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Patent GB-190629203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expansible Fluid Turbines, Compressors and the like.
Inventor: CHURCH BENJAMIN SILLIMAN
Filed: 1906-12-21
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 29,203. Church, B. S. Dec. 21. Elastic-fluid turbines.-An elastic-fluid turbine which may be adapted for use as a compressor or the like is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The turbine wheel G<1> has a ring of blades V on each side co-operating with nozzle rings R<1>, R<2>. The steam inlet H opens into a channel K connected to guide - channels formed on both sides of the casing and leading the steam to the nozzle rings on both sides of the wheel. The casing has guide - channels g and nozzle channels y<1> arranged in two semicircular sets on both sides of the wheel and leading the steam in a serpentine course from the inlet H to the exhaust J and causing it to impact repeatedly on the wheel. The nozzles and guide-channels increase in size from the inlet to the exhaust and are proportioned so that the steam issues from all the nozzles at a uniform speed. The guide channels g at their peripheral portions like the channel K are open from end to end so that any inequalities of pressure between the two sides of the wheel are neutralized. A modification has two rows of blades on each side of the wheel and two rows of guide-blades, the nozzles being proportioned to deliver jets proportionate to the velocities of the blades. The turbine may be adapted for running at half-load by making the two sides of the wheel independent by extending the partition f, and it may be adapted for use as a reversible marine turbine by arranging the two halves for forward and reversed running respectively.
Patent GB-190702856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transmission-mechanism suitable for Speed Indicators, Cyclometers and the like
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM OLIVER
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1908-02-05
Abstract: 2856. Smith, W. O., and Collins, C. H. Feb. 5. Friction gearing.-Transmission gear for speed indicators &c. consists of a metal disk A, Fig. 2, secured to the face of a wheel or shaft &c. and provided with an india-rubber &c. disk B, against which bears a bevelled roller C mounted on ball bearings in a spring-depressed frame R. The roller C drives through toothed gearing N, M a flexible shaft W housed in a flexible casing J, secured to the cover 0<1> of the frame by a disk H and a union L. The gear M is mounted on a tube K adapted to receive the squared end of a spindle E secured to the end of the flexible shaft and prevented from dropping back into the casing J when the union is removed by a slotted washer F. A spring Q, which presses the roller against the disk A, is attached by its extremities to the frame R, its centre being attached to a clamp S adjustably secured on an arm T. Specification No. 17,621, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Registering &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190704802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Signalling in Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: POULSEN VALDEMAR
Filed: 1907-02-27
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 4802. Poulsen, V. Feb. 27. Telegraphs.-In wireless telegraphy transmitting- systems, in which an electric arc is shunted by capacity and inductance as described in Specification No. 15,599, A.D. 1903, signals are sent by damping the vibrations in one of the vibration circuits. If the operating-key d is raised, the vibrations in the oscillating circuit a, b, c will be damped by the ohmic resistance e, and the system will cease' transmitting waves. The key d and resistance e may also be arranged to shunt the capacity or inductance.
Patent GB-190705629-A (GB)
Title: A Floor Cramp
Inventor: WILLIAMS FRANK
Filed: 1907-03-08
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 5629. Williams, F. March 8. Cramps.-A floor cramp is formed in two parts C, D, relatively movable and provided with means for gripping the joist as the cramp is actuated. The part C slides in the lower part D, and has shoulders E engaging levers F pivoted to the part D, and having downwardly-projecting grips G for gripping the joist. In the part C is a sliding screw H carrying the clamping-plate K, and engaged by a nut B formed with helical teeth engaging a wheel B<1> operated by a handle A. A spike J on the part D is pressed into the joist, and when the handle is turned to press the plate K against the board, the upper portion C slides back, and its shoulders E actuate the levers F, causing the grips G to grip the joist.
Patent GB-190709251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrought Metal Brackets.
Inventor: TIPPER JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1908-04-22
Abstract: 9251. Tipper, J. April 22. Brackets. - Wrought - metal shelf - supporting brackets of the kind described in Specification No. 27,020, A.D. 1903, in which the horizontal and vertical members a, a' are formed from one piece of metal and are provided with a deep groove b throughout their length, are strengthened at the angle by means of an #-shaped piece A which is inserted in the grooves, thus dispensing with the usual stay. The strengthening-piece may be secured in place by pinching the sides of the grooves b into grooves or holes/, c, Figs. 3 and 4, in the piece A, or both grooves and holes may be employed. The strengthenig-piece is provided with a tongue d which extends through and abuts against the ends of a slot cut at the bottom of the grooves b at the angle of the bracket.
Patent GB-190709320-A (GB)
Title: Incandescent Gas Burner.
Inventor: ALTON LEE THEODORE
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 9320. Alton, L. T. April 22. Incandescent gas lamps.-In an inverted lamp, the heating of the air and gas supplies is prevented by providing in the disk 20 of the globeholder slots 26 surmounted by baffles 27 for the es:ape of the products of combustion, and by protecting the air inlets 16 by a deflector 18, which is formed, integral with the air-regulating device 17. The metallic ends of the burner tube are insulated from each other by a collar 15 of .porcelain or other material which is a bad conductor of heat. In Fig. 1, the mantle ring 33 is shown secured in position by the engagement of projections 31 on the burner with tapered bayonetslots 32 in the ring. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the projections 31 engage with hook-like parts 33 formed by making the bayonet-slots 32<a> re-entrant.
Patent GB-190710405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney Tops, Ventilators and the like.
Inventor: CHIVERS ALFRED WILLIAM ALEXAND
Filed: 1907-05-04
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 10,405. Chivers, A. W. A. May 4. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.- -The smoke &c. passes into a chamber R, and thence through the outlets E to the annular passage S. The passage S is closed at the bottom but apertures P, which may be separated by partitions F, allow the downdraughts to pass away, and admit currents of air which improve the up-draught.
Patent GB-190712862-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Hollow or Pneumatic Shock-absorbing Blocks for Wheeled Vehicles
Inventor: BILLINGTON CHARLES
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 12,862. Billington, C. June 4. Springs.-Relates to pneumatic cushions for use with vehicle springs. In one arrangement, Fig. 3, a hollow rubber cushion a of the shape shown in Fig. 1 is placed on the flat part of a metallic plate c with coiled or tubular ends d, Fig. 5, within each of which ends is loosely fitted a rubber tube e through which passes centrally a thin metallic tube f of similar length. On the block a is placed a metallic plate g with depending lugs h covering the ends of the tubes e and secured by bolts and nuts, the bolts passing through the lugs h and into the tubes f. Air is forced into the block a through a non-return valve b. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which a rubber block n is enclosed in a steel framing r between the sides q of which it is secured by bolts passing into metallic tubes p. These pneumatic blocks are secured between the laminated springs and the squared portions of the axles, or between the underside of the body of the vehicle and the ends of the laminated springs. Specifications No. 116, A.D. 1886, Nos. 11,367 and 12,489, A.D. 1896, No. 29,655, A.D. 1904, No. 13,777, A.D. 1905, and Nos. 17,478 and 22,418, A.D. 1906, are referred to.
Patent GB-190713938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Dyeing and Secreting of Hides, Skins and Hair.
Inventor: PICHARD CHARLES
Filed: 1907-06-17
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 1 3 , 9 3 8 . Pichard, C., and Pichard, E. Aug. 8, 1906, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Dyeing hides, skins, and hair is effected by the method described in Specification No. 9629, A.D. 1906, with the use, in place of the compressed air, of any other suitable fluid under pressure, such as steam. The temperature and pressure of the steam may vary in accordance with the kind of work to be done.
Patent GB-190717612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Bending the Tips of Collars
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-08-01
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 17,612. Boult, A. J., [Troy Laundry Machinery Co.]. Aug. 1. Ironing-machines.-In a machine for bending and pressing the tips of collars, a standard 1, fitted with a steam-chest 3, is provided with a steam chamber in its upper portion for the purpose of providing dry steam to a moistening-jet 11. The pressing operation is effected by bringing a supporting-shoe 13 into contact with the under surface of the steamchest 3, the shoes being slidably mounted upon ways 15 supported on brackets 16 carried by supports 17, which are connected by a toggle link 26 to the treadle 25. Cushioning springs 28, 31 are provided. In the case where two tipping-devices are carried on the same standard, the lever 33 causes one shoe to fall as the other is raised. Fig. 3 gives a plan of the top of the standard, and Fig. 6 a plan of the shoe. The place where the collar is to be bent is first moistened by the jet 11 ; the shoe is then slid out on its ways and the collar placed upon it, as shown in Fig. 6. The treadle is depressed and the collar held against the steam-chest for a suitable length of time while another collar is being put ready on the other shoe.
Patent GB-190722789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hooks and Eyes and in the Method of Attaching same to Garments and the like.
Inventor: FIRTH GEORGE
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 22,789. Firth, G., and Milner, J. April 16, 1908. Hooks and eyes are formed with a metal base a having a hump d and attaching-prongs b at each side and one end, so spaced that when bent over they do not overlap, as shown in Fig. 5. The book portion is made by bending a narrow extension c parallel to the base, and the eye is made by cutting out a slot e<1> near the end, and stamping- up the strip e thus formed. The hooks and eyes are attached, by means of their prongs, to strips of galloon or other material, which may then be cut into desired lengths and sewn to the garment.
Patent GB-190722857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Water-gauges for Steam Boilers
Inventor: FAY HENRY ROLAND
Filed: 1907-10-16
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 22,857. Fay, H. R. Oct. 16. Water levels, indicating. -The automatic valves 18, 51 of a gauge - glass are held off their seats while the glass is intact by a chain fitted inside the glass and formedof lower and upper links 53 and a central link 52. The links 53 consist of a wire of soft material wound spirally on a central or inner wire. The gauge is fitted with two glasses, each surrounded by a protector 26 having the usual elongated openings 28 and a wire 55 arranged spirally on the outside to prevent pieces of glass from flying. The ends of the protectors are formed with slots 27 and with screw-threads which engage internally with the nipples 23. The packing for the ends of the glasses is contained in two shells 30, Fig. 6, capable of sliding in each other, and having washers 32 of soft metal at each end. The shells are pressed together by a gland and a nut on the protector,
Patent GB-190725032-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of the Means for Indicating the Lighting of Tail Lamps of Motor Cars.
Inventor: TODD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 25,032. Todd, W. Nov. 12. Velocipede &c. lamps. -Means for indicating whether the tail-lamp of a motor-car is alight comprise a flexible connexion F between the taillamp and the view-box D, an adjustable mirror within the view-box, a tube A with a half-round portion a and a cap E, lids B<2>, D with flanges to close the boxes B, D, and union joints, as b<1>, b<2>, to connect the tubes and elbow-pieces. Specification No. 16,765, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190725245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Making Petrolised or Air Gas.
Inventor: SHEARER WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-14
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 25,245. Shearer, W. Nov. 14. Carburetting.-In a plant for making carburetted air, air is forced by a pump A to a holder B, and thence by a pipe J to a meter C, dryer E, and the carburettor F, a reducing or governing valve G being preferably interposed between the dryer and the carburettor. The petrol-supply apparatus D is driven by a connexion from the meter C. One pump A and holder B may supply air to a number of sets of apparatus C, D, E, F ; or, in some cases, the holder B may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190726586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating with Crude Oil.
Inventor: MARKL STANISLAW
Filed: 1907-12-02
Granted: 1908-12-02
Abstract: 26,586. Markl, S. Dec. 2. Porous - block burners. - Crude oil is conveyed through a pipe 2 and a rubber tube 5 to a perforated pipe 6 in the interior of a porousblock burner 3. The block 3 is made by mixing fire-clay and plaster of paris with sawdust, chaff, bran, or like finely-divided combustible material. The mixture is made into a plastic mass by adding water, and is then moulded into shape, dried first in the sun or air, and then in a moderately-heated chamber. The block is then brought to a glowing heat in order to consume the sawdust &c. The air admitted through the stove door 7 cools the block 3, and prevents the vaporization of the more volatile constituents of the oil passing through it, and the consequent clogging of the pores of the block.
Patent GB-190727094-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Toothed Wheels, Pulleys and the like.
Filed: 1907-12-07
Granted: 1908-12-07
Abstract: 27,094. Aktiebolaget Tidan. Dec. 29, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Toothed a n d friction wheels, pulleys, &c. are made of disks 1, of vulcanized fibre, united by a suitable binder and pressed together. Rivets 2 may be employed. The plate is then treated in a lathe or tooth - cutting machine. In the Specification in the original form, as published under the Act of 1901, it is stated that disks of a kind of pasteboard called ' Unica' may be used. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190803121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Testing the Strength of Materials.
Inventor: HIPKINS WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-02-12
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 3121. Hipkins, W. E. Feb. 12. Chucks.-A chuck or gripping-device for applying reversible torsional stresses to the specimen in a testing-machine allows the specimen to alter in length during the test. The chuck g is mounted on a spindle which is cross-shaped in section, and may slide on rollers through the main transmission lever. The jaws g<7> are formed with double-cam ends g<8>, as shown, to grip the specimen after a slight permissible movement in either direction, and are simultaneously operated by bevel-gearing. Spring wires g<9> serve to'centralize the grips before insertion of the specimen. To accommodate bars of sections other than circular, collars having a circular outer surface and a suitable aperture may be fitted to the ends of the bars.
Patent GB-190804296-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bottle and the like Cleaning Machine.
Inventor: HILL THOMAS
Filed: 1908-02-26
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 4296. Hill, T. Feb. 26. Bottles &c., washing.-In a bottle or like washing - machine of the class described in Specification No. 12,884, A.D. 1905, each bottle when placed over an internal brush F is held there by a single pair of adjustable jaws mounted on a gyrating cross - piece. Each jaw comprises a pivoted upright h<1> loosely attached to the standard h by means of a pin h<7> and spring h<9>. The upright adjustably carries a curved plate h<3> provided with a pin h' working in guides h<5>. The cross-piece G has depending portions bored at G<1> to receive crank-pins J' at the ends of the shafts J. The external brushing-devices B, described in Specification No. 22,129, AD. 1899, the shafts J, and the brushes F are all driven from a single belt 0 through suitable pulleys and spur gearing. According to the Provisional Specification, backward movement of the bottle may be prevented by a stop-plate, which has an upturned rear edge and is pivoted to the cross-piece so that it may be tilted to facilitate removal of the bottle.
Patent GB-190804352-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Removing Cores from Hollow Castings.
Inventor: KOEHLER HERMANN
Filed: 1908-02-26
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 4352. Koehler, H. April 2, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. . Act, 1907]. Casting.-Cores are removed from hollow castings by suspending the castings from hooks 5, Fig' 1, between stops 4 projecting from the sides of plates 2 reciprocated by a crank and connecting-rod 3. The stops 4 strike the casting alternately, and the sand is loosened and cleared away by clearers 6 ; these are formed with two prongs which assist in introducing the castings exactly between two stops 4, and with a pin 8 which enters the outlet opening at the lower part of the casting. Two arrangements as described may be located on opposite sides of the driving-apparatus, and may be operated by crank-pins set at 180 degrees apart.
Patent GB-190805093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pressure Regulators.
Inventor: REYNOLDS MIRON GILLETT
Filed: 1908-03-06
Granted: 1909-03-08
Abstract: 5093. Reynolds, M. G. March 6. Pressure-regulating valves.-A pressure-regulator consists of a valve 26, to the spindle of which are connected two diaphragms 10, 20, the diaphragm 20 being of the same area as the valve 26, thus balancing the latter. The diaphragm 10 is situated in a chamber, which is connected by a passage 5 to the outlet 3, and is open to the atmosphere above the diaphragm by an opening 13. If the pressure in the outlet 3 rises, the diaphragm 10 also rises, thus closing the valve 26, the reverse action taking place on a fall of pressure in the outlet. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 4197, A.D. 1880, No. 5028. A.D. 1900, No. 7709, A.D. 1901, and Nos. 7316 aud 16,313, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190807437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Suspension and Drawing of Window Curtains and the like.
Inventor: EVERED STANLEY
Filed: 1908-04-04
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 7437. Evered, S. April 4. Curtains, drawing and suspending.-A flat curtain rod or pole a carrying runners f as described in Specification No. 20,257, A.D. 1905, is secured to a wall &c. c by screws b passing through countersunk holes in the rod and through tubular distancepieces d. The distance-pieces may take the form shown in Fig. 5, the reduced end d' being inserted in a tapered hole in the rod, and punched or pressed so as to form a countersunk seat for the head of the fixing-screw, as shown in Fig. 6 ; or the distance-piece may be formed in one with the rod by drawing or pressing operations. A washer may be formed on the end of the distance-piece near the wall ; or a separate washer may be used. The plate f carrying the rollers f<4> of the runner is formed of sheet metal, stamped and bent so as to form a central eye or hook f<1> to support a curtain hook or ring, and bent vertical edges f<2> to prevent entanglement of the runners. The lower part of the plate may carry a roller, or may be bent backwards to engage the bottom edge of the rod, as shown. A roller with a back flange only may be employed in place of the grooved or flanged roller shown.
Patent GB-190808481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Contact Makers, Distributors, and the like.
Inventor: BENSTEAD ARTHUR GERALD
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 8481. Benstead, A. G. April 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Switches.-A combined contact-maker and distributor for use in electric ignition apparatus in internal-combustion engines is constructed with the contact-making cams 19 and the distributing-arm 9 fixed. on one spindle, which is mounted in 'the casing by means of one set of ball bearings 18, the bearing being adjusted. by. means of cap 8 held in any positions by means of a peg held in the part 5. The casing consists of a part 2 of insulating- material and a part 5 of metal. The primary make and break takes place between the insulated spring- plunger terminal 32 and the earthed terminal 36, which are periodically connected by means of the cam-surfaces 19 on the conducting-portion 11 of the spindle. The high-tension current is distributed by means of a spring contact-arm 9, which is situated on the insulating-portion 10 of the spindle and periodically connects the spring-pressed ball contact 39 with contacts 43a connected with the sparking-plugs. In order to prevent sparking at the high-tension contacts, the blade 9 touches the terminals 43a before the make, and leaves them after the break of the primary circuit. The cover 38 is held on the casing by means of spring clips 40, which are slotted to slide outwards over pins 41.
Patent GB-190813792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Increasing the Mobility and Re-activity of Water-glass by Means of Chemical Admixtures.
Inventor: EBERHARD RUDOLF
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1909-06-29
Abstract: 13,792. Eberhard, R. June 29. [Patent of Addition to No. 12,980, A.D. 1908.] Wood, treating for preserving, waterproofing, &c. -In the process described in the parent Specification, in place of chrome salts, chrome acids are used, or, in conjunction with very small quantities of such acids or chrome salts, very small quantities of one or more compounds of the following categories : bases soluble in alkalies, salts of such bases, salts, oxides, and hydrates of heavy metals soluble in alkalies, boric acid, oxalic acid, or. ammonium oxalate. The following are examples of such bodies : stannous or stannic chloride, stannic hydrate, sodium stannate, tin sulphides, pink salt and other tin salts ; lead oxide, peroxide, carbonate, acetate, and other lead salts ; potassium manganate and permanganate; zinc oxide, hydrate, and salts ; aluminium hydrate, chloride, and phosphate and other aluminium salts ; aluminium salts in conjunction with tartaric and citric acids and alkali ; borax, and borax in conjunction with barium or calcium chloride or magnesium sulphate; sodium phosphate. The corresponding doublesalts can be used if soluble in alkalis. Some of the salts precipitate silicates from the water-glass, but the precipitate redissolves in a little alkaline lye. In an example 0À05 per cent of chromic acid, and 0À25 per cent of freshly precipitated lead hydrate dissolved in alkaline lye, are added to water-glass of 20‹ BÚ.
Patent GB-190814120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Engine Packings.
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 14,120. Small, H. G., and Small & Parkes. July 3. Gas engines.-Stuffing-boxes have packing comprising wedge-shaped metal rings D, with cylindrical parts bearing on the piston-rod C, and divided tangentially into two or more parts, and soft or fibrous packing E, which bears against the inclined sides of the rings and can be compressed by screwing down the gland B. The inclined sides of the rings D are approximately at right-angles. This packing may be combined with any other suitable packing, such as the long coned ring F, bearing against a flanged liner H, which is divided tangentially and surmounted by fibrous packing G.