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Patent GB-190415634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Systems of Electrical Distribution and in Apparatus therefor
Inventor: FERGUSON SAMUEL
Filed: 1904-07-13
Granted: 1905-05-11
Abstract: 15,634. Ferguson, S. July 13, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Vacuum tubes.-Relates to systems of distribution in which vapour tubes are used either as rectifiers or as lamps, means such as reactances being provided for preventing sudden fluctuations of current, so that several apparatus can be worked in parallel. Fig. 1 shows a preferred form of vapour tube. The tube 3 is clipped to a baseplate 7 pivoted above its centre of gravity at 8 and provided with a handle 9 by which it may be rocked for starting. Attached to the plate may be a cutout 21, Fig. 2, adapted to open the starting-circuit when the main arc has been struck. The core of the cut-out is made in two parts, normally forced apart by an adjustable spring 27. The part 22 of the core carries a contact 25 engaging a contact 26, the contacts being in the starting-circuit. An iron ring 29 is placed near the end of the core, whence it requires a powerful current to withdraw the core 22 to break the circuit, but, when once withdrawn, a small current will retain it. To steady the rectifiers, inductances or resistances 49 ... 53 are placed in the leads. The last rectifier 40, Fig. 3, is shown with a coil 61, which is the cutout coil of Figs. 1 and 2. Numerous modifications of the arrangements are described. Fig. 5 shows the upper lamps arranged for lighting only. Each vapour apparatus may have inde. pendent inductances, as shown in Fig. 6, in which 72, 73, 74 are the inductances for securing parallel working. The lamps &c. may be arranged for three-phase or polyphase systems. In starting, the rectifiers are preferably started one after the other. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, a rectifier is tilted to start an arc, say between 54 and 55, the switch 58 having been first moved to close the circuit through the resistance 59. When the main arcs between 54 and 41, 42 have been struck, the switch 58 is moved to bring the load into the circuit. The cut-out 21 or one such as 61 then operates to open the starting-circuit through the tube. Fig. 10 shows another arrangement.
Patent GB-190416294-A (GB)
Title: Electric Lamp Guards.
Inventor: DICKINSON EDWARD C
Filed: 1904-07-23
Granted: 1904-08-25
Abstract: 16,294. Dickinson, E. C. July 23. Globes; chimneys; lanterns; flame protectors.- A guard for preventing breakage of electric and other lamps, applicable also for protecting gas jets, consists of two metal bands 4, 6, which are connected by a series of longitudinal ribs 5, the ribs being turned so that their edges instead of their flat sides form the outer surface of the guard. The guard is preferably formed of sheet metal and in two parts, the halves of the bands 4, 6 being connected by clips 9 which enter openings in the bands and are then bent over. When applied to electric lamps, a shoulder 8 is formed on the upper band to fit over the bead usually formed on the lamp socket. The two halves of the lower band may overlap and be united by a pin, thus forming a hinge which allows the two parts to be opened from the top to receive the lamp. Instead of using clips, one part of the upper band may be provided with turned-out ears which are sprung into openings in the other part.
Patent GB-190422285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Heating Stoves.
Inventor: SHORLAND FRANK HERBERT
Filed: 1904-10-17
Granted: 1905-09-21
Abstract: 22,285. Shorland, F. H. Oct. 17. Air-heating stoves; flues.-An air-beating stove, which may be fitted with the air inlet described in Specification No. 12,344, A.D. 1903, is formed with side openings b, d, to give admission to the air chamber c and tube e for the removal of dust. The second part of the invention deals with the arrangement of flue pipes when stoves are placed vertically above one another in different storeys of a building. One pipe g, Fig. 4, is divided, to form flues for two stoves by a mid-feather h which is twisted so that its plane in the upper portion of the tube is at right-augles to its plane in the lower part. The halves thus formed, lead by a joining- tube i, which is D-shaped at the lower and circular at the upper end, to circular tubes k. The pipes l from the upper stoves a<1> are arranged one on each side of the tubes k.
Patent GB-190427892-A (GB)
Title: Sanitary Towel.
Inventor: HERZBERG PAUL
IPC: A61L15/16
Filed: 1904-12-20
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 27,892. Herzberg, P. July 29, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Catamenial appliances, consisting of cottonwool or wood wool surrounded by muslin or gauze, are provided on the side away from the body with a covering of waterproof paper or similar material. The paper may form an outer covering or may be placed between the wool and the gauze.
Patent GB-190503817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety and other Razors.
Inventor: WILLIAMS ANTHONY
Filed: 1905-02-23
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 3817. Williams, A. Feb. 23. Razors.-The blade 6 is preferably double-edged and made of thin steel, with a slot 7 at each end. The holder comprises a pair of spring arms 3 with extensions 4, Fig 1, at the ends and lateral extensions 5, Fig. 4, which form a bearing-surface for the blade. The arms are compressed and placed through the openings 7 in the blade and then released. The blade is held rigidly by the longitudinal stress due to the spring arms and the support it receives at each end from the extension 4 and the lateral extension 5. A double guard 10 of spring metal may be provided, separate from the blade support and embracing it. Rounded portions 11 on the guard bear against the sloping surfaces 5<1> on the extensions 5. When the screw 8 is turned, the guard is forced upward and outward, thus adjusting it with regard to the blade. Means are provided for holding the blade in an upright position for cleaning and other purposes without entirely removing it from the holder.
Patent GB-190504646-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Red Colour Lakes.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1905-03-06
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 4646. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. March 6. Dyes, artificial. - Lakes are produced by ordinary methods from the azo dyes obtained by combining 1 : 4 : 8-naphthol disulphonic acid with diazotized non sulphonated amido bodies such as aniline, p-toluidine, p-nitraniline, o- and p-anisidine, p-chloraniline, 4-chlor-2-anisidine, 2 : 5-dichloranisidine, anthranilic acid or ester, #-naphthylamine, 4 : 4<1>-diamidodiphenylmethane.
Patent GB-190505375-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Preventing Lifts, Colliery Cages and the like, Falling, in the Event of the Cable Breaking, or Control of the Brakes being Lost.
Inventor: WALTERS WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-03-14
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 5375. Walters, W. March 14. Safety-suspending or retaining apparatus for lifts, colliery cages, or the like. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation and Fig. 3 a plan of a lift or colliery cage with one form of the device attached, and Fig. 6 a bottom plan of a brake mechanism for the same. Slidably mounted between blocks a<2>, a<3> and rollers a<4>, a<5> on the top of the lift are two bars a, a', shaped so as to form a space d through which passes a wedge piece e which is connected to the lifting- cable g. Springs i, i<1> bear against the ends of the bars a, a' and tend to push them forward into the position shown in Fig. 1. Normally, the weight of the lift on the piece e causes it to move upwards into the space h<2>, thus drawing the bars a, a<1> inwards as in Fig. 3. In the event of the cable breaking, the piece e falls into the recess f and the bars a, a<1> are forced outwards so as to engage the rack or its equivalent j and arrest the travel of the lift. In a modification, the rack j is made in the form of a sinuous curve and the bars a, a<1> are liberated by the occupant of the lift pulling downwards suitably-placed spring-pressed pins. The above device may also be used in combination with the brake mechanism shown in Fig. 6, which, when applied, momentarily checks the lift and thereby allows the bars a, a<1> to come into operation. The brake comprises two pairs of levers k, kl, loosely connected in pairs at n, n<1>, and pivoted to the bottom of the lift at l, l<1>, the outer ends being furnished with brake blocks m<2> designed to engage the sides of the rack &c. j. To operate the brake, the occupant moves a lever which pushes the wedge o to the right, thus moving the levers k, k<1> outwards, which causes the rack j to be gripped by the brake shoes m<2>.
Patent GB-190508831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Turbines.
Inventor: STODOLA AUREL
Filed: 1905-04-26
Granted: 1905-09-07
Abstract: 8831. Stodola, A. April 30,1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas turbines.- In the gas-turbine plant shown, the working gases which expand to below atmospheric pressure are compressed by a centrifugal compressor and expelled to the atmosphere. If only small degrees of expansion are desired, the turbine may be joined to an ordinary suction gasproducer ; if higher degrees of expansion are desired, the producer may be worked under pressure, the air being supplied by a rotary compressor mounted on the turbine shaft. The air is compressed by the compressor 26 and supplied by pipe 15 to the gas producer 14 ; the products pass by pipe 16 and mix with compressed. air supplied through pipe 18, and they are then ignited and pass to the turbine. Cooling water may be supplied to the gases through a pipe 19, connected to the cooling-apparatus 6, and having a small force pump 20. After passing through the cooling-apparatus, the gases are compressed by the compressor 22 and expelled to the atmosphere.
Patent GB-190511182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Testing the Uniformity and Accuracy of Strings to be used for Violins, and other Musical Instruments.
Inventor: HOGGARD CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-05-29
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 11,182. Hoggard, C. W. May 29. Violins; monochords. -A monochord for testing strings for violins, violoncellos, violas, and like instruments has a pulley e, e<1> at each end, between which the string is stretched over two fixed bridges k, k<1>. A movable bridge k' is placed between the others so that the two portions of the string should give a musical interval. The pulleys are connected by a chain or gearing so that string can be wound from one to the other ; the outer part of one pulley e is also connected by a pawl and ratchet with the inner part to allow of the string being stretched when the second pulley is held. A spring stop is provided which can be held in engagement with holes e<2> in the second pulley by a bayonet-joint while the string is being stretched, or a spring pawl may engage the chain. The fixed bridges are preferably formed by rounded knife-edges, and may also have small pulleys ; they are mounted on supports which are adjustable on the framing and are connected by stays o. The movable bridge has a support which slides in grooves in the framing and the position of which is determined by a scale s at one side. The Provisional Specification describes the use of a notched wheel and detent to lock the second pulley during stretching.
Patent GB-190511615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surgical Needles.
Inventor: EDWARDS THOMAS CLAY
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1905-07-06
Abstract: 11,615. Edwards, T. C. June 27, 1904, [date applied for under Patent8 Act, 1901]. Sewing-needles.-A surgical needle 1 in which a single strand of suture may be positively held has an eye 2 situated some distance from its head. An axial groove 7, formed in one side of the needle only, extends from the eye to the head. The groove may be corrugated and is made of such a depth that its walls 8 are resilient and clamp the suture.
Patent GB-190521215-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Three Speed Gear Hub for Cycles.
Inventor: SMITH ROBERT WALKER
Filed: 1905-10-19
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 21,215. Smith, R. W. Oct. 19. Variable-speed gearing.-In the type of threespeed gear for cycles in which the driving-sleeve B carries planet-wheels E and the internally-toothed ring b<1> of a second set of planet-wheels f<3> mounted upon the hub, the driving-sleeve is provided with a ring of internal clutch-teeth H so that, for the direct drive, the sliding sun pinion engages the wheels f<2> and the teeth H and the gear is locked, while by sliding the pinion into engagement with stationary teeth N, M, a high or low speed drive is obtained. A free-wheel clutch C and ball bearings b<2>, S are provided as shown.
Patent GB-190523826-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Operating Taps, Valves, Switches and the like.
Inventor: HOWLIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-18
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 23,826. Howlin, W. Nov. 18. Clocks combined with lamps; motionwork; dials.-Relates to mechanism for automatically opening and closing the taps of street gas lamps, electric switches, &c. at predetermined times. The mechanism, which bears a likeness to the striking-mechanism of clocks, is operated by two snails 11, 12 which respectively open and close the valve &c. The snails are frictionally connected by sleeves to toothed wheels 47, 48, Fig. 9, and to hands 13, 14. The sleeves can be turned, without moving the hands, by the notched disks 52, 53. The adjustment is such that the points of the snails just release the bell-crank lever 15, 16 when the hands 13, 14 point respectively to the hours of lighting and extinguishing on a twentyfour-hour dial. The wheels 47, 48 gear with the pinion 51 fixed to the wheel 50 gearing with the wheel 49 on the clock arbor 10. The bell-crank lever 15, 16 operates the starting-lever 17 which engages with the arm 32 on the rock-shaft 400 provided with a rod 31 engaging with a cam 30. The cam 30 is connected by a train of gearing to a spring drum. The tap &c. 28 is turned by a rod 27 connected to a crank disk 26 on a shaft 24 carrying a second cam 25. The shaft 24 is also driven by spur gearing from the spring drum above mentioned. The first action of either snail 11 or 12 is to move the starting-lever 17 to the left. The rod 31 is thus removed from the cam 30, which flies round until a pin 35, connected to the cam, strikes the arm 34 of the starting-lever. The snail next liberates the bell-crank 15, 16, and the starting-lever is pulled by the spring 42 to the right. The pin 35 is thus freed, and the cam 30 continues to turn until the cam 25 has made half a revolution and opened or closed the tap &c. The rod 32, and thus the rod 31, are then free to fall and the cam 30 is stopped. The spur-wheel on the spring drum and the cam 25 are thus stopped. The cam 30 may be permanently stopped, for instance when no street lights are wanted on account of moonlight, by means of a handle 37 which puts an obstruction in the way of a pin 33 on the cam. The required impulse may be given to the starting-lever 17 by means of an electromagnet.
Patent GB-190524696-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Holder or Attachment for Securing Short Handled Brushes to Long Handles.
Inventor: LEICESTER JOHN
Filed: 1905-11-29
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 24,696. Leicester, J. Nov. 29. Handles.-Painters' and like brushes are held in an adjustable clamp which is attached to a long handle. The device has a socket a and screw c for attachment to the handle b. The clamp, which is adapted to receive a paintbrush handle, consists of parts g<1>, g<2> pivoted to a part d by means of a bolt f and nut. Holes are provided in the part d into one of which a conical head p is passed to afford angular adjustment of the clamp. If desired, a screw n is passed through overlapping portions of the clamp. The clamp is cut away as shown to accommodate a rectangular brush handle.
Patent GB-190525176-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Governing Engines.
Inventor: RUSTON JOSEPH SEWARD
Filed: 1905-12-04
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 25,176. Ruston, J. S., and Recke, 0. Dec. 4. Eccentrics.-In a shaft governor adjusting an eccentric, the sheave is moved in such a manner that there is no appreciable rubbing action on the strap. The eccentric i, Fig. 2, is adjusted by an arm f<1> worked by the moving weight, a block i<2> pivoted to the drum d, which carries the weights, being arranged to slide in a groove i<3> in the eccentric. Valves and valve-gear.-The eccentric works the valve through a cam k<2>, Fig. 1, oscillated by the eccentric-rod i<6> and acting by rolling contact on a hook k<1> attached to the valve-rod.
Patent GB-190525204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Soaps, Ointments, and the like.
Inventor: KESSLER JOSEF
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 25,204. Kessler, J. Dec. 5. Ointments; embrocations; bath preparations.- Peat tar is used instead of wood tar as an ingredient of soaps, ointments, embrocations, pastes, &c. The products may be used as a partial substitute for moor baths.
Patent GB-190526961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turn-down Collars for Personal Wear.
Inventor: PARSONS FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-12-27
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 26,961. Parsons, F. W. Dec. 27. Collars. - Double collars are provided with a button-hole strip at the back which is attached to the collar at the ends. The fingers can be inserted behind the strip, thus facilitating the fastening of the back stud. In the preferred form, the strip C is part of the inner wall of the collar, which is made with a slit 2.
Patent GB-190602220-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Dyeing Fabric.
Inventor: ZILLESSEN ERNEST AUGUSTUS FRAN
Filed: 1906-01-29
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 2220. Zillessen, E. A. F. Jan. 29. Dyeing.-A machine for dyeing cloth consists of a number of shallow horizontal trays which are arranged one above another and through which the fabric is successively passed. The dye liquor is circulated through each tray 3, Fig. 1, being supplied to and taken therefrom by an inlet and an outlet on each side of the travelling fabric F. Before the liquor is returned to the trays, it is reinforced with concentrated dye liquid from a tank 10, preferably while passing through the pipe 13 connecting the receiving-tank 1 to the pump 9, which forces the liquor through a pipe 14 to the feed-tank 2. In passing up from tray to tray, the fabric is carried over a guide-roller 19 at the end of each tray 3, between outlets 4, 40, under, over, and under three guide-rollers 5 in the liquor, between inlets 20, 21, through squeezing-rollers 6 which express surplus liquid, and then over a tension roller 7 provided with springs 8 and preferably shaped as shown in Fig. 3 to spread the cloth sideways, and so to the next guide-roller 19 The liquor passes from the feed-tank 2 through a pipe 15 and branches 16 thereof to the inlet pipes 20, 21, which extend across the trays and have openings throughout their length. The liquor from the pipe 21 above the fabric F is projected against a baffle-plate 22. The outlets consist of a baffle-plate 4, with a section and opening as shown, and a trough 40 extending across the tray. These devices remove the dye liquor, from which much dye-stuff has been eliminated, from the bottom and top, respectively, of the liquor in the tray, carrying it off through pipes 18, 41 to a pipe 17, which delivers it to the receiving-tank 1. The concentrated dye solution is supplied through the auxiliary tank 8' and a pipe 12. A control float 11 enables a substantially uniform pressure to be maintained. The pump 9 thoroughly mixes the bath before it is returned to the feed-tank 2.
Patent GB-190606046-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Shuttles for Weaving
Inventor: HEAP GRIMSHAW
Filed: 1906-03-13
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 6046. Heap, G., and Heap, G. March 13. Loom shuttles have eyes through which the weft can be passed by hand. The eye, Figs. 1 and 2, has an oval inlet with a broadened upper portion c and a diagonally-cut portion e, and a circular outlet f. It is fitted to the shuttle, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, by means of a plate j, so that the lower part of the portion e is in the same plane as the shuttle peg g. Additional drag may be put on the thread by increasing the depth of the part k<1>. According to the Provisional Specification, a bent wire guide may be provided to keep the weft in a central position as it is drawn from the cop.
Patent GB-190611360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing for Pipe Joints, Piston Rods, and the like and in Methods of Producing the same.
Inventor: HARTMANN ADAM NICHOLAUS
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 11,360. Hartmann, A. N. May 15. Drawings to Specification. Joint-making packing ; stuffing-boxes.-Packing for pipe joints or for stuffing-boxes consists of india-rubber, gutter-percha, or similar material incorporated or coated with graphite or other conducting - substance and coated with metal electrolytically.
Patent GB-190611950-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Electric Insulating Material.
Inventor: HESS CHARLES
Filed: 1906-05-22
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 11,950. Hess, C. May 22. Insulation. - Asbestos sheets are made waterproof and suitable for use as electric insulating- material which will withstand heat, by soaking them in hot tar, preferably a mixture of gas-tar and Stockholm tar. The sheets when dry are powdered with flowers of sulphur and mica, are heated to about 300‹ F., and are pressed while hot and allowed to cool in the press. The product resembles vulcanite.
Patent GB-190620223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut-locks.
Inventor: RUNDLE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-09-11
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 20,223. Rundle, W., and Lund, T. E. Sept. 11. No Patent granted (Sealingfeenot paid). Locking nuts.-A washer for locking nuts is prevented from rotating byone or more projections c', Fig. 4, which engages grooves b in the bolt A, or by the engagement of flat surfaces f<1>, a' on the washer and bolt as shown in Fig. 12. One or more tongues c<2>, e<1> are formed on the edge of the washer and are turned up to engage the sides of the nut. In a modification, an internal projection c<1> is elongated and is bent upwards in the groove b. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 2515, A.D. 1869, No. 2379, A.D. 1871, No. 13, A.D. 1878, No. 16,360, A.D. 1884, No. 4007, A.D. 1890, No. 17,990, A.D. 1893, No. 27,509, A.D. 1898, No. 2431, A.D. 1899 Nos. 20,131 and 26,592, A.D. 1902, No. 8491, A.D. 1904, and No. 12,342, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190624976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Despatch Systems.
Filed: 1906-11-06
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 24,976. Lamson Pneumatic Tube Co., and Burl, H. Nov. 6. Pneumatic dispatch apparatus.-In single-tube systems, pressure or vacuum is produced at will by means of a foot-bellows provided with the double hand-valve shown in Fig. 4, which consists of a pair of hit and-miss valves s, u on a common spindle v combined with a pair of check valves x, y. The bellows shown in Fig. 2 comprises a piston b in a cylinder a, the piston-rod being a rack h in gear with a spur-wheel i. The treadle c being connected by a link e gives oscillation to a sprocketwheel g, from which rotation is imparted to the spur-wheel through an endless chain l and sprocket pinion k.
Patent GB-190629230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Hinging of the Seats and Lids of Closets.
Inventor: CROOK JOSEPH
Filed: 1906-12-22
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 29,230. Crook, J. Dec. 22. Hinging, methods of, for closet seats and lids. Lugs a are moulded at the back of the basin and pierced by two holes a<1>, a<2> through which pass the hinge pins or rods of the seat and lid respectively. In a modification, there is one hole for the seat hinge. The lugs may also be of metal and attached to projections on the basin by means of nuts. Part of the pin or rod may be threaded, Fig. 12, to retain it in the sockets.