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Patent GB-190613301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Carbon Recovery Plant for the Manufacture of Lamp Black and such like.
Inventor: ADAM JAMES MILLEN
Filed: 1906-06-09
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 13,301. Adam, J. M. June 9. Carbon. - Plant for the manufacture of lampblack comprises a furnace, in which creosote oil or other suitable carbonaceous fuel is burnt, in series with a centrifugal dust-separator and suction means. Cooling or condensing means may be introduced and the heat initially produced may be utilized for generating the necessary power. The fuel is burnt by means of a burner C in the furnace A of a steam generator B. The furnace is provided with dampers D. The products of combustion, together with a regulated quantity of air, pass through a cooler E, which may be of the water-cooled type, fitted with tubes around which is circulated water fed in at an inlet F and discharged at an outlet F<1>. Vaporous by-products are condensed, while the air with its remaining charge passes on through a centrifugal dust-separator G, such as is described in Specifications No. 14,302, A.D. 1897, and No. 4612, A.D 1903, [Abridgment Class Centrifugal drying &c.]. Carbon is deposited in a receiver H, and the air, with any remaining charge, passes to a second separator J, where residuary products may be deposited in a second receiver K, and finally passes through a suction-producer, such as a centrifugal fan L, and is discharged, or, if desired, subjected to further treatment. The fan may be driven from a motor M supplied with steam from the generator B.
Patent GB-190617359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Focussing and Exposing Devices of Photographic Cameras and in connection therewith.
Inventor: THORNTON JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1907-08-02
Abstract: 17,359. Thornton, J. E. Aug. 2. Cameras, focusing-devices for. The image on the focusing-screen is examined by means of a reflecting mirror in the rear thereof, behind which is the plate or film holder which is adapted to swing into the focal plane simultaneously with the removal of the focusing-screen and mirror. Alternative constructions are detailed in which the mirror and focusing-screen may be in two halves in'the case of collapsible or folding cameras with comparatively narrow, fronts, and others in which they are made of flexible material and wound on rollers. The parts may be combined in a detachable adapter, or may form part of the camera back, or the whole may be adapted as a revolving-back attachment. In the modification shown in Fig. 1, the focusing- screen B, mirror C, and plate or film holder are hinged to the partition A. The mirror is retained in position by the slotted stay c, and a pin b<4> on the mirror. An auxiliary mirror C' may be used. The parts may be swung to and from the positions for focusing and exposure by means of pinions d, d<1>, Fig. 3, and rods d<2> eccentrically mounted on an actuating-disk F. Several modifications are described in which the focusing-screen B and mirror C are of flexible material, and mounted as part of, or in combination with, revolving blind shutters. The construction shown in Fig. 4 shows the general type of this combination, in which the focusing- screen B and mirror C both wind on to a spring roller b<2>. Such spring rollers may also be used for raising the holder D into focal position by means of bands, forming parts of the screen or blind shutter. The mirror blind has an aperture e, which forms the slit for an ordinary roller-blind exposure, the end of the screen band B being formed of side tapes wound from the roller bl. In order to avoid vibration and jarring when the holder D is swung up, a pneumatic buffer device is combined with the parts. The casing H of the fixed piston h, Fig. 15, is mounted on an endless band h<1>, to which is attached the spring h<2> and the band connecting the holder D. The spring h<2> brings the holder up into position, the rise of the casing H preventing any sudden jar by reason of the holder D coming suddenly against the camera or the adapter frame. Two other modifications for mounting the buffer are described in the Specification.
Patent GB-190620850-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Adjustable Spanner
Inventor: ROBERTS GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-09-20
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 20,850. Roberts, G. Sept. 20. Spanners; vices.-A vice-like box spanner has two arms C, C<1> pivoted at D to a piece E, which is provided with a cross-piece or tommy-bar F. The arms C, C' have jaws A shaped to suit the articles, which are gripped under the action of a screw G and nut H. The piece E may be an extension of one of the arms. The jaws are normally distended by a spring J. Fig. 2 shows a modification, in which a hollow screw G' is fixed to the arm C<1> and is engaged by a screw H<1> with a milled head.
Patent GB-190623418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Centrifugal Blast or Exhaust Fan and Elastic Fluid Turbine
Inventor: HODGES RICHARD JAMES
Filed: 1906-10-22
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 23,418. Hodges, R. J. Oct. 22. Stuffing - b o x e s, substitutes for.-To prevent leakage between the fan chamber a and turbine chamber c of a combined fan and turbine, the rotating disk f carrying both sets of blades is provided wit h rings i running in recesses in annular pieces k which are adjusted in position by screws l. In a modification, the recesses are formed in the casing itself, the rings k being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190625212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Railway Ties or Sleepers.
Inventor: BUTLER ERNEST
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 25,212. Butler, E., and Wachtler, R. Nov. 8. Sleepers; rails, securing to sleepers.-Metallic railway sleepers are constructed of an oblong rectangular form in cross section, and are formed hollows to reduce the weight and provide a clearance space for the detachable clamps which secure the rails direct to the sleepers. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation, partly in section,-and Fig. 2 a plan of one end of the sleeper. The fixed projections 3 and the detachable clamps. 6 secure the rails in position.
Patent GB-190625292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Fire-extinguishers and Alarms.
Inventor: GOLDSMITH ABRAHAM
Filed: 1906-11-09
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 25,292. Goldsmith, A., Francombe, G., and Scull, A. S. Nov. 9. Sprinklers, automatic. - Relates to sprinklers operated by expansible capsules, and more particularly to fusible devices adapted normally to prevent expansion of the capsule. The capsule A, operating a glass valve B, is normally prevented from expanding by fusible joints, each consisting of two L-shaped plates of metal E, E', which are soldered together and are released on the occurrence of a fire by fusion of the solder. When the valve B is lifted, water flows out through a passage D, and any water leaking between the valve spindle B<2> and a plate A <6> is prevented from reaching the capsule by a plate B', attached to a collar on the valve spindle. A plate G relieves the pressure of water on the valve B when the latter is open. The bottom plate A<4> of the casing, and plates A<2>, A<3> protecting the capsule are perforated. Fig. 4 shows a modified form of fusible joint, in which two members E<2>, E<3> are grooved to receive a pin E<4>, which relieves the strain on the fusible solder. In a modification shown in Fig. 5, the fusible joints comprise a member H<1> fitting into a tubular member .H<2>, containing fusible solder and mounted on a metal strip H, which is fixed to the valve stem B<2>, its ends passing through slots A<7> in the outer casing. Alarms, fire.-The expansion of the capsule may be caused to close an electric circuit.
Patent GB-190626984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Operating Railway or like Points.
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 26,984. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Ferreira, L. M. G. Nov. 27. Points and switches, railway. Relates to the operation of railway points by an electric motor, and comprises modifications of the apparatus described in Specifications No. 16,445, A.D. 1896, and No. 10,579, A.D. 1900. The arrangement is such that, as soon as the points have been shifted and locked, the driving-part of the mechanism becomes automatically disconnected from the driven part, the driving - part continuing to run until it has operated the switch of the motor to stop it. The connexion between the driving and driven parts comprises a spring bolt &c. which, when the points are home and locked, is slid by the act of disconnexion i n t o a position in which it locks the driven part, until the motor has been reversed and the connexion reestablished. Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of the mechanism. The points may be operated and locked, for example, in the manner described in Specification No. 13,509, A.D. 1906, by the rotation of the crank a. Free to turn on the spindle i, to which the crank a is keyed, is the wheel e' the rim e of which is formed as a worm-wheel engaging a worm on the shaft of the motor d. A second wheel g, carrying the spring bolt v, is also keyed on the spindle i. The wheel rim e is also formed with grooves l, m, n, in which the pin s on the bell-crank r engages. The other arm of the bell crank carries two insulated metal pins t, t<1> adapted to contact with the contactsprings u, u<1>. These springs are in the motor circuit, each pair corresponding with a particular direction of running. When the wheels e<1> g are in driving connexion, the bolt v is forced by the spring k into the notch w. Fig. 1 shows the position of the parts when the wheels have been rotating. clockwise and the points have been operated and locked; the driven parts are locked by the piece v<1> meeting the stop z<1> and entering the notch z<2>, and the notch w has slipped past the bolt. Immediately after, the current is cut off by the action of the grooves on the pin s. When the points are again to be reversed, the pointsman supplies current to the springs u by means of the switch in his cabin, and the motor starts without load until the notch w is again opposite the bolt. While the points are moving, the switch arm always lies along the line x, thus rendering it possible for the pointsman to reverse the movement at any time. If an obstruction prevents movement of the points, the notch w will disengage from the bolt v and the wheel g and its connexions will remain at rest.
Patent GB-190628591-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Manufacture of Plastic Compositions.
Inventor: FINDEISEN HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-12-14
Granted: 1907-12-14
Abstract: 28,591. Findeisen, H., [trading as Levett & Findeisen]. Dec. 16, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cork, artificial, is produced by mixing comminuted cork, leather, or hair and non-alkaline solutions of cellulose, with or without the addition of glycerine,. acetates of glycerine, Turkey-red oil and the like, and dextrine, starch, or potato meal. In one example 1 kilogram of hydrocellulose completely dissolved in 2 kilograms of hydrochloric acid and 1 kilogram of zinc chloride, is mixed with kilogram of starch. From 6 to 10 kilograms of leather is then mixed with 1 kilogram of this binding material and the mixture pressed either at ordinary temperatures or in a heated state and dried in the mould. A highly concentrated solution of viscose may be employed in place of the cellulose solution. Reference is made in the Specification to Specification No. 8795, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Fabrics, Dressing, &c.].
Patent GB-190629012-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for Ventilating Sewers, Drains and the like, and Preventing the Formation of Sewer Gas.
Inventor: REEVES ROBERT HARRIS
Filed: 1906-12-19
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 29,012. Reeves, R. H. Dec. 19. Ventilating; disinfecting.-A spray of water is delivered at a constricted part of a man-hole chamber upon porous pots L containing disinfectant. The supply pipe A is fitted with a non-return valve B, an air-chamber D, a U- shaped piece C and sediment box E, a tap F, and also, after passing through a freezing-mixture I, with a second air-chamber K and a sprayer J. The pots containing the chemicals are fitted with loose perforated disks, which rest on the contents and force the solution to the top.
Patent GB-190700459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of Show-cards
Inventor: CROFTS ALFRED FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-01-08
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 459. Crofts, A. F., Smith, H. C., and Wells, G. E. Jan. 8. Advertising.-Relates to a method of producing a show card having embossed transparent lettering of paper &c. attached to a background of cardboard &c. The cardboard backing is first perforated in the form of the lettering &c. The paper &c. is then placed on the face of the card and cut on with a die, slightly larger than the perforating-die and provided with a cutting-edge just sufficiently deep to pierce the paper. The margin between the perforations and the edge of the letter &c. secures the latter to the card, adhesive having been previously applied to the paper.
Patent GB-190701756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Riding Stirrups.
Inventor: GLOSTER JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-01-23
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 1756. Gloster, J. Jan. 23. Stirrups.-In a safety stirrup, the stirrup loop B is detachable from the stirrup iron A, which is hung on a laterally projecting foot 3 of the loop by means of an eye-piece D, which is held in position by a bow-shaped or other spring 6 at the front of the stirrup. If the rider is thrown, his boot presses upon the spring 6 and forces back the eye-piece D, so that the stirrup falls from the loop B.
Patent GB-190706278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Raising Bed-springs.
Inventor: SCHWAB CHARLES MARTIN
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 6278. Schwab, C. M. Sept. 7, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bedsteads; mattresses.-Means for raising and supporting in a tilted position the spring frame and mattress of a bed, for the purpose of cleaning underneath the bed, consists of a support comprising two bars hinged to a side rail of the bedstead and extending across to the other side rail. In the construction shown, the bars D', Fig. 4, are hinged between two angle-plates d', connected by a plate F, which secures the bars to the frame of the bedstead by engaging under the angle-bar sides a, Fig. 1. The frame B carrying the spring mattress is secured on the hinged bars D' by plates G which are adjustable by means of a bolt and slot g', d'. To assist in raising the frame, a spring H is connected at one end d' to a hinged bar D', and to hold the frame in the raised position, shown in Fig. 1, a bar E hinged to a bar D' engages on a pin d<6> carried by the fixed angle-plates d'. In order to hold the top mattress C in pisition, when tilted,- there is provided on the hinged bars a swivel socket I, Fig. 4, carrying a hinged rod I', on the top of which a special bar j, J Fig. 7, is placed, as shown in Fig. 1, to bear upon and secure the mattress.
Patent GB-190707754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Lifting Jacks.
Inventor: DUCROT MARY
Filed: 1907-04-02
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 7 7 5 4. Ducrot, M. April 6, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lifting - jacks. - Comprises a construction of double-acting ratchet jack which also is adapted to lower the load by a step-by-step motion: Fig. 1 shows the jack consisting of a vertical rack 5, which slides in the casing 1 and is engaged by a pair of spring pawls 13, 14 projecting through holes in the casing. The pawls are pivoted at the points 11, 12 to a rocking sleeve, which is pivoted to the casing 1 and is formed integral with the handle 7. When the handle is raised, the pawl 13 raises the load, and the pawl 14 is lowered to engage the next tooth on the opposite rack, so that by reciprocation of the handle the load is raised by a series of steps equal to half a tooth on the rack. For lowering, a bolt 17 is interposed between the sleeve and tail-pieces 15, 16 on the pawls, so that each of the pawls is prevented from engaging the rack at the commencement of its upward movement. The bolt may in some cases be arranged to be operated by mechanism in the handle 7 ; also the rack may be raised directly by hand, and may be lowered rapidly by turning the rack-bar at right-augles so that the pawls engage the smooth portion of the surface.
Patent GB-190711071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrically Operated Winding Gear
Filed: 1907-05-11
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 11,071. Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges. May 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Dynamos, regulating; motors, controlling.-The speed of electrically-operated winding-gear is automatically reduced for passenger haulage or inspection journeys by connecting the generator field to a source of smaller potential, the change in the generator field connexions being effected automatically by the striker at the pithead, or by the signalling arrangement by which a signal is given to the operator indicating a passenger load. The reduced potential may be obtained from the same source which supplies the generator field for freight haulage, or an exciter may be used having two windings giving different voltages.
Patent GB-190713278-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Circuit Breaker.
Inventor: LARSSON GUSTAF OSCAR
Filed: 1907-06-07
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 13,278. Larsson, G. O. June 7, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Centrifugal governors; fluid governors.-An electric interrupter consists of a revolving vessel a containing mercury c and an insulating liquid, wherein a disk d of insulating-material but carrying contacts f is adjustably mounted on a spindle e. The vessel is mounted upon an axle b rotated by a belt and pulley. The insulating- liquid, such as alcohol or petroleum, may, for purposes of cooling and in order to remove sludge, be caused to flow through the vessel. In use, the mercury rises against the inner wall of the vessel, the disk is caused to rotate by the motion, and the circuit is made and broken at the contacts f. The Specification in its original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises also the statement that the disk is revolved by a belt and pulley or that its edge may be toothed so that it may be rotated by the rotating mercury The contacts upon the disk are also bevelled back to prevent splashing. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190717546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Briquettes for Metallurgical or other Purposes.
Inventor: COLLINS WILLIAM FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-07-31
Granted: 1908-07-31
Abstract: 17,546. Collins, W. F. July 31. Composition fuel.-Pulverized solid water glass, with or without a metallic oxide or a calcium compound, is employed as a binding agent in making briquettes. The composition, which may contain 3-6 per cent of binder, is passed through a heated chamber or mixer, steam being injected if necessary, and is pressed into blocks while in a heated and moist condition. The briquettes may be enveloped in a waterproof material.
Patent GB-190720739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Locking-bolts.
Inventor: ARBEY CHARLES ALPHONSE
Filed: 1907-09-18
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 20,739. Arbey, C. A. Sept. 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Candlesticks and candelabra; chandeliers.-In the Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under the Act of 1901, a locking-device comprising single or oppositely acting spring &c. pressed wedges with means for automatic release is described generically, as applied to rectilinear motions, several constructional forms being indicated, and the device being stated to be applicable to chandeliers, candlesticks, &c., and to many other articles of an adjustable nature. The elements of the device comprise a driven or controlled sliding part normally locked in one or both directions, by spring-pressed wedges, such as balls, rollers, prisms, cams, &c., in tapered recesses, and a controlling or actuating member which engages the locking-elements and also the driven part, play or lost motion being arranged so that the locking-elements are automatically released before the driven part is moved. The wedges may be controlled by gravity, inertia, &c., instead of by springs. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the part b is normally locked in one direction in the casing by a spring-pressed ball c and block c<2> and is released and operated by the member a, the parts being connected with play by a lug 3. A modified wedge comprises a roller on a spindle carried by the block c<2>. A modified form in which the part b is normally locked in both directions is shown in Fig. 11. In a modification of this form the parts a, b enter the casing at the same instead of at opposite ends. In a further modification, shown in Fig. 14, the fixed casing is cylindrical, and the locking-elements comprise balls c and segmental blocks c<2>, which are wedged outwards by means of a double-conical extension e of the part b. The lock is released and the device adjusted by means of circular plates g, g<1> carried by the actuating-member a. Single-acting arrangements of this modification are described in which the member a is tubular and fits over the rod b. In another modification, shown in Fig. 15, the part b is mounted and normally locked upon a rigid cylindrical rod or flexible cable &c. f, being released and adjusted by the casing a. The part b may be connected by arms &c. 21 to other parts outside the apparatus. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190728582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shoes and Boots
Inventor: COUFAL FRANZ
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 28,582. Coufal, F. Dec. 30. Heels; heel protectors; slipping, preventing.-The heel is recessed and fitted with a solid rubber strip 7, Figs. 1 and 3, of square section, which is pressed on to points 5 and sharp lugs 6 projecting from a heel shaped metal plate 4 screwed to and overlapping the up-standing rim 3 of the heel. The strip may be provided with grooves 8, Fig. 4, to receive the edges of the plate 4 ; it may also carry wearing-nails 9, which may have sharp heads to prevent slipping, and side flanges for gripping the rubber strip. Instead of a strip, the heel may be fitted with a solid pad.
Patent GB-190800819-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vehicle-springs
Inventor: BURGESS CHARLES
Filed: 1908-01-13
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 819. Burgess, C. Jan. 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Springs.-The ordinary elliptic or semi-elliptic springs of automobiles, railway cars, and other vehicles are replaced by straight single - bar or laminated springs, which are secured at an intermediate point to the axle and at the ends to horizontally-arranged spring buffers. A straight bar 12, which may have laminations 15, is secured by plates 13 and bolts 14 to the axle 11, and by a ball-and-socket joint 39, 40, Fig. 6, which is made rigid by bolts 43 passing through ears 41, to pistonrods 39 carrying pistons 30, which work in cylinders 21 pivoted at 23 to hangers 10 on the vehicle frame. Springs 36 are :placed on the inner sides of the pistons ; in that cylinder which is at the rear end of the spring 12, additional springs are placed on the other side of the piston in order to absorb horizontal shocks occasioned when an obstruction is encountered. The cylinders may contain oil, which is adapted to pass through a longitudinal hole in the piston. The piston may be prevented from rotating in the cylinder by longitudinal grooves and projections. When the spring 12 is laminated, the leaves are kept in alinement, and the friction between them is reduced by bolts 17, Fig. 4, which pass through ears formed on the bar 12 and carry rollers 19. In a modification, the spring 12 is replaced by bars pivoted at their inner ends to a block which is secured to the axle, such blocks being connected in pairs by transverse straight or elliptic springs.