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Patent GB-190610387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling Runaway Horses
Inventor: ARNAUD AUGUST
Filed: 1906-05-03
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 10,387. Arnaud, A. May 3. Bridles; stopping and controlling runaway and restive animals. - Horses and other animals are controlled by means of a throat band jointed at 5, 6, 7, so that the windpipe is compressed from the sides and also from below. The throat band consists of tubes 1, 2, 3, 4 which are kept in the open position by a spring 14 attached to the heels 10, 11 of the tubes 1, 4. The tubes 1, 4 are provided with contact - pads 27, 28 which press against the windpipe. The device is connected by rings 15, 16 and a narrow strap to the headstall. Reins connected to rings 19, 20 are passed round pulleys on the strap and on the ends of the bit to the pommel of the saddle, or to a place within reach of the driver, being fixed to the guiding- rein if desired.
Patent GB-190613945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cravats
Inventor: BAUGATZ FREDERICK GEORGES
Filed: 1906-06-18
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 13,945. Baugatz, F. G. June 18. Neck-ties are composed of a neckband A, Fig. 1, a buttoned or sewnon flap B, and a strip of tying-material C, Fig. 3, which is held centrally by the flap B, turned down in the form of a loop and buttoned at the ends. The flap may be attached to the neck. band A by sewing or other means, instead of by the button b. Holes a at the ends of the neckband are provided for fastening by studs, hooks, elastics, or other means. The flap may be constructed, as shown in Fig. 4, with strings k for tying through eyelet-holes 1. A catch i or a plate j of celluloid, card, or other material may attach it to the neck-band A.
Patent GB-190614395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of an Insulating Composition and Articles Resembling Vulcanite
Inventor: MARTER CAESAR
Filed: 1906-06-23
Granted: 1907-09-23
Abstract: 14,395. Marter, C. June 23. Insulating-compositions. - A substitute for vulcanite or ebonite is made by heating powdered substances containing considerable proportions of tannin or tannic acid, for example, tan, the bark of oak and similar trees or sumac, myrobalans, &c., with sulphur, until a coarse black powder is produced. When cool, the powder is finely ground, moulded, and heated. Vulcanite or ebonite may be obtained by mixing rubber with the coarse black powder and treating as before described.
Patent GB-190624265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Distributing Valves of Valved-piston Air-compressors.
Inventor: ALLAN ALEXANDER BUCHANAN
Filed: 1906-10-31
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 24,265. Allan, A. B. Oct. 31. Compressing.-The inlet valve of an air-compressor is situated in the piston and is operated from the cross-head pin. The invention is described with reference to a duplex two-stage air-compressor of known type, having tandem cylinders a, a<1> fitted with differential pistons A, B and provided with a common piston slide distribution j, k. The cross-head pin e is integral with the connecting-rod h and is secured in the piston by adjustable bearings g. The inlet valve c is carried inside the upper part b<3> of the piston B and is connected to the cross-head pin by an inclined link d, or by a rod and eccentric, so that the rocking of the crosshead pin reciprocates the valve over inlet ports b<4>, effecting a quick admission and cut-off during the down-stroke, and complete closure throughout the up-stroke. Air compressed by the piston B passes into the cooling-chamber i below a piston i<1>, thence through a coil W situated in a water casing Z, and returns to the chamber i above the piston i<1>, then undergoing the second compression and final delivery through valves l into a common reservoir.
Patent GB-190626180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Producing Artificial Respiration.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1906-11-19
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 26,180. Bloxam, A. G., [Brat, H.]. Nov. 19. Respiration, appliances for promoting; inhalers.- In apparatus of the type in which a face mask is alternately put in communication with oxygen under pressure and a source of reduced pressure, in order to promote respiration, means are provided whereby oxygen may be inhaled at ordinary pressure in order to complete the recovery of the patient when breathing has been restored. A valve b is introduced between the reducing-valve a and the three-way cock c, and is constructed so that oxygen may flow direct to the cock c or may pass through a second narrow bore to the gas bag f, whence it passes to the mask h for ordinary inhalation. The mask is provided with an exhaling - valve i, which is held closed when the apparatus is used for producing artificial respiration.
Patent GB-190628604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buckets for Steam or Gas Turbines.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 28,604. Howorth, F. W., [Aktiebolaget de Lavals Angturbin]. Dec. 14. Elastic-fluid turbines.- Turbine blades are made from a metal bar which, as seen in end view in Fig. 4, has profiles n corresponding to the blade surfaces i, k, Fig. 1, and laterally projecting portions a', c<1> on one or both sides to facilitate manufacture and to provide adequate leakage-preventing surfaces A, C between adjacent rows of blades. The blades are fixed in grooves 9 in the rotor or stator by upsetting the adjacent part of the blades into lateral grooves 7.
Patent GB-190629289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Explosives
Filed: 1906-12-22
Abstract: 29,289. Soc. de Produits Chimiques et d'Explosifs BergÞs Corbin et Cie. Jan. 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Explosives.-Relates to explosives which contain ammonium perchlorate, and consists in the substitution of potassium or sodium nitrate for part of the perchlorate, so that the explosive contains perchlorate 40 to 55 parts, and nitrate 40 to 30 parts ; the preferred proportions are 50 parts of the former to 30 of the latter.
Patent GB-190702459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: WALKER MILES
Filed: 1907-01-31
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 2459. Walker, M. Jan. 31. Armatures; sparking, preventing.-To prevent sparking, the main armature conductors of a highspeed dynamo-electric machine are connected to commutator bars which are separated by one or more intermediate bars connected to points of suitable potential on an auxiliary winding located on the armature core and subjected to a portion only of the total flux. As applied to a drum-wound machine, the ends of the main armature conductors 1, 2, 3, 4, &c., Fig. 1, are connected to alternate commutator segments 7, 8, 9, 10, &c. An auxiliary winding 11. Figs. 1 and 2, located upon the armature core in the same slots as, and below the main winding, is so proportioned that the whole electromotive force generated therein is the same as that generated by the main winding. The commutator ends of the main conductors 1, 2, 3, 4, &c. are connected to points of the same potential as themselves in the auxiliary winding 11, and points midway between these points in the auxiliary winding are connected to the intermediate commutator segments, so that the potential between the bars 7,17 will be one half that between bars 7,8. Instead of a Gramme winding, the auxiliary winding may take the form of a drum winding, in which case the auxiliary conductors extend over only half the length of the armature core, a circumferential groove being provided in the field structure to accommodate the end connexions of the auxiliary winding. As shown in Fig. 4, two arrow commutator bars 27, 28 are provided between the bars 7,8, the two narrow bars together being equal in width to a main commutator bar. The bars 7 are so connected to the auxiliary winding 11 that the potentials of segments 7, 27 are the same, and the difference of potential between segments 27, 28 and between segments 28, 8 is the same. In a modification, bars such as 27, which are of the same potential as the adjoining main bars, are dispensed with, and the auxiliary winding, formerly connected to bars such as 27, are connected to the corresponding main commutator bar preferably through the main armature conductor. The number of intermediate commutator bars may be increased by increasing the number of turns of the auxiliary winding.
Patent GB-190710138-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Securing the Pole Detachably to Carriages.
Inventor: HIRSCH MORIZ
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 10,138. Hirsch, M., and Greil, C. May 1. Poles.-In a device for releasing the pole of the vehicle from its socket, comprising a spring bolt actuated by a treadle connected to the bolt by a pivoted lever, means are provided whereby the lever can follow the motions of the pole. The spring bolt c, connecting the pole a to the socket b, has a cross-head i which projects through slots j in the side frames k of the lever m and may be connected to a device l for raising the bolt. The frames k are connected at the other end by means of slots t and pins t<1> to a member u, Fig. 6, which is able to turn about a pivot bolt x on the treadle rod v. The treadle v<1> is placed on the boot or in any suitable place, and the rod v of the treadle is guided through the bracket w by pins y which prevent the road from turning. The lever m is slidably connected to the pole socket b by means of a rod q sliding in guides s on the frames k and connected by a ring p to a bolt o supported on uprights n from the socket b. The bolt o slides through the ring p when the pole moves about its pivot. In a modified form, the bolt o, Fig. 8, spaced between uprights n, is in the form of a portion of a circle the centre of which coincides with the axis about which the pole a rotates. The ring p is in this case connected directly to the lever m.
Patent GB-190713312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Packing Cases for Eggs or other Fragile Articles.
Inventor: FANNING JOHN JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-06-08
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 13,312. Fanning, J. J. June 8. Wood &c. boxes; fittings, internal.- Wood or other boxes for eggs or similar fragile articles are made and fitted as shown. The lid is fastened either by a lock c, Fig. 2, or by passing looped wire d through holes e, f, twisting the ends together and turning them back, and filling the holes f with sealing - wax or other composition. Battens g, b<1> and strengthening metal corner plates may be provided, and the box is ventilated by holes i controlled by perforated plates i. Additional ventilating-holes k may serve as hand-holes, or suitable handles may be provided. The upper surfaces of mats m, Figs. 1 and 5, of canvas, oilcloth, or similar material, are provided with circular or oval tubes n, which may be made by looping the material and may be stitched to the mats. The tubes may be filled with cotton, wool, or other soft material, a layer being also provided between the mat and the looped material. Loops r of thick felt or the like are also secured to the mat so that their free ends may be turned over the eggs. The upper mat may be covered by an apron, either upholstered or in the form of a cushion s which may be attached to the lid. A cushion may also be provided at the bottom of the box. According to the Provisional Specification, the nests for the eggs are formed by contracting each tube transversely at intervals along its length by soft twine or cord.
Patent GB-190721010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reverberatory Furnaces.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 21,010. Boult, A. J., [Blair, T. S.]. Sept. 21. Reverberatory furnaces; arches; walls - In a reverberatory regenerative furnace for melting steel or for heating ingots &c., the usual port arch is replaced by a flat hollow water - cooled metal "hood" 11, and the outer wall of the gas flue is formed of metal and is water-cooled. On the outer end of the hood 11 is an extension 12 having connected to it a water-outlet pipe 19 and a watersupply chamber 15 from which pipes 16 lead to the inner end of the hood. The gas-flue wall, which is in two parts 20, 21 to facilitate repaiis &c., is formed with troughs 25 alternating with baflles 23, so that water delivered into the upper trough flows downwards in contact with the wall. The water supply for the wall is obtained from the outlet of the hood.
Patent GB-190728082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Storm Water Overflow Weirs.
Inventor: BATTISCOMBE CHARLES ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 28,082. Battiscombe, C. A., and Commin, F. J. Dec. 20. Storm. water, separating.-Excess of water passes over weirs to a separate conduit. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the normal flow takes place over the flanges 2<a> into the inner trough 3 and thence to the outlet 4, the aperture of which is restricted by a depending vane 10 and may be varied by means of an adjustable weir 9 ; but when the flow is abnormally great, the trough 3 overflows into an outer trough 1 and passes by an outlet 6 to a special conduit. A series of such apparatus may be used when necessary. A second arrangement is shown in plan in Fig. 6, and in transverse section in Fig. 5. The normal flow passes along channels 5 into troughs 3, and thence over the walls of the trough 11 to the outlet 4. Any excess passes over weirs 3a to a special conduit below. Specification No. 27,240, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Sewage &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190803164-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Driving Belt.
Inventor: MOFFATT THOMAS CHARLES
Filed: 1908-02-12
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 3164. Moffatt, T. C. Feb. 12. Belts and bands. -A driving - belt, particularly for use on motor - cycles, consists of a continuous outer laver A and a number of inner layers B, C, D, E, each made up of slotted spaced sections, the layers being staggered with regard to each other. Each layer has the same number of sections, but the length of the sections decreases as their distance from the outer layer increases. The outer layer is provided with circular holes for rivets &c. M, having washers L and passing through slots G in the inner layers.
Patent GB-190804243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ironing Machines.
Inventor: ELPHICK THOMAS ALEXANDER
IPC: D06F63/00
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 4243. Elphick, T. A. Feb. 25. [Patent of Addition to No. 22,321, A.D. 1905.] Ironing-machines.-Relates to ironing-machines of the type described in Specification No. 22,321, A.D. 1905, in which the articles are conveyed beneath the heated roller A by means of a flexible apron C passing over supporting-rollers B, B<1>, and consists in forming these rollers B, B' with flat portions or their equivalents b<2>, which, when they come in line immediately under the roller A, cause the contact between the articles and heated roller to cease. In addition, to ensure the stoppage of the apron when the flat portions are thus alined, a clutch N is automatically thrown out of engagement to disconnect the driving-gear of the rollers B, B<1>. The clutch N is operated by an arm S secured to a shaft Q carrying another arm R, which terminates in a roller r bearing upon a face cam P at the end of roller B'. The clutch N is under the influence of a spring tending to withdraw it, and is also connected to the usual foot-lever V by an arm s', links T, T', and a bellcrank lever t. To start the machine, the foot-lever is depressed to shift the belts, and near the end of its movement comes in contact with a stop t<1> on the link T' and so throws the clutch into engagement, in which position it is maintained by the action of cam P. After the articles have passed to and fro the necessary number of times, the foot is removed from the lever V, and owing to the continued rotation of roller B' a depression in the cam P allows the spring to withdraw the clutch and so stop the rollers B, B' with their flat surfaces in the required position. The clutch N may be arranged to control the rotation of the roller A as well as that of the supporting-rollers. Specifications Nos. 6211 and 12,078, A.D. 1907, are also referred to.
Patent GB-190805324-A (GB)
Title: A Process Serviceable with Apparatus in the Treatment of Certain Edible Substances to Arrest Decay.
Inventor: MAIN THOMAS TILBROOK
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 5324. Main, T. T., and Nance, C. W. March 9. Preserving eggs, meat, &c.-The coating or impregnation, with the aid of a vacuum, of eggs, meat, fish, &c. is effected in containers B connected to each other and to reservoirs D and having a lid B' which is coupled to the exhaust pipe A' of an exhausting - appliance, preferably such as is described in Specification No. 5325, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Injectors &c.]. In operation, the eggs &c. are placed in baskets K in one container B, air &c. is extracted through the pipe A<2>, and then, when cocks H, I are opened, the solution is drawn in from the other container. Additional solution may be drawn in from a reservoir D. The process is then repeated in another container, the lid B<1> being transferred after opening the cook B<4>. The vessels are arranged radially round the exhausting-appliance. Suitable solutions for eggs are bitumen in water, petrolatum, sodium silicate, or gelatine ; and for meat and fish, sodium bisulphite or borax.
Patent GB-190806765-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electrical Contact Device.
Inventor: ENGEL OTTO
IPC: H01H1/46
Filed: 1908-03-26
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 6 7 6 5. Engel, O. March 27, 1907, [date applied for under- Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Switches. - A contact 7 device, applicable for switches, controllers, safety fuses, releasable connexions, and collectors of dynamo-electric machines, is built up of thin rings, Fig. 5, with internally-projecting contact-pieces h. These rings are adapted to be connected together in any desired manner by a notary body within the rings, carrying blade contacts. A pile, Fig. 2, is built up in which these rings a are placed alternately with metallic distance-pieces b and insulating-rings c, Fig. 6, thickened at the edges: The thickened edges enable the pile to be made air-tight around its circular face, and prevent explosions when the circuit is broken with the pile ; the pile is clamped securely together between plates d, e, the upper of which is adapted to support a quick-break or other device, which may be attached to the switch. The distance-pieces are adapted to carry terminals, which may be arranged at any point around the circumference. The switch blades i are fixed between layers of insulation to a central rotary spindle ; they may be arranged for movement in the direc, tion of the axis. The rings a may be replaced by segments, and the chamber formed by the pile may be charged with oil. The switch may be adapted to accommodate any desired current by varying the number of rings or segments and connecting them in series or in parallel. When the device is to be used as an explosion-proof collector for dynamos, the radial layers of segments are replaced by laminated rings carrying contact-studs held in packets on the armature casing, and the central contact body is held stationary and acts as the current ; heat-radiating surfaces may be arranged on the rotating part. A fuse switch, Fig. 10, is constructed with the central body attached to the fuse plug p, which is inserted into the contact pile and retained by a bayonet-joint. The Specification in the original form, as open to public inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also diagrams illustrating the application of the device to various current-controlling apparatus, for example, a two-pole reversing switch ; a modification of this switch with six complete contacting rings ; a high-tension switch ; a two-pole releasable lead connexion, in which the outer part of the pile is intended to be the removable part, and is secured by a bayonet-joint ; a resistance switch, each contact-ring being connected in turn to the uppermost ring ; and an analogous device in which the upper coutact is continuous while the lower one is divided into six segments. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190807943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo-electric Machines.
Filed: 1908-04-09
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 7943. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 9. Rotary converters and transformers.-In rotary converters or double current generators, the voltage ratio is varied by shifting the field magnetization circumferentially with respect to the brushes so as to alter the point on the voltage wave at which commutation occurs. A bipolar machine is shown, but the invention is applicable to multipolar machines. Each of the poles has two projections e, e<1> with coils F supplied with constant current from any source, such as an exciter G, and coils F<1> connected so that their current can be regulated or reversed by a rheostat H and switch J. If both projections e are of one polarity and both projections e' are of the opposite polarity, the field axis will be horizontal, and the commutator brushes B will be at the point of maximum induced voltage ; if the current in the coils F<1> is reversed, the field axis will be vertical, and the brushes B will be at the point of zero induced voltage. Hence if, instead of reversing the coils F<1>, the current is gradually weakened, the field will shift round, and the voltage at the brushes B will diminish from a maximum to zero. The armature is preferably delta-connected so as to damp out induced harmonics caused by the irregular distribution of the field flux, and may be supplied, as indicated, through a delta-connected transformer D. The direction of rotation is preferably such that the coils, while under commutation, ure approaching the polar projections having the constant-current coils F, i.e., counterclockwise in Fig. 1. In a modification, the coils F are connected across, and the coils F<1> in series with the brushes B, so that an automatic compounding or over-compounding is produced by the load on the machine ; the rotation is preferably reversed so that the coils F<1> provide a commutating-field varying with the load. The poles of variable strength may be made narrower than the main poles, and may be placed closer to those on one side than on the other.
Patent GB-190808194-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Encircling Cases, Barrels, Bales and other Packages with Hoops, Wire and the like.
Filed: 1908-04-13
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 8194. Bilatte & Co., E. April 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Wood casks, hooping. Relates to apparatus for encircling cases, barrels, bales, &c. with hoops, wire, &c. The ends of a metal or other bond placed around the package are passed between the projecting plates i, i<1> and the tractors g, g<1> of the tightening-device, being bent by hand against the latter parts. The parts named are pivoted to the frame parts a, b, which are traversed by a right and left handed screw d<11> and are moved towards or away from each other by turning the handle d<111>. The part a carries a T-shaped rod c along which the part b slides. The ends of the bond being in position, the screw is turned to produce the tension desired, the ends being given an angular shape during the operation, so as to increase the grip.
Patent GB-190811834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Wool or Animal Fibres and Woollen Yarn or Fabrics to Modify their Shrinking Properties.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER JOSEPH
IPC: D01C3/00
Filed: 1908-06-01
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 11,834. Schneider, J. June 1. [Patent of Addition to No. 6152, A.D. 1907.] Fibres, treating.-Loose wool or animal fibres and woollen yarns or fabrics are treated with dilute caustic alkali below 32‹ Tw., as described in Specification No. 6152, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Bleaching &c.), in order to render them unshrinkable.