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Patent GB-190611239-A (GB)
Title: A New Automatic Valve or Tap Self-closing, without Concussion.
Inventor: BUSHELL WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-05-14
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 11,239. Bushell, W. H., and Tomalin, L. R. S. May 14. Self-closing valves; shocks, preventing.-Relates to a valve of a similar construction to that described in Specification No. 2755, A.D. 1871. The conical vulcanite or other valve 8 is enclosed in an inner cylinder 3 which has a number of small perforations at 7. A cup 14 of flexible material is attached to the rear of the valve, and the friction between it and the walls of the cylinder is determined by the water pressure. A small groove in the surface of the cylinder forms a by pass passage to the rear of the cup. The valve is opened by pressure on the stem 9. When this is released, water passing along the by-pass groove allows the cup aud valve to move gradually to the closing position. In place of the cup 14, a rubber or like disk may be used, and, in order to increase the friction in proportion to the water pressure, the disk may be expanded radially by being compressed under the nut 16. A screw 18 may be used to keep the tap open.
Patent GB-190611381-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding Pans.
Inventor: MIDDLETON WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 11,381. Middleton, W., and Cobbe, H. N. G. May 15. Disk mills.-Relates to means for maintaining a constant pressure between the grinding-surfaces of grinding-pans employed for treating gold ores, or in other mills in which grinding is effected under a rotating muller. The main frame 1, Figs. 1 and 2, carries four vertical steady pins 2 which pass through holes in the ends of the arms of a crossshaped subsidiary frame 4, secured to the main frame, and through lugs on the side of the grinding-pan 3. The muller plate 10 is carried by a yoke 8 on the upper end of a vertical spindle, rotating in bearings in a central hollow column 5, carried by the frame 4. Two horizontal rocking shafts 15 are supported in bearings on the frame 1 and carry levers 17, the short arms of which are connected by rods 19 to lugs 18 on the bottom of the pan, while the longer arms carry adjustable weights 20. The levers are connected as shown by links 21, and are made so that the leverage becomes less as the weights 20 sink, in order to compensate for the loss of weight in the dies, due to wear, and to keep the pressure between the shoes 9 and dies 11 constant. The shoes or dies are preferably made with walls or rims forming passages or feed channels, or the bottom of the pan and the underside of the plate 10 may be formed with channels, so as to leave spaces between the shoes and dies when worn out. The ore and water are supplied by a launder, either direct or through a central hopper 22 and pipes 23. Curved radial vanes on the top of the plate 10 return to the centre any coarse material passing to the periphery of the pan. To allow the grinding to be stopped without stopping the muller, one of the pins 2 is extended and provided at its upper end with a thread and a hand-wheel, which when turned depresses a sleeve surrounding the pin and resting on the lug on the pass 3, thereby lowering the pan. Springs, or hydraulic or air pressure may be employed instead of weights to raise the pan as the shoes and dies wear, the pins 2 being then secured to the pan and fitting in cylinders on the frame so as to constitute rams or pistons.
Patent GB-190612713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Preventing Dust and Mud on Roads, and Preserving their Surface.
Inventor: CASS ROBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 12,713. Cass, R. W. May 31. Emulsions, making.-A dust-preventing composition for roads, which is capable of fine division and suspension in water, consists of crude creosote oil and " brick " or "batching" oil, the latter being a distilled mineral hydrocarbon oil of specific gravity about 1000 and containing about 15 per cent of mineral acid.
Patent GB-190615081-A (GB)
Title: Improvement relating to a Solvent for Cupro-nickel.
Filed: 1906-07-03
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 15,081. Cocking, A. T., and Kynoch, Ltd. July 3. Cleansing-compositions.-A liquid for removing cupro-nickel fouling from rifle barrels consists of potassium bi-chromate and chromic anhydride dissolved in water.
Patent GB-190619374-A (GB)
Title: Improved Brake for Cycles
Inventor: JENSEN VICTOR ANDREAS KONGSTED
Filed: 1906-08-30
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 19,374. Jensen, V. A. K. Aug. 30. Brakes, back-pedalling, for cycles. A spring- controlled pawl m, pivoted upon the sliding brake rod d, engages a ratchet-ring n upon the chainwheel p, so that, on back-pedalling, the pawl and rod are moved longitudinally and the brake is applied. The edges of the teeth of the ratchetring are disposed radially.
Patent GB-190623206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyors.
Inventor: GREAVES HORACE JOHN
Filed: 1906-10-19
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 23,206. Greaves, H. J. Oct. 19. Conveyers.-In a conveyer comprising two endless chains connected at intervals by cross-bars or scrapers, the chains are converged together during the return run. The chains A have attached at intervals cross-bars D, moving through a conveying-trough E and returning through a constricted trough M, alongside, or above, or below the trough E. The troughs E, M are constructed in-sections, connected by spigot and faucet joints. Any suitable form of driving-gear is employed that provides for the accommodation of slack chain. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, endless chains I, driven from an electromotor, are provided at intervals with projections J engaging the cross-rods, and the chains are converged after passing the drum C by inclined guides. At the return end the chain diverges, being guided along a suitably curved or inclined trough to the end drum ; or friction may be applied to the looser return chain, or it may be passed over a series of rollers. Winding-apparatus may be provided in connexion with the driving-gear, on which the chains may be wound when the conveyer is dismantled. The driving- gear may be mounted on a wheeled frame which may be self-propelled. According to the Provisional Specification, a spiral trough may be used.
Patent GB-190628600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1908-02-14
Abstract: 28,600. Beck, H., and Deutsche Beck- Bogenlampen Akt.-Ges. Dec. 14. Arc lamps.-In a lamp having both electrode, pointing downwards, a stop g, on which each electrode, or one only, rests, is heated by passing through it the whole or a part of the current supplied to the electrode, or by means of a separate resistance. In the former case, the electrode is preferably the negative one. The electrode preferably has a ridge b, of carbon or fusible materials to rest on the stop g, and may be made so that some portion between the ridge and the crater consumes more rapidly than the rest, in order that a downward projection may be formed to screen the stop from the arc. For this purpose, the part c, connecting the ridge and the body a of the electrode, may be reduced in thickness, or may be made hollow or of less refractory material than the rest. The stop preferably has the form of a cylindrical, conical, spherical, or other roller, which can be turned about a vertical axis so as to present a fresh surface to the electrode. According to the Provisional Specification, the stop may be of fireproof graphite.
Patent GB-190701983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Desks or Tables for Art Students.
Inventor: COX JAMES
Filed: 1907-01-26
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 1983. Cox, J. Jan. 26. Drawing or sketching appliances; drawing-boards. -A desk or table for art students, as shown in Fig. 1, is fitted with a hinged drawing-board the inclination of which can be varied by rotatiug a right and left handed screw g, Fig. 3, which operates through nuts h<1> and links h pivotally connected to the underside of the drawing-board. A stand for models is provided at the back of the desk, consisting of a bracket shelf on a vertical slide c, Fig. 5, which is operated by means of a rack p fixed thereon and a pinion o on a shaft j passing through to the front of the desk, as shown in Fig. 3. This stand is fixed, when adjusted, by means of a notched plate n, Fig. 3, which engages the handle k by a slight longitudinal motion of the shaft j under the action of a spring r. A folding copyholder d is also fitted to the stand c. The bracket shelf is hinged, as shown in Fig. 7, and is adjustably supported by a link l. A drop-down shelf m, Fig. 5, supported by a hinged leaf, is provided to hold a water vessel.
Patent GB-190702460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Compositions of Matters of a Refractory Character and adapted for Electrical Insulation and other uses.
Inventor: BROOKES ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1907-01-31
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 2460. Brooks, A. G., [Asbestos Wood Co.]. Jan. 31. Wood substitutes. - A refractory material is prepared by submitting a wet mixture of finely comminuted asbestos fibre or the like and finely divided magnesium oxide to great pressure in moulds while hydration is in progress. A suitable mixture consists of 80 per cent finely comminuted serpentine rock, with or without larger fibres of asbestos, and 20 per cent of magnesium oxide. The wet mixture is moulded under a pressure of from 1500 to 2500 lb. per sq. in. After the initial set has taken place, the blocks are allowed to harden in a setting-press under a comparatively light pressure.
Patent GB-190705011-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Identification.
Inventor: MICHAUD ELZEAR
Filed: 1907-03-01
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 5011. Michaud, E., Spear, J., and Gibbs, F. H. March 1. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Hand - stamps. - A rubber stamp, preferably combined with an inking- pad, is employed in a method of identification. By photo-mechanical means,. the lines of a thumb - mark are produced, preferably enlarged, on a sheet of rubber or similar substance. This sheet 1 is mounted on a base 2 connected by a hinge or swing joint to the inkpad frame 3 so that the sheet 1 normally rests against the pad 4.
Patent GB-190706274-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Automatically Distributing Liquids in Sprays in Filtering Tanks.
Inventor: BEZAULT BERNARD
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1908-03-16
Abstract: 6274. Bezault, B. March 15. Spray-producers and spreaders.-Apparatus of the type comprising a distributor mounted on a reciprocating carriage for spreading liquids in filtering-tanks, the passage of the water from the said distributor actuating the carriage, is provided with sliding valves operated by a pivoted lever for reversing the motion of the spreader. Fig. 2 shows the apparatus with the distributor b divided into two compartments, each of which is perforated to deliver liquid in opposite directions on to the bed a. The carriages e, h support the distributor, which at one end is connected to a trough d through valved openings. The reservoir l extends the length of the tank, and liquid flows from this to the trough d through a siphon k. Fig. 4 shows a sectional view of the trough, the sliding valves i, j, controlling the ports m, n of the compartments of the distributor, being connected to the lever o. A sliding weight p retains the valves in their positions until the lever is reversed by stops r, s at the ends of the tank. The holes in the tank are made of decreasing area from the closed end to the open or trough end.
Patent GB-190708323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: BRAY JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-10
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 8323. Bray, J. W. April 10. Incandescent gas burners.- A burner of which the internal parts are readily accessible without removing the mantle and chimney comprises a Bunsen tube B of comparatively large diameter, which is rotatable upon, and removable from, the socket A, is closed at its upper end by a cap, and finely-perforated cover, or an extension T' on the burner head T, and is provided with narrow lateral slits S and an internal liner F of porcelain or refractory material having a smooth surface to which dust and the like does not adhere. The detachable burner head T is preferably formed of refractory material with apertures C, Fig. 1, smaller in area at their outlets than at their bases C<1>. A nickel burner head provided with straightwalled apertures C<2>, Fig. 3, and a detachable socket T' for closing the end of the Bunsen tube B may, however, be employed. The burner head fits over a sleeve D, which carries the globe holder G and rests upon a shoulder B<3> on the mixing-tube.
Patent GB-190710313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tea Infusers
Inventor: SCHROEDER JOHAN TERKELSEN
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 10,313. Schr÷der, J. T. May 3. Teapots &c.-Means for supporting an infuser a in a teapot comprise a wire link c hooking into a link d which is attached to a bent wire by a chain e. The infuser is held in the lowered position as shown in Fig. 1 and in the raised position as shown in Fig. 2. An extension piece g is employed. Specification No. 9117, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190712969-A (GB)
Title: Devices for Effecting Electric Synchronous Working of Two Apparatus.
Inventor: HELLMANN MAX
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 12,969. Hellmann, M. June 4. Kinematographs.-In an arrangement for driving two apparatus, such as a kinematograph and phonograph, in synchronism, one apparatus is driven through a friction coupling, and is adapted to be acted upon by an electromagnetically-operated brake when a circuit is completed through two switching-devices, which are caused to rotate by electro-magnetic or other means. The battery Q is connected through a lead H to a switch S, from which connexions are made to a kinematograph Ki, gramophone G, and motor M. The kinematograph Ki is driven from the motor M through a friction coupling b and the speed of this motor is greater than the speed at which the kinematograph and gramophone are to run. For each revolution of the shaft a, contacts on a revolving disk l connect a pair of springs g, thus completing the circuits of the electro-magnet i with the battery Q, and rotating the toothed wheel k by means of a pawl pivoted on the armature j. The toothed wheel l is rotated in a similar manner by the intermittent completion of a circuit at the gramophone G. A disk n carrying a brush o rotates with the toothed disks k, and the brush o bears on a disk 12<1> provided with insulating and conducting segments and rotating with the toothed disk l. Should one disk rotate faster than the other, the brush contacts with a conducting-segment, completing a circuit from the battery Q through lead 12, electro-magnet d, lead 11, brush p<1>, disk n, brush o, disk 12<1>, and brush p back to the battery. The energization of the electro-magnet d causes it to be attracted by the disk c, and it pivots about the point c<2>, thus braking the wheel c which is driven by gearing from the shaft a', and retarding the kinematograph, while the motor b continues to run at undiminished speed. When the brush o moves on to the insulating-segment, the electro-magnet d falls back against the stop c<3>. Either of the electro-magnets i, il may be permanently energized by current passing through the leads 9, 10, or the circuit thereto may be broken in order to bring the kinematograph and gramophone into synchronism. The switch-wheels l, k may be driven mechanically, and, according to the Provisional Specification, the brake may be constructed as a hammer interrupter.
Patent GB-190716402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Devices for use with Ironing Machines, and the like
Inventor: PUSEY WALTER
Filed: 1907-07-17
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 16,402. Pusey, W. July 17. Belt forks, operating; guards.-Relates to safety finger guards operating reversing - mechanism in ironing-machines having a reciprocating table frictionally driven by an oscillating pressure cylinder placed above it. The wirework guard 2 is mounted loosely and adjustably at the upper ends of arms 4 which are pivoted at 5 and have bent lower portions engaging the link 9. The spring-controlled beltshifting rod 13 is mounted loosely upon the treadle shaft 11, but normally moves as though fast thereto by reason of a forked lever 16, pivoted at 17 to a collar fast upon the shaft and provided with a hooked extremity engaging the link 9 which is pivoted to the collar. When the guard is displaced, these parts disengage and the belt fork moves over, but upon depression of the treadle the hooked end overtakes and re-engages the link, which is pivotally mounted and controlled by a spring for the purpose.
Patent GB-190717214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Combined Appliances for use in Cleaning Boots and similar Articles.
Inventor: REED WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1907-07-27
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 17,214. Reed, W. J. July 27. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Boots and shoes, cleaning and polishing.-A boot or like cleaning and polishing outfit comprises one or two brushes c, d, and a pad e held in position by means of two wire claws or grips b threaded through the handle a. The pad e may be stiffened by means of a flat spring f. The brush c consists of a bent stock having two sets of bristles, one set c<1> of shorter bristles being used to apply the polish &c. The lid g of a blacking &c. receptacle is secured to one end of the handle, or it may be otherwise attached to the appliance. The handle may carry at one end a removable blacking-brush, and at the other the blacking receptacle itself. Specification No. 8212, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190717922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cutters for Tobacco-twist and other Hard Pressed Tobacco.
Inventor: AMER WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 17,922. Amer, W. Aug. 7. Tobacco.-An apparatus for containing and cutting twist tobacco comprises a tube A, divided into compartments by radial partitions, in which sticks of tobacco are inserted, and provided with a perforated bottom a<6>. The top piece of this tube with a detachable cover is made up of a vertical ring a', the lower end a<8> of which fits on the top end a<9> of the tube A and carries within it the radial cutting-blades c. To the blades is fixed a screw - threaded rod D which passes centrally through the tube and is fixed to the bottom a<6>. A false bottom E, on which the tobacco sticks rest, comprises a flat ring with radial slots, and has a central hole provided with a thread working on the rod D. The top piece is rotated by a handle suitably fixed, the bottom E pressing the tobacco automatically against the cutting-blades c.
Patent GB-190719501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Throttle Valves for Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 19,501. Gillett, W., and Carburation, Ltd. Aug. 30. Rotary or oscill a t i n g cylindrical valves.-Relates to throttle valves for internal-combustion engines. The rotary valve a has a controlling face f of approximately inapproximately involute form. Formed in the circular face of the valve is an aperture j of taper form having a recess k for the liquid or gaseous fuel nozzle d at its wider end. By moving the valve so as to bring the pocket l opposite the outlet e, communication is established between this outlet and a port l<1> in the side of the valve casing so that in this case air only is drawn. The fuel impinges against the surface f and becomes intimately mixed with the air entering from below the nozzle d.
Patent GB-190723891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimneys and Ventilating Devices.
Inventor: SCHOFER FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 23,891. Schofer, F. Oct. 29. Shafts.-Chimneys surrounded by ventilation shafts communicating with one another by perforations through the dividing ribs are built of hollow fire-clay or like blocks, the inner walls of which have joints at a different level from the outer walls. Perforations g through the partitions b between the ventilation shafts e allow air to pass between them, the air being finally delivered into the room by openings f. An opening d is provided by which the stove flue communicates with the chimney i. The inner walls may be glazed.
Patent GB-190726811-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of Trisazo Dyestuffs.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1907-12-04
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 26,811. Ransford, R. B. Dec. 4. Samples furnished under Section 2 of Patents &c. Act, 1907. Dyes, artificial.-Disazo dye-stuffs are produced by combining tetrazodiphenyl first with salicylic acid or its homologues, and then, in mineral acid solution, with 1:8-aminonaphthol-4:6-disulphonic acid. Green trisazo dye-stuffs are produced by combining the above disazo dye-stuffs either in substance or on the fibre with a diazo body, for example, diazotized paranitraniline in alkaline solution.
Patent GB-190727255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: SPURRIER HENRY
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 27,255. Spurrier, H. Dec. 10.. Slipping, preventing, attachments to wheels for; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-In a non-skidding wheel of the kind described in Specification No. 5772, A.D. 1907, in which a segmental elastic tyre C is secured to the wheel at the side of a metal tyre B, the sections of the elastic tyre may be moved outwards to project beyond the metal tyres, or inwards to be out of contact with the road. In the form shown, the sections of the elastic tyre are secured to rim sections D, which are formed with toothed extensions D<1> bearing against toothed brackets which are fixed to the wheel. The rim sections are secured by bolts G, and are provided with slots to permit radial movement when the bolts are loosened. In modifications, the tyre sections can be moved outwards or inwards by the rotation of a cam which bears against the inner ends of the extensions D<1>, or by toggle-levers. In another modification, the rim sections are hinged to the felloe at one end, while at the other end they may be secured in different positions so as to be in or out of contact with the road. In a further modification, the sections of the tyre may be raised or lowered on the rim sections by packing, or by screws on base-plates to which they are secured the screws passing through the rim sections. Adjustment for wear may be made in the same way.
Patent GB-190800682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Driving of Machines with Independent Cutting and Feed Motion.
Filed: 1908-01-11
Abstract: 682. Loewe &. Co., L., Waldschmidt, W., and Drost, E. Jan. 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Gearing, driving; feed-motions.-A safety clutch is applied to machines in which the driving-gearing and feed-motions are independently driven, to throw out the feed-motion if the driving-belt fails. The speed cones 1, 3, Fig. 1, and the pulley 2 are loose on the shaft 5. The cone 1 for the driving- gearing is secured to a sleeve 6 grooved at 7 to receive a friction pawl 11, Fig. 2, carried by a spring- controlled stem 9 in a pin 10 rotatable in a boss on the pulley 2. While the pulley 1 is being driven, the sleeve 6 overruns the pulley 2, and the pawl 11 remains in the position shown, maintaining a pawl 13 in contact with an abutment 18 on the cone 3, which is thus driven by the pulley 2. If the pulley 1 stops, the pawl 11 engages the groove 7 more deeply, and the pawl 13 is rotated out of contact with the abutment and the feed-cone 3 comes to rest. When the cone 1 resumes its normal rotation, the pawl 11 causes the re engagement of the pawl 13 and abutment 18, which are made double-handed so that the same apparatus may serve for rotation in either direction.