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Patent GB-190503887-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Ornamenting Single Surfaces of Articles Manufactured from Doubled or Tripled Steel Plates by Oxidation.
Inventor: SEITER ALBERT
Filed: 1905-02-24
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 3887. Seiter, A. Feb. 24. Ornamenting metal surfaces. - Steel surfaces coated with precious metals are exposed in parts for oxidation by removal of the coating by means of acids, or by scraping, punching, or filing. The parts of the surface not to be oxidized may be previously enamelled at a high temperature. Specification's No. 1259, A.D. 1877, and No, 3419, A.D. 1885, are referred to.
Patent GB-190505926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles
Inventor: MAGOON HERBERT ALTON
Filed: 1905-03-21
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 5926. Magoon, H. A. March 21. Bottles, non-refillable.- The bottle neck is formed with a valve seat H adapted to receive a spring-controlled valve G. The valve is carried by a tube E adapted to slide upon a rod C, which depends from, and is integral with, a shield B placed in the bottle neck to prevent tampering with the valve. The spring is confined between the lower end of the rod C and the bottom of the tube E.
Patent GB-190509896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney Caps for Incandescent Gas and like Lamps.
Inventor: BLUECHER HANS VON
Filed: 1905-05-11
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 9896. Bl³cher, H. von. May 11. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Chimney caps.-In a cap a for an incandescent gas and like lamp, the draught is regulated by a perforated disk or capsule c, which can be removed and replaced by one having an outlet of different size.
Patent GB-190513606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pocket Knives.
Inventor: SHARPE JOHN
Filed: 1905-07-01
Granted: 1906-06-30
Abstract: 13,606. Sharpe, J. July 1. Pocket-knives.-Relates to knives which open automatically. The blade is held in the closed position against the action of the main spring 2 by a bolt 5 which slides in a longitudinal groove 4 and bears against a ledge 12 on the base of the knifeblade 10. The bolt is held in its active position by a spring 8. The blade is opened, when the bolt 5 is withdrawn by a button outside the handle, by the spring 2 acting against the cam-surface at the base of the blade, and it is locked in position by the spring bearing against the flat piece 14. The cam surface 13 bears against the bolt 5, pushing it along its groove. The blade is locked automatically when pushed into its closed position.
Patent GB-190517534-A (GB)
Title: Method of Producing a Plastic Composition for Binding Minerals.
Inventor: JENKINS ARTHUR ROGERS
Filed: 1905-08-30
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 17,534. Jenkins, A. R. Aug. 30. Asphalt paving.-A plastic composition for making roads consists of a mixture of rock asphalt, tar, anthracite pitch, and petroleum shale. 500 parts of anthracitic pitch are heated to a temperature of 160‹ F., with 250 parts of shale until the mixture attains the consistency of thin treacle, after which powdered rock asphalt is blown in and the tar added. If the composition is to be used alone for coating the upper layer of stones in a road, an amount of asphalt equal to 33 per cent of the combined weight of pitch and shale is added, while if for coating the lower layer of stones 5 per cent will suffice. The tar is added in the proportion of about 10 per cent of the combined weight of the other ingredients, but when the composition is to be used as a binding-agent as much as 75 to 90 per cent may be used.
Patent GB-190518484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arc Lamp Electrodes and in Methods of Making the same.
Filed: 1905-09-13
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 18,484. British Thomgon-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 13. Arc lamps, electrodes for. Material for producing a flaming arc is filled into an iron or other metal casing 1, in the form either of short baked pencils 3 or of powder which is rammed into the casing in successive small charges. The composition of the material may in either case vary along the electrode, in order to compensate for changes produced during its consumption. To prevent the formation of a crater when the electrode is first used, the arcing end is treated with readily-fusible material, preferably by placing over it a disk of paper or other material impregnated with potassium titanate or carbonate. The paper disk is covered by an iron disk 10, held in place by turning inwards the edge of the casing. The other end of the electrode is closed by a wooden plug. A suitable composition for the filling is a mixture of 70 parts of magnetite, 30 of rutile, and from 12À5 to 15 of chromite.
Patent GB-190519165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dark Slides made of Flexible Materials and in Camera Attachments for receiving them.
Inventor: SCHUETTAUF RICHARD
Filed: 1905-09-22
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 19,165. Sch³ttauf, R. Sept. 22. Dark slides.-Relates to improvements in dark slides with flexible envelope shutters, such as are described in Specification No. 1109, A.D. 1901. To facilitate pushing, home the shutter d, an insertion piece e fits within the collar c of the dark slide or adapter, and serves as an outer guide for the shutter. In the case of a double dark slide, as shown in Fig. 1, the insertion piece completely surrounds the end of the shutter. It is slipped over the shutter before closing, and may be withdrawn afterwards. In Fig. 3, the dark slide is shown inserted in an adapter. In this case, a single insertion piece e‹ only is required, and serves as a stop when the dark slide is introduced into the adapter.
Patent GB-190522504-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Devulcanisation of Vulcanised India-rubber.
Inventor: KOERNER MORITZ
Filed: 1905-11-03
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 22,504. K÷rner, M. Nov. 3. India-rubber, vulcanizing. - Vulcanized indiarubber is heated with a solvent such as benzene, toluene, or xylene in a closed vessel to 130-150‹C. for some time, after which the solution obtained is further heated with water to 130‹ C., and the solvent is subsequently distilled off. In an alternative process, a single heating with a mixture of water and the solvent is carried out.
Patent GB-190601027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Front-driven Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BRIGHTMORE ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-01-15
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 1027. Brightmore, A. W. Jan. 15. Motor road vehicles.-A motor fore-carriage is rotated by irreversible steering-gear comprising worm gearing operated from the motor, and the slider, which engages the usual segmental guide on the body of the vehicle, carries the pinion and is pivoted to the fore-carriage at a particular height determined by formulµ given in terms of the dimensions of the vehicle. In Fig. 1, the motor fore-carriage is shown connected to the vehicle body by a ball joint f, and carries a slider h pivoted at i and engaging the recess in the arcuate guide g. The lateral vibration due to the tilting of the front wheel axle is prevented from being transmitted from the fore-carriage to the guide-engaging portion of the slider by arranging the pivot i at a particular height as specified above, thereby obviating the tendency of the slider to move laterally with reference to the segmental guide. The steering-gear comprises a pinion l, mounted on a shaft m carried by the slider, and gearing with a rack formed on the segmental guide. The shaft m is connected by a universal joint to a lower shaft carrying a worm-wheel 2 gearing with a worm on the sleeve v. By operation of the clutch x, either of the wheels u, y can be fixed to the sleeve v, to drive the worm in one or other direction. The wheel u is driven by friction gearing from a clutch member t mounted on the shaft 4, which is directly driven from the motor. Suitable change-speed and differential gearing is shown. According to the Provisional Specification, the vehicle may be steered by braking the front wheels independently, in which case the slider carries a pair of bolts to engage the teeth in the segmental rack and prevent the fore-carriage from being deviated by obstacles on the road.
Patent GB-190602169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with a Method of, and Means for, Attaching Corn Crushers or other Appliances to a Wheel of a Vehicle
Inventor: TURNER JOHN HARRISON
Filed: 1906-01-29
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 2169. Turner, J. H., and Gray, G. A. Jan. 29. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Mills and apparatus. - A corncrusher or other appliance A is attached to the wheel B of a vehicle by means of a clip C, of angle section bent into a U-shape ; the clip has loose pieces E adapted to clutch the spokes of the wheel, slots F in these pieces allowing for adjustment. The machine or appliance is fixed to the clip C by bolts D, Fig. I, and is further held by an eye-bolt H, provided with the eye I, catching round one of the bolts J on the vehicle.
Patent GB-190607928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Apparatus for Drying Fabrics.
Inventor: GESSNER ERNST
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 7928. Gessner, E. April 2. Plug cocks; oscillating disk valves; sliding valves. -In apparatus for drying fabrics by passing them over a slot d in the walls of a suction chamber b, means are provided for removing the moisture from the suction chamber without ingress of air. The vacuum is maintained by an air-pump connected to the pipe a entering the chamber b. The moisture passes to the bottom of the chamber, being freed from hairs &c. by a sieve t and is there drawn off by a rotary grooved plug cock h. The cock may be replaced by (1) a sliding valve r, Fig. 3, reciprocated so that its aperture registers alternately with the inlet m and the outlet i ; (2) a disk s, Fig. 5, rotated between perforated disks v, w; (3) a single hollow plug cock, Fig. 7, with three ports ; or (4) a pair of plug cocks, Fig. 9, each with two ports, separated by a reservoir tube-space n, and rotated by engaging wheels on their stems so that each is always closed when the other is opened. Any ordinary valve or cock allowing escape of water without entry of air may be used.
Patent GB-190612182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Door Knobs and Roses.
Inventor: SOUTHALL HAROLD WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-25
Granted: 1907-05-25
Abstract: 12,182. Southall, H. W., and Wynn, F. V., [trading as Burt Bros.], and Harris, F. H. May 25. Metalwork, ornamental. - Door knobs and roses are made from stampings of brass lined with steel or iron. The edges of the front portion 6 and lining 8 are turned over the back portion 3 and lining 7, and the latter are connected to the stem 5 by riveting the latter over a wasber. The rose 13 is similarly constructed and joined to the stem. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 19U2, to Specifications Nos. 7613 and 13,771, A.D. 1891, No. 13,589, A.D. 1894, and No. 1703, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Metals, Cutting &c.].]
Patent GB-190615536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Preparing and Opening Textile Fibres and the like.
Inventor: SCHLUMBERGER ROBERT
Filed: 1906-07-09
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 15,536. Schlumberger, R. July 9. Gill boxes or frames.-In a machine for opening felted fibres, such as the waste of flax and hemp combing machines, noils of hacklings, and the like, and for stretching, straightening, and drawing the single fibres, the material is passed through apparatus comprising a porcupine a, a travelling leather apron b, intersecting gills c similar to those used in worsted spinning-mills, and a pair of rolls d, e, each part of the apparatus moving faster than that preceding it. The fibres are filled on to the porcupine a, and the free ends are carried by the leather apron b to the gills c. The fibres may be discharged as a band or fleece into cans, or on to spools, drums, &c.
Patent GB-190618027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves and Valve Actuating Methods and Means for Fluid Pressure Engines and the like.
Inventor: LOCKWOOD PERCY WATSON
Filed: 1906-08-11
Granted: 1907-09-11
Abstract: 18,027. Lockwood, P. W. Aug. 11. Compound engines; pumping-engines; singleacting engines; valves and valve-gear.-An arrange ment of combined piston and lift separate inlet and exhaust valves, operated during their first half-movement by a tappet, cam, or other valve gear and during their second half-movement by the motive fluid, is shown in Fig. 1. The valves may be applied to compound engines of the single-cylinder, twin-cylinder, or tandem type, to the motive and pump or compressor cylinders of fluid-pressure pumps and compressors, to singleacting air-pumps, to rotary engines, and to other fluid - pressure appliances. The admission and exhaust valves a<2>, a<3>, b<1>, b', Fig. 1, which are attached to a common spindle D, have crown and piston parts P, p<1>. The valve piston P may have packing, the crown p<1> may have a metal facing p<4>, Fig. 4, and the webs p<2> may have annular guiderings p<3>, Fig. 8. When the valves are moved beyond their central position, motive fluid entering the chamber a' acts upon the differential area between the admission and exhaust valves and completes the movement. The position of the inlet and exhaust valves may be interchanged, the valves may be actuated by the piston through tappet levers, or the valves may be separated and connected by rocking levers. The admission valves may have crowns p<1> only, the exhaust valves haying piston parts P only, or vice versa. The. valves may be placed across the cylinder cover or in other transverse positions, and may be actuated by tappet rods within a hollow piston-rod. In the modification shown in Fig. 12, the exhaust valves b<1>, b<2> are of larger area than the admission valves, the fluid acting on the sum of their areas during the second half of the valve movement. A lostmotion device may be inserted within the valvechest between the rod D and the tappet or valve-actuating rod. Differences are made in the diameter of the valves to counteract their weight or to avoid dead positions. The valve-chests may be separate castings. The above valves may be used as the auxiliary valves of a fluid-actuated valve-gear. In high - speed engines, the piston parts of the valves are made deeper to provide a degree of lap.
Patent GB-190618962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cinematograph Projectors, Cameras and like Machines.
Inventor: JEAPES WILLIAM CECIL
Filed: 1906-08-24
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 18,962. Jeapes, W. C., and Bastie, P. H. Aug. 24. Kinematographs.-In a kinematographic camera or projector, or in a film printing or perforating machine, the feeding or perforating pins a, which operate in the manner described in Specification No. 25,625, A.D. 1897, are now reciprocated vertically by a cam n, and moved in and out of engagement with the film by an eccentric l. The pins are secured to a plate b carried by a frame g, which is oscillated in its bearings i by the eccentric-link k. The pins pass freely through plate c, which is reciprocated in its ways by a roller d engaging with the cam.
Patent GB-190619068-A (GB)
Title: Detachable, Spring, Sole-clip for Cycle Shoes or Cycle Boots, to Prevent Slipping Off Pedal.
Inventor: ODD ALBERT ALFRED
Filed: 1906-08-27
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 19,068. Odd, A. A. Aug. 27. Athletic.-An attachment for a cyclist's boots, to prevent his foot from slipping off the pedal, consists of a rectangular metal tube B with clawshaped end pieces C, which are held in place by a spring D running through the tube. Fig. 1 shows the device fitted to a boot.
Patent GB-190622694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tension Devices for Rope Winding Apparatus.
Inventor: BERNDT FRANZ
Filed: 1906-10-13
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 22,694. Berndt, F. Oct. 13. Winding.-Wire ropes are held taut while being wound on or off a drum by passing them between guide pulleys, the speed of rotation of which is controlled by brakes, or by driving-mechanism. Figs. 1 and 2 show two forms of the invention. In the former, which is suitable only for winding on to the drum, the rope a passes between a pair of pulleys c<1>, c<2> which are pressed together by springs d the lower pulley being braked. The tension of the part a<1> of the rope may be adjusted by moving the weight e along the brake lever e. In the form shown in Fig. 2, two pulleys c<2> are used, and one of them is driven from the drum b, so that its peripheral speed is equal to or slightly less than the peripheral speed of the drum, thus putting a tension on the part a' of the rope during winding. To tension the rope during unwinding, one of the pulleys c<2> is driven at a speed slightly greater than that of the drum rim. The two chain gearings are connected to the pulleys through oppositely-disposed ratchet gearing.
Patent GB-190624930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reciprocating Hydraulic Pumps.
Inventor: WOOD ROBERT
Filed: 1906-11-06
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 24,930. Wood, R. Nov. 6. Piston pumps; relief devices; pumps, indicating action of.-Relates to pumps of the type described in Specification No. 25,745, A.D. 1905. The pump is fitted within a glass cylinder A mounted between two metal tanks B, C, and consists of a solid cylinder E having one or more pump barrels bored therein. The plungers F are actuated with adjustable stroke in the manner described in the above-mentioned Specification. The liquid to be pumped enters the barrel through the suction valve o, and is discharged through the pipe m past the regulable valve T and non-return valve t<1> into the glass sight-tube U, from which it passes to the delivery pipe q. A by-pass tube m<2>, Z, h containing a relief valve a, and a non-return valve in the box T<1>, connects the passage m with the delivery pipe q. The pump is mainly for use as a lubricating- pump.
Patent GB-190700444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Carbonating Liquids.
Inventor: TWITCHELL SELDEN
Filed: 1907-01-07
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 444. Twitchell, S., and O'Connor, C. Jan. 7. Aerating liquids.-Carbon dioxide is supplied under constant pressure to a cylinder 10 through an inlet 12, and water or other liquid through an inlet 15 controlled by a float valve 16. Gas and liquid are withdrawn from the cylinder through pipes 18, 19, and are compressed by a pump 4 and forced together through a pipe 20 and sprayer 21 into a cylinder 11, from which the aerated liquid is withdrawn through cocks 22. Excess of gas or of aerated liquid is returned from the cylinder 11 to the cylinder 10 by a pipe 25 controlled by a pressurereducing valve 26. The cylinder 10 is provided with a visible signal, consisting of a flexible diaphragm 29 connected with an external disk 34 to indicate when the supply of gas to the cylinder is exhausted. The cylinder is also provided with an air vent 35.
Patent GB-190701294-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fluid Meter.
Inventor: AHRBECKER HENRY CONRAD
Filed: 1907-01-17
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 1294. Ahrbecker H. C. Jan. 17. Impulse and reaction meters.-A rotary meter consists of an outward-flow impulse-wheel connected to suitable recording-apparatus. The fluid to be measured passes through an inlet band through an opening c into a casing f, which contains fixed guide-blades h by which it is guided tangentially on to vanes k projecting downwardly from a disk j. The fluid then passes out by way of an outlet d.. Vanes m, projecting upwardly from the disk j, serve to check the speed of rotation. The impulse-wheel carries a pivot i resting on the casing f, and is provided with a spindle n which carries a worm o for driving a suitable counting-mechanism p p by which the number of revolutions of the impulse-wheel are counted. A . water-tight cap s is provided with a glass top t so that the dial v can be seen. A casing q separates the counting-mechanism from the fluid chamber. Specification No. 3693, A.D. 1881, is referred to.
Patent GB-190707771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Clutches.
Inventor: LANGDON ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 7771. Langdon, A. G. April 3. Clutches.-Relates to friction clutches o f the cone and plate type provided with means for automatically tightening the parts in the event of slip. A loose cone Q and a cone P slidably keyed on the shaft B, Fig. 1, are pressed by a spring R into engagement with cones 0<1>, 0 secured to the shaft N. A cam or other device fitting between the cone Q and a collar U on the cone P is employed to disengage the parts. The cone Q carries a roller T engaging inclines S on the cone P so that the cones are pressed apart when slipping occurs. Weston plates X, Fig. 13, may be substituted for one of the cones. When the power is to be taken from the exterior of the casing 0, O<1>, the cone P may be fixed to the shaft and the casing is movable. The roller T, Fig. 9, may be loose on the shaft and engage inclines on both cones P, Q. The rollers may be secured to either the fixed or loose cones, or may be dispensed with and a second set of inclines substituted.
Patent GB-190709002-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Purifying and Softening the Water supplied to Steam Boilers and like Vessels.
Inventor: MEYER FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 9002. Meyer, F., and Cooke, C. April 18. Heating water.-Feed-water supplied to a boiler A by a pipe K and hollow support A<1> passes through perforations B and flows successively down the inclined trays C, C', C', into the central compartment of a settling-vessel D, the outer compartment of which contains baffle-plates or a filtering-layer G of coke breeze or other suitable material. The settling-vessel is provided with a blow-off pipe H for the retained impurities. The trays may be omitted, or slotted or perforated trays used.
Patent GB-190716528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consuming Furnaces.
Inventor: HARRIS EDGAR GUY
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 16,528. Harris, E. G., and Cunningham, S. A. July 18. Smoke-consuming.-In a furnace having one or more steam-jet blowers arranged within air chambers above the front of the grate, the blowers are in the form of flat casings, and are enclosed within arched air chambers in such a manner that a mixture of dissociated steam and heated air is projected through the furnace gases on to an inclined surface upon the fire-bridge. Apparatus for carrying out the invention in connexion with a tubular boiler furnace comprises steam blowers J, J', Figs. 1 and 2, arranged within air chambers H, H<1> supplied with hot air from passages I, I<1> communicating with the ash-pit. The steam, which is supplied to the blowers from the boiler, is directed in the form of jets from apertures J<3> towards the inclined surface L on the fire-bridge, carrying with it the hot air which escapes from the chambers H, H<1> through the outlets H<5>. The invention may be applied to a water-tube boiler furnace of the Heine type, or to the furnace of a Babcock & Wilcox boiler or of a vertical water - tube boiler. The fire - bridge is surmounted by chequer-work F<1>.