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Patent GB-190426100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Means for the Removal of Deposited Soot, Dust, Ashes, and the like from Furnaces
Inventor: WILSON OSBORNE ERNEST
Filed: 1904-11-30
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 26,100. Wilson, O. E. Nov. 30. Flue dust and ashes, collecting and removing.- For allowing the withdrawal of ashes &c. from furnaces without the admission of air, a lock is formed within a vertical pipe or vessel A by sliding cross-plates B, C, to which studs F, G, working in a grooved cam E, are attached. The cam can be rotated about its axis D by a worm and wheel I, H. When the plate B is wholly or partly open, the plate C is closed, and vice versÔ. The ashes &c. are therefore first collected on the lower plate C and then discharged by closing the upper plate B.
Patent GB-190426527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Ignition Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ECKSTEIN AUGUST
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-07-20
Abstract: 26,527. Eckstein, A., and Coates, H. J. Dec. 6. Gas and like engines, igniting in. A battery or dynamo a supplying a unidirectional current of electricity charges a condenser c which, when a spark is required, is discharged through the primary of a coil, the secondary h of which produces a spark at the plug g. The switch l opens the charging-circuit at m before closing the discharging-circuit at o. In a modification, the charging-circuit is not opened, but includes a resistance coil to prevent the short-circuiting of the dynamo. A number of cylinders may be fired by a single condenser, or a condenser may be provided for each, all being charged from one source. A condenser of the tin-foil type may be used, or an electrolytic one having aluminium electrodes immersed in a solution of ammonium phosphate. The dynamo may be driven through a governor clutch to prevent excessive speed.
Patent GB-190500650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machine Tools for Grooving Cylinders and like purposes.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1905-01-12
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 650. Parsons, C. A., and Taylor, C. F. Jan. 12. Boring.-Boring-bars for grooving turbine and like cylinders are provided with positive means for withdrawing the tool. A head c, Fig. 1, clamped to the bar d carries a slide b connected to a block f by a pin and inclined slot. The block f is traversed along the bar to feed the tool by a screw g or other known means. A screw n with a lock-nut provides means for adjusting the tool to different diameters of cylinder. Several tool-heads may be used, and the screw g may have different pitches at various parts to enable grooves of different depths to be cut simultaneously. Several screws may be used each actuating one or more tools.
Patent GB-190506677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus or Means for Handling Coal or other Material.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 6677. Johnson, J. Y., [Dodge Coal Storage Co.]. March 29. Sidings.-Comprises an arrangement of rails and connexions for quays and the like and means for discharging material from railway wagons into ships, whereby storage of material in bulk at wharves is dispensed with. From the service line I a series of tracks i<2> with branches i<3> run down an incline to a bend i<1>. The remaining portions i of these tracks are upwardly inclined, and the loaded wagons are pushed up them by a truck J hauled by winding - gear on trucks E running on transverse rails e. The truck J runs on rails of narrow gauge which sink below the tracks i into pits j. Another set of return rails c for empty trucks runs from the quay down inclines to the return service line C. The trucks E, which are driven by a suitable motor, contain two sets of rails e<2> for full and empty cars. Similar trucks D, running on parallel rails d and containing continuation rails d<2>, convey the wagons to a tipping-platform on a structure B at the side of the vessel. The material is tipped into a hopper b<1>, which is elevated so as to discharge into a shoot b<3>, to which is connected an adjustable telescopic shoot b<3> extending into the hold of the vessel. In a modification, the material is dumped into a skip suspended from a runway, by which it is lowered and discharged into the ship's hold.
Patent GB-190507690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rim Brakes for Cycles.
Inventor: BOHLE ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1905-06-22
Abstract: 7690. Bohle, E. W. April 11. Brakes.-For actuating the rear rim brake of a bicycle, telescopically-adjustable rods B<1>, B<2>, are connected to a bell-crank lever L, and, by a nipple c', Fig. 5, and ferrule c<2>, to a cable C passing around pulleys P', P<2> to the yoke A. As shown in Fig. 6, for the purpose of adjustment, the cable, having a nipple c<3>, terminates in a screwed tube a<1> passing through the yoke, nuts a', a<3> fixing the tube in position. The arrangement is particularly intended for a lady's machine.
Patent GB-190513351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treating with Carbonic Oxide Nickel Ores or other Material containing Nickel, and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: LANGER CARL
Filed: 1905-06-28
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 13,351. Langer, C. June 28. Nickel-c a r b o noxide.-Relates to keeping at a temperature between 40‹ C. and 50‹ C. the material under treatment with carbonic oxide in carrying out the process described in Specification No. 12,626, A.D. 1890, for obtaining nickel from ores and other material by the action of carbon monoxide upon the reduced material. The apparatus preferred is an adaptation of the volatilizer described in Specification No. 23,665, A.D. 1895, and consists of a number of superposed short cylinders a forming a number of chambers each divided by a partition b and having a bottom c. The partitions b are made of two plates making joint at b<1>, b<2>, and having a space b<3> between them into which a cooling-fluid passes by a pipe h, the fluid flowing out through a pipe h<1>. The bottom c has a rim c<1> which rests on a rim i<1> of a plate i supported on the top of the next lower cylinder. The lower flange k of the cylinder a rests on the edge of the plate i, a space being provided with inlet and outlet pipes n, n<1>. The inlet pipes h, n are all connected to one main o, while the outlet pipes h<1>, n<1> are all connected with another main o'. In working the volatilizer, water, air, or other cooling-medium is passed into the spaces in such quantity that the reduced material under treatment is maintained at the desired temperature.
Patent GB-190516387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Sighting and Firing Devices for Ordnance.
Inventor: ECSEGHY STEPHAN KISS VON
Filed: 1905-08-11
Granted: 1906-04-05
Abstract: 16,387. Lake, H. H., [Ecseghy, S. K. von, and Handelsges. Kleinberg & Co.]. Aug. 11. Ordnance, d i scharging by means external to breech mechanism; sights. -Relates to sighting-apparatus for ships guns, provided with means for compensating for the oscillatory motions of the platform, and for automatically discharging the guns at the instant the vertical plane through the axis of the gun is coincident with (or parallel to) the vertical plane containing the line of sight. The sighting-device 2 is carried on a vertical axis 9, rotatable in a bracket B, pivoted upon a transverse axis 10 at the end of a shaft 5, revolubly mounted on the gun or cradle and parallel to the axis of the gun in all positions. At its rear end, the shaft, 5 carries a guide 6 for an elevating-arc 11, carrying an adjustable finger 7. 'rhe sight-carrier 9 has a rearward extension 3, which when the sight is vertical lies in the vertical plane of the sight line. The finger 7 lies in the vertical plane through the axis 5, i.e. in a plane parallel to the vertical plane through the axis of the gun, so that when the points 4, 8 are in contact, and the line of sight passes through the target, the gun is ready for discharge. A seat 37 for the gun layer is secured to the shaft 5, so that in maintaining his equilibrium the layer also maintains the vertical position of the sight-carrier 9 and arc 11. A series of adjusting- devices 18 ... 22 are provided for adjusting the pointer 7 laterally, so that independent corrections may be made for speed and direction of target, wind, and ship. The arc 11 is adjusted by a nut 12 and hand-wheel 13, the threads on the arc being broken owing to the triangular or rectangular section of the latter. For automatically effecting the discharge, the points 4, 8 are connected with the electric firing-circuit, which cannot be completed until the points are in contact. To prevent accidental discharge by the contact of the points through a sudden disturbance of the platform, the circuit includes safety devices 24, 31, each of which comprises either two or four pendulums 27, 35, with contact-points at their lower ends included in the firing-circuit, so that, should the pendulums' be thrown out of the vertical, the contact between their points is broken. One or more balls 26, 34 are mounted between the pendulums to assist in breaking the circuit.
Patent GB-190518032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lamps or Stoves for Burning Oil and the like.
Inventor: COLE HARRY
Filed: 1905-09-06
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 18,032. Cole, H. Sept. 6. Oil lamps and burners ; flame spreaders; regulating flame ; wick-tubes.-The wick W is placed between two wick-tubes 0, I, the interior one I of which is higher than the outer one O. A perforated flame-spreader S is attached by a bayonet-joint to the inner tube I, and holds in position a ring F for limiting the upward motion of the wick W. The flame is regulated and extinguished by an outer sleeve R actuated by a forked lever.
Patent GB-190518084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wagon Tipping Devices and other Accessories for Light Service Railways.
Inventor: ADAM JAMES MILLEN
Filed: 1905-09-07
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 18,084. Adam, J. M. Sept. 7. Elevated railways.-Relates to apparatus for loading ships, charging furnaces, &c., in which trucks travel upon an upper track and are discharged by passing round a semicircular terminal to a lower return rail, and comprises improvements in the discharge terminal and in the means for righting the trucks after discharge. The upper track A, Fig. 1, terminates in a semicircular portion A'. The lower or return track B has a complementary section B' carried on a cage C, which is trunnioned at D and weighted in such a manner that the space between the rails A<1>, B' is slightly constricted. The truck E is drawn by a cable, or runs by gravity down an inclined portion of the track, to the semicircular portion. The motion is checked previous to the discharge by the braking action exerted when passing through the constricted portion. The return run takes place in an inverted position along the rail B, at the extremity of which the front axle is caught in jaws F', Fig., 4, the upper ends F of which act as buffers. The rear portion of the truck swings about the axis F<1>, and is caught upon a service bogie upon which it may be wheeled about for recharging before, replacing it upon the upper track.
Patent GB-190519556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Aerating and Bottling Apparatus.
Inventor: WRIGHT RICHARD
Filed: 1905-09-27
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 19,556. Wright, R. Sept. 27. Bottling.-Relates more particularly to aerating and bottling apparatus of the type described in Specifications No. 12,820, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Beverages], and No. 28,137, A.D. 1904, and is chiefly designed to facilitate the manipulation of the apparatus. With this object, the snift valve d of the mixing-chamber d', and the water and gas admission valves, are all operated, in proper sequence, by three cams a', a<2>, &c. on a single hand-lever a. Preferably, the cams a<2> &c. for operating the water and gas valves are of the "wiper" type, and the cam a', for operating the snift valve d, is of the "pusher" type. The bottling-apparatus may be of the " turn-over " type, and is carried by the sleeve b<2>, mounted on the extension b<3>, Fig. 4, of the outlet of the bottling- valve b. In filling the bottles, the valve b and the bottle-snifting valve c are both operated by the same finger-lever b<1>. When a bottle has been filled and the filling-apparatus turned over into position to seat the stopper, the snift valve c is again operated, by its stem c' coming into contact with the fixed projection c<2>, to snift the mouth of the stoppered bottle.
Patent GB-190524820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trick Devices.
Inventor: MASCHIN GEORGE LESLIE
Filed: 1905-11-30
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 24,820. Maschin, G. L., and Maschin, E. T. Nov. 30. Blowing-toys; toy windmills.- Relates to a trick device which is adapted to cause a spray of lampblack, flour, water, &c., to be blown in the face of an uninitiated operator. A casing 1, which contains the lampblack &c., is provided with a double stem having a mouthpiece 8, which, when blown into by a person not knowing the construction of the device, allows air to pass through the inner stem 4, thereby forcing a current or spray through an opening 10 in the casing on to the operator. By closing the outer end of the piece 8 with the tongue, and enclosing the whole mouthpiece within the lips, air can be blown through the outer stem 6, and is then directed by a tube 7 to a windmill mounted in a strip 3 attached to the casing 1. The casing is formed with a charging- opening, which is soldered after the casing is charged.
Patent GB-190524954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roll-top Writing Bureaus or Desks.
Inventor: SERRURIER-BOVY GUSTAVE NICOLAS
Filed: 1905-12-01
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 24,954. Bovy, G. N. J. Serrurier-. Dec. 3. 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Desks. - Relates to a roll-top desk in which the drawers and cases are locked, and the writing board enclosed, by the operation of the lock of an horizontal shutter. The writing board a tests on two pedestals b, each enclosing, a pivoted case d for files &c. and a sliding case c containing drawers, the cases c, d being connected by a link l. Each pedestal b is surmounted by a casing f with shelves m, venetian shutters h, h' sliding in grooves in the casing f and pedestals b. Leaves i are pivoted at each side of the writing board, and are formed with similar grooves to engage the shutters when in the raised position. The shutters meet at the middle of the desk and are provided with a spring lock. Rings are provided on the shutters to engage with a short spindle on the leaves i to lock the leaves in raised position, and in this position of the leaves a projecting rod thereon passes through a hole in the board s and engages with a hole in the case d, thereby locking the latter in position.
Patent GB-190526847-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Producing Gas for Illuminating and Heating Purposes from Petrol or other suitable Volatile Spirit or Oil.
Inventor: GREEN BENJAMIN KEITH
Filed: 1905-12-23
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 26,847. Green, B. K., and Mieville, H. Dec. 23. Carburetting.-In a surface carburetting-plant, hydrocarbon from a tank 17 is maintained at constant level in the carburetting-chamber 11 by means of a float 22 operating the valve 20 in the supply pipe 18. Wicks 10 of absorbent material dip into the liquid. Warmed and dried air is forced through a pipe 31 to a tube 32 placed transversely in the chamber 11 and provided with nozzles 33, Fig. 5, above the surface of the liquid, and with a series of perforated tubes 34, some or all of the perforations 35 being below the surface of the liquid. The carburatted air passes to a mixing-chamber 14 and away by a pipe 16 to a gas-holder. The bell of the gas-holder operates a controlling-valve on the air-supply pipe, the air supply, the spraying action of the tubes 34, and the degree of saturation of the wicks 10 being thus automatically regulated according to the consumption.
Patent GB-190603336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Breech Mechanism of Guns.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1906-02-10
Granted: 1907-02-07
Abstract: 3336. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Feb. 10. Ordnance breech mechanism, - Consists in arranging the firing-mechanism described in Specification N o. 22,078, A.D. 1903, so that the firing may be effected from that side of the gun on which the breech-block carrier is pivoted. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the mechanism. The cam shaft E of the slip-lock firing-gear is provided at its outer end with a swinging arm e', Fig. 5, the lower extremity of which is located behind the firing- lever F, so that, when the latter is rocked on its pivot f, the shaft E will be rotated to actuate the firing-pin. The breech-actuating handle is situated above the gun, and has a retaining-catch for locking the handle when the breech is closed.
Patent GB-190603952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Spark Arrestors.
Inventor: HARDY TOM
Filed: 1906-02-17
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 3952. Hardy, T. Feb. 17. Spark -arresters. - A perforated and approximately pear-shaped cage A, in two parts secured together by bolts, is fitted between the top of the blast pipe F and the bottom C of the funnel in a locomotive or other smoke-box. The screen is attached by means of rings D, E, and is provided with an opening A' or a hinged door in the front part and a hinged door A<2> in the back part, in order to give access to the tubes. The bottom of the smoke-box is made hopper - shaped and fitted with a sliding door, operated from the cab or otherwise, for the removal of cinders &c. Specifications No. 16,372, A.D. 1886, No. 85, A.D. 1894, and No. 6101, A.D. 1903, are referred to.
Patent GB-190606660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoeing Machines
Inventor: JAMES RICHARD EDWARD
Filed: 1906-03-20
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 6660. James, R. E., James, C. W., and Sikes, J. March 20. Drawings to Specification. Shafts. - The shafts of a boeing-machine are pivoted to the main frame, and their lateral movement is limited by a bridge-piece which passes over them.
Patent GB-190607078-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Petroleum Can with Filling Indicator.
Inventor: CUESTERS WILHELM
Filed: 1906-03-23
Granted: 1907-04-23
Abstract: 7078. C³sters, W. March 23. Measures of capacity.-A petroleum can is provided with means for showing readily when the can is filled to a given capacity. To the top d of the can is secured a conical piece t having a small orifice o at its lower end. The upper end of the conical piece, which forms the sight-hole, is covered by a glass &c. hinged flap or other lid. Holes or indentations in the piece t indicate the highest level to which the can should be filled. When the can is being emptied by the usual spout, air enters it through the hole o, thus rendering it unnecessary to loosen the stopper v.
Patent GB-190607162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Switch Apparatus.
Inventor: BERRY ARTHUR FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-03-24
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 7162. Berry, A. F. March 24. Switches.-The movable contacts of switches are composed of laminated strips of some conducting- material, the contact surfaces being inclined to the direction of lamination, and so arranged that the strips successively come into contact with the fixed contacts. A contact 10 of the switch shown in Fig. 5 may be formed from a pile of laminated strips by subjecting one end of the pile to pressure until the other end lies upon an inclined surface 2, Fig. 1, or by arranging them to rest endwise upon an inclined surface 4, Fig: 2, when the sheets are firmly fastened together. Inverted V-shaped contacts may be formed by cutting a block, formed as described above, by one or more inclined planes. To increase the resilience of such contacts, alternate layers of the pile may be somewhat shorter than those adjacent to them. The laminated contact 10, with or without interposed smaller strips, is mounted revolubly in a bracket 18 capable of a slight rotation about a vertical axis. The contact 10 is connected to an electro-magnetically-operated plate 17 through an arm 15 and a rod 16, the movement of the plate 17 causing the contact 10 to revolve, and so close or open the circuit. In order to obtain a slight grinding action between the surfaces 6, 6 and 11, 12, a slight rotation is imparted to the frame 18 about a vertical axis. One method of obtaining this rotation is to provide the rod 16 with a V-shaped cam 20 arranged to engage with the lower part of the arm 15, so that, as the rod 16 rises, it turns the laminated contact 10 until it makes contact with the surfaces 11, 12, and then by a further upward movement it turns the frame 18 to a small extent. The rod 16 is also provided with a projection 21 to engage with the top of the lever 15, and so move the contact 10 back into open position. The two movements given to the contact 10 may also be obtained by using a pin-and-slot connexion for the turning movement about a horizontal axis, and a cam arrangement for the motion about a vertical axis. Truncated V-shaped contacts may be arranged to move in a straight line by the plate, 17 to bridge suitably shaped blocks. Specification No. 8927, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190608486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Compressing of Coal Gas and the like.
Inventor: GORE JOHN
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1907-04-09
Abstract: 8486. Gore, J. April 9. Partitioned chamber revolving in or containing liquid.-Rotary apparatus of the coiled-tube type for compressing coal or like gas consists ot a chamber having gas inlet and outlet and divided into two compartments C, G in which is placed a suitable liquid. In the chamber C rotates a drum A having a hollow bearing E by which communication is made between the interior of the drum and the compartment G. The drum A has spiral peripheral passages H as shown, in which the gas supplied from the main to the compartment C is caught and trapped by the liquid, which forces the gas round the spiral passage as the drum rotates to the interior of the drum and thence to the chamber G through the bearing E, thus compressing the gas. A non-return valve K is provided so that gas may pass through the apparatus without being compressed when the rotating drum is not in action.
Patent GB-190608898-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Instrument for Dentists' Use.
Inventor: PEARSALL WILLIAM BOOTH
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 8898. Pearsall, W. B. April 12. Embossing.-An instrument for filling cavities in the teeth, or casts of such cavities, with foil, for making metal denture-plates upon casts of the mouth, and for filling teeth with amalgam, comprises a revoluble head b mounted upon a tapered, curved stem a. The head may be pear-shaped &c., and may be toothed, milled, or smooth. It rests between a shoulder d and a head f.