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Patent GB-190421254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Superheaters for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: RICHARDS HARRY WILKINS
Filed: 1904-10-04
Granted: 1905-02-23
Abstract: 21,254. Richards, H. W., and Richards, W. H. Oct. 4. Superheaters, steam. - A superheater more par. ticularly adapted for Lancashire boilers is shown in Fig. 1. It is preferably arranged at the back end of the boiler, and is composed of U-tubes connected at the ends to separate headers B, B'. These are fitted with removable covers C of cast iron or steel or of stamped steel, as shown in Fig. 4. A connection for a safety - valve is shown at c' and a mercury cup for a thermometer at c<2>. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the tubes are connected to vertical headers, and, instead of being continuous at the centre, are divided and secured to an intermediate header c. The headers B, B<1> may be otherwise arranged. More than one set of tubes may be employed.
Patent GB-190426466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Joints.
Inventor: WATKINS WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-12-05
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 26,466. Watkins, W. Dec. 5, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Rail joints.-Fishplates and bolts are dispensed with at rail joints by constructing a chair 1 from a sheet-metal blank, with upwardly-bent portions 5 to embrace the rails and downwardly-bent portions 6 to embrace a saddle-plate 1 placed across the sleepers. The portions 6 rest on each side of the sleeper under the joint. To give extra bearing to the rails, an extra saddle-plate 14 is preferably placed on the plate 1 beyond the ends of the chair plate 8. The portions 6 may be bent upwards and the portions 5 downwards. The upwardly-bent portions, which are provided with notches to receive spikes, may be extended to embrace the rail web and to act as fishplates.
Patent GB-190501162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propellers.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-01-20
Granted: 1906-01-20
Abstract: 1162. Mackenzie, J. W., [Shaw, R. W.]. Jan. 20. Screw propellers.-In order that a screw propeller may be equally efficient when driven ahead or astern, it consists of two helical parts 7, 7 of half a turn each, having the two ends 4, 5 cupped in opposite directions, the part of the edge 6 joining these two cupped parts being disposed transversely to the propeller shaft.
Patent GB-190504244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bird Cages and the like
Inventor: STOKES ALFRED
Filed: 1905-03-01
Granted: 1905-03-23
Abstract: 4244. Stokes, A., and Stokes, G., [trading as Stokes & Co., A.]. March 1. Fastenings, bent metal tongue. The body of a bird cage or the like is secured to the base by bent metal fasteners. The wires a are attached to a strengthening bar or tube b, and on them are threaded sheet-metal tongues c, which are passed through slits d in the sheet-metal base e of the cage and bent up as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190505353-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Dialkyl-barbituric Acids.
Inventor: ELLIS GEORGE BELOE
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 5353. Ellis, G. B., [Merck, E., (Firm of)]. March 14. Dialkylbarbituric acids are produced by heating dialkylmalonurylamides or dialkylcyanacetylureas for a prolonged period and at high temperatures with acids. In examples, diethylmalonurylamide or diethylcyanacetylurea is heated with concentrated sulphuric acid to 100‹-110‹ C. After cooling, the solution is poured on to ice, when the diethylbarbituric acid separates. In another example, diethylcyanacetylurea is heated under pressure with concentrated hydrochloric acid.
Patent GB-190508160-A (GB)
Title: Improved Finishing Machine for Textile and like Fabrics.
Inventor: BLANCK LEON
Filed: 1905-04-17
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 8160. Blanck, L. April 17. Cleaning fabrics.-After a fabric has undergone a carbonizing process, it is passed through the machine shown to remove dust, straw, &c. The fabric passes over an iron-cased cylinder 1, having steel points to keep the fabric stretched, to a stretching-bar 4 and metal-covered cylinders 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 with steel pins. Beaters, operated by cams 18, 19, 21, strike the fabric, which then passes over a perforated table 23, between fluted cylinders 24, 25, 26, 27 driven by bevel-gear, and thence on to a table 30. A ventilator 31 withdraws the broken-up straw, dust, &c. from the fabric, which next passes between friction rollers, the upper of which is mounted on the free ends of an eccentric-rod 34 and has ribs meshing with grooves in the lower. The top of the machine is covered by a hood 41.
Patent GB-190513453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shell Fuses.
Inventor: WATSON CHARLES PERCY
Filed: 1905-06-29
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 13,453. Watson, C. P. June 29. Fuses for projectiles, percussion. The firing-pin 17, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, forms s also the pivot pin for two arms 15 connected at their ends 13 to jaws 12, pivoted at 11 to the plunger 2. The pin 17 normally projects into an annular recess 10 in the plug 3 which carries the detonating-cap 9. On discharge, the plunger 2 is thrown rearwards and the pin 17 is disengaged from the recess 10. The jaws 12 fly apart centri. fugally and the arms 15 move the pin into alinement with the cap 9, so that on impact the shell is exploded in the usual manner. A modified device is shown in Fig. 6, the arms 15 being connected to two blocks 23 sliding in a groove 21 in the end of the plunger.
Patent GB-190518506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering and Propelling Gear for Submarine Boats.
Inventor: BEAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-09-13
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 18,506. Bean, W. Sept. 13. Propelling and steering submarine vessels.-The screw propeller 5 is mounted so that it may be moved in both horizontal and vertical directions. The tail shaft 6 is connected to the motor shaft by a universal joint 7, and is supported in a bearing 8 carried by the frame 11, which is pivoted co-axially with the universal joint 7. For swinging the propeller in a horizontal plane, an arm 25, integral with the frame 11, is moved by the rod 26 from within the vessel. By this means, the vessel is steered. The bearing 8 is capable of vertical movement by means of the rod 19, which passes through the axis of the frame 11 and is operated by the screw 23. The vertical movement of the propeller enables the degree of submersion of the submarine vessel to be varied without the use of diving- rudders or ballast tanks.
Patent GB-190522805-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Heating Water by Steam.
Inventor: MACKAY ROBERT
Filed: 1905-11-07
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 22,805. Mackay, R. Nov. 7. Heating water.-Apparatus for heating water by steam. An outer casing, having a water inlet b towards its lower part and a hot-water outlet f at some distance below the top of the apparatus, encloses an inner closed casing c having a steam inlet d towards its upper end. An inner tube e conducts the steam from near the bottom of the inner casing to near the top of the outer casing, so that steam and water mix before leaving the outlet f. The outer casing may be of smaller diameter at its upper part and terminate with an enlargement or dome. The inner casing occupies the lower part of the outer casing only.
Patent GB-190601307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1906-01-17
Granted: 1906-11-15
Abstract: 1307. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Murphy, E. J. Jan. 17. Arc lamps.-In an arc lamp intended for use in a series of arcs, a weight k or other means is employed normally operating to oppose the movement of the regulating - mechanism but adapted to be relieved instantaneously so as to cause instability of the arc and interruption of the circuit, in order that all the arcs in the series may be re-struck when the current has diminished to a predetermined value. In the form shown, as applied to a single-arc clutch lamp, the weight k slides on a rod g, connecting the regulating-lever c to a dash-pot h, and is normally supported by a shoulder l on the rod so as to oppose such movement of the core b of the series solenoid a as lengthens the arc ; the weight, however, rests on a stationary bracket m when the current decreases sufficiently. The regulating- lever c is connected by a link e to the clutch. In a twin-arc lamp, the lever c actuates the clutches by means of two rods e. The weight may be replaced by other devices, such as a spring which would be in compression or tension to resist the pull of the solenoid during the normal operation of the regulating-mechanism, but would be relieved when the current had fallen to a predetermined value. A dash-pot having a suddenly variable damping effect might also be used instead of a weight, the dash-pot being constructed with a sudden enlargement into which the plunger would enter when the current bad fallen to a predetermined value.
Patent GB-190602884-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coin Freed Machine for Indicating the Force of a Blow given to a Football.
Inventor: ELL WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-02-06
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 2884. Ell, W. H. Feb. 6 Dynamometers.- In coin-freed apparatus for measuring the strength of a blow given to a football, the ball, having been brought into the operative position after the insertion of a coin, is kicked or punched, when it strikes the plate i, forcing up the rod i<1> against the action of the spring i<2> and rotating a pointer on an indicator spindle through a rackj and pinion. According to the Provisional Specification, a band brake is used with the indicating-mechanism.
Patent GB-190602986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cigarette Cases.
Filed: 1906-02-07
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 2986. Lake, H. H., [Durand & Co.]. Feb. 7. Cigarette cases.-A cigarette case consists of two sections 5, 6 hinged together by a pin 7. When the catch at the front of the case is opened, the parts are caused to fly open by the action of the spring 9 on the hinge pin. Springs 11 are also placed on the hinge pin and act upon the cigarettefastening arms 10. Normally, these arms 10 are maintained in position against the cigarettes, the springs 11 being rendered inoperative by catches 14 which engage with projections 17 of the parts 10. When the finger-pieces 20 are pressed, the catches 14 are disengaged, and the parts 10 are removed from the cigarettes.
Patent GB-190603063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Turbines.
Inventor: RICHMOND JOHN RITCHIE
Filed: 1906-02-08
Granted: 1906-09-27
Abstract: 3063. Richmond, J. R. Feb. 8. Drawings to Specification. Bucket pumps; piston pumps.-A bucket pump for removing condensation water from steam turbines is formed so that the water drops into the pump barrel when the bucket is at the upper end of its stroke and is forced through a valve in the bucket and out at the top on the downward stroke. In a modification, a piston plunger is used and the water is delivered out of an opening in the bottom of the barrel.
Patent GB-190603516-A (GB)
Title: Process of Treating Hides
Inventor: OAKES FRANCIS JAMES
Filed: 1906-02-13
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 3516. Oakes, F. J. March 31, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Hides and skins, raw, treating.-In the bating or puering process, the hides and skins are soaked in a bath containing putrefying excrementitious matter and sulphur. The result is the production of polysulphides of less alkalinity and consequently less injurious effect. Preferably, a mass of excrementitious matter with 5 per cent of sulphur is mixed with water to a semi-liquid mass, and after standing a suitable time is added in proportion of 10 per cent to a mixture of 1 part of hides to 3 parts of water. The mass is kept at 100‹ F., and doses of 2 per cent of the putrefying mixture are added to each charge of hides.
Patent GB-190604155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horizontal Surfacing and Boring Mills.
Inventor: ALLEY STEPHEN EVANS
Filed: 1906-02-20
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 4155. Alley, S. E. Feb. 20. Boring; lathes.-In a mill for boring and sur facing the several faces of a valve body or junction box &c. at one setting, the tool-holder B' is traversed radially by a screw B<3> and a shaft C within the main shaft A and driven either faster or slower than, that is in one or the other direction relatively to, the shaft A by a clutch C<3>, small and large locse wheels C<1>, C<2>, and large and small wheels D<1>, D<2> on a shaft D driven by gearing D3, D<4> at the same speed as the shaft A. The holder may also be operated by means of a sprccket-wheel N,. a pitch chain, and a hand-wheel. The work-table E<3> is pivoted by a bolt H<1> to a slide E, which is moved along the guides E<1> by a screw E', friction gearing G, G<1>, or bevel-wheels F<3>. and a handwheel, the back motion being l mited by a stop and screw M', M, and the forward by a cam M<3> and screw M', the cam being rotated, by pins M<4> on a wheel J<3> secured to the bolt H<1>, to adjust the table such as for roughing or finishing cuts &c. During the first part of the back motion of the slide E, a trigger L<2> engages a tappet L and rocks the shaft K<6> and thus by means of the link K<4> and lever K<2> withdraws the locking-pin K, and during the second part of the back motion of the slide the wheel J<3> is engaged by a ratchet rack and the table E<3> is rotated through a definite angle and again locked. The ratchet rack may be mounted on pivoted links and kept up to the wheel J<3> by a spring.
Patent GB-190607385-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Regulating the Speed of an Explosion-motor with One or More Cylinders.
Inventor: SAURER ADOLPH
Filed: 1906-03-27
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 7385. Saurer, A. March 27. Gas or explosivevapour engines. - A combined manually and governor operated control. ling-device for roadvehicle motors comprises a pair of independent piston valves D, H which receive motion from the levers F, G, respectively. The valves are mounted above a benzene carburettor of the type described in Specification No. 7383, A.D. 1906, or of any other suitable construction. Motion is communicated to the tubular valve D through levers 10, F and the governor-operated rod 11, while the valve H receives motion through levers 15, G and the manually-operated rod 16. In normal working, the explosive mixture from the carburettor passes to the cylinders through the tubular valve D and the passages M, N, the valve H being then in its highest position. To control the explosive-mixture supply independently of and without interfering with the action of the governor-operated valve D, the valve H is depressed until its lower edge rests on the seat 19.
Patent GB-190608313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Waterproof Materials.
Inventor: FRANKENBERG EDUARD
Filed: 1906-04-06
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 8313. Frankenberg, E. Sept. 18, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Compound fabrics.-A waterproof material for clothing, bed-sheets, and other hygienic and surgical purposes consists of a layer of textile or like fabric, to one or both sides of which a sheet of guttapercha is attached by one or more thin coatings of pure rubber. The material is calendered, vulcanized cold, and finally covered with a thin spirit varnish. It can withstand the temperature of boiling water without deterioration, and resists the action of salts, concentrated alkalies, and dilute acids.
Patent GB-190609236-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hydraulic Clutch for Motor Cars, Machinery and the like purposes.
Inventor: FIPPARD ARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1906-04-19
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 9236. Fippard, A. J., and Nicholson, J. B. April 19. Hydraulic transmission of power.-In hydraulic clutches for motor road vehicles, a disk h, Figs. 1 and 2, is universally jointed to the driven shaft h and is provided with a circular recess d in which bear blocks e. Pins g on the blocks e carry collars f which engage slots l in a plate k secured to the driving-part a. A pin m bears in the centre of the disk b and is provided with an eccentric part m<1> which is rotated by a collar p engaging a helical slot in the part m<1>. Holes d' in the disk b register with a groove c<1> in the casing c secured to the part a when the parts b, a are substantially concentric, and allow free circulation of the liquid, but, when the parts are eccentric, the fluid is locked and transmits the drive. In Fig. 4 the parts a, b are shown permanently eccentric, an adjustable valve q closing holes r in the recess so that the speed of the driven part may be varied. A wearing ring t is provided inside the casing c.
Patent GB-190610419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Thread Board Flaps, Thread Boards and equivalent parts of Cotton Spinning and like Machinery
Inventor: APPLEBY JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-05-03
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 10,419. Appleby, J., and Appleby, E. May 3. Thread-guides.- To enable flaps or thread-guide holders, preferably those of the type described in Specification No. 4645, A.D. 1904, to be simultaneously or independently operated, and also to be independently renewed or adjusted, they are mounted on hollow pivot pins d, Fig. 3, adapted to be turned by a key, and carried by brackets c secured to the thread rail. The flaps are raised and lowered by the engagement of projections on the disks d<1>, carried either inside or outside the bracket by the hollow pivot pins which are simultaneously rotated for this purpose by a long key which may be made in sections, suitably coupled or connected together between the flaps. To enable the key to be inserted when the brackets are not in line and also for the adjustment of the flaps, the aperture for the bolt e is made oval or, preferably, the bracket is pivotally mounted on a plate c<1> secured to the rail b. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the flap is pivotally mounted on projections on the disks, the movement of which is governed by a stop d<3>, while in Fig. 7, the flap is pivotally mounted on extensions of the brackets, a lever-like arrangement d<4>, carried by the hollow pivot pins d, engaging a pair of lugs for lifting and lowering the flap. The part of the flap carrying the guide may be separate from, and may be slidably attached to, the hinged portion, and in machines with flaps on each side, the two operating- keys may be simultaneously actuated by means of link-work.
Patent GB-190610649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Driven Rotary Brushes for Cleaning the Walls of Buildings.
Inventor: FRASER WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-07
Granted: 1907-05-07
Abstract: 10,649. Fraser, W. May 7. Buildings, cleaning.-A rotary brush for cleaning the walls of buildings &c. is driven by a water, steam, or air turbine. In the arrangement shown, the casing a, which contains the turbine, is held by a handle a' ; steam entering at D drives the turbine, which, in turn, drives the brush spindle through gear-wheels C, C<1>. The brush spindle encloses an inner tube B<2>, through which steam is led direct to the revolving brush E from an inlet D', and has a collar a' which holds the bearings a' of the outer tube in place. This spindle terminates at the collar a<4>, while the open end of the tube B' rotates in a stuffing-gland D<3>. Steam from the turbine passes through ports in the brush spindle to the part E<1> of the brush. The outer part of the brush is made hollow and is supplied with steam through channels F, F, Fig. 3, from the inner tube ; small brushes through which jets of steam pass may be attached to it. The plate E' is adjustably bolted to the brush head, and may be provided with small brushes through which the exhaust steam passes.
Patent GB-190612829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Decorticating and Cleaning Fibrous Plants and Obtaining the Fibre therefrom.
Inventor: CRADDOCK THOMAS FLEWETT
Filed: 1906-06-01
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 12,829. Craddock, T. F., [Shirtliff, F.]. Jnne 1. Breaking and scutching apparatus in which the scutched ends of the fibres are gripped between a pair of rollers and the butt ends beaten against a second breast-plate, as described in Specifications No. 20,960, A.D. 1896, and No. 2549, A.D. 1897. Rhea, agave, or other fibrous material is fed to a pair of crushing and gripping rollers A, which may be fluted, plain, or bladed. It next passes to rollers B driven at a greater speed than the first pair and preferably bladed, and then between plain or fluted crushing and gripping rollers C to a scutching- drum D which beats it against abreast-plate E. The front ends of the material pass out to the delivery band K between gripping-rollers G, while the butt ends are thrown and beaten by the drum D against a lower breast-plate H. Holes J, Fig. 8, are formed in the breast-plates E, H through which powerful jets of water play upon the material to assist the scutching action and wash the debris away. If the material is being treated dry, compressed air may be used instead of water. For treating fleshy material like agave leaves, the rollers B may be arranged vertically, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to allow the pulp removed to drop through out of the way. All the rollers are adjustable relatively to each other and to the scutcher-drum, and the latter is preferably adjustable relatively to the breast-plate to allow for the varying thickness of the material being treated. The upper gripping-roller G is driven at a slightly greater surface speed than the lower roller, and to prevent the fibre from sticking to the latter a scraper g may be used, or the delivery band K may be passed around the lower roller, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190618348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Fluid Turbines
Inventor: CURTIS CHARLES GORDON
Filed: 1906-08-15
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 18,348. Curtis, C. G. Aug. 24, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Relates to an elastic-fluid turbine in which the vanes and guide-blades for the greater number of the stages have the same angles of entrance and exit, but increase in length towards the exhaust in accordance with a curve of volumes, so that an equal amount of energy is developed in each wheel. The drum C and the casing D are symmetrically curved to accommodate the blades, as shown in Fig. 2. In order to avoid the excessive lengths of blades in the later stages J, Fig. 3, the angles of entrance and exit are progressively increased, and the lengths of the blades are made uniform. Also to avoid having the blades in the first few stages E excessively short, the wheels are arranged, as shown, in small groups in separate casings in the form of jet turbines, only a portion, however, of the periphery of the wheels being acted upon at one time by the elastic fluids. The length of impact in these stages is increased from group to group in the direction of the flow.
Patent GB-190619194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ice Boxes for Cooling Bottled Liquids.
Inventor: LOVELL GEORGE EDDWARD
Filed: 1906-08-28
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 19,194. Lovell, G. E., and Marks, L. H. Aug. 28. Bottle holders.-A. rotary carrier built up from disks 8, the spaces between which are divided by partitions 9 into radial compartments, is supported on a shaft 7 within a casing 1, and spaced from one end of the same to leave an ice space 12, the remainder of the casing containing water. The space 3, between the outer casing and an inner lining 2 of approximately circular form, is packed with sawdust. Each bottle compartment is fitted with a radial spring 11.
Patent GB-190622695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bridge Girders for Travelling Cranes
Inventor: NAGY JULIUS
Filed: 1906-10-13
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 22,695. Nagy, J. Oct. 13. Cranes.-A bridge for a travel. ling crane consists of two main vertical girders h, Figs. 1 and 2, carrying the track e, and an horizontal girder g which takes lateral vibrations only and is supported by bars k<1> between the top and bottom booms of the main girders. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, a single vertical girder a, b is stayed laterally by an horizontal girder c, d, from which the track is carried by hangers m.