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Patent GB-190428641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Wheels or Pulleys
Inventor: LAYCOCK WILLIAM ERNEST
Filed: 1904-12-29
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 28,641. Laycock, W. E. Dec. 29. Collectors.-Wheels or pulleys, especially those which are required to run at high speeds, for example electric trolley wheels, are made hollow and have their bearings arranged to leave a part of the shaft or spindle exposed, with the purpose of providing lubrication by an elastic packing such as is described in Specification No. 10,830, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Bearings &c.], though any other suitable packing may be used. The pulley y is cast with a cavity b of suitable size, closed by a removable side portion c which is screwed in position by a screw thread formed upon the projection d around the edge of the opening, being locked by a small screw e. The bearings f, f<1> for the shaft or spindle project inwards, but leave a portion h exposed to be lubricated by the packing i. Bosses j, j<1> may be formed as extensions of the bearings f, f<1>, the boss on the part c having flattened sides to permit removal, or, where space requires, the sides may be flush and holes may be formed in the face c to be engaged by a suitable instrument. In a modification, access to the cavity is provided by apertures in one or both sides, closed by removable plates fixed in position by screws or the like.
Patent GB-190506361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Explosives.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
Filed: 1905-03-25
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 6361. Wetter, J., [Westfalisch-Anhaltische Sprengstoff-Akt.-Ges.]. March 25. Monochlorhydrin is obtained by passing hydrochloric acid gas into glycerin which has been heated to 70‹-100‹ C., but not above the latter temperature. Nitrochlorhydrin; nitrocellulose; nitrostarch.- The above body, separated by fractional distillation, is nitrated in the known manner, yielding a body of the composition C3H5(O.NO2)2Cl., which is used as a gelatiniser for nitrocellulose and nitrostarch, and as a substitute for nitrogiycerin in the manufacture of explosives.
Patent GB-190506537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Domestic Fireplaces.
Inventor: SOMERS RICHARD MOUSLEY
Filed: 1905-03-28
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 6537. Somers, R. M. March 28. Fire-places.- The ashes &c. from the grates 3 of a well fire are raked through the passages 5 to the ashpans 7, access being given to the passages 5 by means of a flap 9 hinged to the hearth 2 and a flap 10, Fig. 1, hinged to and forming thecentral part of the fender. The flap 9, Fig. 1, is fitted with a baffle 12, slotted at 13 for the passage of the rake, to prevent the dust from passing into the room. The flaps 9, Figs. 1 and 2, may be fitted with air inlets or hit-and-miss draught-regulators.
Patent GB-190509341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: SCHMIDT WILHELM
Filed: 1905-05-03
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 9341. Schmidt, W. May 3. Superheaters, steam ; tubes, smoke &c.-The firetubes employed in superheating the steam in firetube boilers are transversely corrugated to permit longitudinal expansion, and are provided with jackets or a common surrounding chamber to furnish the necessary rigidity to the tube-plates. Figs. 1 and 3 show sectional elevations of a locomotive boiler, and Fig. 5 an enlarged section of a superheating-tube. The central tubes b<1>, corrugated. at w<1>, are each provided with a jacket t secured to steamchests g, h and serving as a stay, an i n n e r concentric tube t' preventing conduction of heat to the surrounding water. Steam enters the chest g and passes through the annular spaces between the tubes b<1>, t<1> to the box h, from which it is led to the cylinders. In a modification, the tubes b<1> are not jacketed but are enlarged, and traverse a. central steam chamber provided with baffles.
Patent GB-190512170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Cables.
Inventor: EDMUNDS HENRY
Filed: 1905-06-10
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 12,170. Edmunds, H., and Dawson, P. June 10. Cables for use in tramway and railway systems are made with an inner conductor insulated with paper or the like over which is drawn a lead tube. An outer earthed conductor is placed over this tube, and, if the outer conductor is of copper, the lead tube is cased with a thin coat of copper over which the outer copper conductor is stranded, or the outer wires are coated with lead and the coated wires are stranded direct on the lead sheath ; or the copper wires may be placed direct on the lead and a second lead tube drawn over the whole. The lead and copper casings may be put in electric contact either at intervals or continuously by soldering or by coating the outer conductor with an alloy which melts at a temperature slightly below that at which the lead is forced on. The Provisional Specification states that the leadcovered outer conductor may be put on the insulation of the inner conductor and a lead covering placed over the whole.
Patent GB-190524079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Machines for Ironing or Smoothing Linen and the like.
Inventor: LONGSDON HENRY CROFTS
Filed: 1905-11-22
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 24,079. Longsdon, H. C., and Bottomley, J. R. Nov. 22. Guards.-Abnormal displacement of the feed-lip of a rotary ironing-machine, permitted by the construction of the treadle mechanism, results in the fall of a weighted lever connected to the driving- clutch. The feed-lip a is operated by the treadle c, the arms c<1> of which are connected to the footboard by pivotal arms g, thus allowing, if necessary, extra movement of the feed-lip. A lever n attached to the feed-lip carries a screw o bearing on one arm of a catch lever p normally supporting a weighted rod q. If the feed-lip is displaced to too great an extent, the catch lever p releases the rod q, which thereupon falls and by shifting the clutch stops the machine. This result may also be obtained by manually actuating a hand - lever extending from the lever n.
Patent GB-190526029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Chains from Wire.
Inventor: BELLAIR AUGUSTE
Filed: 1905-12-14
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 26,029. Bellair, A., [trading as Bellair & Co., A.]. Dec. 14. Making chains.-Curbchains are made from wire fed from a drum 17, Fig. 4, through a guide 18 by a slide 23, Fig. 9, provided with a gripping-plate 19 and a detent roller 33. On the return of the slide, the arm 147 is depressed to free the plate 19 from the wire, which is held against a mandrel 39 by a clamp 40 mounted on a rock-shaft 10, Fig. 5. A length is then cut off at 148, and is bent round the mandrel by arms 53, 54 of levers 51, 52 mounted on a slide reciprocated at 60. The clamp 40 is withdrawn and a suspending - hook 64 takes its place. The horizontally bent end of the hook is received in a groove in the mandrel, which is then withdrawn by a pin and an oblique slot in an arm 65 at its other end. The hook 64 is mounted in a guide which slides in the block 71 mounted on a rod 72, Figs. 11 and 12. The hook has the following motions : It is lifted by a lever 76, moved laterally by a lever 81, Fig. 4, and swung aside by a lever 85, which bears against an arm 84 on a block 75 loose on the shaft 9 ; in addition, a quarter-turn is imparted by a sector 92 and a lever 90. The chain link, now suspended on the hook, is lowered and given a quarter-turn for the threading of the wire for the next link, after which it is laterally displaced. The hook is then returned to the other side of the mandrel and leaves the link, after the mandrel has been advanced and the clamp 40 been operated, to rise, take a reverse quarter-turn, be displaced laterally, and descend to enter the groove in the mandrel again. The driving - chain descends over a guide-hook 94, which controls a stop-motion, between a fixed block 95 and a movable block 96 which can be advanced to prevent the chain from turning, without clamping it from vertical motion, by means of the surfaces of the blocks profiled to suit the chain. A shaft 16, Fig. 5, is intermittently rotated a quarter-turn by a lantern pinion 102 and 104 and an arm 105 on a shaft 15 to twist the chain by dies 118 closed by a sliding cone 112. Notches 111, Fig. 16, on the pinion engage with a detent 110 and arrest the shaft 16 after each movement. The receiver 150 for the chain is slowly rotated at 122 to prevent entanglement due to the constant direction of the twist given to the links. If a link should break, the chain drops and the hook 94 being freed from its weight allows a spring 128 coupled to it at 127, 126 to spring a fork 130, Fig. 4, to bring a roller 134 into the path of a cam lever, and so to shift a rod 132 which controls the main driving-clutch.
Patent GB-190527288-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Facilitating Drawing Work.
Inventor: HUNSEMANN BERNHARD
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 27,288. Hunsemann, B. Dec. 30. Parallel rulers; protractors; squares.-Relates to instruments for use in drawing, designed to replace the T -square and protractor. The guiding- bar a, b, which is adjustable in length, can be attached to the drawing-board or book by clips c, d. A sleeve h, sliding on the guiding- bar, carries an adjustable boss i to which a detachable ruler l is hinged. Sliding in a groove formed in the ruler l is a stock o, carrying a pivoted protracting arm s together with a graduated arc and pointer, and a spring catch is provided for fixing the arm in standard positions such as thirty degrees, forty-five degrees, &c. The arm may also be fixed in any position by the screwp.
Patent GB-190614489-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Metal Peroxides and Organic Peroxides.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1906-06-25
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 14,489. Bloxam, A. G., [Kirchhoff & Neirath]. June 25. Organic peroxides are prepared by adding an etbereal solution of a suitable organic compound, e.g. benzoic or succinic anhydride, to a solution of hydrogen peroxide prepared by the gradual addition of sodium peroxide to a well cooled inorganic or organic acid. The ethereal solution contains the organic peroxide, which can be obtained by evaporating off the solvent and recrystallizing.
Patent GB-190614649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indicating Mechanism for Test Gas Meters
Inventor: MILNE JAMES
Filed: 1906-06-27
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 14,649. Milne, J., and O'Connor, H. June 27. Counting - apparatus. - The cost of the total amount of gas passed through test meters in a given time is indicated, and the various prices per thousand are adjusted without altering the dial. Fig. 1 shows one device in which the hand indicating the gas consumption is driven from a wheel B, through gears C, E, F and a shaft G. The band indicating the price is driven by a crownwheel K, mounted on a shaft D and actuating a sleeve 0 carrying the hand through a long pinion M and gear N. The wheel K is secured by a nut L so that it can easily be changed when required. In a modification, Fig. 3, different prices are allowed for by the use of a change-wheel S mounted in the usual way on a radius arm.
Patent GB-190615997-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Heating of Compressed Air for use in Motors.
Filed: 1906-07-11
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 15,997. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Sodeau, W. H. July 14. Plug cocks.-The two plugs u, v are connected by link-work so as always to move together. The plug u controls the flow through two pipes and that through one pipe. Instead of two, there may be one or three plugs.
Patent GB-190617394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mattocks
Inventor: MUELLER EDUARD
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 17,394. M³ller, E., and Welter, T. Aug. 2. Picks and pick-axes ; handles ; spanners. - Mattocks have a shaft a on or in which a tool holder b can be adjusted, the tool-holder being as flat as possible and arranged to carry variously-shaped tools, as shown in Figs. 1 ... 3, and 6 ... 9. The tools are secured in a strap c by a cotter i or by a gib and cotter, as shown in the Figures. In place of the strap c, the tool-holder may be extended and perforated to form an eye in which the tools are secured. A wider cross-cutting pick h may be combined with a back iron g in various ways. shown in the Figures. A double-sided hack iron may have cross-cutting teeth forged on one side only, as shown in Fig. 8, or on both sides, as shown in Fig. 9. The holder is held in any position by set-screws e which are turned by means of a spanner d, Fig. 10. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 143, A.D. 1881, No. 14,550, A.D. 1888, No. 24,840. A.D. 1899, and No. 2421, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190618499-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Artificial Leather and Process of Making the same.
Inventor: MEERS STEPHEN
Filed: 1906-08-17
Granted: 1907-08-17
Abstract: 18,499. Meers, S. Aug. 17. Artificial leather is prepared by applying to a layer of sheet material, such as drill, sateen, canvas, duck, or sheeting, one or more coatings of nitrocellulose, substantially free from oil and dissolved in amyl acetate, acetone oil, &c. to which may be added a pigment which may be ground iu castor oil. The material is then calendered with hot rolls and may be rubbed with pumice. A coating consisting of a drying oil, to which a solution of raw or vulcanized rubber and pigments may be added, is then applied, the fabric &c. being protected from the oil by the nitro-cellulose first applied. The material may then be embossed &c. and varnished, or to produce patent leather the graining is omitted and a patent leather varnish, such as oxidized linseed oil or a mixture of drying oil and varnish, applied. The coatings applied may be utilized independently of the foundation.
Patent GB-190619437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Filing and Labelling of Documents.
Inventor: FRY FREDERICK WALTER
Filed: 1906-08-31
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 19,437. Fry, F. W. Aug. 31. Filing papers &c. -An appliance for filing and labelling papers consists of an oblong sheet of covered millboard bearing a label C and having a labelled flap B hinged at one end. A second hinged flap A may be attached at the other end of the sheet to enable the papers to be examined or easily removed without untying the tape G.
Patent GB-190701684-A (GB)
Title: Carton Folding Boxes for Display Purposes.
Inventor: FOSTER ALBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-01-22
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 1684. Foster, A. W. Jan. 22. Advertising; displaying. - Folding boxes or tidies for display purposes are made from single sheets of cardboard such as shown in Fig. 1, and bave stiff backs A, which are available for advertising and are perforated at a for attachment to a wall. The front is slightly cut away at d. According to the Provisional Specification, a carton box has a cover formed by one side and an additional flap.
Patent GB-190702912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shading Hoods for Reflecting-cameras.
Inventor: GARFIELD JULIUS DANIEL
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 2912. Garfield, J. D., and Harris, C. B. Feb. 5. Cameras.-A shading-hood for reflex cameras is arranged to form a carrying case for the camera. The hood A is of box-like form and is adapted to fit in its folded position around the top, bottom, sides, and front end of the camera. The side 20 is hinged to the side 18, and has angular-shaped wings 22, with limiting-lugs 24, which fold between the sides of the camera and the sides of the hood when folded. A strap 29 limits the outward movement of the hood, and a viewing-aperture 19 is provided for focusing.
Patent GB-190704250-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of New Pharmaceutical Compounds
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-02-20
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 4250. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Feb. 20. Oxyalkyl derivativesof xanthinebases, suitable for medicinal purposes, are manufactured by treating xanthines containing replaceable imino hydrogen, such as xanthine, theophylline, theobromine, and methylxanthines, or their salts, with halogen hydrins with or without an acid-fixing agent. For example, by heating a mixture of theophylline, caustic soda solution, and glycolchlorhydrin, 1 : 3- dimethyl-7-oxyethylxanthine is obtained. In a similar manner are produced 1-oxyethyl-3: 7-dimethylxanthine from glycolchlorhydrin and theobromine, 1-dioxypropyl-3: 7-dimethylxanthine from a.chlorhydrin and theobromine, and 1 :7-dioxyethyl.3-methylxanthine from one molecule of 3-methylxanthine and two molecules of glycolchlorhydrin.
Patent GB-190706109-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Peptisation of Colloidal Elements
Inventor: KUZEL HANS
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 6109. Kuzel, H. April 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cements.-The peptized gels of the colloidal elements, chronium, molybdenum, uranium, tungsten, vanadium, tantalum, niobium, titanium, thorium, zirconium, boron, and silicon form colloidal solutions which have high agglomerating power for metallic powders, and may be used for making filaments for electric lamps by the process described in Specification No. 5129, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Electric lamps &c.], and may be combined in a manner similar to that described in Specification No. 28,154, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Acids, alkalies, &c.], with colloidal lead or lead powder to form plastic masses, which after pressing in suitable moulds and reconverting into crystalline metal are designed to serve as projectiles of high specific gravity and great toughness.
Patent GB-190706276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dust Collecting Apparatus.
Inventor: BIMM GEORGES ROBERT
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 6276. Bimm, G. R. March 26, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-A hand-device for removing dust consists of a single-acting pump with piston 11, Fig. 1, and barrel 10, and in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, valves 14, 15, drawing dust-laden air through a nozzle 20, inclined conduit 21, and filter-bag 18 upon an elongated frame 17, which is in an extension casing 16. In a modification, Fig. 2, the action is reversed by providing a conduit 22 leading to the inlet valve 14 situated in the upper part of the barrel. In this case, the piston-rod 12 works in an air-tight manner in the sleeve 13. A nozzle 23 may be also provided which is capable of oscillation, so as to remain with flanges 20 flat on the surface being cleaned, irrespectively of the inclination of the pump body. In a further modification, the pump is made double-acting by the addition of valves 14, 15, as in Fig. 1, to the apparatus shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190707330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Decorticating Machines for Treating Coarse Grasses or Vegetable Fibres.
Inventor: FARRAR JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-03-27
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 7330. Farrar, J. March 27. Breaking and scutching apparatus ; heckling- machines.-Relates to decorticating-machines, more especially those of the " duplex " type, for stripping or cleaning coarse grasses and vegetable fibres, such as sansiveria grass &c. A brush C is fitted behind the heckles or scrapers at the delivery end of the machine to impart a finish to the fibres. A cylindrical or helical brush D, rotated by gearing from the scraper shaft and reciprocated by cams, removes short fibres &c. from the scrapers. The brushes are mounted at one or both ends of the scrapers and are cleared by pivoted combs K. One set of scrapers, preferably the top set, is supported on each side in sliding bearings, which are geared together so that the scrapers may be adjusted uniformly throughout the scraping area.
Patent GB-190709543-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Billiard Table
Inventor: PEARSON JOHN JEFFREY
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 9543. Pearson, J. J. April 24. Billiards.-A billiard table is made of approximately elliptical form by making the periphery conform to arcs of three circles of different radii, as shown. The bed and cushions are of the ordinary construction and the table may be made with or without pockets.
Patent GB-190710999-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Road Indicator or Direction Finger Post for Roads Railways and other General Purposes
Inventor: BOYD WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-05-11
Granted: 1908-05-11
Abstract: 10,999. Boyd, W. H. May 11. Signs.-A road indicator or finger-post for roads, railways, &c., and also adapted to be used as a shop or house sign, or as a name or number plate, comprises a tube A, provided with one or more slots a, hollow arms c mounted over the slots and radiating from the tube and opaque plates c<2> with translucent lettering fitted in the hollow arms, the plate being illuminated by the lights from the lamp in the tube radiating down the hollow arms. The plates c<2> may be formed of wired glass and the lettering formed by painting, or a glass plate may be combined with a stencil. For sign-posts, lettered plates c<2> are provided on both sides of the arms ; in other cases, the sides not exposed to view are enclosed by metal plates. A reflector may be fitted to the end of the hollow arm.
Patent GB-190713259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brush Holders for Dynamos and Motors.
Inventor: HICKLEY HARRY NORTH
Filed: 1907-06-07
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 13,259. Hickley, H. N. June 7. Brush-holders.-A brush-holder for dynamoelectric machines comprises a metallic strip 1, Figs. 1 and 2, which is positively connected to a fixed spindle or support 3 on which it is endways adjustable, a spring device 18 by which the pressure of the brush on the commutator can be adjusted, and a holding-off device 20 whereby the brush can be held out of contact with the commutator when required. The metallic strip 1, which is made of any suitable metal or alloy, such as copper or phosphor bronze, is provided at or near its free end with a pair of jaws 10, 11, and with a bent portion 9 adapted to be compressed, as by a bolt and nut 16, 17, so as to hold the brush 12 tightly between the jaws 10, 11. The strip 1, bent as shown, is secured to the support 3 by a bolt 4 and nut 5, the support 3 haying a projecting pin 7 for attachment to any suitable part of the machine. The hole in the strip 1 through which the bolt passes is made in the form of a slot 2<a> to enable the strip to be adjusted endways relatively to the commutator A. One end of the pressure spring 18 is secured between the nut 5 and support 3, while the other end is engaged in one of the notches 11<b> in the tail-piece 11<a> of the jaw 11. The holding-off device consists of a wire bent to form a handle portion 20 and two shoulders 20<a> adapted to engage the strip 1 and hold the brush removed from the commutator. The ends of the wire 20 are bent inwardly and sprung into a hole 4<b> in the head 4<a> of the bolt 4.
Patent GB-190717350-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with Plug Taps.
Inventor: EDGAR WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-29
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 17,350. Edgar, W. July 29. Plug cocks.-The plug C of a plug cock is retained in the casing B by means of the engagement of a pin D fixed to the plug with a groove A in the casing. In cocks having a removable knighting pin E working in a recess F, the groove is made in line with the recess to enable the plug to be inserted. In cocks not so provided, a portion of the casing.is cut away to allow the plug to be inserted and the opening is afterwards sealed up.
Patent GB-190722290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Striking Mechanism for the Change Gears of Cycles.
Filed: 1907-10-09
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 22,290. Kimberley, F. A., and James Cycle Co. Oct. 9. Driving-mechanism.-In the type of striking- mechanism for the change gears of cycles wherein a bolt or the like is employed to engage a slot or recess in a gear member to secure the member against rotation, the bolt d sliding in the squared hole of a casing a is perforated to receive a rod e<1>, the cross-piece e<2> at the end of which moves in a transverse opening f in the bolt. The rod e<1> is connected to the operating-cable or the like, while the bolt is screw-threaded at g to carry a nut g<1> between which and the cross-piece e<2> and cap i are disposed springs h, h<1>, the spring h<1> being weaker than the spring h. The cap i screws into the casing.