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Patent GB-190620360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connected with Smoke-box and like Doors.
Inventor: HART DANIEL
Filed: 1906-09-13
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 20,360. Hart, D., and Hart, J. Sept. 13. Smoke-boxes; man-hole and hand-hole doors and frames. - To prevent a s m o k e-b o x door from buckling at its edges, and to secure an air-tight joint with the door frame, an angle-iron G secured on the back of the door bears against the projecting flange of an angle-iron E which extends along both sides and the bottom of the opening, leakage at the top edge of the opening being prevented by any convenient means. Outer and inner damper plates B, C are secured to the door by bolts and thimbles D. In a modification, a Z-bar may be fitted around the opening, as shown in Fig. 3. To force the door home, three slotted sliding bars H carried in studs J may be used. The bars are moved by levers M, and carry inclined projections K which engage beneath inclines L fixed to the edge of the opening. These parts may be reversed, the sliding bars being on the edge of the opening and the inclines on the door.
Patent GB-190621043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Batteries.
Inventor: RADEN HERMANUS WALLEM VAN
Filed: 1906-09-22
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 21,043. Raden, H. W. van, and Robinson, C. B. Sept 22. Connexions.-To prevent corrosion of the terminals in primary or secondary batteries a removable and collapsible washer is slipped on to the terminal screw. The washer comprises two or more superimposed disks, one or more of the contracting surfaces being adapted to hold grease or other anti-corrosive material, such as varnish, which is squeezed out at the inner and outer edges of the washer when the terminal nut is screwed down. In the form shown in Fig. 5 two disks 2 of lead, ebonite, or other suitable material are slipped over the terminal screw and rest on the lug 6. Grooves 3 either annular as shown in Fig. 4, or arranged radially or in any other fashion, are formed on the contracting surfaces, these surfaces being coated with varnish, vaseline, or other suitable anticorrosive prior to being placed together.
Patent GB-190628209-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sink Trap.
Inventor: PAWSEY JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1906-12-11
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 28,209. Pawsey, J. G. Dec. 11. Traps for sinks &c. A cylindrical or nearly cylindrical body a is fitted with a fixed projecting grate b, a chamber c, and a curved plate c' dipping thereinto. The body is removably retained air - tight in the outlet by a packing- ring e of felt, flannel, india-rubber, &c.
Patent GB-190629543-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bracket or Support for Pipes.
Inventor: WYLER HEINRICH
Filed: 1906-12-28
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 29,543. Wyler, H. Dec. 28. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Brackets.-A bracket or hold fast for pipes is provided with detachable hooks, so that the pipe may be removed without moving the stay. The stay portion 1 is secured in the wall ; the hooks 2 are attached to it by means of a bolt 3, and are prevented from separating by means of projections 4 on the hooks which engage abutments 5 on each side of the stay. In a modification in which the pipe is close to the wall, the hooks are arranged at right-angles to the stay.
Patent GB-190705397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steam Heated Collar and Cuff Blocking Machines.
Inventor: BROWN JAMES ELLES
Filed: 1907-03-06
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 5397. Brown, J. E. March 6. Ironing-machines.- In a machine for blocking collars and cuffs of the type in which tables running on rails are pressed against a fixed heated chest, two tables are employed at one or both sides of the machine, one table C being enabled to pass the other A by being slightly smaller and mounted on rails of narrower gauge.
Patent GB-190711828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transformers for use in Making Electrical Measurements.
Filed: 1907-05-21
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 11,828. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. May 21. Transformers.-In order that the transformation ratio of the current strength of transformers used in making electric measurements may correspond exactly with the ratio between the primary and secondary windings, the coils are arranged in groups of practically equal electromotive force by connecting in series coils of high and coils of low voltage. As shown in Fig. 1, two primary wind ings p', p' are arranged over the secondary winding s, which is wound on the laminated iron core k. By crossing the conductors at w, these primary windings are so arranged that one half of each is the inner while the other half is the outer winding, the former of comparatively small voltage and the latter of comparatively large voltage, and a halfwinding of small voltage is paired in series with a half-winding of large voltage to form a group of coils. In a modification, the primary is arranged between two secondaries on the core, and consists of a number of separate wires twisted with each other to form a rope so that the mean distance of each separate turn from the axis of the core is the same. All the separate turns have an equal number of outer and inner parts. As shown in Fig. 6, the six separate windings p<1> ... p<6> are arranged at the ends of the secondary winding s. As the flux within the core is diminished towards the angles, owing to the stray field, the windings p<3>, p<4> lying nearest to the middle have the greatest, and the windings p<1>, p<6> farthest from the middle the least, voltage. There are thus obtained groups of coils of practically the same voltage, if p<1> is in series with p<4>, p<2> with p<5>, and p<3> with p<6>. As shown in Fig. 7, there are eight primary windings p<1> ... p<8>, arranged over each other and over the secondary winding s. In this case, the voltage of the separate windings increases from within outwards. It follows that groups of coils may be obtained of practically constant voltage if, as shown in the drawing, the winding p<1> is formed in series by a connecting-piece v with p<8>, p<2> with p<7>, p<3> with p<6>, and p<4> with p'. The groups of coils are connected in series, parallel, or series-parallel. The connexions are also applicable to the secondary coils of the transformer.
Patent GB-190713807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Hubs for Vehicle Wheels.
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1908-06-15
Abstract: 13,807. Argenti, A. N., and Middleton Pneumatic Hub Co. June 14. Spring wheels.-In pneumatic hubs of the type described in Specifications No. 21,114, A.D. 1904, No. 5009, A.D. 1906, and No. 2887, A.D. 1907, in which the wood boss is surrounded by a channel ring adapted to carry a pneumatic tube, such channel ring is fixed to the wood boss so as to rotate therewith, the connexion being obtained by the stem of the pneumatic tube valve which passes through the metal ring into a recess in the wood boss. The metal channel ring b carrying the pneumatic tube c, d, is made in two parts, one of which is permanently secured to the wood boss a with or without the bonding-band f, and the other is detachable. The stem e of the valve of the pneumatic tube passes through a hole in the ring b into a recess in the boss a and bonding- ring f, and is bent so as to project at right-angles to the face of the wheel. The spoke drum, comprising two metal rings k, i with a filling e of wood and a pad m of fibrous cloth, slides between two side plates h, the outer of which is detachable.
Patent GB-190719184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Horizontal Presses for the Treatment of Paraffin Scale or Wax Fats, Fatty Acids and like Substances.
Inventor: BATEMAN JOHN
Filed: 1907-08-26
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 19,184. Bateman, J. Aug. 26. Paraffin ; fatty acicts ; separating stearin and olein.- In presses for separating the oils and soft material from paraffin scale or wax, fats, fatty, acids, &c., press-frames d are adapted to be lowered into a tank a containing .water heated by steam. Bags containing the material to .be pressed are inserted in the frames between press-plates, gratings, or mats formed of interlacing wire coils, supported by bars m on rails at the sides of the press-frame. The bags are supported by bands of webbing passing over the bars m or otherwise. Pressure is applied by a weight w attached by chains r to a sliding end plate p or by other means. Perforated air and steam pipes pass along the bottom of the tank a and are arranged so that the air jets break ,up and distribute the steam. The separated oil or fat passes out of the tank together with excess of water, arising from condensation of the steam or separately supplied to the tank by an overflow v. After pressing, the frame d is raised from the tank and placed on a tray to drain, and a second loaded press-frame is placed in the tank.
Patent GB-190719471-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combination Piece of Furniture.
Inventor: ARCH MARY JANE
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 19,471. Arch, M. J. Aug. 30. Lavatory basins.-A framework carrying a number of drawers 2, Fig. 3, preferably enclosed by swing doors 3 and having a flap 4 attached for use as a washstand, is attached to the foot of a bedstead b; a wardrobe may be added. A shelf p, Fig. 2, and cupboard q may be attached to the head a of the bedstead, which may also be provided with one or more adjustable back-rests r. An electric lamp 6 may be suspended from a bracket, and a letter-rack may be attached to the bead or other part of the bedstead. Folding or sliding seats, drawers sliding under the bed, and one or more mirrors 5, Fig. 3, may also be provided. The combination may be made of metal or wood, or both.
Patent GB-190719760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Starting and Stopping Gear of Hoisting and Winding Engines
Inventor: NOTBOHM CARL
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 19,760. Notbohm, C., and Eigemann, H. Sept. 20, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Overwinding, preventing. -In apparatus for preventing overwinding in hoisting - engines, of the kind in which levers 13, 14, 4, 6 on a rotating shaft 1 engage pivoted levers connected with the throttle valve and reversing-lever, the levers 13, 14, 4, 6 are provided with knuckle-joints to enable the throttle-valve and reversing-lever to be again operated by hand. The knuckle - jointed levers 13, 14 operate the throttle valve 15 through a toothed sector 16, pinion, and lever 18. The knuckle-jointed levers 4, 6 operate the reversing-lever through pivoted levers 8, 9, 11 and rod 12. Secondary levers 5, 7 are provided on the shaft 1 to move finally the reversing - lever to the centre of the quadrant. These levers are provided with yielding rollers to allow a slight movement of the reversing-lever.
Patent GB-190722537-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Vessels especially applicable for use in the Delivery of Milk or Cream to Customers.
Inventor: TAYLOR ELMER ZEBLEY
Filed: 1907-10-12
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 22,537. Taylor, E. Z. Oct. 12. Waterproof paper boxes for liquids; bottoms.- The bottom 1 of a paper vessel for the delivery of milk &e. has a depending flange 2, and the bottom of the tube 3 is turned up over it. The whole is pressed, preferably by heated dies, into the form shown in Fig. 3, and may be coated at 7 with paraffin wax.
Patent GB-190801098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Expanded Metal and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: CRITTALL FRANCIS HENRY
Filed: 1908-01-16
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 1098. Crittall, F. H. Jan. 16. Bending. - In making expanded metal from slit sheets, the strain on the junction pieces between the openings consequent on expansion is relieved by giving the junctions d a twist in one direction so as to be at right-angles to the plane of the sheet, as shown in Fig. 6, and the two rows of adjacent junctions c a twist in the opposite direction, as shown in Fig. 5. Thus, on expansion, the strips a, b have helical twists, and all the strips a lie above and the strips b below the plane of the sheet, as shown in Fig. 9. An apparatus for giving this twist comprises two rolls, Fig. 2, with saw teeth e, f arranged alternately and facing in opposite directions, the teeth e acting on one set of junctions and the teeth f on the other set, as shown in Fig. 2, these rolls being substituted for the corrugating- rolls shown in Specification No. 21,083, A D. 1905.
Patent GB-190801593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Aerial and Submarine Navigation.
Inventor: FERRERO MANFREDO
Filed: 1908-01-23
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 1593. Ferrero, M. Jan. 23. Aerial machines with or without aerostats ; aeroplanes ; framework parachutes; propelling; steering.- Ae r i al machines and submarine boats are propelled by a pair of vibrating wings 6 provided with vanes 10 which open on the up-stroke. The wings are formed of a framework 6 carrying intersecting wires 8, 9, and the vanes 10 are secured at one edge to the wires 8. Springs 11 are provided to keep the vanes closed. The wings are pivoted on rods 5 carried by the frame 1, 2, and are normally held downwards by springs 13. A motor 3, Fig. 1, carried by the frame, drives a spindle 18 carrying a pinion 20, which rotates pinions 21, 22 having cranks connected to the inner ends of the wing arms. A clutch 19, Fig. 4, connects one or other of two pulleys 16, 17 to the spindle 18 so as to obtain a varying speed of the wings. In the case of aerial machines, a screw propeller 4 is mounted on a universal joint 27 at the rear of the machine, and a tail plane 7 is provided to steady the machine. The wings and tail plane act as a parachute in descending. Vanes similar to those on the wings may be arranged on the central body of the apparatus so that they open when the machine rises. The apparatus may be used as an aerial machine, or may be used in conjunction with aerostats or aeroplanes.
Patent GB-190804263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anti-vibration Devices for the Frames of Motor and other Cycles.
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 4263. Marks, E. C. R., [Aurora Automatic Machinery Co.]. Feb. 25. Frames; forks; heads; handle-bars.- In an anti-vibration device for the frames of bicycles and motor-cycles, of the kind wherein the forks are connected to a spindle 21 within the head by means of pairs of links 25, 26 controlled by a spring or springs, the fork members 11 are connected above the wheel by upper and lower transverse tubular bars 15,16, while springs 55, 72 are arranged above and below a closelyfitting piston 57 within a cylinder 56. The piston - rod 58 passing lightly through the lower end of the cylinder is screwed into a sleeve 61 upon a bolt 62, which extends between lugs 63 upon the arm 34 of the spindle 21. The rear ends of the links are pivoted to the upper and lower ends of the spindle 21 by bolts 31, 32, the upper bolt extending through a sleeve 35 clamped to the spindle, and the lower bolt passing through a twopart sleeve 33 fitted within the spindle arm 34. Ball-bearing rings 40, 41, 42, 43 are arranged upon the head and the spindle, the ring 42 being screwthreaded for the purpose of adjusting both bearings. The clamping-collar 36 confined by a nut 50 is prevented from relative rotation with respect to the spindle by ribs 51 engaging corresponding grooves upon the screw-threaded portion of the spindle. The upper end of the cylinder 56 is connected to the transverse bar 15 by means of a stirrup 68 and bolt 70, the end of the cylinder being concave to fit the lower cylindrical surface of the bar. Ball bearings 78 are arranged between the links 25, 26 and the tubular members 15, 16, 33, 35. For connecting the handle-bar stem 22 to the spindle 21, a split conical wedge or clamping-ring 81 surrounding the stem is engaged by an internallyconed nut 80 which is screwed upon the upper end of the spindle.
Patent GB-190809194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Reciprocating the Tables of Printing Machines
Inventor: PAYNE WALTER ASHLEY
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 9194. Payne, W. A. April 28. Cylinder machines with plane printing-surfaces.- Relates to improvements in printing-machines in which the reciprocating table a is moved endways by means of parallel racks b and a pinion c alternately engaging these racks. In the machine described in Specification No. 10,774, A.D. 1906, the table is reversed at the end of its stroke by means of continuously-rotating toothed disks e, in the teeth of 'which engage bowls on suitably guided levers directly pivoted to the table. According to the present invention, the bowls h are fitted on levers g, which are themselves pivoted at the middle of their length to levers f pivoted to the table. The ends of the levers g opposite the bowls are connected to slides i working in guides in the table.
Patent GB-190811063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razor Stroppers.
Inventor: FLEMING ALLISON HOWARD
Filed: 1908-05-21
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 11,063. Fleming, A. H. June 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Sharpening.-A stropping-device for safety-razor blades has the spring blade-holder 16 fixed to a rectangular shaft 15, which is journaled in blocks 12 at the ends of an acute angle-bar 11 fixed to a handle 10. Pinions 18 on the shaft 15 mesh with racks 19 fixed at the ends of an oblique angle-bar 20 pivoted at 21, 22, to the angle-bar 11. For stropping double-edged blades, the usual spring holder 25 is used. When stropping, the bar 20 is drawn along the strop, the blade dragging behind it, and, at the end of each stroke, the handle 10 is turned by the natural movement of the hand, thus turning over the bar 11 and shaft 15 and moving the other side of the angle-bar 20 into contact with the strop, while the edge of the blade comes into contact with the strop before the bar 11 can engage the bar 20, and the operator can thus exert any desired pressure on the blade.
Patent GB-190811970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spare Wheels.
Inventor: BURROWES EDWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 11,970. Burrowes, E. T. June 2. Locking nuts.-Nuts operating the hooks carried by a spare wheel are locked by spring-pressed plungers e engaging notches c' in the head of the standard in which the book stem slides. A bent stem e<1> seating in a notch e<2> keeps the locking- plunger inoperative when required. Instead of the notches, radial slots m, Fig. 8, or recesses n, Fig. 9, with ratchet surfaces may be used.
Patent GB-190812321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marine Lights.
Inventor: MANWELL THOMAS
Filed: 1908-06-06
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 12,321. Manwell, T. June 6. Signals, marine and ship.-In the self-lighting marine-signal apparatus shown, the breaking of the seals S allows the water to rise through holes b, up a tube c to the calcium phosphide contained in a tube B, and up a tube D to the calcium carbide contained in a vessel A. The gas from the tube B ignites, and lights the gas from the tubes F. An I-shaped flame-spreader E is.provided.
Patent GB-190814747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Force Feed Lubricators.
Inventor: MORRIS JOHN ALFRED
Filed: 1908-07-11
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 14,747. Morris, J. A., and Bunch, W. H. July 11. Lubricating-pumps; stroke, varying.-A lubricating-pump, of the type in which the feed is regulated by adjustable abutments on the plunger engaged by a reciprocating arm, is arranged inside an oil container in such a manner that the feed can be regulated from outside while the pump is working. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the enlarged end of the plunger D is provided with a slot G having a fixed abutment H at one end and an adjustable one H<1> at the other. The abutment H<1> is mounted upon a sleeve J screwed into the plunger D and sliding upon the squared end of a spindle K passing outside the container A. The rotation of the spindle K causes the distance between the abutments H, H<1> to vary, and so regulates the stroke of the plunger. In a modification, the sleeve J is screwed internally and slides inside a hollow end of the spindle K.
Patent GB-190817173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Blotting Pads.
Inventor: FLEMING GEORGE GATHERAL
Filed: 1908-08-15
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 17,173. Fleming, G. G. Aug. 15. Blotting-appliances; pen and pencil trays.-To facilitate renewal, the blotting-material B<1> of a sloping blotting-pad A is carried by a plate B@5 sliding in grooves D in the sides c, c<1> of the slope. The plate B' is provided with a pen or pencil tray G.
Patent GB-190817592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means for Supporting, Anchoring and Draining Tramway Rails and Rail Beds and the like.
Inventor: BIRKETT ROBERT
Filed: 1908-08-21
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 17,592. Birkett, R. Aug. 21. Paving tramways; draining channels. -Rail anchors are grooved at G, G<1> to collect water from the rails, rail beds, and paving into a main channel H in the casting and thence into an outlet I and drain K. Grooves M, M<1> in the bottom of the casting also connect to the drain K. The anchor has side flanges to support the rail and the setts, and has one or more openings 0, with covers, for flushing the channel H.
Patent GB-190818934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Targets more particularly for Miniature Rifle Shooting Ranges.
Inventor: CATER STANLEY GUBBIN
Filed: 1908-09-09
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 18,934. Cater, S. G. Sept. 9. Targets -Relates to targets with recording - apparatus of the type which is operated by a step-by-step movement after the firing of each shot. The recording-strip c is carried in a counterbalanced sliding frame c' held in position by a spring pawl g<1> which is pivoted on a lever g<2> and engages rack teeth g on the frame. A bullet passing through the target aand strip c, strikes against a pivoted plate i carrying an arm j, which releases the pawl g<1> from the rack g, and causes the frame c<1> to fall by gravity through the space of one tooth. The counterweight for the sliding frame slides on a rod and is provided with numbers to indicate which target on the recording strip is in use, the number being visible through an aperture k in the target frame b<2>.
Patent GB-190819150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Light and similar Electrical Fittings.
Inventor: WOODHALL ARTHUR THOMAS
Filed: 1908-09-11
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 19,150. Woodhall, A. T., and Emery, A. Sept. 11. Lamp brackets.-Interrupted screw-threads are used in attaching electric lamp-holders to the ends of conduits, through which wires pass to the fittings. Fig. 1 shows the application to a sconce for an imitation candle lamp. The screwed ends c, g of the conduit a and lamp-holder f are interrupted by plain recesses d, h, the recesses on each part being large enough to receive the corresponding screwed portions on the other part. The holder can thus be fixed without much twisting of the wires.
Patent GB-190820312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Sealing of Cases for Containing Electrical and other Instruments.
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 20,312. British Insulated & Helsby Cables, and Bayles, E. A. Sept. 28. Condensers.-Consists of a method of hermetically sealing cases for electrical and other instruments, electric condensers being specially mentioned in the Provisional Specification. The instrument that is to be enclosed is put in position in the case, and a piece of card &c. E, to which may be attached the terminals F, F<1>, is placed on top. The top of the case is then filled up with wax or compound G, and, while the compound is still warm and soft, the metal lid is pressed into place and soldered round its edge H. The compound is smoothed by a hot iron and finished off round the terminals. The case is made so that its surface is free from projections or joints, and the lid is formed with a rim C, which fits inside the case. The seam is made up one edge of the body at K, and the bottom B is applied by soldering on to a turned-in rim A. The lid may be stopped from going too far, by bosses pressed inwards in the metal of the case. One or more slots D are cut in the lid to allow the .terminals to pass through.