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Patent GB-190604883-A (GB)
Title: Elevator for Letters, Newpapers and the like, to be used in Many-storeyed Houses
Inventor: THIERRY GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-02-28
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 4883. Thierry, G. Feb. 28. Lifts, letter and like. Relates to lifts in which cages corresponding to each floor of a building are placed one above the other and picked up in succession and raised to their respective floors by an endless or counterweighted cable. In one form, Fig. 1, the cages a .. a<3> are conveyed to theirrespective floors by an endless cable b having dogs e.. e<3> arranged at distances apart corresponding to the heights of the floors and disposed so as to engage lug s f . . f<3> on the cages in such h a manner that the dog e<3> intended for the uppermost cage strikes against the lug f <3> on this cage and no other, and so on for the other cages. The lower pulley d is carried m movable bearings so as to allow the dogs to pass round it and to permit of the tensioning of the cable by a weight m. In another form, Fig. 4, a counterweighted cable is connected to the upper cage a<3>, the cages being connected by rods p sliding through eyes r and provided with shoulders at each end to engage the eyes.
Patent GB-190605961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Conveying or Transferring Coal or other Mineral or Substance from the Underground Workings of Mines to the Surface thereof.
Inventor: PARKIN JOHN
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 5961. Parkin, J. March 12. Loading and unloading. - C o mprises a system of transferring coal or other mineral or substance from the underground workings of mines to the surface, in which handling of the coal is reduced to a minimum. Conveyers 5, working along or across the working face of the mine, deliver the coal to conveyers 2 fixed in the main roads. These conveyers transfer the coal into one or more downwardlysloping bins or hoppers 6 arranged beneath the floor level in wells 13 at the foot of the pit shaft. The cages 7 rest on the floor of the well beneath the discharge ends of the hopper 6, which are operated by an attendant on a platform 15. Stairs 14 permit access to the floor of the well. An attendant at the top of the shaft unloads the cages 7 into hoppers 9 delivering to side conveyers 10. The conveyers 10 deliver the coal to a transverse conveyer by which it is carried to screens or other appliances,
Patent GB-190611302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Core Pressing Apparatus for Producing Cores for Casting Purposes.
Inventor: NIELSEN SOEREN PETER
Filed: 1906-05-14
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 11,302. Nielsen, S. P., and Eriksson, P. May 18, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Mould ing.- Vented cores are made in continuous lengths by a reciprocating - plunger apparatus. S a n d fed into a hopper a, Fig. 3, is loosened by rods g on a shaft f, and a sufficient quantity is delivered by a plate h in front of a plunger b, reciprocated on a central vent-rod c to extrude the core through a die. Inclined pins e tear out a portion of the'rear end of the core on the return of the plunger, to enable the next length to adhere securely. The plunger and die are changed to conform to the core section required.
Patent GB-190611356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles, to Prevent them from being Fraudulently Refilled
Inventor: DAVIES PERCY JOHN
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 11,356. Davies, P. J. May 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Bottles, non-refillable.- The bottle neck is formed with h two longitudinal diametrically - opposed grooves, deeper at their upper ends B than at their r lower ends A. Below the grooves, the bottle neck C is reduced to receive a cork M, secured by a tube containing spring-controlled pins K to a metal or glass stopper H, which is oval in section. In operation, the stopper is pushed in, and then turned so that the pins snap into the lower ends of the grooves. The stopper is then pressed down. the pins riding in the grooves until the cork M enters the reduced neck C. To open the bottle, the stopper is pulled up by a loop N until the springs snap into the upper ends B of the slots and so prevent any subsequent lowering of the stopper to re-insert the cork. In the raised position, the cork is free of the reduced part C of the neck, and the contents may be poured out past the stopper H.
Patent GB-190618624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Producing Electricity by Steam.
Inventor: FRY HENRY ERNEST
Filed: 1906-08-20
Granted: 1907-11-20
Abstract: 18,624. Fry, H. E. Aug. 20. Nozzles.-In hydro-electric machines, a nozzle is provided with two or more perforated or slotted diaphragms at a small distance apart, through which the steam passes in series. The pipe c, Fig. J, through which the steam is conducted to the nozzle d, which is preferably made of metal, is surrounded by a water jacket e, the flow of water in which is regulated by a valve h. In the construction of nozzle shown in Figs. 3 and 6, a narrow horizontal slit is formed in the diaphragm j and a horizontal row of holes in the diaphragm k, a third friction surface being provided consisting of a slit formed by two adjustably-mounted plates or horizontal wires l. One of the inner diaphragms may be omitted.
Patent GB-190623593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furniture Castors.
Inventor: BLANKSTONE DAVID
Filed: 1906-10-24
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 23,593. Blankstone, D. Oct. 24. Castors are attached to furniture, without the use of screws, nails, &c. entering the furniture, by providing the castor with a socket having a number of grip cheeks, which are adapted to be compressed upon the furniture leg by means of a cap forced over the socket by a tightening-screw. The socket consists of a number of grip cheeks 1<a> secured to the sole-plate 2 and corresponding in number to the sides of a polygonal leg, or arranged in circular formation for a circular leg, the cheeks having barbs 11 to accentuate the grip. At the bottom of the socket may be placed a strengthening-plate 4, recessed so as to receive, and prevent from rotating, the square head of a screw 5, the screwed end of which projects through the plate and receives first the cap and then the horn-piece carrying the castor-wheel ; the whole is tightened by a threaded sleeve 7 which forces the cap upon the grip cheeks and secures the castor to the leg. A screwed nut, or two screwed nuts, one for the cap and one for the horn-piece, may replace the screwed sleeve 7, and the parts of the castor may be tightened together by a screw 5, Fig. 4, with its head at the bottom of the born-piece and its screwed part engaging with a screwed hole in the sole-plate 2 of the grip cheeks.
Patent GB-190624453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Butter-kneading Machines
Inventor: FISCHER ALBERT
Filed: 1906-11-01
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 24,453. Fischer, A. Nov. 3, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Butter-workers.-In butter-workers of the type in which a revolving plate and a kneading-roller are used, the i oller I has the form of a truncated cone having its base towards the centre of the revolving plate G, and is caused to rotate alternately in both directions. In one method of producing this motion, a spur-wheel S and a sprocketwheel T mounted loosely on the driving-shaft 3 are geared with the kneading-roller I and driven alternately by a clutch Q, which slides between them and engages the shaft 3 by means of a feather. The wheel M, driven from the plate G by means of the wheel L, carries a cam which operates the clutch Q through a lever. A roller supports the plate G, and the milk is discharged by means of a perforated pipe H.
Patent GB-190629071-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Pianoforte Playing Recorder
Inventor: YOUNG JOHN SUTHERLAND
Filed: 1906-12-20
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 29,071. Young, J. S. Dec. 20. Typewriters.-In apparatus for recording music played upon a pianoforte, the record sheet passes over a glass tube K and is marked by a series of pins G through a type ribbon or carbon roll interposed between the pins and the paper.
Patent GB-190629645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Power Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: SIMPSON ROBERT HERBERT
Filed: 1906-12-29
Granted: 1908-02-29
Abstract: 29,645. Simpson, R. H., and Park, W. Dec. 29. Locomotive railway and tramway vehicles.-Rail motor-vehicles having single-axle motor bogie trucks of the type described in Specification No. 19,714, A.D. 1904, which are adapted to radiate correctly when passing round curves, are provided with differential driving-gear between the two wheels, so as to allow such radiating movements to take place freely. One of the wheels is connected rigidly to the axle A, Fig. 1, while the other wheel B is mounted on the hub of a bevel-wheel C, which is free to rotate on the axle. The bevel-wheel C and the other bevel-wheel E, fixed to the axle, are driven by planetary pinions D mounted in a spider H, which carries a toothed ring gearing with a driving-pinion on the shaft of the motor.
Patent GB-190701588-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Internal Combustion Engine.
Inventor: RIETTI GIACOMO
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 1588. Rietti, G. Jan. 21. Gas and like engines.-The speed and turning moment of an engine are adjusted by varying the stroke and the volume of the compression chamber conjointly. The piston b is connected to the crankshaft l by the links d, e, h. The links e, h are jointed at their lower ends to a lever g turn ing on a fixed axis while the upper end of the link e and the lower end of the link d are jointed to a lever f turning on a pivot, the position of which may be adjusted to give the required variation. The movable pivot is shown mounted on an arm i adjustable by a screw m.
Patent GB-190702583-A (GB)
Title: Improved Scholar's Slate
Inventor: SCHAAB HEINRICH
Filed: 1907-02-01
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 2583. Schaab, H. Feb. 1. Slates.-Relates to school slates of the kind described in Specification No. 1669, A.D. 1893. The frame comprises three members b, c, d secured by countersunk rivets f, and a member e secured at one end by a hinge g and at the other by a spring catch h which engages beneath a hook i. The catch is released by pressing a button k.
Patent GB-190709988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Steam Boiler and like Furnaces.
Inventor: WATTS MARTIN HENRY
Filed: 1907-04-30
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 9988. Watts, M. H. April 30. Smoke-consuming.-Air is forced into hollow air-supply arches e arranged at the front of the furnace by steam jets from nozzles b<x> fitted at the base of the arches. The mixture of air and steam issues through slots or perforations e<x>. This arrangement may be used in connexion with the apparatus described in Specification No. 4997, A.D. 1906. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 10,949, A.D. 1886, No. 6218, A.D. 1887, No. 16,586, 1888, No. 9022, A.D. 1892, No. 22,907, A.D. 1896, and No. 7548, A.D. 1900.]
Patent GB-190711501-A (GB)
Title: System of Operating Electric Vehicular Traffic.
Inventor: TUDOR HUBERT
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 11,501. Tudor, H. May 16. Drawings to Specification. Electric traction.-Relates to a system in which self-propelled vehicles, each having generator and motor apparatus, run in contact with an electric conductor the function of which is constantly to ensure an exchange of energy between the vehicles according to the momentary difference between the energy generated and absorbed by each of them. The generating-apparatus of each vehicle always works at full load, and the conductor gives a constantly balanced distribution of the electric energy generated. A battery of accumulators may be used in combination with the balancing-conductor. On an extended system where few vehicles are running, and are consequently far apart, electric energy may also be supplied to the conductor from an outside source. In the case of an alternating- current system, the current fed in is preferably at high potential, and the vehicles are fitted with transformers so that their motors may still work at low potential.
Patent GB-190712908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and relating to a Means for Propelling Vehicles.
Inventor: CUMING ARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 12,908. Cuming, A. J. June 4. Rotary engines for propelling vehicles by steam, pneumatic, or other fluid pressure which is transmitted to plungers engaging the ground, the wheels being built up of disks, between which such plungers work in cyliuders so pivoted as to secure a flat thread. Modifications are described in which the cylinders are not pivoted, but the plungers are provided with pivoted shoes so connected as to secure a flat tread; or the cylinder and plunger may be formed on the lines of a solenoid, the cylinder carrying the coil and the plunger being governed by the amount of current flowing through the coil. The main disk A is fitted with a tubular axle N and has secured to it two other disks B, C, which are riveted or bolted together. At regular radii, in harmony with given centres at which the cylinders are pivoted, the disks B, C are indented so that, when placed together, a pipe b<4> is formed, reaching from the outer pivot holes d<8> to the transverse cylindrical poles C<3>, within which the piston valves G work. A hollow exhaust chamber b<1>, formed in a disk B, has inlets b<2> from the axle N and parts b<3> to the cylindrical holes c<3>. The recess c<2> in disk C has secured to it the inlet pipe M. and has ports c<1> connecting with the holes c<3>, which communicate with the ports b' at a point midway between the ports b<3> and c'. The piston valve G is controlled by a cam-plate solenoid or other device and partly by the driver. and has a hollow chamber g<1> having small holes g' in its crust which allow for passage of fluid and also of communication between the ports b<4> and b<3> or c'. On one side a port d<8> is formed through the trunnion d<6>, and leads through other parts to the cylinders which is provided with a reliefvalve d<3>. The projections d' and rollers d' govern the relative positions of the pivoted members. The cylinders are pivoted on the one side by a stud k, and on the other by a trunnion d<6>, which has piston rings d<7>, d<5>. Holes drilled in the bush L connect the ports b' and d<8>. Springs j<2> are provided to return the plungers against the average exhaust pressure, and also a rubber packing-ring i<1> in the plate I to exclude dirt. Springs may be used between the plunger head or a prolongation outside the cylinder and the top of the cylinder. The feet of the plunger E may have pads e' fitted and secured by rings e<1>. The recess e<6> in the plunger may contain lubricating-oil. In use, the whole of the cylinders are in communication with the exhaust chamber b<1>, the pressure in which is controlled by a regulating-valve. When the plunger has just passed the vertical position, additional power is imparted, the resulting thrust propelling the wheel.
Patent GB-190713196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Insulators.
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 13,196. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 6. Insulators, particularly strain insulators, are constructed so that only one face at a time is washed by the rain, the other remaining in a comparatively dry condition. For this purpose they are formed with holes 2, 3, Figs. 1 and 2, extending from opposite sides of the insulator and intersecting one with another on opposite sides of an insulating- wall 4. A flange 6 surrounds the central part and this may be outwardly flared as indicated at 7 and 8, or as shown in Fig. 4 may be flared symmetrically and formed with crown ribs 9. As shown in Fig. 7, several insulators may be coupled in series, the ends of the coupling stirrups 5 being joined by clamps 12 ; the inner ends are held by hook and eye supports 13, 14, and the conductors 10 are held in clamps 16 and joined if desired by a loop wire 17.
Patent GB-190713692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Ore-roasting Furnaces.
Inventor: KAUFFMANN EDUARD WILHELM
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 13,692. Kauffmann, E. W. June 13. Roasting-furnaces; charges, agitating.-In an oreroasting furnace with a vertical rabble shaft, this shaft is driven at its upper end by gearing which permits of free longitudinal expansion of the shaft. In one form of driving-gear, the shaft 1, Fig. 1, has a fixed spur-wheel 5 driven by a spur-wheel 6 mounted upon the same shaft as a worm-wheel 9, which is driven by a worm 10 upon a shaft provided with fast and loose pulleys, the worm gearing being enclosed in a casing. In a modification, the shaft 1 has fixed to it a worm-wheel 15, Fig. 3, driven directly by a worm 16, the teeth of the wheel 15 being broad enough and so inclined as to permit the displacement of the wheel at the extension of the shaft. In further modifications shown in Figs. 5 and 7, the top of the shaft 1 is modified as shown, and is provided with keyways, Fig. 5, or holes, Fig. 7, which engage with springs or keys 20, Fig. 5, or pins 22, Fig. 5, upon the worm-wheel 17, which is driven by a worm mounted upon a shaft passing through the casing 8.
Patent GB-190719549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Stropping Double-edged Safety Razors.
Inventor: MITCHELL FRANK
Filed: 1907-08-31
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 19,549. Mitchell, F. Aug. 31. Strops.-A stropping-device of the type in which a flexible reciprocating strop passes over a roller operatively connected with a pivoted blade-holder, so that as the strop is reciprocated the two faces of a cutting-edge are alternately brought into contact with the strop, is arranged for stropping double-edged safety-razor blades. The main frame is in the form of a yoke N, Figs. 4 and 5, between the sides of which is journaled the plate B of the blade-holder, the other plate C being hinged to the plate B and having holes engaging the pins B<2>, which pass through the usual holes in the blade, on the plate. Various pivoted blade holders may be used. Journaled in the frame parallel to the blade-holder, and operatively connected with it in any suitable manner, is the roller O ; as shown, a slotted radial arm O<1> on the roller engages a pin P projecting from the blade-holder, and as the roller is rotated by the strop G the blade-holder is tilted to and fro in a direction opposite to the rotation of the roller. Two gates or wire frames Q are hinged to the frame and retain the strop close up to the blade, being securedin position by pieces R which slide on the frame N and engage the lugs Q<1> on the gates. When the apparatus is not in use, the sliding pieces are pushed up to engage the cut ends O<2> of the roller O, thus locking the roller and holding the blade in the central position so that it is guarded by the rods N<1>, N<2>. In a modification, there is only one hinged gate H, Fig. 2, having transverse rods J, J<1>. The strop passes over the roller E and between the holder B and the bars D, D<1>. When the gate is closed, the pins K<2>, on the locking member K controlled by a spring K<1>, engage the slots L and lock the apparatus, the rods J, J' coming opposite the rods D, D<1> and holding the strop close to the blade. As shown, the closing of the gate secures the blade in the holder, and the roller and holder are connected by toothed sectors. Hooks M pivoted to the frame serve to connect the apparatus to any suitable projection.
Patent GB-190724000-A (GB)
Title: Improved Clamping Tool for Holding and Butting Rail Ends, Beams and the like during Welding.
Inventor: GOLDSCHMIDT HANS
Filed: 1907-10-30
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 24,000. Goldschmidt, H., and Goldschmidt, K., [trading as Goldschmidt, T.]. Jan. 19, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Welding.-A clamp for use in the welding o f rails, beams, &c. has two or more pairs of jaws a shaped so as to fit the work pieces s, s', each pair being arranged in a conical hole b<1> in a block b, and the blocks connected by tie-bolts d. The jaws may be prevented from rotating in the blocks by keys k.
Patent GB-190727681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Resistances.
Inventor: JONES WALTER FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-12-16
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 27,681. Jones, W. F. Dec. 16. Resistances.-A wire, strip, bar, or plate D is embedded in a fire-proof insulating-material, such as sand, clay, or cement, in a tube C of circular, flattened, or other section, which is pinched flat at one end B on to the end of the wire &c. D, forming one terminal thereof. The free end of the wire D, or a terminal piece attached to it, projects from the open end of the tube C, and may have a cap L attached to it by pinching flat at one end. This cap forms the other terminal, and is insulated from the tube C by cement E, the exposed surface M of which is waterproofed with silicate enamel or other substance. The tube C may be corrugated or otherwise shaped to increase the surface, and the pinched ends may be formed into any convenient shape. Metal strengthening-pieces may be brazed or riveted to the ends of the strip. In one form, a wire helix is wound on a metal rod, insulated preferably with cement and forming one terminal, the other terminal being formed by the tube. The metal rod also serves to conduct heat to the outside. Rods, bars, or tubes may also be attached to the pinched end of the tube for this purpose. According to the Provisional Specification, other rods, bars, or tubes, not forming terminals, may be employed for conducting heat from the interior ; also a resistance in the form of powder may be used. The invention is applicable to resistances for power or lighting plants, heating, telegraph, and telephone apparatus, &c.