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Patent GB-190415829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filter and Contact-beds for the Bacterial-treatment of Sewage.
Inventor: MIDDLETON ROBERT
Filed: 1904-07-16
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 15,829. Middleton, R. July 16. Sewage, treating ; bacteriological processes; filtering. -Filter and contact beds for the bacterial treatment of sewage are built up of pressed forms of earthenware, rough or rough glazed, of a lenticular or approximately spheroidal shape. These forms may be arranged in quadrilateral or triangular grouping in plan, and may be used as shown in Fig. 1, or in combination with other forms of a double-pyramidal shape, as shown in Fig. 5, or with small spheres, as shown in Fig. 4. In this latter case, if the grouping is triangular, three of the six small spheres which would surround each spheroid may be omitted, as shown, to leave channels for flushing the bed ; wooden poles are placed to keep open these channels when the bed is being built up, and may be left in position and only removed when the bed is to be flushed. Other methods of leaving such channels, of building up beds of spherical, cubical, octahedral, &c. forms, and of making beds by throwing the forms together without systematic piling are also described.
Patent GB-190421102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut Locks.
Inventor: HUGHES HUGH THOMAS
Filed: 1904-10-01
Granted: 1904-11-10
Abstract: 21,102. Hughes, H. T. Oct. 1. Locking nuts.-Screwed bolts 1, Figs. 7 and 8, such as those used for securing fishplates to railroad rails or for other purposes, are each provided with a longitudinal groove 3, preferably angular, in which fits a similarly screw-threaded piece 4 of less arc than the groove 3 in which it rocks. In screwing the nut into position, the threads of the bolt aud its part 4 are made to register by inserting a wedge, nail, &c. 5, the width of the side of the locking-piece 4 and the edge 3<a> of the groove to which it is adjacent being equal. When the wedge &c. is withdrawn, the nut in unscrewing rocks the locking-piece 4, so that one of its edges is thrown out of the circumference of the bolt, as shown in Fig. 8, and locks with the thread of the nut. To ensure this, the lengths of one or both of the sides 3<a>, 3<b> are greater than the depths of the groove 3, and the face 3<a> is to one side of the diameter of the bolt.
Patent GB-190424434-A (GB)
Title: Improved Clarinet Reed Trimmer.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM FREDRICK
Filed: 1904-11-11
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 24,434. Taylor, W. F. Nov. 11. Clarinets.-An instrument for trimming reeds comprises spring jaws 1, 2 bent to a U-shape and formed with cutting-edges 3, 4, and the base-plate 6, adapted to serve as a support for the cutting- jaws and as a guide for the reed. The lower jaw 2 is screwed to the base-plate, and the upper jaw is depressed by the action of the lever 9. The lever 9 can be turned into the inoperative position 9<a>. The jaws 1, 2 may be hinged together, instead of being in one part, and a spring inserted between them then keeps them apart.
Patent GB-190425607-A (GB)
Title: Watchman's Time Recorder or Tell-tale
Inventor: BENZING FRIEDRICH ERNST
Filed: 1904-11-24
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 25,607. Benzing, F. E. Nov. 24. Tell-tales for checking watchmen. A clock turns a paper disc which is stamped or otherwise marked by insertion of a keyshaped piece, means to prevent the use of a false key being provided. Mounted in the opening a, Fig. 5, of the back-plate b of the clock is a sliding piece e c, Fig. 9, with a slit e. When the key d, Fig. 8, is inserted through an aperture in the back-plate, it strikes and tilts the spring-controlled finger k, which is mounted on the spindle g, and forces a second finger h on to the sloping edge f of the sliding piece, which then moves sideways and brings the pins m into the slots n of the key, at the same time bringing the slit e opposite to the end of the key. A spring o returns the sliding piece upon withdrawal of the key. The paper disc which is stamped or otherwise marked by the end of the key is mounted on the main spindle q of the clockwork, the plate r, which may be faced with india rubber, serving as a backing.
Patent GB-190425996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering Mechanism for Road Motor Vehicles.
Filed: 1904-11-29
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 25,996. Soc. Anon. des Automobiles AriÞs. Dec. 9, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Motor road vehicles. - Consists in a form of non-reversible steering-mechanism which may be perfectly adjusted for wear by the tightening of a single nut. The rotatable steering-pillar A, in the form of gear shown in Fig. 1, imparts a rocking motion to the member E, through screw gearing, the member E being fixed to a shaft F connected by links to the steering-wheels. The screw gearing comprises external and internal right and left handed screws formed on an extension B of the lower end of the steering-pillar A, and engaging respectively with a nut C and screw D, both the nut and screw being formed with extensions c, d which bear on rollers e, f carried at opposite sides of the rocking member E. Any play between the screws, or between the extensions c, d and rollers, is taken up by adjustment of the nut I. The right and left handed screws may both be formed on the sleeve externally, or both internally, one being disposed above the other.
Patent GB-190428870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoppers for Jars.
Inventor: CARSWELL ALLAN
Filed: 1904-12-30
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 28,870. Carswell, A. Dec. 30. Stoppers.-A stopper for jars containing condiments &c. consists of a plug portion A of glass or like material provided with flanges a<2>, a,between which a rubber ring B is fitted. The flanged a<2> is provided on its underside with cam-projections a<3>. which are engaged by corresponding projections c<1> on a metal ring C when the latter is rotated, compressing the rubber ring B, which is thereby bulged outwards to engage the mouth of the jar J The periphery of the ring C may be milled or fitted with a hoop to facilitate rotation. As shown, the ring C acts on the rubber ring through a loose washer D, which is kept stationaty in the neck of the jar J by the engagement of a projecting portion d with a notch in the jar.
Patent GB-190501752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glass Signs, Stall Plates, and the like.
Inventor: KELLY STANLEY
Filed: 1905-07-28
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 1752. Kelly, S. Jan. 28. Advertising; nameplates, signboards, and the like. - Glass signs, stall plates, and the like are made as follows: A plate A of rolled or other glass has one face a flat and the other face a' with an irregular or patterned surface, in relief or intaglio, preferably of the kind known as " Figured rolled pattern G." To the irregular surface a<1> is applied gold leaf or other brilliant or reflecting material a<2>, and this is protected by a coat of paint or the like. Both the surfaces a, a<1> have their natural polish. A coverplate B of ordinary glass is placed in front of the plate A, and on the back of the plate B is placed any desired lettering or decorative effect b, leaving parts clear to enable the brilliant backplate A to appear ; or the letters may be painted on the glass B so that the brilliant plate A appears as background; or a stencil plate may be inserted between the plates B, A, and this stencil may be either translucent or opaque, or both combined. Any suitable framing for the plates may be used.
Patent GB-190512371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sifting Apparatus
Inventor: FITTS NORMAN V
Filed: 1905-06-14
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 12,371. Fitts, N. V., and Atkins, R. P. June 14. Feeding - devices. -The feed - shoot 43 of a special apparatus for classifying pulverized o r e &c. is provided with a spreading-device consisting of transverse rods 44 carrying pieces 45 which engage the bottom of the shoot.
Patent GB-190512952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Means for Removing Dust-laden Air from Chambers in which Articles are Cleaned by Sand-jets or the like
Filed: 1905-06-22
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 12,952. Lake, H. H., [Gutmann Akt.-Ges. f³r Maschinenbau, A.]. June 22. D u s t, confining a n d expelling o n generation.-To ensure the breathing of air free from dust in a chamber where articles are cleaned by s a n d jets, powerful currents of air are made to pass through one or more zones of the chamber above the top of the articles to be cleaned and below the face of the operative. For example, air is drawn across the chamber through the openings a<2>, a<1> by a pump connected to the socket b. The sand falls through the perforated floor d and is returned to the sand blast by the worm e.
Patent GB-190514332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Optical Projectors.
Inventor: SAUTTER GUSTON
Filed: 1905-07-11
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 14,332. Sautter, G., HarlÚ, E., and Rey, J., [trading as Sautter, HarlÚ, et Cie.]. July 12, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Search-lights; reflectors.-In projectors using electric lamps with " flaming " arcs, a suction pipe a is provided having a bell-mouthed end e in front of, behind, or directly above the arc, to carry away fumes. Concentric funnels may be fitted into the end of the tube, to produce a convergent stream of air. The pipe may lead to a chimney, but is preferably connected to a suction cone or to a revolving fan d. Apertures in the casing or reflector may be arranged so that a current of air sweeps the fumes towards the tube. The usual reflector of small angle is replaced by an annular one i bounded by planes on opposite sides of the focus, and the central aperture j may serve to admit the pipe a. The carbons may be attached to arms s, t, of the regulator r, or may project through the aperture j and be movable by means of a right and left handed screw, geared by a chain to the regulator, which may then be behind the projector.
Patent GB-190516049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scaffolding
Inventor: TUCK WILLIAM DANIEL
Filed: 1905-08-05
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 16,049. Tuck, W. D. Aug. 5. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Scaffolding for chimneys. The putlogs a, Fig. 2, are bound to the chimney by bolts d which pass through holes in clips c encircling the putlogs. The bolts d are screw-threaded and provided with nuts e, Fig. 6, one of which is provided with a boss f to protect the thread and also to act as a bearing for the angle-pieces g. The side bolts are in two portions h, i, which have one end connected to the angle-pieces g, the other ends engaging with double-threaded coupling-nuts k by which the framing can be tightened on the chimney. Wedges w, Figs. 4 and 5, are inserted to prevent slipping. The end planks l are carried by the putlogs a, being bound to them by clips m, and on these planks are laid the side planks n. The end bolts d may be divided in the same way as the side bolts.
Patent GB-190518558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to "Flyers" used in Spinning and the like.
Inventor: BENN HARRISON
Filed: 1905-09-14
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 18,558. Benn, H: Sept. 14. Spindle apparatus.-In order to prevent the yarn or thread from escaping from the flyer eye, when the bobbins are being doffed by apparatus such as that described in Specification No. 19,679, A.D. 1893, and No. 24,162, A.D. 1898, two or more arms or projections Bare formed at the extremity of the eye. The ends of the flyer may be split and turned in opposite directions as shown, or pieces of any suitable material may be welded on or otherwise attached.
Patent GB-190518906-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Preserving Fish, especially for use as Bait.
Inventor: MAROT RENE
Filed: 1905-09-19
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 18,906. Marot, R. Sept. 19. Preserving fish.-Fish, especially for use as bait, is preserved by treating it with the gaseous mixture produced, as described in Specification No. 14,372, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Acids, alkalies, &c.], by subjecting a mixture of sulphurous anhydride and air to the silent or disruptive electric discharge. The fish are afterwards dried in air.
Patent GB-190520745-A (GB)
Title: Roller-blind Shutter with Variable Exposure Slit in which One Portion of the Blind is Adjustably Mounted on the Supporting Tapes of the Other Portion of the Blind.
Inventor: SASSE CARL
Filed: 1905-10-13
Granted: 1905-12-14
Abstract: 20,745. Sasse, C. March 7, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Shutters, roller-blind. The tapes s connecting the upper blind a are looped round the ends of the roller d on the lower blind, and wound on the spring roller f. In winding up, the rod c and roller d are together until the rod d comes against the stops g. As the winding is continued, the lower blind winds on the roller d, which is rotated by the loop of the tapes s and the required aperture is obtained. In running down the rod d comes against the stops h, and as the spring roller continues to rotate, the blind b unwinds from the roller a, and the aperture is closed.
Patent GB-190526688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Converting Varying Alternating Electric Current into similarly Varying Direct Current.
Inventor: BROWN SIDNEY GEORGE
Filed: 1905-12-21
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 26,688. Brown, S. G. Dec. 21. Primary batteries; secondary batteries. -Alternating electric currents are employed to restore the action of galvanic batteries when arrested by polarization or by other causes such as weakening of the solvent power of the liquid. The invention forms a means of converting alternating into direct current and is intended for use in telephone and telegraph systems described in Specifications No.18,261, A.D. 1898, and No. 9044, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.]. Fig. 1 shows one form of apparatus consisting of a simple cell a having electrodes of zinc or carbon in dilute sulphuric acid. Alternating current is supplied by the wires d, and direct current is drawn off by wires e.A condenser d<1> may be placed in the alternating-current leads and inductance coils e<1> in the direct-current leads to prevent short-circuiting. The size of the immersed plates and the number of cells placed in series are proportioned to the strength and intensity of the current. Magnesium or aluminium anodes and carbon cathodes in causticpotash solution may be employed. Any soluble metals or gold, platinum or carbon may be used as anodes. Gas batteries consisting of platinum plates partly immersed in an electrolyte and in oxygen and hydrogen gas respectively are also proposed. In one form of apparatus, Fig. 2, the immersed area of the anode b is very small compared with that of the cathode a, and the action is stated to depend on the increase of solvent-power of the electrolyte. In certain cases in which gold, carbon, or platinum anodes are used, the increased activity of the electrolyte may be sufficiently great to oxidize them. In another form of apparatus, instead of the alternating-current leads being brought to the anode and cathode respectively, they are led to the halves of a divided anode or cathode b, and one of the direct-current leads is taken from the middle point of an inductance coil f which connects the two halves. An arrangement like a dry cell is shown in Fig. 5, composed of a cake of lead peroxide between plates of lead or thallium or other electropositive metal and platinum or other electronegative metal, the plates being connected to the poles of a battery g<x> of two or three volts. Alternating current supplied by wires d is rectified and disturbs the battery circuit e. An arrangement is described in which fluctuating direct currents act upon a cell of the kind shown in Fig. 2, causing variations in the degree of polarization and thus making it react upon an alternating-current circuit containing a receiving-instrument
Patent GB-190601472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extensible Couches.
Inventor: HOEY JOHN
Filed: 1906-01-19
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 1472. Hoey, J. Jan. 19. Bedsteads, sofas, &c.-In a couch having brace-supported extensions 5 pivoted to the couch body 3 for the purpose of forming a bedstead, the couch top and the extensions are covered with independent portions of wire mesh clamped to each other at intervals by clips 7 and to the frame. The outer bars of the extensions are downwardly curved. Cables 8 under the mesh are united at intervals to the frame and to each other by links 9<a>, 16. The braces 11 are curved to be out of the way when the extensions are lowered, and are formed with one or more notches 12 and projections 13, so that, on the outer edge of the extension 5 being raised, the brace is first held on the projection 13 and the extension 5 may then be lowered by a sharp motion. Rods 14, 15 beneath the couch may support parts of a mattress &c. when not in use.
Patent GB-190603796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alarms for Boilers.
Inventor: SANDVOSS HERMANN
Filed: 1906-02-15
Granted: 1907-02-15
Abstract: 3796. Sandvoss, H. Feb. 15. Alarms, high and low water. -The low-water alarm, Fig. 3, consists of a tube 5 containing two columns 6, 36 of mercury and placed inside a gauge glass or other vessel in communication with the boiler. On the level falling, the heat of the steam causes the column 6 to expand and complete an electric circuit between the lead 44 and rod 7. If the level rises too high, the column 36 is cooled and contracts, so that the float 37 carrying the contacts 39 falls and completes the alarm circuit. Alarms, high and low pressure.-The pressure alarm shown in Fig. 2 is combined with a lowwater alarm alone or with the duplex apparatus described above. A diaphragm 21 exposed to the steam pressure carries a plunger bearing on a lever pivoted at 27. If the pressure rises unduly, the contact 33 completes the circuit through the plate 23, while if it falls too low the contact 34 touches the contact 35 and gives the alarm. If the boiler is out of action, the contact 34 will be depressed past the pin 35, so that a permanent closure of the circuit is prevented.
Patent GB-190606130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatically Controlled Locks for Railway Carriage Doors & the like
Inventor: SUTCLIFFE JOHN
Filed: 1906-03-14
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 6130. Sutcliffe, J. March 14. Fastenings, railway -carriage door.-The latch a mounted on the door-post to engage a striking- plate on the door is shot by a spring t and adapted to be withdrawn by air pressure acting on a piston b, the rod c of which bears against a projecting arm m of the bolt. The air valve is situated in the guard's van or engine. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 27,329, A.D. 1897, and No. 1827, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190610585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating Current Electric Motors.
Inventor: PUNGA FRANKLIN
Filed: 1906-05-05
Granted: 1907-05-04
Abstract: 10,585. Punga, F. May 5, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Field magnets; motors, controlling; sparking, preventing.-The brushes of single-phase commutator induction motors of the Atkinson type are shortcircuited through auxiliary s'ator coils, those coils having the same axis as the brushes to which they are connected serving mainly for regulating the speed, and the coils having their axes at right-angles to the corresponding brush axes serving to improve the power factor. The auxiliary coils are provided with means for altering the number of turns in circuit. In Fig. 8, the brushes a in the stator axis y are connected through an auxiliary coil situated in the axis y, the number of turns being varied to vary the speed. To improve the power factor, a second auxiliary coil connected between the brushes b may be placed in the axis y. Similarly, the brushes b may be short-circuited through a speed-regulating coil, and the brushes a through a power-factor coil, both situated in the axis x. Fig. 13 shows a combination of the two arrangements. Coils having the same axis may be combined with one another and with the main stator winding, as shown in Fig. 15, and two coils between the same pair of brushes may be replaced by a single coil having an axis inclined to the axes x, y. If the main stator winding is of the continuous-current type, the auxiliary windings may be combined tterewith. In Fig. 17, the brushes b are directly short-circuited and the brushes a connected either directly or through transformers to two points on the main winding, which may not be diametrically opposite. Alternately, the brushes a may be short-circuited and the brushes b connected to the main stator winding, or all four brushes may be connected to points on the main winding. The above arrangements are applicable to three-brush motors, Figs. 24, 28, 30, and 34, in which the axis of the brushes c, d is either parallel to the axis x or to the axis y. To improve commutation, the magnetic density adjacent to the coils undergoing commutation is regulated by increasing or decreasing the air gap, by diminishing the tooth width, or by the use of auxiliary windings at those places, so that the geometrical sum of the transformer, rotation, and reactance voltages in the coil may be as small as possible. The auxiliary winding may, for example, be connected with the brushes a and placed opposite to the coils commutating under the brushes a, or it may be connected in shunt to any part of the stator winding. Commutation under the brushes b may be similarly influenced. The motors are particularly adapted for railway and tramway work, may restore energy to line, and may be started as series or repulsion motors, or by changing the number of stator poles, &c.
Patent GB-190611007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Automatic Guns
Inventor: CHRISTOPHE ANDRE
Filed: 1906-05-10
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 11,007. Christophe, A., and Menteyne, P. Jan. 2, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Machine guns. - The barrel 1, breech-frame 2, and breech-block 3 recoil together, until the locking-pieces 4, pivoted at 32 to the breech-block, are depressed into line with the guide-grooves 43 in the breech frame, by arms 50 coacting with fixed cam-grooves 29. A lever 15 actuated by a stop 42 on the breech frame withdraws the firing-pin 5, and through the stud 6 carried by the latter throws back the unlocked breech - block in the breech frame. During the recoil, the fired cartridge is extracted by the extractor 10, which is carried by a pivoted block 11 and is actuated by stops 37, 38 on the casing 20 of the gun. At the same time, a loading-arm 7, pivoted at 48, is swung upwards, to receive a fresh cartridge from the removable magazine 26, through the contact of a pivoted arm 8 with the stop 39, the lowest cartridge being pushed out of the magazine by a block 51. In the raised position of the arm 7, its rear end 46 depresses the arm 8 out of engagement with the stop 39, and the further recoil of the breech frame brings the end 46 into contact with the stop and lowers the arm into the loading position. The return of the parts to firing position is effected by a spring 49 acting on the breech frame 2, the movement being imparted to the lever 15 through the medium of coacting parts 30, 41. The forward movement of the firing-pin relatively to the breechblock prior to the locking of the latter is prevented by projections 52 on the locking-piece 4, which in the unlocked position engage in front of shoulders 53 on the firing-pin. The action may be commenced by means of the hand-grip 19, and a pivoted catch 26 is provided to engage with a projection 36 on -the breech frame to retain the parts in their rearward position. Special means are used for securing the magazines 26.