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Patent GB-190623594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Drying Fibrous Material.
Inventor: FIELDEN JOHN
Filed: 1906-10-24
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 23,594. Fielden, J. Oct. 24. Drying fibres &c.-An apparatus for drying fibrous material &c. comprises a spiral way of rectangular section, to which rotation is imparted in alternate directions about a vertical axis. The materials are fed in at the top, as indicated by the arrow, and fall by virtue of the jerking action, through the length of the tubular way H. In a modification, the way consists of annular rings superposed one on another with slides from one floor to the one beneath. The cylinder in this case runs on castors which are on small inclined planes, so that the cylinder rises and falls as the oscillations occur and so causes the material to traverse the passages. The pneumatic conveyer described in Specification No. 23,607, A.D. 1903, may be used in connexion with the apparatus.
Patent GB-190628760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with End Thrust Bearings for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: WILLIAMS RICHARD CHRISTOPHER
Filed: 1906-12-17
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 28,760. Williams, R. C. Dec. 17. Axle -boxes; wheels, securing on axles. - Relates to an adjustable ball-bearing device for holding a wheel on the axle of a vehicle, which serves also to exclude dust &c. from the bearing. A nut 16 screwed on to the axle 11 carries a sleeve 19 made in two sections a, b, which may be screwed together, and, when adjusted, are secured by a pin 20. A flange 23 confines a ring 24 which forms a ball race, and is pressed against the end of the axle-box 15, the other ball race being formed in the section b. The parts are locked, when adjusted, by a washer 28, which has a tongue 29 engaging a groove 18 in the nut 16, and a number of holes 30 one of which receives a projection 22 on the part b. A lock-nut 31 bears against the outer face of the washer 28. The inner bearing comprises annular ball races 34, 36 held in a flanged sleeve 32 secured in the inner end of the axle-box 15.
Patent GB-190701317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flour Milling and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: BUCHANAN ROBERT
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 1317. Buchanan, R. Jan. 18. Sifting and separating flour and meal. -Relates to an arrangement of sifting and purifying apparatus for use in connexion with a process of reducing grain. The process is stated to be an improvement upon the process described in Specification No. 14,019, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Grain &c.]. The chop from the break rolls is delivered to a reciprocating scalping sieve A which separates the coarse branny particles for the next break rolls. The throughs from the sieve A, consisting of coarse and fine semolina, coarse and fine middlings, dunst, heavy flour, beeswing, and light flour and dust, fall into the shoot B, which feeds them to the upper end of the inclined stationary sieve C, through which an inward air current passes. The overtails from the sieve C, consisting of small branny particles, coarse and fine semolina, and coarse middlings, are fed to a middlings purifier F of ordinary construction. The throughs from the sieve C, consisting of fine middlings, dunst, flour, and dust, are conveyed out of the machine for treatment in the usual way, The overtails from the purifier F may be further separated on a sieve H.
Patent GB-190702293-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Depth Indicators applicable to Winding Engines and the like.
Filed: 1907-01-29
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 2293. Allgemeine Elektricitõts - Ges. Jan. 30, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Index mechanism.-Depth indicators used in connexion with winding and like engines are driven so as to render them independent of the slip between the rope and the winding-drum. The shaft a, which is mounted in suitable bearings, has a spurwheel r fixed to it, which carries a bevel-wheel k gearing with a bevel k<1> keyed to the shaft x, which operates the indicator. Pivoted about the shaft a are two arms b having upwardly splayed end portions adapted to carry a short shaft c. These arms are joined together by a bridging-piece b<1>, and the shaft c carries a pulley m and a spur-wheel r<1> which gears with the wheel r. Arms d hinge about the shaft c and carry the shaft e, upon which are mounted the spur-wheel r<11> and the pulley m'. The arms g, which are loose upon the shaft e, pass through the bridging-piece b<1>and are provided with springs f and nuts for tensioning purposes. The drum t winds up the fall rope s, which passes between the pulleys m, m<1> and causes them to rotate by friction, the movement of both wheels r', r<11> being transmitted to the shaft x.
Patent GB-190704837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Road Signs and Indicators.
Inventor: TOMLINSON-LEE HARRY
Filed: 1907-06-18
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 4837. Lee, H. Tomlinson-. June 18. Signs. - Road signs or indicators for warning drivers of motor or horse vehicles, or cyclists, are combined with a casing containing an electric, gas, oil, or other lamp for illuminating the sign. As applied to an ordinary triangular sign, a casing b, Fig. 2, is formed on the front of the sign, and a plate d of translucent material, such as red glass, is fitted in recesses on the side walls and secured by a frame e. An indication, such as an opaque triangular centre h, is applied to the plate d, aud two or more sides of the casing may be provided with such plates. Alternatively, the plate may be mounted in a recessed frame, and the frame may be secured by screws &c., or may be hinged to the casing. A second indicating-plate may be fitted in the lower part of the casing. The indicating-plate is similarly mounted when the sign and plate are circular. A socket i, to connect the sign to a support j, is formed on or fixed to the casing, and may be provided with a switch or gas-tap.
Patent GB-190707267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment and Preparation of Bush Tea.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-03-26
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 7267. Boult, A. J., [Caspareuthus, T.]. March 26. Separators for granular and pulverulent bodies.-The leaves of cyclopia or bush tea are pounded and then deposited by an elevator upon a centrifugal separator comprising a plate G rotating upon a hollow shaft G<2> having a cap G<1> in a casing G<3>, the heavier portions passing into the casing and the lighter portions being brushed into the shaft G'.
Patent GB-190713100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Construction in Bags used by Nurses Midwives and Surgeons
Inventor: BOAG ELSIE MARIE RUDOLPHINE
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1908-06-09
Abstract: 13,100. Boag, E. M. R. June 6. Bags for nurses, surgeons, or midwives are made of waterproof fabric or leather and are completely detachable from the frame. so as to be rendered aseptic by means of antiseptics, by boiling, or by treatment with steam. The bag B is attached to the steel or other metal frame A by a lace or cord. E which is passed through holes D, C in the bag and frame respectively. Instead of lacing, spring stud or button fastenings may be employed. According to the Provisional Specification, the bag may be made of drill or mackintosh, and the bag proper and also the lining may be removable.
Patent GB-190715040-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Dust Shield or Back Keep for Axle Boxes.
Inventor: PRESTON WALTER REUBEN
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 15,040. Preston, W. R., and Parker, H. June 29. Axle-boxes.-A dust-shield adapted to fit into a recess in an axle-box, comprises a rectangular plate a, Fig. 2, formed at each side with a curved flange b, and at each end with lugs c, d which act as springs or guides. A central flanged hole receives a collar h of leather &c. adapted to encircle the axle. The collar h is bent over the flange f on the plate a, and is held by lugs g, which are passed through slits in the collar and bent over. The flanges b may be dispensed with, and lugs l formed on the sides of the plate as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190720653-A (GB)
Title: Method of Manufacturing Carbide.
Inventor: HARTENSTEIN HERMAN LEWIS
Filed: 1907-09-17
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 20,653. Hartenstein, H. L. Sept. 17. Calcium carbide is prepared by incorporating the fine dust, obtained in crushing limp calcium carbide, with molten or semi-fluid carbide, with or without the addition of a small quantity of common salt.
Patent GB-190803931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Heat Radiators.
Inventor: MAVOR HENRY ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-02-21
Granted: 1909-02-22
Abstract: 3931. Mavor, H. A., and Main, A. P. Feb. 21. [Cognate Application No. 17,572, A.D. 1908, dated Aug. 21.] Heating buildings.- Water is heated in a vertical annular boiler between cylinders B, C, through the inner of which combustion gases pass. The outer cylinder C is furnished with radiating ribs E. Within the annulus is fitted a cylindrical diaphragm F which determines a circulation of the water up a passage G and down a passage H. The flue passage D can be divided, as shown, by webs N. The boiler may have flow and return pipes fitted, and may be used for circulating purposes.
Patent GB-190805542-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for use in the Lubrication of Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1908-03-12
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 5542. Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co., Remington, A. A., and Lawrence, M. R. March 12. Gas and like engines.-In a lubricating system for the engines of motor vehicles and boats, some parts are supplied with an excess of oil directly by a pump, and other parts are supplied by the p u m p through a sight-feed in quantities which may be regulated. The bottom of the crank-casing C is formed with a reservoir C', from which the oil is forced by a pump D through a pipe g in excess to a number of narrow troughs G, from which the oil is picked up and splashed by scoops k, Fig. 2, on the connecting-rods K, and delivered to the crank-pins h. Oil from the pump also passes through pipes d<2>, d<3> to the intermediate crank-shaft bearing B<1>, and through a branch f to an open tank F, which supplies the end bearings B through the medium of sight-feeds E. E<1>. The tank F is fitted with an overflow pipe f The tank F may be dispensed with and the pipe f may supply the sight-feeds directly, in which case the sight-feeds indicate the proper workiog of the pump.
Patent GB-190805847-A (GB)
Title: Elastic Wheel for Automobiles and other Vehicles.
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 5847. Soc. Anon. des Automobiles E. BrilliÚ. April 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Spring wheels.-Relates to spring wheels of the kind in which a disk, such as g, q, connected to the rim and guided between disks a, c secured to the hub, is formed with apertures j fitted wit h india - rubber cushions m surrounding bolts d connecting the hub disks. According to the present invention, the bolts d are fitted with rollers e and the cushions m are made of larger internal diameter than the rollers.
Patent GB-190810594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sheet Metal Stoppers for Bottles, Jars, and the like.
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 10,594. Heide, H. C., [Weissenthanner, A. L.]. May 15. Capsule closures and the like.-A sheet-metal stopper, Fig. 2, adapted to be crimped over the neck of the bottle &c., Fig. 4, is provided with two or more vertical cuts 6 extending from the lower edge of the stopper to a point at, or below, the crimping line, the cuts being situated at intervals of about one-third of the circumference. To effect the rupture of the stopper, there is provided a downward extension 5, turned up at the lower end 9 to facilitate manipulation. A lug or lugs 10 may be provided to hold the stopper temporarily during the crimping operation.
Patent GB-190811403-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Frame for Table Mats for Refreshment Glasses and the like.
Inventor: HECHT ELISE GRUHN BORN
Filed: 1908-05-26
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 11,403. Gruhn, [born Hecht], E. May 26. Stands for table use. - A skeleton frame is provided for supporting liquid - absorbing mats so that they may not stain the surface below. In order that the mats may quickly dry, the frames are raised from the table by feet f ; and hooks d are provided to retain the mats.
Patent GB-190812298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Attachment of One Slate Piece to Another in the Production of Slate Mantel-pieces, particularly applicable to the Building Up of the Piers or Jambs.
Inventor: LEWIS WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1908-06-06
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 12,298. Lewis, W. J. June 6. Bolts; screws.-In means for fastening together two pieces of slate in constructing the jambs or other parts of mantelpieces, screw-pins or bolts, provided with ornamental pieces or fillings adapted to conform to the general character of the structure and to conceal the breaks in the presented face of the slate, are used. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the wood-screw a, having the usual screw-driver slot, is provided with a threaded axial hole a<1> in which is screwed the threaded shank a<3> of an ornamental knob a<2>. The shank a<3> may screw within a threaded hole a<4>, Fig. 3, in the ornament a<2>. Fig. 6 shows a screw well recessed into the pilaster c and concealed by slate or other material e. A knob or ornament having a greater diameter than the recess may be fastened by cement &c. to the face of the pilaster c, as shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 4 shows a bolt g, which is provided with an internallythreaded ornament a'. When the bolt is introduced from the front, it is engaged with a nut recessed into the back of the slip d, and an ornament is attached to its head in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 3. According to the Provisional Specification, the material filling the recesses, made in the front of the pilaster for the heads of the screws or bolts, may be enamelled in the same way as the slate pieces.
Patent GB-190812942-A (GB)
Title: Improved Gas Radiator for Heating Purposes.
Inventor: BERTHOLDT CHRISTIAN ROBERT
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 12,942. Bertholdt, C. R. Dec. 9. Gas stoves; baffles.- Perforated baffleplates b, of which all except the lowest are of such size that a small space is left between their edges and the sides back and front of the casing a are provided within the upper part of the body of a gas-heated radiator, and are so perforated that the gases from the burners d pursue a circuitous course. The baffleplates are secured together by bolts b<3>, nuts b<4>, and tubular distance-pieces b<2>, the bottom plate b extending to the sides, back, and front of the casing, and being secured by brackets or bridge-pieces c to its sides. A plate b<6> behind the front of the casing prevents it from being overheated. A plate a<1>, preferably curved, below the luminous burner d has perforations a' for the necessary air supply, and apertures a<3> in the front and sides of the casing permit the final escape of the combustion products. A door a' with glazed apertures a<5> allows access to the burners.
Patent GB-190816702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stationary Buffers for Railways.
Inventor: HENRY GRAY
Filed: 1908-08-08
Abstract: 16,702. Gray, H. Aug. 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Buffer stops.-Springs are provided between a fixed frame and a movable buffer-frame to present a progressive resistance. The fixed frame consists of two sills 1 and cross-beams 3, 4 carrying two uprights 5, secured together by plates 8, 9 and to the sills by struts 11 and bars 12. The sills are recessed to receive the ends of cross-bars 17, 18 which are braced together and support a central buffer-frame. This central frame consists of two beams 21, 22, the former of which may be horizontal ; they are spaced by uprights 23, 24 and braced by two side bars 25. The upright 23 is braced by two inclined stays 32 and carries pins 30 secured to the buffer-plate 28, springs 31 being mounted on the pins. The plate 28 is rabbeted to fit slots in the beams 21, 22. Springs 19<a> are placed in the recesses of the sills, and bear against the cross-bars 17, 18. Slide rods 26 project from the beams 21, 22 into the plates 8, 9, and carry springs 27. Guard-plates 20 secure the bufferframe against lifting.
Patent GB-190819932-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Filaments for Electric Incandescence Lamps from Tungsten or Alloys thereof.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1908-09-22
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 19,932. Bloxam, A. G., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Sept. 22. Modifying chemical characters of metals.- Filament of tungsten or its alloys are made hy working a ductile alloy or mixture containing nickel, and subsequently expelling the nickel wholly or partly by passage of current. The alloy preferably contains 12 per cent of nickel, and is made by sintering a very intimate mixture of the metals into a homogenuous ductile mass. The powdered metals, or their oxides or compounds reducible by hydrogen, may be mixed with colloidal tungstic acid or with the colloidal paste of tungsten compounds described in Specification 16,489/07, and squirted into a thin rod, which is heated in hydrogen in an electric furnace first until reduction is complete, and afterwards to 1400‹ C. After cooling the rod is re-heated above 1400‹ C. cooled and tested by bending, this being repeated, heating to a slightly higher temperature each time, until on cooling the rod is ductile. If a critical temperature is exceeded, the rod cannot be made ductile. For an alloy containing 10 per cent of nickel, the final temperature should be about 1510‹ C. The ductile rod can be drawn, rolled, hammered or otherwise worked; a rod containing from 7 to 20 per cent of nickel can be drawn into very fine wires. Filaments thus obtained are heated in a very rarefied atmosphere or in a vacuum by passage of current, to volatilize the nickel. A resistance furnace for heating the alloy in hydrogen may consist of a tube of carbon reinforced with nickel, or of quartz, the tube conveying the current or being surrounded by a resistance. A small window at one end enables the temperature to be measured optically.
Patent GB-190821292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes for Holding Phonographic Cylindrical Records.
Inventor: STRAIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-08
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 21,292. Strain, W. Oct. 8. Contents, delivering. - Means for securing cylindrical phonograph records in boxes comprises a pair of tubes c, d, the latter sliding within the former ; the tubes are connected by tapes h passing through slots in the outer cylinder with a ring f, on which rests the record g. The placing in position of the record causes the rising of the tube d, on the top e of which is written the name or title of the record. The record g is removed by pressing the top e of the tube d, thereby causing the record to rise with the ring f.
Patent GB-190821541-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Auxiliary or Spare Rim for Lateral Attachment to a Vehicle Wheel.
Inventor: DAVIES THOMAS MORRIS
Filed: 1908-10-12
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 21,541. Davies, T. M. Oct. 12. Locking bolts &c. -In a spare rim device for vehicle wheels, the head n<2> of the adjusting screw h is formed with a notched flange n', n<2> in which engages the head o' of a spring catch o which, on being withdrawn, may be held inoperative by means of a projection o<3> on the lever b.
Patent GB-190825836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collar Supports.
Inventor: HOLDHEIM WILHELM
Filed: 1908-11-30
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 25,836. Holdheim, W. Nov. 30. Stiffeners or supports a for collars &c. have round ends b provided with flat caps c. The edges of the caps c are folded over to enclose the ends b with sufficient play to allow relative movement between the ends and caps. A circular slot f is made in each end b to enable the cap c to be sewn to the collar, leaving the support free to follow the movement of the neck. Instead of the slot f, a circular opening may be made in the end b, and the edges of the end b may be folded over a flat disk used instead of the cap c.
Patent GB-190827386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Certain Kinds of Fire Extinguishing Apparatus.
Inventor: HURLEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-12-17
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 27,386. Hurley, W. Dec. 17. Extincteurs.-Relates to means for obtaining a gas-tight closure of the mouth of an extincteur of the inversion type, and for securing the acid-bottle carrier in position in such a way as to minimize the effects of vibration. The lid c, which is secured to the neck a<3> of the container by a bayonet or other connexion, is provided with a central screw d adapted to force a disk f down upon a rubber ring e, which rests upon the upper edge of the neck. The disk f preferably forms the upper plate of the wire carrier g of the acid bottle. In this arrangement, the disk f is provided with outstanding lugs f<2>, which, when the lid c is being removed, are engaged by the abutments c<2> of the bayonet connexion, thus enabling the bottle-carrier to be removed with the lid.
Patent GB-190828106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Slugging and like Machines for use in Boot and Shoe Manufacture.
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 28,106. Heatons, Ltd., and Heaton, W. Dec. 24. Nailing. - Slugging-machines of the type described in Specification No. 9117, A.D. 1900, and analogous machines, are provided with improved jacks and jacking - mechanisms. The jack comprises two pivoted levers 1, 7, Figs. 4 and 5, each of which is formed at its lower end with a curved surface adapted to move respectively in wedgeshaped segmental guides formed in blocks 6, 10. The pivot pins 4 of the levers are permitted a slight amount of play vertically, so that the levers can move freely to adjust themselves automatically to bring each part of the work square with the nozzle of the machine. After such adjustment, however, the upward pressure of the work against the nozzle will cause the levers frictionally to engage their curved guides, and so to lock themselves during the driving of the slug &c. Springs 13 may be arranged beneath the pivot pins 4, to ensure freedom of movement of the levers 1, 7. The base 14 of the jack is arranged to slide freely over a table 15, ball or roller bearings being pro. vided if necessary. The jacking-mechanism is of the usual type in which the work is lowered on the depression of a treadle, and raised by a spring after the release of the treadle. In the present invention, the mechanism is arranged so that the upward pressure of the spring is uniform notwithstanding variations in thickness of the work. The jack spindle 16 is mounted in bearings 21, 22, Fig. 1, and passes freely through a sleeve 23, between which and a collar 20 on the spindle is located the actuating-spring 19. The sleeve 23 is connected to a counterbalanced treadle 25, which is normally raised. When the treadle is depressed, the spindle 16, sleeve 23, and spring 19 are lowered bodily, and, after the work has been introduced and the treadle released, the counterweight 26 raises the spindle, sleeve, and spring until the work is in contact with the nozzle of the machine, and then compresses the spring 19 until a balancing of the parts is effected. If desired, the sleeve 23 may be locked, during the driving of the slugs &c., by a screw adapted to be rotated by movement of levers 37, 38 controlled by a hand lever 39.
Patent GB-190907968-A (GB)
Title: Improved Coal Scuttle.
Inventor: COLLINGDON HERBERT STUART
IPC: F24B15/04
Filed: 1909-04-03
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 7968. Collingdon, H. S. April 3. Coal scuttles of the Waterloo type are provided on the outside with receptacles A, B, C adapted to receive fire-lighting materials and matches. The receptacles may be fitted with lids D. According tu t h e Provisional Specification, the receptacles may be made large enough to hold housemaids' gloves, black lead tins, brushes; &c., and a receptacle for a shovel may be fitted.