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Patent GB-190608529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting Jacks.
Inventor: SLONECKER ABIRAM JOHNSON
Filed: 1906-04-09
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 8529. Slonecker, A. J. June 20, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Lifting-jacks are constructed so as to lift the load to any height by forming the standard supporting the thrust member in two parts, each of which is alternately brought into operation and then supported at the end of its travel. For screw jacks the standard is in two parts 11 and 10, each consisting of parallel portions with extended bases 21 and 16 respectively and connected by cross-pieces 23 and 18 which are threaded to engage the right and left handed screw thrust-member 12. The two parts are placed crossways, as shown in Fig. 4, the parallel sides having engaging edges 25 to prevent lateral displacement. The screw head 27 has the usual openings for the operating-levers, and has a cap 28 fitted on a reduced end and running on ball bearings as shown ; the cap is retained by pins 30 engaging a groove 28 in the reduced end. In operation, the screw is rotated to raise the load, as shown in Fig. 3, by screwing the thrust member 12 out of the part 11, at the same time raising the block 18 and part 10 twice the distance ; the latter being then supported by the blocks Y, the screw is turned in the opposite direction to raise the load and the non-supporting member 11. As applied to hydraulic jacks, the thrust-rod 41, Fig. 7, has two pistons working in cylinders adapted to be alternately supported as before, and having their upper ends.,connected by a telescopic pipe 51, and their lower ends connected by pipes 53, 54 to a pump. The apparatus being in the position shown and the cylinder supported, fluid pressure is applied through the pipe 53, thus raising the upper piston and the load the exhaust from the upper cylinder passing by the telescopic pipe to the top of the lower cylinder so as to raise it its own height above the lower piston. When the lower cylinder is supported and pressure is applied through the pipe 54 the load is again raised and the upper cylinder is raised twice the height as before. The strengthening-webs 14, Fig. 6, have holes 17 with enlarged upper ends for engaging chains when the jack is placed on a standard for hoisting purposes. Hand-holes 22 are formed in the other part as shown.
Patent GB-190610011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dies for Making Taper Fire-clay and like Gas Retorts.
Inventor: GIBBONS WILLIAM PIKE
Filed: 1906-04-30
Granted: 1907-04-30
Abstract: 10,011. Gibbons, W. P., Smith, W., and Gay, R. April 30. Moulding retorts &c.-An extrusion die for making fire-clay taper retorts &c. consists of an inner bell A supported on the centre post of the clay cylinder and a two-part member D, E forming the outside and enclosing the space by corresponding to the shape of the object to be formed. The parts D, E having been closed together, clay is forced into the space G, knives K, L are moved inwards to cut off the length required, and the outer die is opened out and the retort, in the modification shown, is slid off. If the articles are formed with their narrow ends upwards, the bell A is formed in parts, one carried on the post C and the other by a table which is adapted to move down and carry with it the lower part of the bell with the moulded article round it, or a movable part of the table descends with the bell alone. The dies or moulds may be arranged so that the clay is fed in and pressed by hand. By means of packing-pieces &c., the sizes of the inner and outer dies can be adjusted.
Patent GB-190615533-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Machine for the Sale of Milk and like Liquids in a Cold or Warm Condition.
Inventor: BASTIAN KARL
Filed: 1906-07-09
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 15,533. Bastian, K. July 9. Drawings to Specification. Wick burners, flame regulating in; extinguishing wick burners.-A spirit lamp for heating a water tank in an automatic machine for the sale of hot milk consists of three elongated receptacles, connected together by suitable pipes, the two outer containing the spirit and the inner being fitted with a row of wicks, some wider than others. A sliding shutter with slots corresponding to the wicks is moved to smother some of them if the water is overheated, automatic adjustment being effected by a vapour thermostat.
Patent GB-190620184-A (GB)
Title: A Resilient Wheel for Motor Cars and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: REID JOHN
Filed: 1906-09-11
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 20,184. R e i d, J. Sept. 11. Spring wheels. - Each spoke, radially or tangentially arranged, comprises an arm d pivoted to the rim and screwed into a cylinder c, a piston e, and a piston - rod g pivotally connected to the hub by a link f. The cylinder is closed by a cap h and nut i, and has an aperture m so that ar air cushion n is formed, a spring l being insertec at the other side of the piston. Any resilient body may replace the spring l.
Patent GB-190621025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bobbins of the kind used on the Groundropes of Trawl Nets.
Inventor: THICKETT WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-09-22
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 21,025. Thickett, W. H. Sept. 22. Trawling-gear.-The bobbins B for spacing apart the rollers on the ground rope J of a trawl net are connected to the lashings D, by which the ground rope is connected to the balch line E, by means of a rod A fitted in a hole C in the bobbin and passing through the end link of the lashing. In modifications, the rod A is replaced by a strap passing completely around the bobbin and having a loop to which the lashing is attached, or a U-shaped staple may be employed passing through the bobbin and fixed by means of nuts. When used in connexion with the armoured bobbins described in Specification No. 17,239, A.D. 1903, the hole C may take the form of a groove on the surface of the bobbin, in which case the metal sheath serves to hold the rod A fixed.
Patent GB-190700759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brakes for Tramway Cars.
Inventor: HOWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-01-11
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 759. Howard, W. Jan. 11. Brakes.-In brakes for tramcars &c, which are operated by rods and formed at one end with a screw-thread passing through a nut C, which is turned to apply the brakes by a bevel-wheel B at the end of a hand-wheel A, the rods F are slotted at f to allow the brakes to be operated from either end of the vehicle. A wedge may be inserted in the slot f to render the rods F, H rigid, so that the gearing may be used to push off the brakes.
Patent GB-190703117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Air Compressing Plant and Driving Motors therefor.
Inventor: BROTHERHOOD STANLEY
Filed: 1907-02-07
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 3117. Brotherhood, S., and Bryant, C. W. Feb. 7. Water and other liquid pressure engines.-In a two-stage compressor, which is particularly adapted for use on warships, a compressing-cylinder fitted with a differential piston is arranged between two hydraulic motor cylinders and is surrounded by a jacket space receiving the exhaust from the motors and forming the inter-cooler. Figs. 1 and 2 show such a compressor with compressing-cylinder a, differential piston e, jacket c, and motors b actuating cranks enclosed in a chamber provided in its base with an oil-bath for lubricating purposes. Water from the hydraulic main q is sprayed through the nozzle p into the air before compression, and the air passes through the coil j in the jacket c before second-stage compression in the annular chamber n. The motors are of ordinary type, the water from the main q being distributed by piston valves u on a rod v actuated from eccentrics on the driving-shaft. The water supply is cut in and out at the valve 4 in accordance with the air pressure in the reservoir; for this purpose the valve 4 is connected to a piston 5 which normally is in communication with the exhaust, by way of the pipe 11, so that the valve remains open; a predetermined reservoir pressure in the pipe 7, however, raises a piston in the cylinder 8, against the action of a spring 10, thereby operating a slide valve which admits water from the main to the pipe 11 and piston 5 and effects the closing of the valve.
Patent GB-190703834-A (GB)
Title: Method for the Production of Electrodes of Magnetic Metals by Means of Electrolytic Oxidation ; Electrodes Produced in this Manner and Accumulators Provided with such Electrodes.
Inventor: JUNGNER ERNST WALDEMAR
Filed: 1907-02-15
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 3834. Jungner, E. W. Feb. 16, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901] Secondary batteries.-Relates to the electrolytic treatment of electrodes of magnetic metals (nickel, iron, cobalt) for use in alkaline accumulators. The plates are electrolytically coated with a layer of hydrate by using them as anodes in an electrolyte absorbed in a porous substance, such as calcium hydrate, or gelatinized by means of, say, starch. In an example, a nickel plate, coated at its edges with an insulating-material such as shellac or paraffin, is placed in an iron vessel which contains a stiff dough of calcium hydrate and potash solution, to which a little ammonia is preferably added ; the plate forms the anode and the vessel the cathode. After electrolysis, the plate is covered with a black layer of hydrate, while the plate itself has become closely perforated. Instead of ammonia, organic bodies such as sugar may be added to the electrolyte. Two or more plates thus obtained may be united to form one electrode ; or wire nets &c. may be prepared similarly. The electrodes described in Specification No. 3711, A.D. 1907, may be treated in this way. Such electrodes may be employed with suitable negative electrodes, for instance of cadmium or iron or their active oxides, such as those described in Specification No. 3631, A.D. 1907. Specification No. 1684, A.D. 1902, is also referred to.
Patent GB-190711834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cases for Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: JIRASKO WENZEL
Filed: 1907-05-21
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 11,834. Jirßsko, W. May 21. Cabinets; desks.-A typewriter cabinet has a shelf for the machine adapted to be drawn out and adjustable in height. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the shelf 3 is supported on guiderollers 4 in a frame 2 provided with guide-rollers 6 and adjusted in height by cords 8 wound on a roller 7, which is operated by a handle 15 and held in position by a spring-bolt 12 engaging a fixed toothed-wheel 11. In a modification, the withdrawal of the shelf automatically raises the frame 2 by means of cords passing over pulleys, and the movement of the frame operates the hinged cover of the cabinet by means of a roller carried by an arm fixed to the cover engaging with a slot in the frame. The cabinet may form part of a writing-desk, and compartments for writing- materials may be added.
Patent GB-190712635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: GALLETTI ROBERTO CLEMENS
Filed: 1907-05-31
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 12,635. Galletti, R. C. Dec. 29, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs.-The undamped electric oscillations produced in a Poulsen or other circuit C are transmitted in periodic groups to the aerial A, each group containing only that number of oscillations necessary for attaining the steady state in the transmitting and receiving aerials. A circuit B, immersed in oil and comprising a condenser of large capacity and an inductance, with or without a short spark-gap, accumulates the oscillations which are uninterruptedly supplied by the circuit C and transmits them through a loose coupling to a wire T' h which is periodically connected to the aerial by a motor-driven commutator D, Fig. 2. A platinum sector a on the disk D passes within sparking distance of two fixed conductors h, k, the member k being connected to a circuit k T<2>, having the same period with the aerial as the circuit A h T'. The commutator makes about twenty revolutions per second.
Patent GB-190720984-A (GB)
Title: Combined Automatic Duster and Brake for Window Blinds and Shades.
Inventor: WATKINSON FREDERICK JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 20,984. Watkinson, F. J., and Chappelle, W. d'E. Sept. 21. Brakes.-A fitting for roller blinds acts as a brake, as an apron for protecting the blind from dust, and as a means for removing insects from the blind. A rod 15 is supported by hangers 11 from the brackets 3, and a sheet of material 16 is secured to the rod 15 and, after passing around the blind roller, is attached to a weight 18, and in some cases may be extended downwards, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and be provided with a fringe. The hangers 11 are pivoted to the brackets 3 at 12 and may be adjusted by inserting a pin 14 into one of a series of holes 13.
Patent GB-190721446-A (GB)
Title: Actuation of Destination Signs for Tramcars and such like Vehicles.
Inventor: NIXON MARY JANE
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 21,446. Nixon, M. J. Sept. 27. Indicators, route, for vehicles.-Two boards A, B movable in vertical guides and marked with the outward and return destinations of a tramcar or steamboat, are controlled by a pull rod D which turns a bell-crank lever, the arms of which are linked to the two boards so that either board may be exposed to view. Two such arrangements on opposite sides of a vehicle may be so coupled as to be actuated by a single rod D. The sign-boards may be painted with luminous or other paint, or illuminated glass transparencies may be used. According to the Provisional Specification, the boards may be actuated electrically.
Patent GB-190724931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ball Bearings
Inventor: WINGQUIST SVEN GUSTAF
IPC: F16C43/06
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 24,931. Wingquist, S. G. June 6, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Ball bearings.- A self-alining ball bearing for shafts &c. comprises two or more rows of balls running bet w e e n undivided race rings 1, 2. The inner surface 7 of the outer ring 1 is spherical, enabling the parts to be assembled by swinging one of the rings relatively to the other, as shown in Fig. 4. The surface 7 may be grooved between the ball tracks. The inner race has grooves for the balls, separated by a ridge.
Patent GB-190725523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governing Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LAHAUSSOIS RENE
Filed: 1907-11-18
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 25,523. Lahaussois, R. Nov. 21, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines, governing in. The method of working by meano of which increased expansion is obtained by closing the admission valve always at the same point before the end of the piston suction stroke is used in conduction with the method of working by which the compression is kept constant and in which the exhaust valve always opens at the same point in the working stroke, but for governing is kept open later in the suction stroke as the load on the engine decreases and the admission valve is not opened until the exhaust valve closes. Fig. 1 shows the development of an admission cam, and Fig. 2 of an exhaust cam, for carrying out the above system, the lines I, J, L dividing the cams into the four stroke - periods of the cycle. The cams may be stepped as shown, or may have a continuous contour i,j, k, l wbich may be straight or curved ; in the latter case, the admission will not vary at the same rate as the load.
Patent GB-190726142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves.
Inventor: PHILLIPSON EMIL
Filed: 1907-11-26
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 26,142. Phillipson, E. Nov. 26. Actuating valves; lift valves.-A valve, in which the motion of the actuating-screw is communicated to the valve by compound levers, comprises a casing having inlet and outlet ports 6, 7, a valve seat 8, and a shoulder 11 which supports an annular plate 10 having lugs 23, 24. A lever 26, pivoted to a square part 27 on the valve 28, is connected at the other end by a link 25 to the lug 23, and at an intermediate point by a link 30 to a lever 29 pivoted to a square part 15 on the valve spindle 14 and connected by a pin-and-slot connexion to the lug 24. The spindle is secured to a flexible diaphragm 13 held between the annular plate and a cover 9 by a flange 16 and nut 18, and is surrounded above the nut by a screwed sleeve 19 held against a shoulder 17 on the spindle by a nut 22 and operated by a hand-wheel 20. The valve is provided with a cavity to permit motion on the spindle, and has a renewable valve face 34 which is held in position by a washer 33 and nut 32.
Patent GB-190727244-A (GB)
Title: A High Pressure Acetylene Gas Generator.
Inventor: PRAAG DAVID JOHN VAN
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1909-01-11
Abstract: 27,244. Praag, D. J. van. Dec. 10. Acetylene.-In a high-pressure acetylene generator suitable for flare lights, water is supplied to the carbide through an inverted U-tube having a non-return valve in one leg, while the other leg enters the generator and is so arranged that, when the gas pressure rises, water is forced back up this leg and the level in the generator forced below the water-admission openings to the carbide. The apparatus shown is adapted to be immersed in a water vessel. Water from this vessel passes through a non-return valve t and to the carbide through an inverted U-tube o, terminating below the lowest perforation j in the carbide-holder h. Gas generated passes through tubes u cooled by water admitted by openings y, and through a chemical purifier c to the burner. When the gas pressure rises, a small quantity of water is forced up the tube o towards the non-return valve, and the level falls below the perforation j. A small amount of water is, however, still supplied to the carbide through an opening n fed from a trough m surrounding the lower part of the carbide container, the trough having its top level with the lowest perforation j. In a modification, for use without immersion in a water vessel, a water casing surrounds the tube condenser and purifier, and water from this casing flows by a non-return valve and inverted U-tube to a central perforated tube in the carbide-container.
Patent GB-190812735-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Book, Pamphlet, or the like, for Facilitating Conversation in Foreign Languages
Inventor: HUGO CHARLES
Filed: 1908-06-13
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 12,735. Hugo, C., and Armstrong, S. June 13. Books.-Books, pamphlets, &c., for facilitating conversation in a foreign language, have their leaves divided by perforations into portions for ready detachment, and at the head of each page is a request in English, with the same request in the foreign language printed on the slips below. A vocabulary is included, and the request may be arranged under convenient headings. One of these requests is torn out, completed if necessary by a word from the vocabulary, and handed to the person addressed. In a modification one page bears at the head the question in English and the opposite page the same question in the foreign language, while each page bears on corresponding lines and in the corresponding language, all the probable answers. The person addressed points to the applicable answer and on the corresponding line on the opposite page appears the necessary translation.
Patent GB-190816623-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Production of Gas from Hydrocarbons and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: FROST WARREN HERBERT
Filed: 1908-08-06
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 16,623. Frost, W. H., and Nix, J. J. Aug. 6. Gas engines.-Gas, particularly for use in internalcombustion engines, is made from hydrocarbons by passing the oil or its vapour into or through a continuously maintained heating zone in a chamber open to the atmosphere, the gas produced being withdrawn by suction. Valves 33, 36 on the air and liquid pipes of the generator may be controlled by the governor 38 of the engine 39 which consumes the gas.
Patent GB-190816660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Regulators for Explosion Engines.
Filed: 1908-08-07
Granted: 1900-01-01
Abstract: 16,660. Martin, Fischer, et Cie. Aug. 15, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Gas and like engines, s, governing. This governing- device comprises a pivoted valvemember 2 and plate 1 in the inlet pipe 5. The valve closes automatically as the speed of the gas current increases ; it may be held open, as shown, by stop 4 and arm 3.
Patent GB-190817308-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Supplying and Measuring Electric Current.
Inventor: WATSON WILLIAM DOBSON
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 17,308. Watson, W. D., and Ashworth, W. L. Aug. 18. Electricity, supplying.-Relates to prepayment meters of the type described in Specification No. 11,045, A.D. 1897. The dial finger is set back by a ratchetwheel l, Fig. 1, engaged by a pawl m carried by a lever k, which is reciprocated by a slotted lever having a stud j<2> engaging a cam j<x> on the shaft d. A coin inserted into a receiver a moves one end b<3> of a bell-crank lever b up to a spring stop c, freeing the other end of the lever b from the cam d' on the shaft d and allowing this shaft to be turned by hand through one revolution. The rotation of the cam d<1> causes a further motion of the bell-crank lever b, allowing the coin to drop into a receptacle. A ratchet - wheel e and pawl e' prevent reverse rotation of the shaft d. The pawl m during a part of its stroke is held out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel l by riding on a plate n, the position of which is adjustable by a slotted plate n<2>, thus determining the amount by which the dial finger is set back by the ratchet-wheel l for each oscillation of the lever k. The number of coins inserted is indicated by the number on a ratchet-disk p, Fig. 4, visible through an opening in the dial plate. The ratchet disk p is moved one division for each rotation of the shaft d by a cam q<1> engaging a lever q which carries a pawl q<2>. A pawl p<1> prevents reverse rotation of the ratchet-disk p. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 11,537, A.D. 1890, No. 8444, A.D. 1891, No. 23,924, A.D. 1892, No. 24,490, A.D. 1893, and Nos. 7988 and 20,676, A.D. 1894.]
Patent GB-190823360-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Corset.
Inventor: COUINAUD LOUIS CAMILLE
Filed: 1908-11-02
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 23,360. Couinaud, L. C. Oct. '31, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Corsets are constructed of several V-shaped parts a ... g, shown in Figs. 3 to 9, each formed with points B and grooves or recesses A. When the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 1, the pointed parts take into the recesses A along the waist line. The parts B may point towards the front busks as shown, or in the reverse direction. Other parts may be added either at the hips, or at the bust, so as to raise or lower the same or to serve as ornaments or trimmings, or for changing the whalebones.
Patent GB-190823617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating Pumps.
Filed: 1908-11-04
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 23,617. Horch & Co. Motorwagenwerks Akt.-Ges., A. Nov. 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lubricating - pumps. - Relates to pumps in which the suction stroke is effected by means of a rotary cam and the pressure stroke by a spring and consists in forming the actuating-cam for the piston a on a disk h in the shape of a segment of a circle which; during the rotation with the shaft b, opens and closes the suction passage c and the delivery passage d. A pin i in the piston moves in a slot k in the casing and prevents the piston from rotating.