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Patent GB-190519551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Time Switches
Inventor: BOIS EDWARD DU
Filed: 1905-09-27
Granted: 1906-09-20
Abstract: 19,551. Du Bois, E. Sept. 27. Winding-mechanism. - In electric clock-winding mechanism such as is described in Specification No. 16,210, A.D. 1904, the winding-lever, reciprocating under the action of a periodically-energized electro-magnet, also operates at longer intervals a switch for large.currents,.the winding action being_ momentarily suspended. The electro-magnet 1, Fig. I, excited at short intervals as described in the above-mentioned Specification, acts on the armature lever 3 pivoted at 3<a>. The winding ratchetwheel 4, Fig. II, is actuated by a pin 30 fixed on a short lever 22 carried on a pivot 23 on the lever 3. Another pin 24 on the lever 22 is kept pressed against a fixed cam 27 by a spring. At intervals determined by the revolution of adjustable arms 8, 9, Fig. I, on a twenty-four-hour wheel 14, a bent lever 10, pivoted at 11, controlled by a spring 10<a>, and carrying a stirrup 12, draws aside a lever 13 hanging from the end of the lever 3 into a position directly above a pin 16 fixed on a short rigid side piece of the switch arm 17, and in the same movement pushes out the tail 5 of the lever 22, so that, at the next stroke of the lever 3, the pin 30 is ineffective, and all the force of the magnet is used to close the switch 17 against a spring. After closing, the switch is retained by a pin 16<a>, which enters a notch 18 of a spring-controlled lever 19. The catch is subsequently released by the arm 9, which meets the ends 20 of a lever 6 and acts on a pin 21. In a modified form, Fig. III, arrangements are made so that, if the actuating-current has failed, the lever 13, after being moved into position ready to operate the switch 17, is there retained, a. stud 39 on the lever 10 entering a notch 38 in a spring-controlled lever 33 pivoted at 34. A stud' 36 on the lever 33 struck by the lever 3 prevents this action if the current has not failed. On resumption of the current, the first stroke of the lever 3 closes the switch 17, unless the arm 8 has just previously actuated the lever 6, the movement of which is transmitted by a rigid side piece 32 so as to depress the lever 33 and release the levers 10,13.
Patent GB-190521946-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Preparation of an Alimentary Substance.
Inventor: REIS ADOLPHO DE SOUSA
Filed: 1905-10-27
Granted: 1906-03-08
Abstract: 21,946. Reis, A. de S. Oct. 27. Albumins and albuminoids.-An albuminous substance is prepared from the beans of the lupin by treating them with boiling water containing acetic acid and sea-salt, to dissolve out the bitter principle while preventing the solution of the albuminoids. The resulting product is dried and ground and used as a food substance.
Patent GB-190522228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Controllers for use in connection with the Ignition and Extinction of Gas Burners.
Inventor: NIGHTINGALL VICTOR CHARLES JOH
Filed: 1905-10-31
Granted: 1906-10-31
Abstract: 22,228. Nightingall, V. C. J. Oct. 31. Actuating lift valves.-The supply of gas to burners is controlled by the action of an electro-magnet A on an armature C, which is connected by a central spindle C<1> to a lift valve C<2>. An external permanent magnet F may be provided to retain the valve open.
Patent GB-190527111-A (GB)
Title: A Graduated Scale for Indicating the Rate of Application of Sewage or other Liquids to Filters.
Inventor: LAWTON CHARLES ERNEST
Filed: 1905-12-29
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 27,111. Lawton, C. E. Dec. 29. Current meters.- A water-level indicator arranged over a weir in the supply channel of a filter for sewage or other liquid is provided with a scale graduated so as to indicate the rate at which the liquid is being supplied per unit area of the filterbed. Four scales of this character are shown in the Figure. They indicate the supply to beds proportional in capacity to the numbers 1,2,3,4.
Patent GB-190604595-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method for Painting Fabrics.
Inventor: ZUERCHER ALFRED
Filed: 1906-02-24
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 4595. Z³rcher, A. Feb. 24. Painting; paint vehicles.-In painting by hand upon fabrics, such as ladies' dress materials, curtains, &c., colours free from fat are mixed with linseed oil and diluted with a mixture containing poppy-seed oil, glycerine, turpentine, and benzine or other volatile liquid. The product is used immediately after mixing.
Patent GB-190611378-A (GB)
Title: Improved Appliance for Securing Flexible Hose Piping to Plugs, Taps, Sprinklers, Connections or the like.
Inventor: SPONG JAMES OSBORN
Filed: 1906-05-15
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 11,378. Spong, J. 0. May 15. Hose, connecting to other articles; clip and sleeve joints.- Means for attaching hose to other articles comprises a loop or ring of leather, chain, string, or the like A, connected at the ends to a U-shaped or equivalent member B, or to a socket C thereon, or to a bar provided at the ends with arms passing through holes in the bar. The loop is placed over the hose F on the connexion &c. G, and is twisted until the hose is sufficiently tight, when the ends B are turned down over the pipe.
Patent GB-190613731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Accumulator Plates.
Inventor: TERRY HOWARD
Filed: 1906-06-15
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 13,731. Terry, H. June 15. Secondary batteries.-In the construction of light and elastic electrodes, the perforated grid 6 is of celluloid or similar material and has a widened edge 8 with inwardly projecting sides 9 ; the grid may have strengthening-pieces or be corrugated. A strip 11 of lead lies in the top part of the grid and carries wires 12 which are laced in and out of the perforations 7 ; the outer end 13 of the strip 11 is connected up to the external terminal ; the frame is pasted with active material 10.
Patent GB-190619772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Doors
Inventor: BAKER SALEM ALEXANDER
Filed: 1906-09-05
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 19,772. Baker, S. A. Sept. 5. Doors, wagon.-Sliding doors for stock and other cars are suspended on a rail by two oppositelydirected hangers of the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The hanger 26 has an oblique arm with an overhung lip 28 and a curved bearing-surface 27, Fig. 5, for engagement with the top surface of the supporting-rail 15. By tilting the hanger so that the oblique upper extension becomes vertical, as shown in Fig. 3, the lower lip 29 may be engaged in front of the lower limb of the rail, so that when the hanger becomes vertical, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, it cannot leave the rail. The rail is secured in recessed brackets 14, which are attached to the car roof sill 12 by bolts 20.
Patent GB-190628075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shuttle Box "Swells" Employed in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: PICKLES THOMAS
Filed: 1906-12-10
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 28,075. Pickles, T. Dec. 10. Loom swells.-Spring swells are made capable of turning about both horizontal and vertical axes, the invention being a modification of that described in Specification No. 9418, A.D. 1904. The swell c, Fig. 3, has bearings c<1> loosely receiving a rod or bar d, which has a spring e bearing on its central part. The swell moves about a vertical axis, as shown in Fig. 5, and about an horizontal axis by reason of the outer surfaces of the bearings c<1> turning upon the box surface. The spring swell may be continued across the back part thereof, or a fixed rod or bar used, as an equivalent of the loose rod d, the spring e being suitably arranged to allow movement of the swell about the required axes.
Patent GB-190703767-A (GB)
Title: Beam or Girder.
Inventor: HILL THOMAS GUNSTONE
Filed: 1907-02-15
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 3767. Hill, T. G. March 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. L o n g i t udinallysliding bearings.- Girders are formed of U-shaped plates e, Figs. and 5, lapped and welded or brazed together and stayed by bolts i. Two such girders may be braced together, the ends being mounted in channels k, Fig. 7, bearing on grooved rollers m.
Patent GB-190712147-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firing Mechanism for Ordnance.
Inventor: PETCH ALBANY FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-05-25
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 12,147. Petch, A. F., Redpath, R., and Hellberg, H. May 25. O r d n a n c e, discharging by means external to breeck mechanism. -The pistol grip. which may be arranged upon the handle n, Fig. 3, of the elevating h a n d - wheel, has two triggers e,f mounted upon two co-axial shafts provided respectively with toes j, l, Fig. 5, adapted to press the spring contact-arms a, c into contact with either of the terminal pins b, d. When the trigger e is actuated, the main firing-circuit is closed through the contact arm a and pin b; if this circuit fails to act, the trigger f is-actuated and an auxiliary firing-circuit is closed through the contact-arm c and pin d.
Patent GB-190713588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Teats for Feeding Bottles.
Inventor: KARBERG CARL
Filed: 1907-06-12
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 13,588. Karberg, C. June 12. Tubular valves.- The teat of a feeding - bottle is provided with an exchangeable bored mouthpiece, which is fastened to the aperture of the teat a by means of a nut d. The bore c of the mouthpiece has its outlet at the side, and the size of the inner opening may be adjusted by means of a ring e, or by a slide.
Patent GB-190715411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat and Coat Hooks and Means for their Support.
Inventor: GIBBONS FRANCIS JOSEPH JAMES
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 15,411. Gibbons, F. J. J. July 4. Hooks.-Means for detachably securing hat and coat hooks upon rails of I, tubular, or other section are described. The plates a, one or both of which may be provided with hooks, are formed with narrowed curved ends b adapted to clasp the rail c, and the lower ends of the plates are clamped by one or more screws d. The ends b may engage beneath a flange on the rail, as shown at b<1>, and the edge a<1> of one of the plates may fit closely against the edge b<1> of the other plate, so that, in order to disengage the edges b<1> from the rail, the plates must be mutually displaced along the rail and tilted upwards. In a modification the curved end of one of the plates a may be formed as a central tongue fitting a recess in the curved end of the other plate. With rails of recessed seetion, the plates a may be shaped to fit the recesses in the rails or separate filling-pieces may be employed.
Patent GB-190716054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the System of Excavating and in the Construction and Operation of the Scoops, Buckets or Scrapers Employed Therein for Conveying and Discharging the Material Excavated.
Inventor: ABBOTT JOHN
Filed: 1907-07-12
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 16,054. Abbott, J. July 12. Excavating.-For excavating narrow channels, or removing an upper layer of soil, a pair of scoops, or one scoop and one breaking-up tool, move parallel to each other, each attached to a rope wound on drums carried on traction or other engines at the end of the travel, the arrangement being that while one scoop is removing soil the other is returning to the position for beginning its next operative travel. An anchor carriage may be subtituted for the engine at one end of the travel. The winding- drums are advanced at the completion of each operative travel. The scoop, Fig. 5, is shown in its operative position, and comprises side runners 12, an open bottom, a back-plate 15 from which depends a cutting-blade 16 preferably with prongs 18, and a cover-plate 17. It is connected to the hauling-rope 1 by separate ropes 20, 22 at the rear of, and in advance of the scoop. A lever 19,.pivoted on a wheel 26, is pulled by the rope 20 when the direction of travel of the rope is reversed, and lifts the back of the scoop to empty it before beginning the return travel. In the position shown, a rope 27 pulls on this lever and forces the cutting-blade 16 into the ground. The anchor carriage comprises a frame 28, Fig. 8, mounted on a central wheel 29 and rollers 36, and carrying winding-drums 4, 6, a ballast weight 34, and adjustable blades 30 operated by hand-wheels 32 for resisting the side pull. For advancing the carriage, each roller 36 is carried on a pivoted lever 37 having a roller 39, and ropes 38, Fig. 9, are so arranged that when pulled the frame 28 is raised and the carriage enabled to run along.
Patent GB-190719148-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fireproof Door or Partition.
Inventor: HEINRICH OTTO
Filed: 1907-08-26
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 19,148. Heinrich, O. Aug. 26. Fires, preventing and minimizing. - Fire-proof doors and partitions are formed of outer steel or iron sheets a, between which is a layer of wood composed of a number of battens b separated from each other by a reinforcing-sheet c of metal, which is bent in a zigzag manner so as to lie between the battens b and the front and back sheets a alternately. The sheets a are indented along lines d at each bend of the sheet c. The structure may be strengthened by means of transverse bars.
Patent GB-190719419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-skid Tyres.
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1907-08-29
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 19,419. Kempshall, E. Aug. 29. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-In recessed tyres of the kind described in Specifications No. 4790, A.D. 1905, No. 4450, A.D. 1906, and No. 10,950, A.D. 1907, a continuous flat tread is formed of recessed circular stud-like projections a which merge into each other and meet the surface of the tyre in sinuous lines c, the side portions of the projections being strengthened or thickened at d to distribute the load evenly. In a modification, the projections are deeper radially, the curves c being extended nearer to the edge of the cover. According to the Provisional Specification, the faces of the projections may be plain, ribbed, cellular, or deeply recessed, and hexagonal forms may be used.
Patent GB-190720248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lace and in the Method of Making the same.
Inventor: BIRKIN THOMAS STANLEY
Filed: 1907-09-11
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 20,248. Birkin, T. S., and Anderson, T. Sept. 11. Lace. - Relates to the production upon curtain lace machines of fany motion square net, three-gait Swiss effects, single or double nip combination work, two, three and four gait clothing, and openwork in a continuous piece of fabric. The guidebars a, b, care threaded with thick spool, thin spool, and warp threads d, e, f respectively, and are actuated in the following way. On the front motion, the bars a, c rise two and the bar b three gaits before the jacks enter, and the bars a, b, c rise two, fall two, and fall one gait respectively thereafter. On the back motion, the bars fall three, rise one, and fall two gaits respectively before the jacks enter, and fall one, fall two, and rise one gait respectively thereafter ; or the bar c may fall one gait before the jacks enter and rest thereafter. Each jack h is connected to a single-lift and to a double-lift jacquard, and both jacquards select at each motion, whereby the jacks may be held in any of the four positions l, k, j, i. The square net A, B, C, Fig. 2, is made from the threads e by holding the jacks in the positions k and j alternately for any number of front or back motions, respectively, greater than one. The Swiss effects D are obtained by holding the jacks in the positions k, j on the front and back motions respectively. Singlenip combination work E is obtained by moving the jacks to the position k or l on the front motion, and to l or k on the back motion. Double-nip work is obtained by holding the jacks at l on both motions. Two - gait clothing F is made from threads d by moving the jacks to j on the front and to i on the back motion. By reversing this procedure, three-gait clothing G is obtained, and by holding the jacks at i on both motions four-gait clothing H is obtained. Open-work I, produced by causing a bobbin thread to wrap round its own pillar, is obtained when the jacks are held at the position k or j on both motions.
Patent GB-190722123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Brakes for Tramcars or other Vehicles.
Inventor: TURNER PERCY STUART
Filed: 1907-10-07
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 22,123. Turner, P. S. Oct. 7. Brakes.-In a brake apparatus for tramcars and other vehicles, a system of toggle-levers is placed between the brake shoe and the vehicle in such a manner that the drag of the shoe on the wheel or rail increases the pressure exerted upon the shoe after the brake has been applied. The brake shoe 1 is suspended by springs 3 from the truck frame. A parallelogram of links 5 is pivotally supported from a bracket 9 on the truck frame, the shoe being pivoted to the lower end of the parallelogram, while the intermediate points 11 normally abut against plates or stops 12 and are connected by links 13 to a tumbler lever 14 on a transverse shaft 15. This shaft is suspended from the bracket 9 by a link 16 and is rotated by an arm 17. When the brake is applied, either by turning the shaft 15 or by electrically energizing the shoes, the drag of the shoe on the rail or wheel causes one or other of the points 11 to engage with the corresponding plate 12, and compresses the links laterally so that the links tend to straighten out and increase the brake pressure. The invention may also be applied to brakes acting simultaneously on the wheels and track, or to track brakes having auxiliary track shoes, and the number of the links 5 may be altered if desired.
Patent GB-190723173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Luggage Carriers, of Folding Types, for Cycles and the like
Inventor: THWAITES JOHN HERBERT
Filed: 1907-10-21
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 23,173. Thwaites, J. H. Oct. 21. Luggage-carriers.-To obtain a longer carrying- base, folding luggage-carriers for cycles &c. are provided with extensions or projections C, D and G, H, which are arranged at such a distance apart as to clear the machine when the carrier is folded. As shown, the projections are formed integrally with the carrier frame.
Patent GB-190723663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kilns for Annealing Iron Castings and for Case-hardening and for other like uses.
Inventor: MOTE HERBERT
Filed: 1907-10-26
Granted: 1908-12-28
Abstract: 23,663. Mote, H., and Gibbons, W. P. Oct. 26. Kilns. - Relates to gas - heated muffle kilns for annealing iron castings, case-hardening, and for similar purposes. Air for combustion enters passages 16, Figs. 1 and 2, and passes through flues 17, 18 to outlets 19 where it meets gas from an annular conduit 13. Part of the products of combustion passes through chequer brickwork 4, arranged between the annealing-chamber 2 and the inner wall of the kiln, and then passes over the chamber 2 and through a flue 7 and a passage 20 to the outlet flue 9. The remainder of the products of combustion passes through flues 21 in the floor of the kiln and escapes to the outlet flue through passages 33, 34, 22. The floor 3 of the annealing-chamber is flanged at its periphery to receive the plates forming the side wall, and the latter is protected by the stretchers 27 and staggered headers 26 of the chequer brickwork. A removable portion 29, Fig. 2, of the side wall opposite an opening 10 in the kiln, is provided for charging and discharging the annealing-chamber. This opening, however, may be dispensed with, and the goods may be lowered into or raised from the annealiogchambers through a central opening 28 in the dome. When charged, the chamber 2 is closed by firebrick-covered iron plates 11. Apertures 28 are provided in the dome for the escape of heat when the kiln is cooling. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, air from radial passages 32 mixes with gas from a flue 30, and the products pass through a flue 7, over the top of the annealing-chamber, and through chequer brickwork 4 to the outlet flues 21, 9. Specification No. 16,641, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190724996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pliers
Inventor: WORSTALL GEORGE GILBERT
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 24,996. Worstall, G. G. Nov. 9, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Making jewellery.-Pliers for drawing-out and shaping claws of stone settings have one of the jaws provided with a longitudinal tapering groove or seat A<1> and the other jaw with a ridge B<1> which is rounded, as shown in Fig. 2, for re-shaping claws F for regularly cut stones, or is pointed, as shown in Fig. 6, for use with claws for flat-bottomed stones. In use' the claw is seated in the groove A<1> and the ridge B<1> is engaged with its inner surface. The pressure on the handles is retained while the tool is drawn outwards.
Patent GB-190725518-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flying Machines
Inventor: ANTONI GUIDO
Filed: 1907-11-18
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 25,518. Antoni, G., and Antoni, U. Nov. 18. Aerial machines with or without aerostats; wings, construction of; framework; propelling; steering.- The aerial machine is propelled by a pair of wings R, R<1> operated by the arms of the aeronaut or by a motor. When a motor is employed, the aerostat x is made smaller or may be dispensed with. The wing R, Fig. 4, has a rigid front edge formed of two crossed stays o, c' and o<1>, c<1> braced at m and m<1>. Tapering ribs r support the flexible rear edge of the wing. The rigidity of the wing decreases from o' to c<1> and from front to rear, and increases from d<0> to d<3>, so that it is bent by the reaction of the air as it is oscillated. The frame carrying the wings consists of a rod e, Fig. 2, having diverging rods f, f<1> fixed thereto, and a rod w which supports the steering-plane Z, and is connected to the rods f, f<1> by a triangular frame Q. The spindles a, a', Fig. 7, of the wings are rotatably mounted on a rectangular frame S to allow a backward and forward horizontal motion of the wings which enables the machine to turn. The wings are connected by elastic ties t, t<1> to the framework, and inextensible cords p limit their forward horizontal motion. The rudder Z, pivoted to the framework, is constructed like a fan and is operated by the feet of the aeronaut, both for opening and closing and for raising and lowering it. It is normally drawn upwards by elastic cords v, v<1>.
Patent GB-190726396-A (GB)
Title: Removable Seat-back
Inventor: MORETON JOHN
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 26,396. Moreton, J. March 9, 1908. Seats.-A school-desk seat, bench, &c. is provided with a back having a loose top rail and removable or turn-down standards supported by brackets secured by bolts &c. to the edge of the seat. Figs. 1 and 2 show in plan and elevation a bracket with a stud R and socket W to be engaged by a removable standard S of the form shown, the upper end being shaped to receive a loose rail. The turn-down standard shown in Figs. 4 and 5 has a forked end H to engage a pin L on a loose rail I, and a slot J and notch K to engage pins M, N, P on the bracket, shown in elevation and plan in Figs. 6 and 7. When the standard is in its turn-down position, it is supported at one end by the pins 0, P, and at the other end by a hook or bearer secured to the seat.
Patent GB-190800154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Jaws of Pliers Tongs and like Holding Appliances.
Inventor: HESSE ADOLF
Filed: 1908-01-02
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 154. Hesse, A. Jan. 2 Pliers &c.- Pliers, tongs, and like holding - appliances are provided with special pivoted gripping-jaws s d. The jaw d is provided with a lug, which is pivoted within a recess in the fixed jaw. The jaw is provided with inclined sides, which allow it to adapt itself to the work, and limit its movement.