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Patent GB-190521188-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Cleaning Footwear during Wear.
Inventor: MUELLER OTTO
Filed: 1905-10-18
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 21,188. M³ller, O. Oct. 18. Boots and shoes, cleaning and polishing.-In a machine for cleaning boots and shoes while in use, a trolly, on which the foot is placed, is caused to pass to and fro between and among brushes. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the screw shaft 4 actuates the trolly 15, and its motion is derived through bevel-gearing 5, 6, 7 from the belt pulley 11. The direction of motion is automatically reversed by means of clutches on the pulley shaft, which are operated through the extension 17 coming into contact with stops on the rod 19, which controls levers 23. A flat spring 26 causes sudden and complete engagement of the clutches with the wheels 6,7. Hemispherical rotary brushes 27 are resiliently mounted in sleeves 30, to which are attached pulleys 29 driven from pulleys 12, 13. The operation is as follows :-The foot having been placed on the trolly, the machine is started, say, by means of a coin-freed mechanism which causes the operation of an electromotor. The boot passes among the brushes 27, which remove the dirt, and then depresses levers 44 loosely pivoted to blacking- containing receptacles 41 which are spring-supported in sockets 42. The descent of these receptacles releases spring-actuated heel-blacking brushes 32, 33, which thereupon assume the positions indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The receptacles 41 are, meanwhile, prevented from rising by spring bolts 45. The boot next enters the foot-shaped brush 34, supplied with blacking from a receptacle 48, which is depressed into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 by the contact of the trolly with the weighted supporting-arm 50 pivoted at 49. The rod 19 is then operated, and the boot returns, being polished by the brushes 27. Rods 38 are then moved by the trolly, thus causing the return of the heel brushes 32, 33 by means of the arms 39, 40 secured to the brush spindles 35, 36. The spring bolts 45 are next withdrawn through the medium of the tie-rods 46 and the bent arm 47, thus permitting the receptacles 41 to ascend and retain the heel brushes in position. Finally, the shaft 4 is reversed by the extension 17 striking the stop 18, or a switch may be operated to cut out the motor, thus stopping the machine. In a modified arrangement, the platform supporting the boot is suspended from a wheel which runs on a rail.
Patent GB-190523008-A (GB)
Title: Suspenders for Diapers and the like
Inventor: YOUNG ARTHUR MORRISON
Filed: 1905-11-09
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 2 3 , 0 0 8 . Young, A. M. Nov. 12, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Suspenders for articles of dress.-A suspender for diapers and the like consists of straps 10 provided with-loops engaging with elastic cords 12. These cords are formed with loops in which are suspended the clasps for securing the diaper N. The preferred form of clasp, shown in Fig. 1, has a main part 16 with a supplementary part 18 hinged thereto at 19. The diaper is passed through the main part and looped round the hinged part. When the diaper is pulled, a wedging action is set up and the diaper securely held. Other forms of loops than those shown at 11 may be used, or hooks may be substituted for the loops.
Patent GB-190610374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Set Squares.
Inventor: BLATHERWICK GEORGE HARRY
Filed: 1906-05-03
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 10,374. Blatherwick, G. H. May 3. Squares. - A set-square is provided with two arms at right-angles to one another, and a pivoted extensible arm which can be set and fixed at any required angle which is indicated on one of the other arms. The pivoted arm consists of a slotted part d, pivoted to a slotted lug c on the arm a, and an adjustable part h consisting of two pieces having a sliding connexion with the part d as shown. The outer end of the sliding part h is pivoted to a block i which slides in slot in a thin blade f. The block i carries an angle-indicating catch spring k which engages notches on the graduated part of the blade f.
Patent GB-190610901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Treating Raw Cotton, Animal Hair and like Material.
Inventor: BRIMKES ANTON
Filed: 1906-05-09
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 10,901. Brimkes, A. May 9. Openers for k a p o c k, cotton, animal hair, and the like. A beater shaft f carrying rounded beaters rotates in a cylinder b made of wire netting or perforated sheet metal. A series of fixed round pins e, between which the beaters work, projects from an outer casing a into the cylinder b. The material is introduced through an opening i, and is opened out by the combined action of the fixed pins e an the beaters g, h, various forms of which are shown in Figs. 4, 5; and 6. The beaters also act'as fans, carrying the fibre upwards and blowing it out through an opening k to the packing-room or to a second similar machine, which may be arranged either vertically or horizontally. The husks, seeds, and heavier impurities fall through the larger perforations in a grating or netting c at the bottom, while the dust and lighter impurities are thrown out by the beaters g through the perforated sides of the cylinder b which are sufficiently fine to stop any fibre from passing through. The inclination of the blades g to the shaft decreases with their distance from the feeding point i, so that the lower blades tend more to loosen the fibres and allow the heavier impurities to escape through the bottom grating, while the upper blades. have a stronger striking or beating action, so as to throw out the dust at the sides.
Patent GB-190611369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cardboard Boxes.
Inventor: FOSTER ALBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 11,369. Foster, A. W., and Smith, W. H. May 15. Folding cardboard boxes.-The ends of folding cardboard boxes are secured by means of films F of rubber deposited from rubber solution, in addition to or in place of the tongues d' and slots d. Any other adhesive may be used that remains sticky for a long time but does not adhere to other surfaces.
Patent GB-190614087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Artificial Silk.
Inventor: VITTENET HENRI ETIENNE ALFRED
Filed: 1906-06-19
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 14,087. Vittenet, H. E. A. June 19,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Moulding, special processes for.-Relates to apparatus in which acetone or other solvents can be recovered in the preparation of artificial silk as described in Specification No. 1686, A.D. 1905, (Abridgment Class Acids and salts, Organic, &c.], from a solution of nitrocellulose in acetone or acetone and sulphurous acid. The thread is squirted into a tube, through which a current of sulphur dioxide passes in an opposite direction to the thread and causes evaporation of the acetone. The apparatus consists of a series of double tubes slotted lengthways, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that when the slots coincide, access may be gained to the thread, but otherwise the tubes are closed and prevent the escape of gases. Each tube is connected to a feed-pipe c and outlet pipe d by jointed connexions, shown in Figs. 1 and 4, which cut off the supply of gas when the tube is raised. The apparatus is also suitable for the recovery of solvents such as alcohol, ether, or carbon bisulphide.
Patent GB-190614293-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vices.
Inventor: MARKMANN CARL
Filed: 1906-06-22
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 14,293. Markmann, C. June 22. Vices.-In vices having the two jaws connected by a yoke, the yoke is made adjustable by a special arrangement of parts. The vice consists of two jaw parts a, b. One part a is pivoted to the bent portion of the other part b, which is adapted to be fixed to a lathe. A cylindrical projection d with circular grooves is provided at the upper end of the part b, and has a sleeve e adjustably fixed to it by a detent i and spring k. One end of the yoke f is fixed to the sleeve e, and the other end has an adjusting-screw h which bears against the part a. The part a has a projecting arm n which is acted on by a spring m. The adjusting-screw h acts upon a disk o which bears against a washer q located in a hollow in the jaw part a. The yoke is guided by rods r, s.
Patent GB-190626923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements for Wheels for Automobiles and other Vehicles with Divisible Fellies and Interchangeable Spokes and Tire Material.
Inventor: SCHOECHE GUSTAV ADOLF
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-11-27
Abstract: 26,923. Sch÷che, G. A. Nov. 27. Spokes felloes or rims.-Relates to a wheel in which the spokes and tyres can be readily repaired or replaced without dismantling the wheel, the spokes on one side of the wheel being removable independently of those on the other. The hub is formed with annular extensions receiving the ends of the spokes, each holding a two-part clamping- ring b and a wedge-ring c formed with flat inclined surfaces on which the ends of the spokes bear. The spokes, passing through holes in the hub and the clamping-rings b, are securely held in position by tightening the bolts &c. e of the clamping - rings, and are forced outwards by tightening the bolts f of the wedge-rings. The outer ends of the spokes enter brackets on the felloes arranged alternately in two parallel rows. The fellows may be in two or more rings transversely bolted together, and the tyre in a corresponding number of rings which may be divided into circumferential sections. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the tyre, in two rings, is held in a threepart felloe formed with dovetailed grooves for the tyre, which is strengthened at the sides by metal rings k secured by through bolts. The hub is provided with ball bearings, the cups g of which screw into the hub and are further secured by clamping-rings h, tightened thereon and having projections which engage in the wedge-rings c or eyes which engage projections from the bolts f.
Patent GB-190627127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Method of Manufacturing Paper Board and Moulded Products.
Inventor: BECK OSCAR PETER
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 27,127. Beck, O. P. Nov. 28. Materials, fibrous; processes, compound; antisepticpaper; waterproof paper; papier mÔchÚ.-In the production of paper-board and moulded and other products from peat, preferably that of the recent eriophorosphagnum variety, care is taken to retain as much as possible of the softer gelatinous constituent of the peat in the fibrous mass. This gelatinous matter is soluble in water and to prevent it from being lost with the waste water, the same water is used repeatedly. The products of the successive washing operations thus contain, to a certain point, an increasing quantity of gelatinous matter. The peat turf from the bog is first treated by-the process described in Specification No. 26,962, A.D. 1906, in which process it is reduced, to separate the individual fibres and to smear and coat them with gelatinous matter, which forms a covering or envelope for each of them. The fibres are then floated in a flotation tank, such as a beating engine, and the beating-rolls are allowed to churn up the mass without setting the knives low enough to injure the fibres. During the early part of the churning operation, a washing-drum may be lowered into the tank for the purpose of carrying away the dirt and impurities. The washing operation is performed quickly to prevent too much gelatinous matter from being carried away by the water. The floated fibre may be run from the beating-engine to a stuff or storage chest, where it is gently agitated to maintain an even distribution of the fibres, and is run from the stuff chest through the necessary screens to the machine-cylinder tanks of an ordinary cylinder machine. The water drawn away through the inside of the cylinder and containing a considerable portion of the gelatinous matter originally present in the peat is run back either to the beating-engine or .to the stuff chest. The process may be modified to enable the product to be moulded or otherwise utilized. It is desirable to use peat turf in connexion with wood sulphite, chips, waste news, or other stock, the proportion of such foreign fibre depending on the special requirements. This foreign fibre may be mixed with the peat in the beating-engine, and it is preferable to reduce it in the beating - engine by lowering the knives as far as necessary, the peat stock being added afterwards. In this case, the foreign fibre also is strengthened by the gelatinous matter dissolved in the water with which it is treated. In some-cases, the floated stock is run through a " Jordan " engine or similar device, to complete the reduction of the fibres. The presence of the gelatinous 'matter in the product is said to increase its waterproof qualities, and to prevent mildew and rotting.
Patent GB-190706119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels.
Inventor: NEUBERT HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 6119. Neubert, H. Feb. 4, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spring wheels.-The felloe 9 is separated by curved leaf springs 13 from the rim 11 carrying a tyre 12. Arms 18 carried by the rim pass through slots 19 in the felloe, and rollers are interposed at the rubbing parts. The rim is formed with a central web, and the springs are fitted with grooved rollers. Secured to the back of each spring is a box 16 fitted with rollers 17 which engage the edges of the felloe, which is of channel section. Each arm is formed with a longitudinal slot fitted with a roller 21 engaging twin rollers 22 fitted on the inside of the felloe. A. stop 32 of resilient material is provided with each arm. In a modification, the box 16 and roller 21 are dispensed with, and the springs bear upon rollers fitted across the felloe at each side of the arm, or within channels at the side of the felloe, and also alongside the arm.
Patent GB-190706713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Attaching Surveying and other Instruments to Stands
Inventor: TALLACK HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1907-03-20
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 6713. Tallack, H. T. March 20. Surveying-instruments; tripod and like stands.- Surveying and other instruments are secured to stands by means of an interrupted-screw connexion, as shown.
Patent GB-190712403-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for use in the Drainage of Oil from the Engine Cases of Self-propelled Vehicles and Boats and in the Circulation of such Oil for Lubricating Purposes.
Filed: 1907-05-29
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 12,403. Austin Motor Co., and Austin, H. May 29. Lubricators.-An engine casing for motor vehicle or boat is formed with an inclined floor A, from which the lubricant drains through an opening b into a chamber B' in the lower pait of the casing. The chamber B' is constructed to hold all the lubricant with the maximum of tilting to which the vehicle or boat is subject. The floor A, which forms also the roof of the chamber B<1>, consists of a sheet-metal diaphragm resting upon a flange a, and slanting downwards from each end as shown. The floor is preferably trough-shaped, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it also slopes downwards from the sides of the casing. The opening b is covered by a wire-gauze strainer c. Packing-material a' is placed between the diaphragm A and the flange a. The oil is drawn from the chamber B' and delivered to the bearings and cylinders by a pump C, which is double-acting and draws oil from each end of the chamber by means of two suction pipes d<1>, so that oil is delivered by the pump when the casing is tilted. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the suction pipes d, d' are connected to a common inlet to the pump, and are controlled by a cock D, which is provided with a weighted tumbler arm k and moves under gravity to register automatically with the suction pipe in the lower end of the chamber B'.
Patent GB-190714271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Plaiting-attachments for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: THORP ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-06-20
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 14,271. Thorp, A. June 20. Sewing-machine folding-attachments for forming small or 'cluster' pleats comprise a fixed pleating-device and a pivoted pleat-guiding device for coacting therewith. The pleating-device, Fig. 2, consists of two plates a, b connected to the work. plate by a screw-and-slot arrangement ; the plate a has a rib d over which fits projections on the plate b, thus forming a recess e, leaving a space f at one side. The guiding-device g, Fig. 5, is pivoted to the work-plate and has a finger h of diameter less than the space f in which it is placed, its free end adjoining the needle being guided in the eye i. The presser-foot is grooved to accommodate the finger h. The fabric is first folded to the size of the pleat and then introduced between the plates a, b. The finger h is next introduced into the fold, whereupon the fabric is drawn and the machine operated as usual. For enabling plaits of different widths to be sewn, the lower plate a, Fig. 4, is made of two parts, the lower part o being channelshaped to allow the upper member p to slide therein. The lower part o has a rib d, and the upper part p has upturned tongues t which pass through slots s in the plate b, the outer end r of which is turned down. The size of the groove e may therefore be adjusted by sliding either the member b or the upper part p of the member a. The three separate parts may be fixed in any relative position, and the lower member a may be of simple structure with tongues t stamped out.
Patent GB-190721223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Photographic, Picture, or Greeting Cards and the like
Inventor: WILLIAMS REGINALD
Filed: 1907-09-24
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 21,223. Williams, R. Sept. 24. Drawings to Specification. Pictures.-The reproducer for a bleached photograph is placed on a sheet integral with or attached to the photograph sheet to form a photographic greeting or like card. On treatment with moisture the picture reappears.
Patent GB-190722558-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Inflator Connection for Pneumatic Tyre and similar Pumps.
Inventor: JACK THOMAS BRADSHAW
Filed: 1907-10-12
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 22,558. Jack, T. B. Oct. 12. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Junction pieces.-A connexion for pneumatic tyre &c. pumps, dispensing with the use of rubber tubing, consists of two short metal tubes A, B, bent to a suitable angle, and screwed together, a leather washer C being interposed. A slight relative rotation of the tubes A, B may be made without impairing the joint. The other ends of the tubes are adapted to screw to the valve nipple and pump respectively.
Patent GB-190802575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1908-02-05
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 2575. Rennes, D. W. van, and Naamlooze Vennootschap Machinefabriek " Drakenburgh" voorheen D. W. van Rennes. Feb. 5. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-Oil only is supplied to a chamber f which is separated from the cylinder c of a four-stroke-cycle engine by a valve g. The valve is closed until the end of the compression stroke, when highly-compressed air enters through it into the chamber f, and uniting explosively with some of the oil sprays the remainder into the cylinder. There may be two or more chambers f to each cylinder.
Patent GB-190817769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BARTH SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-09-24
Abstract: 17,769. Barth, S. April 16, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and like engines, valve-gear.for, and starting. In a Diesel engine working on the four-stroke cycle, a valve f for the admission of compressed air for starting is actuated as shown by a lever b worked from the rod a which actuates the air admission valve i for normal working. The pivot of the lever b is mounted eccentrically at d, so that after the engine has been started, the lever b can be moved out of range of the valve f by means of a handle m, the free end of the lever then moviug in the path indicated by the upper broken line. In the arrangement shown, a lever g provided with a cam-surface, is interposed between the free end of the lever b and the valve stem, but alternatively the lever g may be dispensed with and a camsurface provided on the lever b or on the valve stem.
Patent GB-190817786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Roundabouts and Swinging or Flying Boats.
Inventor: HALSTEAD WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-11-04
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 17,786. Halstead, W. H. Nov. 4. Roundabouts with combined horizontal and vertical rotary motions are provided with guardplates 19 to prevent accidents to passengers' fingers, clothing, &c. Vehicles 16 are suspended from wheels 12 rotated by pinions 10 which gear with other pinions 9 on shafts 6. These shafts are rotated about their own axes and also about the main shaft 1 to which they are suspended by rods 4, as shown. The crown-wheel 2 is stationary and the shaft. 1 is rotated by steam &c., or by hand.
Patent GB-190819212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Process of Saccharifying Malt.
Inventor: SCHWENSEN CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1908-09-12
Granted: 1909-09-13
Abstract: 19,212. Schwensen, C., and Lazarus, W. Sspt. 12. Brewing.-Malt residues, after the extraction of wort, are heated under pressure with water to render the remaining starch soluble. Malt or malt mixtures, which may be finely ground, are mashed in a tun A at temperatures rising from 30‹ C. to 60-75‹ C. The mash is drawn off by a pump e and passed into a clarifying-vat B. The wort passing through the false bottom f is received in a vessel h, and is returned to the vat by a pump i until the wort runs clear ; it is then pumped into a vessel C. The residue is transferred from the vat B through pipes o, p to the tun A, aad heated under pressure to 110-200‹ C. After being cooled to 70‹ C., the wort from the vessel C is added. The mash is returned to the vat B, and the clear wort obtained is run into the boiling-copper. The separation of the wort may be effected in a filterpress, and the residues may be submitted to heat and pressure while in the press. The mashing of the malt may take place at 80-85‹ C., and the final saccharification be carried out by a separately-prepared malt extract. An apparatus comprising six vessels, a mash-tun, two clarifying-vessels, a wort vessel, a pressure boiler, and a copper may be used.
Patent GB-190826294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Discharge Cocks for Condensation Water.
Inventor: DIETSCHE WILHELM
Filed: 1908-12-04
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 26,294. Dietsche, W. June 17, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lift valves; actuating valves and cocks; valves closing with rush of fluid; special materials for valves and cocks; seats.-A cock for automatically discharging condensation water from an apparatus connected to the inlet k consists of a valve c having an expansible filling g of graphite &c. The valve is carried by a spindle o, and is normally kept open by a spring f. A spring g<1> presses against the graphite g. When steam is first admitted to the heating - apparatus &c., condensation takes place, and the water escapes through the valveopening to the outlet m. As the steam pressure increases, the valve c is thrust towards its seat but is arrested, before it completely closes, by the pin p. The narrow orifice left allows the remaining condensed water to be blown through by the steam. As the temperature of the valve rises, the graphite g expands and nearly closes the valve opening, the final closure being effected by the expansion of the valve casing, which causes the pin p to move downward and allow the steam to close the valve completely. The sloping sides q of the valve seat direct hot water passing through the valve on to the spindle, and so prevent cooling of the same.