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Patent GB-190624310-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Impregnating Liquids with Gas and also for Liberating the same.
Inventor: STROH HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-10-31
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 24,310. Stroh, H. Oct, 31. Oxygen; nitrogen.- Relates to a method of and apparatus for impregnating liquids with gases, for freezing liquids from dissolved gases, for impregnating gases with liquids, and for separating mixtures of gases. A pipe a b c has an enlarged middle portion b formed of fine wire gauze covered with a gas-absorbing membrane, s u c h as a mixture of caoutchouc and ground carbon, and surrounded by a gas-tight jacket d. The interior free space is reduced by a core k, and the upper end is fitted with an ascension pipe f. The apparatus is placed vertically in a liquid so that the ascension tube f is completely immersed. Gas under pressure is passed into the jacket d, diffuses through the membrane, and is absorbed by the liquid. The gas subsequently escapes from the liquid in minute globules, which carry away any gas previously dissolved in the liquid. The entry of the gas into the liquid causes an upward current in the pipe a b c. The apparatus may be placed in a pipe, down which water is flowing, and the gas may be collected under reduced pressure. By passing a mixture of gases through the apparatus, the constituents dissolve in different proportions and a partial separation is obtained. In the case of air, more oxygen is dissolved than nitrogen. Alcohol or other substance which reduces the surface tension of the water may be added to increase the amount of gas absorbed and diminish the size of the escaping bubbles. The gas escaping from the surface of the liquid carries away some of the liquid in a finely divided form. When gas is to be introduced into a liquid under high pressure, the gas absorbing membrane may be dispensed with, and the tube b be formed of fine wire gauze only.
Patent GB-190624678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle-brushing and Rinsing Machines.
Inventor: KROHN EMIL GUSTAV THEODOR CAEC
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 24,678. Krohn, E. G. T. C. Nov. 3. Cleaning bottles.-In bottle brushing and rinsing apparatus, each bottle is brushed externally by three brushes two of which rotate oppositely to the other. In the construction shown in plan and vertical section in Figs. 1 and 2, respectively, the external brushes a are disposed so as to form a number of equilateral triangles, the bottles b being inserted over the internal brushes c. The latter are supplied with rinsing-water through pipes h provided with valves i actuated by the depression of the lever k when the bottle is inserted. Each bottle rotates by contact with its two similarlyrotating external brushes, and the edges of the bottom are cleaned by the fixed brushes m.
Patent GB-190626287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mills for Grinding and Polishing Glass.
Inventor: BAILEY WILLIAM OLIVER
Filed: 1906-11-20
Granted: 1907-11-20
Abstract: 26,287. Bailey, W. O. Nov. 20. Surfacing and polishing; bevelling. -The faces of metal mills for grinding and roughpolishing glass, and more particularly for bevelling glass, are formed with deep cross-cuts or recesses filled with a softer metal or with a material of less wear-resisting nature than the mill, to provide automatically shallow furrows along which the fluid abrading-medium supplied to the mill can travel. The cross-cuts or recesses d, which may be in straight or curved lines as shown in Fig. 1, preferably in a more or less tangential direction, are formed in the mill ring c when it is cast, or are cut out subsequently. The mill ring is attached to the disk a which carries it by screws that wear away at the same rate as the material of which the ring is composed. The ring may be formed of malleable cast iron, and the fillings of lead, or of felt, wood, &c. Protecting- rings, as described in Specification No. 4299, A.D. 1906, may be provided.
Patent GB-190701478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Varying Speed Transmission Gear
Inventor: SMITH MICHAEL HOLROYD
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 1478. Smith, M. H. Jan. 21. Variable-speed gearing.-Relates to change-speed friction-ratchet gearing, suitable for motor omnibuses and vans, in which a variable crank on a driving- shaft is connected through links and balanced levers to a co-axial driven shaft. The pin E of the crank is secured to a plate D which slides transversely in a box C fast on the driving-shaft A. The plate D carries a rack G, which is actuated by a toothed pinion H connected through a spindle I with a screw L. A nut M upon the screw L has lugs N protruding through slots in the shaft A by which the nut may be moved longitudinally to vary the throw of the pin E, and consequently the velocity-ratio. Connecting-rods R<1> ... R<4> extend from the pin E outwards to levers T, which are pivoted upon bolts m upon a frame W and are balanced by suitable masses V. Power is transmitted from the levers T through pull-rods Z and friction ratchets to a disk a fast upon the driven shaft B. One form of ratchet is shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The disk a is preferably in duplicate with inturned flanges supporting a slider c. Rocking leveis d pivoted to the slider c are operated at their outer ends by a rod Z, and engage and grip the flanges at their inner ends. In another form, the rod Z is connected directly to the slider, which takes the form of a box h, Fig. 8, containing a number of spring toggle pawlsj.
Patent GB-190703174-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Ductile Tungsten or Alloys thereof.
Filed: 1907-02-08
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 3174. Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges. March 22. 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent lamps; metals, working by electricity. -Wire, sheets, &c. of tungsten or alloys thereof are made by stamping the powdered metal into an iron or similar tube, closing the end, and subjecting the tube to rolling or drawing. The tubular shell is then removed, preferably by chemical means, and the tungsten rod &c. is placed in a furnace and heated electrically in vacuo or in an inert atmosphere to a white heat. The body thus obtained may be further worked and is suitable for electric lamp filaments.
Patent GB-190706755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Waterproof Paints.
Inventor: PLOENNIS RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-03-20
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 6755. Pl÷nnis, R. May 2,1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cements.-A weather-proof, fire-proof, and alkali and acid proof paint is composed of water-glass, strong alkaline lye, cement, and a mineral or metal pigment. The spreading qualities are increased by a small addition of varnish, linseed oil, or turpentine. The paint is suitable for application to metal, wood, cement, plastering, fabrics, paper, pasteboard, &c., and, in a state of greater consistency, may be employed for pasting down linoleum &c., for cementing purposes, and for covering floors &c.
Patent GB-190707142-A (GB)
Title: A Tubular Bath Heater.
Inventor: JACKSON JAMES DAWSON
Filed: 1907-03-25
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 7142. Jackson, J. D. March 25. Water - heaters.- Within an outer double casing forming an annular water space B<2> are tubes D connecting upper and lower water vessels C, C<1>. The upper circular vessel C, which has a removable top plate L, has a depending chambered portion which is connected by tubes to the lower circular vessel C<1>, which has a convex bottom. A chimney G passes through the top plate into the chambered portion, and is connected to orifices in the side walls by passages F. The lower end of the annular outer space slopes outwards to the top of the burner chamber A. Water entering by a pipe H flows upwards through the annular space B' and through a pipe D<1> to the lower water vessel C<1>. Thence it passes upwards through the tubes D into the upper vessel C and to the outflow pipe I. This is provided with a rose and safety-valve and also with an outlet to a plunge bath &c. The products of combustion from suitable gas burners escape by passages F into the chimney G.
Patent GB-190707752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Surgical and other Bedsteads.
Inventor: FLANDERS LORIN HARIS
Filed: 1907-04-02
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 7752. Flanders, L. H. April 2. Bedsteads &c.-In a surgical or other bedstead, the bed bottom is divided into sections c, c<1>, c<2>, c<3> hinged together and movable vertically either singly or in combination by a common moving-device. Each of the three sections c, c<1>, c' is supported by set-screws d<2>, engaging slots c<15>, in a U-shaped sliding frame d, vertically adjustable through screw and bevel gearing by means of a common shaft d<7> operated by a crank d<8>. Each bevel-wheel d<9> on this shaft is secured by a feather, and is adapted to be slid into or out of gear by a lever d<15>. The foot section c<3> of the bottom is adjusted relatively to the next section c' by a segment c<8> and a set-screw c<12>. A means for lifting a patient above the bed-bottom may be provided, consisting of a hammock in a frame with which the set-screws d' may be engaged, after being disconnected from the bed-bottom, enabling the hammock to be lifted clear of the bed by the slides d. Gates may bs provided in the end frames to give access to the head or feet of the patient. The legs of the bedstead are provided with castors b<1>, on bell-crank levers, normally clear of the floor but adapted to be lowered by a handlever b<4> so as to support the bedstead when it is desired to move it. A bed-table and a leg-rest may be supported by standards engaging sockets in the side and end frames, and fixed by set-screws.
Patent GB-190711440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding Cloth to Stentering and other Machines.
Inventor: MYCOCK WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1908-05-18
Abstract: 11,440. Mycock, W. May 16. Feeding-apparatus for webs.-In tentering and other machines, the fabric is guided and stretched to the required width by short rollers A, B, Fig. 1, at either side, a cam, eccentric, lever, or other device, which is applied to one of the rollers, being actuated by the selvedge to separate the rollers if the cloth is expanded too far. The divided roller A or two rollers A, a, Fig. 2, are carried on a stud or spindle c and the roller a, which is rotated when the selvedge is-drawn too far over, is provided with an eccentric &c. D. This eccentric acts on the roller b, and the roller or rollers b, B, carried by the studs c', c<2> on a swinging bracket C<1>, are moved upwards to release the cloth. The spindles c', c' are cut away at their ends and they overlap, so that the roller B may be raised by the roller b but may move independently thereof. Ball bearings are provided. In a more sensitive form of apparatus for use with fine or thin cloth, a lever H, Fig. 5, is mounted on the roller a or an extension thereof, and, when operated by the eccentric &c. D, moves a clutch F into engagement with a continuously-rotating cord pulley E. The clutch F is rotated, and, by means of a snug f and cord K attached to the swinging bracket, separates the rollers A, B. The roller a is returned to normal position by an elastic cord or spring.
Patent GB-190713156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Inserting Drawer Stops.
Inventor: BORGERDING HERMAN HENRY
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 13,156. Borgerding. H. H. June 6. Nailing.-A machine for inserting drawer stops in a drawer rail comprises a plunger 6 working in a guide 4 and actuated by a rod 5, which is adjustable in length and is secured between two treadle arms 7 attached to a foot-plate 9. The plunger is raised by a spring 10 and chain 12. The rail in which the stops are to be inserted is placed on a plate 18 against an adjustable gauge 28, and is clamped by a screw 13 passing through the baseplate 2. A nut 14 on the screw is adjustably keyed to a lever 15 by a pin 17 engaging one of a number of recesses in the nut and a corresponding recess in the lever, the arrangement being such that a slight turn of the lever 15 clamps or releases the rail. The plate 18 is guided by a vertical slot 19. The drawer stops 30 are held on a magazine consisting of two horizontal rods 23, and are fed by an arm 24<1> on a sleeve 24, which is moved along a guide tube 20 by a weight 27. A finger 25 on the sleeve 24 works in a slot in the tube 20. An adjustable set-screw 31 engaging a plate 32 screwed to the floor relieves the parts from strain.
Patent GB-190713444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Holding Devices.
Inventor: HADEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-11
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 13,444. Haden, W., and Sykes, R. June 11. Door holders.-A door holder comprises a rod B attached to a lever I of the door knob spindle, the rod B being normally spring-pressed into engagement w i t h the floor. The spring D is coiled round the rod B and its ends engage a guide C of the attachment plate A and a shoulder E of the rod B. The holder may be held inoperative by lifting the rod B and turning its projecting arm i n t o engagement w i t h a stud H. The socket piece F on the lower end of the rod B has rubber or other suitable material G for engaging with the floor. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 16,344, A.D. 1893, No. 16,241, A.D. 1900, and No. 21,490, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190714019-A (GB)
Title: Improved Governor
Inventor: TUCKFIELD CHARLES
Filed: 1907-06-18
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 14,019. Tuckfield, C., and Garland, W. G. de F. June 18. Fans.-Radial holes bored in a revolving block contain balls E which press outwards against a cover F with a surface inclined at an angle of forty-five degrees and working against a spring. The block may form part of a pulley or of the hub of a fan, such as a ventilating-fan on a ship or a cooling-fan on a motor road vehicle.
Patent GB-190715189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bakers' Ovens.
Inventor: CRUICKSHANK JAMES
Filed: 1907-07-02
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 15,189. Cruickshank, J., and Fraser, C. July 2. Bakers' ovens.- A set of steam tubes is provided for each chamber of a decker oven of the Perkins type, or for the upper and lower portions of a singlechamber oven, and the different sets of tubes are heated so that the temperature of each chamber, or of the upper and lower parts of the single chamber, can be varied independently. As applied to a double decker oven, the lower chamber D is heated by tubes A, the furnace portions of which are arranged to form a loop in one half of the furnace chamber, while the upper chamber is heated by a similar set of tubes, of which only the loops E in the other half of the furnace are shown. The products of combustion pass from the furnace through flues C, G separated at the rear of the fire-bridge by a tongue or projection H, and dampers J, K are provided so that the furnace gases can be directed to heat either or both sets of tubes. As shown in Fig. 1, each tube forms a complete circuit, and is carried along the length of the baking chamber and back again both at the bottom and the top.
Patent GB-190716657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbines
Inventor: IMLE EMIL
Filed: 1907-07-20
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 16,657. Imle, E. July 20. T u r b i n es.-Turbine blades are made with cylindrical shanks which fit into holes in the rotor, and pass into lateral grooves or perforations in the latter, and are secured therein by autogenous welding. The blades b, Fig. 1, are provided with shanks c which fit into radial holes in the wheel a. They pass through an annular groove d formed in the side of the wheel. In this groove an iron wire is laid when all the blades are in position, and the whole is united together by welding. In a modification, the groove d is replaced by a series of lateral perforations, one for each blade.
Patent GB-190717822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Casement Windows.
Inventor: KNOWLES CHARLES
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 17,822. Knowles, C. Aug. 6. Stays.-In casement windows of the type described in Specification No. 9079, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Buildings &c.], the lower pivot-pin a of the casement is made integral with the plate e, which serves to secure the pin to the casement and carries the notched semicircular bar f, which moves with the casement and the notches n in which are adapted to be engaged by the vertically moving spring- pressed plunger g, to retain the casement in either the locked or open position. The end of the plunger is tapered to prevent the rattling of the sashes.
Patent GB-190718403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surface Traversers for use on Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: STOKES FREDERICK WILFRID SCOTT
Filed: 1907-08-14
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 18,403. Stokes, F. W. S. Aug. 14. Traversers, surface, for railways and tramways are built up of cross-plates forming a platform which is enabled to carry the load by longitudinal distributing-girders fixed to the upper surface of the plates. Fig. 1 shows a transverse section of the traverser in which the platform consists of plates a strengthened by shorter plates b arranged to break joint These plates are strengthened by longitudinal girders c, d, the rails e being fixed between the smaller girders d. Pairs of short transverse girders f serve to carry the traverser wheels g, which are formed with a groove to engage the transverse rails h but do not require the cutting through of the track rails i.
Patent GB-190800644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines
Filed: 1908-01-10
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 644. Underwood Typewriter Co., and Cooper, J. J. Jan. 10. [Patent of Addition to No. 26,747, A.D. 1907.] Typewriters.-The linespacing mechanism described in Specification No. 26,747, A.D. 1907, is modified in that the platen may be rotated, at will, independently of the stop device by which the platen may be rotated to any predetermined extent, regular or irregular, for filling in printed forms &c. Loosely carried on a rod 17<a>, to which the usual front paper guides 17b are secured, is a stop barrel 17 provided with a pinion 16 gearing with a pinion 15. This pinion is secured upon a sleeve 14<a> on the platen splindle 2, a pinion 14 on the sleeve gearing with a pinion 13, to which is attached a ratchet-wheel 12 operated by a pawl 10 on a crank 8. The parts are arranged so that the stop barrel rotates about twice as fast as the platen, and the platen about twice as fast as the ratchet-wheel 12. The stops 19, consisting preferably of eccentrically - formed screw heads, are secured in holes 18 arranged spirally in four rows, and coact with a detent 21 pivoted to an arm 36 on a sleeve 35, which is slidable on a rod 38 secured to the rod 17<a>, the sleeve being provided with an arm 34, which abuts against a spiral cam 33 on the pinion 13, and has a bearing 37 upon a stud 9 supporting the pinion 13. In order to rotate the platen, the crank 8 is advanced from the position shown in Fig. 4 until the detent 21 prevents further rotation, and, the crank -being returned to normal position by a spring 20', a bar 26 thereon strikes an arm 27 of the detent and releases this detent from engagement with the stop 19. The detent is slotted to embrace its pivot 28, and under the influence of a spring 30, moves back bodily, the nose 20 riding over the top of the stop. A spring 42 returns the detent to its left-hand position when the arm 34 is released by the cam 33. To insert a sheet of paper, the platen is rotated until arrested by the first stop 19 ; the sheet being then inserted, further rotation, until arrested by the second stop, brings the sheet into position to receive the first line of writing. The platen spindle 2 is connected with the sleeve 14<a >by clutch members 43, 44 thereon, the member 43 being movable to release the clutch by means of a button 45, which also' serves to rotate the platen. The platen is provided at its left-hand end with the usual linespacing lever 47, operating a slide 48, pawl 49, and ratchet-wheel 50 provided with a detent 51. The lever 47 may be operated independently of the stop barrel 17, or in connexion therewith, the detent: 21 In this case being held down by the finger When the detent 51 has been released, the button 45 may be pushed in and rotated to provide a fine adjustment of the platen.
Patent GB-190801039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotating Sprinklers.
Inventor: HODGSON JOHN LAWRENCE
Filed: 1908-01-16
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 1039. Hodgson, J. L. Jan. 16. Brakes.-The orifices in the arms of a rotating sprinkler are suitably placed along the arms corresponding with a given speed of rotation so that an even discharge is obtained over the area sprinkled. To prevent this particular speed from being exceeded, a governor gear is fitted, comprising a weight W mounted on an inclined bearing B, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and connecte by a cord or link C with a band-brake S<1> spirally wound about the central stand-pipe. The foot of the bearing B is cam-shaped so that the weight W rises as it swings outward ; this prevents exact isochronism. In a modification, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, a double bell-crank lever L is placed between and connected to the cord C and brake S<1>. Wind-cones may be fitted in order to aid rotation.
Patent GB-190802446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reeling Machines for Flax and other Yarns.
Inventor: GIBSON THOMAS
Filed: 1908-02-04
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 2446. Gibson, T., and McKinstry, C. Feb. 4. Clutches.-Afric, tion clutch forming part of the driving- mechanism of a reeling-machine has a friction disk c slidably mounted on the reel shaft a and adapted to be pressed against a corresponding disk c<1> connected to the driving-pulley m by means of a foot-plate g, a bell-crank lever q, and a compound lever having one part e<1> hinged to the bell-crank lever and formed with a socket e<2>, into which the end of a second lever e fits, the lever e having a bifurcated upper end engaging closely with the grooved hub of the friction disk.
Patent GB-190802956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Road Vehicles
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 2956. Soc. Industrielle des TÚlÚphones (Constructions Úlectriques caoutchouc cables). Feb. 22, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-Adjustable devices consisting of transverse bolts passing eccentrically through washers rotatably mounted in cheeks secured to the felloe are employed to secure india-rubber blocks of chevron form which present a constant bearing-surface to the ground. Each block D, the apex of which is set away from the direction of travel, is formed at the sides forming the apex with a step or rabbet b which fits against the lower part of the front of the adjacent block. Two bolts E are provided for each block, one of which passes through the centre of the rear part of a block and its step, while the other is arranged at about the centre of the length of the block and passes through or above the step of the adjacent block. These bolts are enclosed by metal tubes g covered with fabric, and pass eccentrically through washers d, e, each formed with a circular part d, Fig. 4, and a polygonal flange k, which is used to turn the washer when it is somewhat released and fits a corresponding recess in the cheek C.
Patent GB-190804834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Drawing Liquids through other Liquids of Greater Density, and Viewing same in their Passage.
Inventor: WOOD ROBERT
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1909-03-03
Abstract: 4834. Wood, R. March 3. Indicating flow of liquids. - Apparatus for drawing liquids through other liquids of greater density, such as oil, lubricant, or ether through water, is provided with a glass or other transparent sight - tube E fitted at each end with a ball valve H, D to relieve the tube from pressure. A vacuum is created at the upper end of the tube by a pump or the condenser of an engine &c., and the lighter liquid rises visibly through the water within the sight-tube. The tube E is fitted into metal connexions C, G, and is provided with a nozzle L at its lower end.