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Patent GB-190518816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bicycle Hub Spindles.
Filed: 1905-09-18
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 18,816. Sharp, A., and Marston, Ltd., J. Sept. 18. Adjusting bearings.-In bicycle hubs, so constructed that by removing a screw P the chainadjusting draw-bolt B and a washer Ware released to permit the removal of the wheel tyre, the cune C is prevented from turning by a shoulder engaging the right-hand fork end, while the spindle has flats by which it may be turned to adjust the bearings. The bearings may be disk-adjustable, in which case the cones may be integral with the spindle, or a screwed end of the spindle may carry a cone and a securing-screw, prolonged, if desired, to form a footstep. A stiff spring washer may be placed below the head of the screw P. For front wheels, the chain adjustments are omitted.
Patent GB-190521274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Railway and like Hopper Wagons.
Inventor: SHEFFIELD GEORGE HARRISON
Filed: 1905-10-19
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 21,274. Sheffield, G. H., and Twinberrow, J. D. Oct. 19. Doors, wagon.-Relates to railway and like hopper wagons, having sliding bottom doors, of the type described in Specifications No. 7878, A.D. 1898, and No. 19,446, A.D. 1902. The sliding doors a, b, Fig. 1, are provided with guide-wheels c, which run on guides d of the hopper e and are connected to each other by chains or the like f, g. Each chain f is connected at one end to eye-bolts h on each side of the door a, and at the other end to eyes k on the upper part of the door b by rods m. Chains g are similarly joined to the doors a, b, the two chains f, g respectively passing over sprocket-wheels o,p on cross-shafts q, r. The shafts q, r have worm-wheels s connected by worms on the longitudinal shaft t, which can be driven from either side of the wagon through bevel-gear u and operating-shafts v fitted with hand-wheels w. The doors can be opened and closed by one or both sets of driving-gearing, the pull exerted on the door being in the plane of the doors. The bevelwheels u may be replaced by screw wheels or worms, or the shaft t may be dispensed with and the driving-shafts v connected to the shafts q, r by spur gearing. The doors may be arranged to move transversely, wire ropes may be used instead of chains, and only two chains or the like may be used in small wagons.
Patent GB-190525242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators Condensers and the like.
Inventor: LIVINGSTON D MCRA
Filed: 1905-12-05
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 25,242. Livingston, D. M. Dec. 5.. Gas and like engines.- Relates to apparatus which is particularly applicable as a cooler for motor vehicles propelled by explosion engines, but may also be employed tor condensing or heating purposes. Fig. 1. shows the application to the known type of construction, which is built up from flat corrugated water conduits, Figs. 2, 3, and 4 being cross-sections on the lines 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, respectively. The water passages are formed from corrugated plates A, B, each having one plane and one booked margin, so that the plates interlock on sliding them together in the direction of the length of the corrugations. In shaping the plates, the books are formed first, spacing strips of the same thickness as the plates being placed within them during corrugation. A modification is also described in which tubes corrugated zig-zag fashion are employed. In applying the invention to honeycomb radiators, hooks as shown in Fig. 7, are formed on one end of each tube, the other end being left plain to engage hooks on the adjacent tubes. The joints in each case are completed by soldering.
Patent GB-190526347-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Prevention of Sea-sickness.
Inventor: CARL BRENDEL
Filed: 1905-12-18
Abstract: 26,347. Brendel, C. Nov. 7, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901 ]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Shaking-apparatus for curative purposes; massage. -The process, described in Specification No. 14,909, A.D. 1903, for preventing sea-sickness by imparting to chairs &c. a rapid up and down motion, is modified by the application of a lateral shaking motion, either alone or in conjunction with the up-and-down motion. A further modification consists is applying the vibratory motion only to certain parts of the body, e.g. the abdomen. The vibratory devices may be arranged rigidly on the ship and may be provided with a rigid rod transmitting the vibration to the body. Portable types of vibratory apparatus may be employed and may be held against the body or carried by a belt. The apparatus may be driven electrically or by a flexible shaft.
Patent GB-190526384-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Solid Forms such as Rods, Tubes, Discs, with Aid of Silicon.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1905-12-18
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 26,384. Bloxam, A. G., [Siemens & Co., Geb.]. Dec. 18. Carbon, carborundum, glass, and like tubes.- Relates to the manufacture from silicon mixed with other substances and heated in an atmosphere of nitrogen of refractory and hard rods, tubes, disks, or the like of high electric conductivity, suitable for grindstones, electric heaters, and the like. The substances mixed with the silicon may be carborundum, carbon, a metal, or the like, and, if desired, an agglutinant. Nitrogen is fixed by the silicon forming silicon nitride, and, if carbon is one of the constituents, C2Si2N is produced.
Patent GB-190526547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Educational Purposes.
Inventor: MAHAFFY WILLIAM IRWIN
Filed: 1905-12-20
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 26,547. Mahaffy, W. I., [Tegart, H. W.]. Dec. 20. Educational appliances; arithmetic, reading, and languages, teaching.- Apparatus for teaching arithmetic, music, wordbuilding, and the like comprises a frame a and a number of sliding strips b bearing numbers, letters, &c., on both back and front surfaces, so that the teacher can manipulate the apparatus without turning his back to the class. These on the front surfaces show through a narrow opening f in the frame, while those on the back surface are for the teacher's use. In teaching arithmetic, preferably six strips are employed in special combinations to teach addition, subtraction, &c. Thus, for multiplication, the numbers to be multiplied are shown on strips 1, 2, and the result is shown by the correct number on one of the other strips. In teaching music, the opening f is fitted with seven wires, the top and bottom wires being white and the rest black. The five black wires represent the staff and the white wires the leger lines above and below the staff. Seven strips are also preferably used, one bearing the clefs, another the key signatures, another the tune, and the remainder the various notes. When the device is used for word-building, the strips bear letters of the alpbabet. Such a device is specially adapted for teaching syllabic languages such as those used in Central Africa. The frame may be shaped like a shield or the like, and the strips made of material such as tape.
Patent GB-190600945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Applying Chills for Hardening and Toughening the Interior Surfaces of Cylinders, Tubes and the like.
Inventor: HOY HENRY ALBERT
Filed: 1906-01-13
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 945. Hoy, H. A. Jan. 13. Moulding.-In chill casting cylinders, instead of using a series of small chills set in the loam of the core barrel, a series of small, interlocked or connected curved chills d, Figs. 7 and 9, are used. These chills are spirally arranged round the periphery of a perforated barrel a, covered with haybands b and loam c as usual. In one construction, slightly rhomboidal chills are connected by interlocking ends f. The chills are curved slightly inwards at d' to permit of their being used on a smaller diameter of bar, and are anchored to the loam at g, h. The spaces between the chills are filled with loam. In other modifications, interlocking pins and holes are employed or chain-like links may be used.
Patent GB-190605276-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Treatment of Photographic Prints on "Self-toning" Paper.
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1906-10-18
Abstract: 5276. Shepherd, F. J., and Griffin & Sons, J. J. March 5. Toning.-For prints on self-toning papers, a preliminary bath of aluminium chloride (say “ oz.) in water (12 oz.) is used prior to fixing, instead of the usual sodium chloride and sulphocyanide bath.
Patent GB-190607895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Turning Lathes.
Inventor: MACINTIRE GEORGE ROBERT
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1906-07-12
Abstract: 7895. MacIntire, G. R., and Christopher, J. April 2. Sawing.-A combination apparatus, consisting essentially of a lathe with attachments for drilling and polishing, a work-table M, and a tool cabinet K, is also fitted with a sawing attachment J. The saw J7 is secured in a grooved block which is reciprocated in the frame J, carried on the lathe bed D<3>, by a crank-pin on a block J<5> on the spindle D, the upper end of the saw being held by an upwardly-spring-pulled plunger J<12> working in a box J<11> pivoted on the drill stand F.
Patent GB-190607897-A (GB)
Title: Argand Gas Burners.
Inventor: GRAFTON WALTER
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 7897. Grafton, W. April 2. Gas burners.- An argand burner b, more especially designed for testing gas, is provided with (1) a central air-deflecting peg d, (2) two concentric rings e, f for deflecting the external air supply, and (3) a coned disk h, which can be adjusted by screwing or otherwise to close partly or wholly an annular opening x through which the whole of the air supply to the burner enters. The chimney g employed is of a length suitable for the combustion of the volume of gas used. The curvature of the enlarged upper end d of the central peg should be practically parallel to that of the burner head, and the peg should be so placed that the joint at which the air ceases to be deflected by the peg is not more than 8/16 ths of an inch below, or 1/16th of an inch above the top c of the burner. Specification No. 5529, A.D. 1904, is referred to.
Patent GB-190608779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: POERSCKE HEINRICH PAUL RUDOLF
Filed: 1906-04-11
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 8779. P÷rscke, H. P. R. L. April 11. Elastic-fluid turbines. - Relates to turbines in which the steam is caused to act repeatedly on the blades of a single wheel. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the wheel has two concentric rings of straight vanes c, e oppositely inclined, and the passages d which return the steam to the wheel after each impact form a helix which increases in pitch towards the exhaust f. Each passage d is narrowed at the outlet and successive passages are made of increased sectional area. Steam entering at b acts first on the inner vanes c, then on the outer vanes e, and then again on the inner vanes c, and so on, the path between the rings of vanes being the sections of the helical channel. The angle of impact of the jet on the vanes increases with the increasing pitch of the helix, and this prevents loss of efficiency due to the decrease in velocity of the steam. Reversal is obtained by altering the valve a to admit steam to the helix g on the other side of the wheel. The wheel rotates without axial thrust. Several separate helices may be arranged round a single wheel. A modification, shown in Fig. 6, has three double rings of vanes 1, 2 ; 3, 4 ; 5, 6 ; with concentric helical passages d, f, h as before, and a series of connecting passages e, g so arranged that the steam, admitted through orifices controlled by valves to the outer vanegroup 1, 2, acts several times on the vanes of these rings before passing to the vane-group 3, 4, and then acts one or more times on the vanes of the rings 3, 4 before passing to the vanes of the rings 5, 6, which deliver it to the exhaust. The width of the vanes and the angle of impact of the jet increase towards the centre. Another modification is shown in Fig. 7, in which three wheels having helical channels of increasing diameter are fixed on a common shaft. Two steam chambers o, p and two sets of valves are provided in order to obtain rotation in either direction. The steam from each port acts a few times on one wheel, and then passes to the next. The wheels increase in width to provide a greater vane surface for the expanded steam.
Patent GB-190610284-A (GB)
Title: Photographic Developer.
Inventor: BUISSON KARL
Filed: 1906-05-02
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 10,284. Buisson, K. May 2. Developing.-The use is described of developers composed of amidophenols and oxybenzols characterized by the employment of p-amidophenol or of diamidophenol and oxybenzol, (hydroquinone or pyrocatechin), in equal molecular quantities and in solutions with caustic or carbonic alkalies as chemical combinations. Specific examples are given of developers prepared accordingly. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 27,931, A.D. 1896.]
Patent GB-190611828-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Vessel for Washing Clothes.
Inventor: SCHOLLENBROICH EMIL
Filed: 1906-05-21
Granted: 1906-09-13
Abstract: 11,828. Schollenbroich, E. May 21. Wash-tubs.-The sides of a wash-tub are made with corrugated surfaces to avoid the use of a separate scrubbing-board. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 10,390, A.D. 1889, No. 14,373, A.D. 1897, and No. 4400, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190612655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction and Arrangement of Palisadings, Gates, or the like Fencing.
Inventor: BANNISTER WILLIAM WIDDOWFIELD
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 12,655. Bannister, W. W., and Maning, W. J. May 31. Fencing; gates.-Square or other uprights 16 are notched at 17, Fig. 3, to receive horizontals 18 which are similarly notched at 19, Fig. 5, to engage with the uprights, thus preventing vertical or horizontal movement. The rails are housed at their junctions in blocks 20, which are pierced to receive the uprights, the horizontals 18, and a series of locking-bars 21 formed with a flat side as shown in Fig. 4. These rails are inserted with the flat side adjacent to the upright, and are turned through a right - angle to lock the whole. The blocks 20 may be constructed to receive scroll work 23, Fig. 1, and may form part of standards, as shown in Fig 11, or be hinged at 25 to form a gate as shown in Fig. 13.
Patent GB-190613605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Excavators and the like.
Inventor: LLOYD SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-06-13
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 13,605. Lloyd, S., and Grossmith, A. R. June 13. Excavating; dredging.-A revolving drum is provided with projecting teeth or blades which loosen the earth and convey it into a chain of buckets as shown in Fig. 1. The projecting teeth or blades are operated so that they are withdrawn when in close proximity to the buckets. The drum e is supported on the frame a and provided with teeth or blades f, g, or both, which deliver the material into the chain of buckets n. The drum is driven by a pinion q engaging an annular toothed wheel secured to the side. Fig. 3 shows the means for withdrawing the blades and teeth so as to clear the bucket chain.
Patent GB-190615839-A (GB)
Title: Electric Driving Gear for Machine Tools and like Machines.
Inventor: WICHLER ALOIS
Filed: 1906-07-12
Granted: 1907-07-12
Abstract: 15,839. Wichler, A., and Rennert, G. July 12. Switches. - The field-magnet coils of an electric motor which operates machine tools are connected in various series-parallel arrangements by a switch, in which a number of contacts c on a shaft b are moved to touch fixed contact-springs d. The connexions are shown in Fig. 3. The current enters at the terminal K<1> of the reverser, and divides, part going through terminal K<3>, armature, and terminal K' to the negative main- The other part passes by the bar 2 and terminals K<4>, O to the drum switch and field - magnet coils M<I> ... M<IV>, then to terminals a', K<5>, bars 6, 5, and terminal K<2>. In the first position S<1> of the switch, all the field coils are in parallel ; in the second position S<2>, the coils M<I>, M<II> are in parallel; and in the third S<3>, the pair of series - connected coils M<I>, M<III> is in parallel with the pair of series - connected coils M<II>, M<IV>. In the next position S<4>, the two coils M<III>, M<IV> are in series ; and in the position S<5>, all the coils are in series. In the last position S<6>, the same connexions are made as in the position S<5>, except that the current also passes through the resistance coil 38. The drum switch is operated by a hand-wheel e, and is provided with a pointer f working over a scale g to indicate the number of revolutions of the tool. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications Nos. 12,114 and 13,561, A.D. 1899.]
Patent GB-190628095-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Anti-skidding Wheel for Power-driven Vehicles
Inventor: TORR GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-12-10
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 28,095. Torr, G. W. Dec. 10. Slipping, preventing, attachments to wheels for.- Metal pieces E, which are pivoted at F in brackets D secured to the underside of the rim and are preferably chisel-shaped at their otfter ends, project a little below the treads, and in normal travelling are yieldingly pressed against the ground by springs I abutting against the brackets D. When side-slipping occurs the pieces tend to take the vertical position shown in dotted lines and bite into the road. The connexion between the spring I and piece E consists of a screwed rod G, of square section, having a bifurcated end G<1> carrying a fixed pin G<2> passing through a curved slot E<1> in the piece E; an auxiliary spring H, which abuts against a fixed collar H<1> and a movable washer H<2>, presses the pin against the inner end of the slot ; it is prevented from leaving the slot by the engagement of a screwpin K with the tail E<2> of the piece E. The wording position of the piece E is-adjusted.by means of a nut J, and the tension of the spring I is adjusted by a nut G<3>. The skid mechanism is enclosed in an annular casing L, holes being provided for -the escape of the liquid mud entering through the slots C<1> in the tread. Wheels with twin tyres have successive pieces E located in opposite directions, those with single tyres having all the pieces in the same direction. The pieces are all of the same size and are therefore interehangeable. According to the Provisional Specification, the pieces may be connected together for successive operation.
Patent GB-190700566-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in relation to the Production of Carburetted Air
Inventor: FARNSWORTH JAMES
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 566. Farnsworth, J. Jan. 9. Carburetting.-Air is forced by a double-acting pump C through a pipe E into oil in a tank A, the carburetted air passing off at D. The pump C may be operated either by a spring motor B or by the explosion of some of the carburetted air produced ; the oil used may be petrol, or preferably a mixture of petrol with other oils. The tank A is supplied with a gauge glass and pressure gauge.
Patent GB-190703850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trolley Wheels as used in the Trolley Heads of Electric Tram Cars Worked on the Overhead Trolley System
Inventor: BIRKBY ARNOLD THORNTON
Filed: 1907-02-16
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 3850. Birkby, A. T., and Birkby, F. E. Feb. 16. Electric tramways on the overhead - conductor system. Collectors. - Trolly pulleys are made up from a pair of side plates A of iron or steel stampings, zinc castings, or other cheap metal, and a centre wearing part B of gunmetal, phosphor bronze, or other metal of high wearing quality. The plates are fixed together by rivet studs C cast on the centre part.
Patent GB-190704719-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mixing and Straining or Sifting Paints and the like.
Inventor: TIDMAN ALBERT JESSE
IPC: B01F13/00
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 4719. Tidman, A. J., and Pope, H. W. Feb. 26. Sifting paints &c. -A device for mixing and sifting paints and other similar materials has in the uppermost division A of its cylindrical casing a mixing-rake J, below which is a wire-gauze sieve N over which works a brush L. The rake J and the brush L are attached to a spindle G furnished with a handle F, which can be detached to allow the cover C to be removed for charging, cleaning, &c., or the spindle may be carried in a bracket and the cover slotted for removal.
Patent GB-190707034-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Treating Ores containing Arsenic
Inventor: MCGHIE THOMAS BURNS
Filed: 1907-03-23
Granted: 1908-03-23
Abstract: 7034. McGhie, T. B., and Barton, T. March 23. Alkali arsenates.-Arsenic in the form of alkali arsenate is extracted from ores or speiss-products containing 30 per cent or more of arsenic, by mixing the powdered ore with an alkali carbonate, such as soda-ash, in quantity equivalent to the arsenic present, heating the mixture in a calcining- furnace, and leaching-out the arsenate. The alkali arsenate may be recovered by evaporating the liquor to dryness. A residue of partly hydrated iron or other oxide remains. If the mass should agglomerate during the roasting, it is reground, mixed with nitre, and reroasted. The ore may be subjected to a preliminary smelting.
Patent GB-190713206-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Controlling System for Electric Railways
Inventor: ARTHUR WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-07
Granted: 1908-07-07
Abstract: 13,206. Arthur, W. June 7. Switches; motor control systems.-In a master control system with electro-magnetic actuation of the resistance &c. contactors, the contactor coils are energized by the main motor current, and their circuits are completed by relays in the train wires, these wires carrying a small current branched from the main current. As shown in the diagram of connexions, the trolly A supplies line current to two motors Mo<1>, Mo<2>, which are in series when the contactor S<3> is closed, and in parallel when the contactor P is closed. The switches S<3>, P are mechanically locked so that the switch S<3> closes by gravity when the switch P is open, and opens when the switch P is closed. Each motor is provided with a reversing switch Y, which is set by coils A<2>, A<3> for one direction of travel, or by coils R<2>, R<3> for the opposite direction. The reversing coils are actuated by current taken from the shoe A through a resistance Rx, an auxiliary motor Mo, or a heating-circuit C1, and led to connected fingers 10, 11. Connected floating rings 19, 20 lead the current to a finger 35, from which a segment 37 or 38 on a reversing-switch R' passes it to the reverser coils, according to the position of the reversing-switch. The controller contacts 21 ... 33, by energizing the train-wires 1<a> ... 7<a> and relays 1<k> ... 7<k> which close contactors 1<q> ... 7<q>, cause the energization of coils 1<p> ... 7<p>, which are connected in parallel with a thick coil C. The energization of the contactor coils first holds the contactor switch S<3> closed with both motors in series with full resistance, and then cuts out the steps M<1> ... M<4> of the resistance, up to full series position. The contacts P, E are then closed and the resistance contactors opened, putting the motors in parallel with both steps of resistance in each case, the resistance in each motor circuit being cut out in two steps simultaneously. The train-wires may be connected up to those in succeeding cars, leaving each car to actuate its own contactor coils by the main current used by its motors.