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Patent GB-190602914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toy Furniture.
Inventor: BITNER HARRY
Filed: 1906-02-06
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 2914. Bitner, H. Feb. 6. Toy furniture.-A toy chair in detachable parts has the seat A composed of a metal sheet with turned-over edges a to form tubular sockets. The bent-up ends b<1>, b<4> of wire legs, Fig. 5, are inserted into corresponding ends of one pair of parallel sockets, and the ends of another pair of similar legs into the other ends of the same sockets. The chair back C is then applied to the other pair of sockets, producing the complete chair. The invention is applicable to stools, settees, and bedsteads.
Patent GB-190611771-A (GB)
Title: Mouth-gag.
Inventor: BUCHFELD ROBERT
Filed: 1906-05-21
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 11,771. Buchfeld, P. May 19, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gagging-appliances.-The handles a, Fig. 2, of a mouth gag are extended in the form of flat arms b bearing flexible wedge-shaped gagging-pieces c, one of which is shown in plan in Fig. 3. The gagging- pieces are held in place by screws f, and their outer surfaces are formed with indentations h so that the back portions n may overlap and support the teeth.
Patent GB-190612063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Hydraulic Clutches.
Inventor: FAIRBROTHER HENRY
Filed: 1906-05-23
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 12,063. Fairbrother, H., and Tourtel, J. M. Nov. 22. Fixed - abutment type having outwardly-sliding vanes. Clutches of the type in which dogs or their equivalents carried by one member force a liquid into a restricted space and so transmit the drive to the other member are provided with means to prevent the dogs from coming into effective action until they are in their maximum outward position, for the purpose of preventing the liquid from acting on the outer ends of the dogs. Figs. 2 and 3 show one member a carrying the spring-controlled dogs d working in an elliptical chamber c on the other member, so as to form two oil chambers, one on each side of the part a. These two oil chambers are connected with the oil chamber c' by ports c', c<2> so that the liquid is not subjected to pressure until the dogs have passed these ports, at which instant they are in their maximum outward position.
Patent GB-190618363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Counter-pressure Bottling Machines for Beer, Mineral Waters, and the like.
Filed: 1906-08-16
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 18,363. West & Co., H. J., Webster, R. W., and Chew, L. Aug. 16. Bottling.-In a counter-pressure bottling-machine, particularly of the rotary-table type for bottling beer, mineral waters and the like, liquid is admitted to the bottles through a valve having a. stem k guided through a stuffing-box l. Below the valve is a plunger f having a greater effective area than the upper side of the valve. Air or gas under pressure is admitted to the bottle through a tube b which passes through the beer tube d, and when the pressure in the bottle is the same as that in the reservoir, the valve j lifts to admit the liquid. The liquid valve is closed, during the rotation of the machine, by a roller m on the upper end of the valve stem k engaging a stationary spring-controlled cam n on the frame. The valve stem k, Fig. 2, may be hollow and form a passage from the pressure tube b, through a flexible connexion r, to a central cock t, the plug s of which is held stationary while the casing rotates with the reservoir. In the plug s are ports u, 12, communicating with a pres. sure supply and the atmosphere, respectively. In the hollow valve stem is a non-return valve 11, through which gas passes from the bottle to the reservoir during filling. During the rotation of the machine, after the closing of the liquid valve, momentary communication with the atmosphere is established through the port 12, any liquid remaining below the valve then flowing into the bottle. In a modification, the pressure gas may be admitted through a rigid, instead of a flexible, connexion and a passage formed in the body of the reservoir, the tube b acting only as a communication between the bottle and the hollow valve spindle. In another form of the invention, shown in Fig. 4, the beer tube d is situated within the pressure tube, and the non-return valve 11 is seated in a recess in the cover of the reservoir. In this case, an auxiliary cock 15 is arranged in the plug s of the main cock, and the cock 15 may be set so as to charge the bottle with pressure gas either from the reservoir h, or from an independent supply ; or, it may be arranged to cut out the bottles and supply pressure to the reservoir from a source of supply. If it is desired to exhaust the bottles before charging, further passages may be provided in the central cock and connected to vacuum apparatus.
Patent GB-190619614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Phonographs and Doll Bodies and the like for containing the same.
Filed: 1906-09-03
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 19,614. Marks, E. C. R., [Arnold, 0.]. Sept. 3. Phonographic figures.-A doll body consists of two parts 26, 30 separated by a plate a attached to the parts by flanges or lugs 27, 29 and screws 28, 31. This plate carries the record bearer on its upper surface and the motor mechanism on its lower as shown in Fig. 2. The record bearer d is rotated through gearing f from a spring in a case 10. The diaphragm l and horn - bearer 42 are supported by an arm k on a feed-nut i operated from the same gearing by a worm shaft h, and are automatically moved into the right initial position by this shaft on winding. A rod t carried in guides u on the plate a and held against accidental movement by a spring v has a portion bent at right angles with a brake shoe y controlled by a spring z, which normally holds the governor n from moving, until a spring-controlled button 3 pushes the rod t, frees the governor, and starts the machine. When the diaphragm has reached the end of its travel, a stop w on the feed-nut i moves the rod t until the brake shoe y is again pressing on the governor disk 1. A lever o adjustable in longitudinal slots p has a curved or annular portion s engaging the farther end of the record, whereby the latter may be sufficiently removed through a hole 50 in the body 51 of the doll to facilitate its complete removal by hand.
Patent GB-190620295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double-width Rotary Printing Machines.
Inventor: DOW WILLIAM SAUNDERS
Filed: 1906-09-21
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 20,295. Dow, W. S., and Smith, E. J. Sept. 21. Rotary machines : associating and folding apparatus. - A double - roll printing - machine of the right-angle type is made to be used as two units when required, so that one portion of the machine can be set to work while the other is in preparation or is working at a different speed. The two webs can thus be independently delivered to their separate formers or folding-apparatus. In a machineconsisting of a main press a, Fig. 1, and a supplement press placed at right-angles, the two halves of the roller d above the formers c, c<1> may be driven independently by the two presses, or conjointly. The formers c, c<1> may be separated or brought together as desired. Fig. 4 shows two full-width webs with their halves superimposed passing separately over the formers, but by arranging turners the two webs may be associated, slit longitudinally, and then passed together over the formers. Similarly, the four halves of the two webs may be passed over one former.
Patent GB-190623817-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cable or Rope Clamp.
Inventor: MEECH ALFRED HARRISON
Filed: 1906-10-26
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 23,817. Meech, A. H. Oct. 26. Couplings for ropes or cables consist of two clamping-members, held together by a central bolt or bolts and designed both to grip the cable and also to bend it into a tortuous form about the bolts. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show a form of clamp suitable for heavy wire cables. Two cables 13, 13<1>, or different parts of the same cable, are laid in the lower coupling-piece on opposite sides of the bolts 7. The upper piece is then fitted on to the lower one so that the legs 4 fit between the legs 3, and the nuts 10 are tightened up, the cable portions being gripped by the inclined faces of the legs 3, 4 and bent around the bolts 7. An interior flange 12 may be formed on the upper clamping-piece, between the bolts, to assist in gripping the cable. The bases 8 of the bolts 7 are squared to keep them from turning. Lugs 11 are formed on the lower clamp and are hammered over the thin edges 9 of the bolts. Figs. 6 and 8 show a form of clamp suitable for use with more flexible ropes or cables ; in this form the inside faces of the legs 16, 17 are approximately parallel instead of being inclined.
Patent GB-190624238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for Vehicles.
Inventor: WOODS FREDERICK CHARLES
Filed: 1906-10-30
Granted: 1907-10-30
Abstract: 24,238. Woods, F. C. Oct. 30. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. - To render solid tyres more resilient and free from sideslips, they are made of india-rubber &c. with two treads, as shown. Such tyres may be secured in any known manner, e.g. by a band E of steel or other material in the hollow of the tread. This band supports the treads in event of a side-slip. occurring. The tyre may be lightened as shown at H, and may be removed after one of the flanges F has been taken off. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 3564, A.D. 1879, No. 1951, A.D. 1903, No. 10,315, A.D. 1904, and No. 1390, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190700728-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Fixing Auxiliary Guard Rails to Curved Tramway Rails
Inventor: HOLT ROBERT BICKERSTAFFE
Filed: 1907-01-11
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 728. Holt, R. B. Jan. 11. Rails.-Auxiliary guard-rails 1 for use at curves of tramways s are made from flat bars, preferably of manganese steel, of less depth than the track rail, and are supported in recesses 4 provided on narrow cast-iron blocks 3 fitted at intervals against the web and flange of the rail. A large metal plate or washer 9, dished or curved in section, is placed under the head of the bolt at each block, as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 shows a form in which a curved washer is fitted against a bead 10 provided on the guard-rail and a step 11 on the block 3. The guard-rail is also formed with a bead 12 on its inner face which engages in a groove in the block 3. At joints in the track rail, the plate 9 may extend across two blocks.
Patent GB-190702123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Incandescence Filaments for Electric Lamps from Metallic Thorium containing Oxide with or without Admixtures of other Difficulty Fusible Metals.
Filed: 1907-01-28
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 2123. Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges. March 29, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent lamps.-Filaments of thorium, containing thorium oxide, and, optionally, other refractory metals, such as tungsten or tantalum, are made from the powdered material by drawing or rolling. For example, the material may be stamped into a tube of ductile metal, which is drawn into filaments, after preliminary rolling, if necessary. The ductile metal can be removed chemically, or mechanically, or by melting. Thorium may be used in the form in which it is usually obtained, containing some oxide, and is preferably fused before use to render it homogeneous and to eliminate constituents which are volatile or liable to scatter. This fusion is best effected by passage of current for a long time, in a vacuum furnace or in an indifferent atmosphere.
Patent GB-190704268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Vulcanised India-rubber.
Inventor: WEST PERCY CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1907-02-20
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 4268. West, P. C. H. Feb. 20. Coating surfaces, compositions for.-Waste or vulcanized rubber is treated, with or without a preliminary treatment with acetone or other known solvent of oxidized rubber and resinous matter, with an aliphatic or aromatic halide, for example chlorbenzene. The. sticky mass, upon heating, dissolves and may be used for coating articles.
Patent GB-190716900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Breech Mechanism of Ordnance
Inventor: HOLDEN HENRY CAPEL LOFFT
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 16,900. Holden, H. C. L. July 23. Ordnance breech mechanism.-A primer retainer consists of an arm f pivoted at g, in the slide-box e, and jointed at k to an arm h formed with a hook i which, when the slide d is drawn aside to uncover the vent chamber b, is engaged by the rear wall of a groove j in the slide d and rocks the arm f aside to allow the spent primer to be ejected. A spring may be arranged around the hinge pin k so that it tends to maintain the arms f, h in the positions shown.
Patent GB-190722752-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Folding Appliance for use in connection with Printing Machinery.
Inventor: ZAHN ROBERT
Filed: 1907-10-15
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 22,752. Zahn, R. Oct. 15. Folding paper.-Rotary folders are provided with special means for adjusting the knives 14, 16 so that they always coact with the slots 15, 17. The knives 14, 16 are fixed to double-armed levers 18,19 mounted on shafts 20, 21. Screws 26, 27 pass through eyes 22, 23 on the levers 18, 19, and are rotatably mounted in pivoted bearings 24, 25 in the cylinders 7, 8. The ends of the screws 26, 27 are squared for engagement with a key. The cylinders 7, 8 are rotatably mounted on the shafts 20, 21 respectively. The lever 18 and a toothed wheel 32 are fixed to the shaft 20. The wheel 32 meshes with a toothed wheel 33 fixed to the cylinder 8. The lever 19 and a toothed wheel 34 are fixed to the shaft 21. The wheel 34 meshes with a toothed wheel 35 fixed to the cylinder 9. There may be fewer or more folding-cylinders than shown in Figs. 1 and 3.
Patent GB-190728413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sound Producers for Submarine Signalling.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1907-12-24
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 28,413. Imray, O., [Pintsch, J.]. Dec. 24. Signals, marine.-A bell for submarine signalling is operated by a pressure medium distending a double diaphragm and gradually operating a tension device, which on being released throws the clapper against the bell. The bell b is attached to a casing a containing a double diaphragm c fed from an air pipe d which while distending pushes down a rod e provided with a fixed cam f, the cam being looked to a pivoted arm h attached to a sleeve g sliding on the rod e. When a tappet on the arm h strikes a pillar o, the arm h is disengaged from the cam f, thus allowing a spring m which has been extended meanwhile to operate the clapper by a link l, and to return the sleeve g and arm h oy means of a link k pivoted to the sleeve g. A spring n returns the rod e with its cam f.
Patent GB-190800426-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Marbling Paper, Cardboard, Pasteboard, and the like in Band Form
Inventor: METZGER HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-01-07
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 426. Metzger, H. Jan. 7 Paper, coating ; colouring.- Colours are sprinkled and distributed upon the surface of a thin uniformly-flowing layer of water and are taken up by the web of paper, cardboard, &c. which is passed over a roller so adjusted that its periphery only just encounters the surface of the water. The web is then sprinkled with a suitable fluid for fixing the colours. The water is supplied from a distributor d to a channel b adjusted to a suitable angle to cause the water to flow towards the roller f, over which the paper is passed to take up the colours, which have been sprinkled on the water from apparatus l and distributed by rakes m and combs n. The fixing-fluid is supplied from a snrinkler k.
Patent GB-190806369-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Working upon Railroads.
Inventor: JACOBS HENRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-03-21
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 6369. Jacobs, H. W. March 21. Locomotive railway and tramway vehicles. -A motor mounted on a railway car is used to drive the car and to operate various flexible shafts driving track-laying tools, the motor being also used to run the air blast of the forges on a bridge and furnish power for other purposes. The motor 13, Fig. 2, preferably an explosion motor, drives a shaft 21 operating flexible shafts through gears actuated by clutches 23, 35 having a central stationary position. The car is propelled by disengaging clutches 23, 35 and throwing in a clutch 15 driving a sprocket chain 18 and a wheel 17 mounted on one axle. In a modification, two pipes 54, Fig. 4, threaded into castings 53, support a motor 55, preferably a two-cylinder explosion motor, which drives the shaft 56 having the usual clutch 56<a> and crank 56<b> for starting the motor. This shaft through bevel-gearing drives a change-speed gear 69 by which the car can be driven forward at a slow or rapid speed, or backward, or can be stopped, a clutch 72 being provided to give full speed ahead. The changespeed gear drives a sprocket gear 73 and a wheel 74 on one axle. A casing is preferably placed over the motor forming two seats, beneath which the carburettor and gasoline tank can be placed.
Patent GB-190810736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Petroleum and like Stoves.
Inventor: CHIESANOVA ANGEL FRANCISCO
Filed: 1908-05-18
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 10,736. Chiesanova, A. F. May 18. Burners, mounting; oil reservoirs.-In all oil lamp for cooking &c., feet 2 rest in recesses in the lower surface of reservoir 1, and are held in place by. the rods 5, which are bent at 6 to engage with the upper surface of the reservoir and carry the support 11 for the cooking-vessel. The upper surface of the reservoir' 1 has a radial rib 47 and a circular ridge 48, at the junction of which is the filling-aperture 50.
Patent GB-190811178-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Locking Windows in Open Position.
Inventor: HERTZ CARL
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 11,178. Hertz, C. May 22. Casement holders. - A device for holding windows in open position comprises a bolt g grooved and shaped as shown. The bolt is fixed to the window and engages with a hole d in a spring-pressed sliding plate b working in a casing a fixed to the wall adjacent to the window. The casing a is provided with a hole e. Through the bottom of the casing passes a rod c, which is a continuation of the sliding plate b and is connected to an operating- chain k. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 617, A.D. 1864, No. 1244, A.D. 1870, No. 11,939, A.D. 1893, No. 3209, A.D. 1897, No. 22,951, A.D. 1902, and No. 6558, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Fastenings, Lock &c.].]
Patent GB-190812049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flushing Valves for Closets and the like.
Inventor: DOULTON HENRY LEWIS
Filed: 1908-06-03
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 12,049. Doulton, H. L., and Pleace, R. J. June 3. Waste-preventing valves.-A flushing- valve for delivering a given quantity of water at each operation to a water closet comprises a valve F sliding in a chamber A and having attached thereto a reduced piston part B<1> sliding in a chamber B. A second piston C in the chamber B is adapted to be forced down by a starting - lever R and upwards by a spring E. In operation, the piston B<1> is first forced down, the air in the chamber B being forced out past the cup-leather M. When the lever R is released, the piston C rises and tends to create a vacuum, whereupon the valve at once rises and opens. Air re-enters the chamber B through the screw-regulated opening J, causing the valve to close in a given time. The piston B<1> is packed by two cup-leathers 0, P, and the water leakage past the cup-leather 0 and air leakage past the cupleather P are discharged through the passages T in the piston F into the outlet W.
Patent GB-190813895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships or Vessels.
Filed: 1908-06-30
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 13,895. Vickers, Sons, & Maxim, [Elia, G. E.]. Juue 30. Protecting ships.- Relates s to means for protecting war-ships from torpedo attack or submarine mines. The force resulting from the sudden generation of a large volume of hot gases, on explosion of the torpedo or mine, is neutralized by a counteracting force simultaneously obtained by the sudden expansion within the affected part of the hull of a fluid, which may have a cooling effect. The framings A are made concave below the water level along the portion of the ship to be protected, and covered by a similarly shaped strong bulkhead B, which assists in supporting the weight of the armour C. Light framings D enclose the bulkhead B and carry thin plating E having the minimum strength necessary to preserve the contour of the ship. A thin and light steel receiver or receivers F contain gas under pressure, and the chamber containing this receiver communicates with the atmosphere through relief shafts G, Fig. 5, closed by shutters g<1> adapted to break their fastenings and allow the escape of gas when the receiver F is ruptured. In a modification, Fig. 3, thin pipes L contain liquefied gas, the expansion of which when the tubes are ruptured causes intense cold and consequent contraction of the explosion gases outside the ship. In this arrangement the receivers F may be collapsible bags of india-rubber covered with canvas, the whole being protected by a rope network of large mesh. Each bag is provided with a charging-inlet closed by a valve which will maintain the pressure for a practically indefinite period. A hawser-laid screen M in front of the receivers F is designed to give way before the decks &c. are injured. In applying the invention to a war-ship of ordinary construction, the spaces between the inner and outer skins and the longitudinal and lateral framings are filled up with collapsible bags as described. The longitudinal framings and the outer plating are made as light as possible, and the strength of the inner plating is more than proportionately increased.
Patent GB-190818402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Distribution Devices specially adapted for use in Cooling Towers.
Inventor: MORISON DONALD BARNS
Filed: 1908-09-02
Granted: 1909-11-02
Abstract: 18,402. Morison, D. B. Sept. 2. Nozzles ; spray-producers.-In a water-distributing device, specially applicable to cooling-towers, water is directed by nozzles b against sprayers c consisting of plates having peripheral undulating, or serrated, and upwardly projecting ridges. The nozzles may have a conical bore tapering towards the outlet, so that a solid stream of water is obtained. In a modification, Fig. 4, cast-iron pipes of even bore have porcelain converging outlets d; or the lower parts only of the nozzles may be conical as shown in Fig. 16. The inlet ends of the nozzles, which project through the bottom of troughs, may be cut away at the side which first receives the water. The sprayers may be provided with ridges f, the interior faces h of which are inclined and connected with the flat surface k by a small curved portion m. The water is thus thrown outwards to a varying extent according to the portion of the ridge which it strikes. In a modification, Fig. 13, the peripheral edge is of uniform height, and radial edges g formed on the upper surface extend from the centre of the plate to its edge. To permit relative adjustment of the nozzle and the sprayer, the parts may be supported by eccentric bosses, or the nozzle may have its lower part eccentric to the upper portion as shown in Fig. 16. To keep the spray from striking the sides of a cooling-tower, or from passing out at the sides, the outermost sprayers may have the peripheral edges elevated at one side.