 40, which slides and rotates loosely upon the shaft 3, carries a clutch-member 41 always engaging the member 42. and other members 49, 39 adapted to engage a member 48 on the shaft 3 and the member 38 to produce direct and geared drives respectively. The sleeve 40 is operated by forks and links from a lever 47 outside the casing. The shafts 3, 4 have squared portions passing through the bosses of gears 22, 23. 24. 25, 26, 27, which are supported externally and are provided with internal clutch-members 30. Sleeves 20, 21, carrying clutch heads 31, are adapted to be operated simultaneously by a double fork 32 and lever 33, so as to bring pairs of these gears into action for the lower forward speeds, the drive passing back through the gears 37, 36. The reverse is effected by sliding a double pinion 51, 52 into mesh with wheels 53, 54 upon the shafts 3, 4, respectively, by means of a lever.56.
Patent GB-190710354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hand-hole or Man-hole Plates.
Inventor: STEVENS ROBERT CLARK
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 10,354. Stevens, R. C. May 3. Man-hole and hand-hole doors.-Internal covers or doors for circular hand-holes or man-holes are provided with a flange 3, which is cut away on opposite sides, as shown at 11, Fig. 1, to permit its passage through the hole. The joint is made tight with a packing-ring 4 of copper, lead, wire, and asbestos, or the like, which overlaps the flange 3 at the flattened parts. The packing - ring may be thickened at these parts, as shown in Fig. 3. Slots 10 in the crab or arch 9 facilitate the removal of the cover. For centring the cover, lugs 12 are provided.
Patent GB-190720142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book Shelves or Cases and the like.
Inventor: MAYER GOTTLIEB
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1908-10-09
Abstract: 20,142. Mayer, G. Sept. 9. Book-cases.-Book shelves or cases are made in sections, a fixed back section b and a number of front hinged sections d, c, e, which may have glazed doors f. Bearing-rollers h may be arranged on the base g, or on the bottom parts of the movable sections.
Patent GB-190721709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Superheaters for Multitubular Steam Generators.
Inventor: PIELOCK EDUARD
Filed: 1907-10-01
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 21,709. Pielock, E. Oct. 1. Superheaters, steam.-A superheater consisting of a casing 1, arranged in the water space of a multitubular boiler and surrounding some of the smoketubes 2 thereof, is open on the side which adjoins the smoke-box or combustion chamber. The superheater is shown adjoining the side of the smokebox 6 of a locomotive boiler. Superheaters may be arranged on both sides of the combustion chamber of a double-ended marine boiler.
Patent GB-190723690-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game.
Inventor: LAURENT GASTON
Filed: 1907-10-26
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 23,690. Laurent, G. Oct. 26. Games played with balls, nets, and throwing- appliances.-A device for throwing and catching balls consists of a length of netting or other flexible material a, the ends of which are secured to rigid members b adapted to be held by the player. Elastic cords or springs c are attached to the ends of the members b and to the sides of the net. When a ball is to be caught, the sides c are allowed to remain slack, the net thus assuming a basket shape. By sharply separating the members b, the ball is projected as from a catapult.
Patent GB-190726273-A (GB)
Title: Improved Wheel Felloe Made in Parts.
Inventor: WEILER ERNST
Filed: 1907-11-27
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 26,273. Weiler, E. Nov. 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Felloes or rims.-The detachable side flange b is secured by means of a flat ring c, which interlocks with the flange b and the fixed rim portion at a<1> at an acute angle, as shown. The ring c may be divided at one place ; or it may be in segments, in which case the segments are secured to the flange b, with sufficient freedom, by means of screws e, an elastic ring f serving to exclude dust &c.
Patent GB-190728464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible Cameras
Inventor: NIELL MAGNUS
Filed: 1907-12-27
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 28,464. NiÞll, M. Dec. 27. Cameras; roller-slides.-In a collapsible camera, the twin struts 8 are stamped and bent to shape, as shown in Fig. 6. When the front is'pulled forward to the end of the struts, the leverage of shoulders 12 causes pins 10 to spring into slots at the end and hold the front steady. The struts are bent so as to hinge outside the camera, but to lie within the side of the camera when collapsed. The front plate has extensions 14, serving both for supporting the camera in a level position, and as a plate for gripping the front and pulling it forward. It forms the front plate of the casiug holding the lens, diaphragm,.and shutter. The camera is fitted with a spool 16, Fig. 7, which extends through a flange 18 and is slotted so as to slide on to the engaging-tongue 24, Fig. 9, of the winding-key, which is mounted on the side of the spool chamber. The spool is fitted with a tension spring 21, which engages on the spindle and is bent over to form a spring plate. The plate is cut away in the angle of the bend 23, Fig. 8, for the purpose of engaging the edges of the flange 18. Specification No. 14,489, A.D. 1908, is referred to.
Patent GB-190800730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stoppers for Bottles, Jars and like Vessels.
Inventor: TROMMALD GUNDER THEODORIC
Filed: 1908-01-11
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 730. Trommald, G. T., Davis, A. B., and Carlson, J. P. Jan. 11. Stoppers.- A yielding downward pressure is exerted on the stopper of a bottle, jar, or like vessel by placing a retaining-band around the vessel and providing a resilient and permanent connexion between the closure and the band, the connexion preventing accidental displacement of the stopper when withdrawn. The retaining-band may serve as a label 10, which is pasted over a rubber strap 8 secured in a kerf 9, Fig. 3, in the top of the stopper 7. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the stopper is revolubly connected to the strap 11, which passes right round the bottle. In another modification, shown in Fig. 5, the retaining-band is integral with the strap 13 and encircles the bottle neck. In another form of the invention, the stopper 7, Fig. 7, is revolubly mounted in the end of a flexible metal strip 15, which may be secured to the bottle by a label 10, or by a clampband provided with a nut and bolt. The pivotal connexion of the stoppers in Figs. 4 and 7 permits the stopper to be rotated in the neck of the bottle, to facilitate withdrawal when the bottle contains viscous materials.
Patent GB-190801272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ironing Boards, Stretcher Boards and the like.
Inventor: GEMS JULIUS FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1909-01-18
Abstract: 1272. Gems, J. F. Jan. 18. Stretchers, garment ; coatstretchers; trouser-stretchers. - Boards for use in the ironing and pressing of garments are provided with ridges B to support the seams &c., which may then be ironed without injury to the neighbouring portions of the material. The boards may be constructed in sections which are relatively adjustable for stretching purposes and for accommodating garments of various sizes. The sections may be moved towards and from each other by thumb-screws D ; or, they may be hinged together at one end and spread apart by means of adjustable quadrants, by struts hinged to one section and engaging one of a series of notches in an adjacent section, or by the use of a sliding spreader. Boards of special shapes for the treatment of coats, trousers, sleeves, bodices, and skirts are illustrated in the Specification drawings.
Patent GB-190810625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Briquettes of Coal or Ores.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-05-17
Abstract: 10,625. Boult, A. J., [Wulff et Cie]. May 15. Mixing fuel or ores for making briquettes. Naphthalene vapour is injected into fine coal or ores to be made into briquettes, optionally together with liquid and powdered binding - materials. A mixer k is provided with an injector g operated by steam, air, or other fluid, by which the naphthalene is supplied from a vaporizer a; a pipe h supplies a liquid such as pitch, and another pipe i supplies a powder.
Patent GB-190824032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Home-practisers for Golf.
Inventor: CROWE EYRE
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 24,032. Crowe, E. Nov. 10. Golf.-An apparatus for practising golf consists of a base A carrying two or more flexible projections B, C in the form of brushes &c., or consisting as shown in Fig. 1 of a bent spring attached at one end to the base and free to move at the other end. A strip of leather F is secured over the top of the spring. In use, the projections are coated with marking-fluid, preferably a different colour for each projection and a soft ball is placed on one of the projections. The marks made on the sole of the club indicate the character of the stroke. Specification No. 20,164, A.D. 1900, is referred to.
Patent GB-190824131-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Treatment of Waste Paper and Fibrous Materials in the Preparation of Paper Pulp.
Inventor: HERZ LUDWIG
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 24,131. Herz, L. Nov. 10. Raw materials, treating.-In a process for the extraction of colouring-matters, ink, printers' ink, and printers' colours from waste paper of all kinds, and for reducing such waste paper and also cellulose, wood pulp, and textile fibres to paper pulp capable of being worked up as new paper, without grinding, disintegrating, kneading, or filtering, the waste paper &c. is treated with a liquor composed of caustic soda, ammonia, and water in a cold or tepid state, and is then washed with water. The pulp may be afterwards bleached in the ordinary way when a high-class paper is desired.
Patent GB-190900282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Refractory Electric Conductors.
Inventor: COOLIDGE WILLIAM DAVID
IPC: H01B1/02
Filed: 1909-01-05
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 282. Coolidge, W. D. Sept. 23, 1908, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Resistances.-In making refractory resistancebodies for furnaces or other apparatus by means of a metallic binder, the unfinished bodies are treated to dry them and prevent them from softening during the final heating. Tungsten, molybdenum, boron, zirconium, tantalum, graphite, or compounds or alloys of these, or other refractory materials, with a cadmium-mercury-bismuth alloy as a binder, may be made into wires, plates, rods, or tubes, the making of tungsten lamp-filaments being described in detail.