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Patent GB-190520277-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Softening, Heating and Purifying Water for Boiler Feeding, Laundry and other Work.
Inventor: DANKS ALFRED BENJAMIN CHARLES
Filed: 1905-10-07
Granted: 1906-11-01
Abstract: 20,277. Danks, A. B. C., and Danks, J A. Oct. 7. Feed-water, heating and purifying.-Feed is supplied to the heater and purifier through the floatregulated valve T, is heated by exhaust steam as it descends the inclined shelves B, and is mixed with chemicals supplied by the pipe s<4> in the chamber A. Impurities are deposited on angle-irons E in the chamber C, which the water leaves by the pipe J, and also in the chamber H. A pipe L, having a circular shield l<1> at its top, conducts the water to the chamber M whence it passes through a woodwool filter K to a chamber N to which a pump may be connected. The exhaust steam is supplied to the chamber R and heats the water in the chambers A, C, as it passes upwards through pipes P, P<1>, before coming into direct contact with the water on the shelves B. Chemicals are supplied from a tank V by means of the pivoted pipe s<2>, which is connected to a float s<3> in a tank supplied with water from a branch of the main supply pipe. Live steam and air may be passed into the chamber A through the pipe Y. The shelves B, tubes P, P<1>, and chamber R may be omitted and the water heated previously by independent means or by the introduction of live steam.
Patent GB-190524615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Winding Strips of Paper or like Material.
Inventor: DUNCAN HAROLD MALCOLM
Filed: 1905-11-28
Granted: 1906-12-28
Abstract: 24,615. Duncan, H. M., and Pierpont, F. H. Nov. 28. Brakes.-In a machine for winding paper &c. into rolls, the driving-mechanism is automatically arrested when the wound roll attains a required diameter, and simultaneously a brake is applied with automatically regulated force to the delivery spindle. The brake comprises a curved arm K<9>, pivoted on a piu K<2>, and provided with a spring K<11>, adapted to force into engagement with a pulley K<1> on the end of the delivery spindle K a curved brake block K<9*>, pivoted at K<10> to the arm K<9>. This arm is rotated to apply the brake by the engagement with a lug K<8> thereon of a lug K<7> on an arm K<3>, pivoted to the pin K<2>. The free end of the arm K<3> rests on a rod K<4>, which is mounted to slide vertically and carries an arm K<5> adapted to engage an arm K<6> on a rock-shaft G, which carries at one of its ends a belt-releasing pulley G<2>. The force with which the brake is applied is varied by means of a weight K<12> adapted to slide along the arm K<3>. The adjustment of the weight is automatically effected by providing it with a slot K<13>, which engages a pin K<14> on an arm K<15>, pivoted to the frame at K<16>, ani coupled to a similar arm at the other side of the machine by a spindle K<21>, carrying a roller K<22>, which is kept in contact with the paper roll by springs K<19>. The weight K<12> and springs K<19> constitute independent brake-actuating means.
Patent GB-190525692-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Rotary Disc Coupling for use chiefly upon Railways.
Inventor: CONSTABLE HERBERT
Filed: 1905-12-11
Granted: 1906-06-14
Abstract: 25,692. Constable, H. Dec. 11. Couplings, automatic.- Figs. 1 and 2 show the members uncoupled and coupled, and Fig. 3 shows one element in plan with portions of the plate L omitted. The shackle C, which transmits the draught through a stem D', carries on horizontal pivots B, F the hook A and the substantially diskoidal plate E. On impact, the hook rotates the plate tothe position shown in Fig. 2, where it is locked by the descent of the key G, which engages the now vertical edge of the rectangular recess E<1> and so prevents uncoupling. The pin is guided in the plate L by webs M, and it carries a pendent arm N collinear with a tappet H on the cross-shaft J, by the rotation of which the locking-key may be raised. The hook A is pressed forwards by a plate spring P, and is prevented from being jerked out of engagement with the plate E by an extension O of the plate L. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the locking- key is actuated by a chain. An auxiliary hook E<2> is provided to take the ordinary draw-chain.
Patent GB-190526072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telegraphs for Transmitting Orders.
Filed: 1905-12-14
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 26,072. Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges. Dec. 14, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Order apparatus.-Relates to an order telegraph system in which an intermediate station i n retransmitting an order restores its own indication to the zero position. Fig. 2 shows the receiver, which has three electromagnets p, c, g. The two latter actuate the pointer step by step but in opposite directions, and the former p by a toothed segment engaging with the wheel m restores the pointer to zero whatever its position. In an application to mine signalling, the station S<1> signals " 3 " to the pit mouth or intermediate station H by three successive impulses, actuating the electro-magnet at the station H and the electro-magnet p at the engine-house M ; the actuation of the magnet p destroys any previous order at M. The operator at H then transmits to M by his key t the same order, actuating the electro-magnet c at his own station and thus turning his receiver to the zero position, and at the same time signalling "3" at M.
Patent GB-190526139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Internally Flued Steam Generators
Inventor: GREAVES WALLACE JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-12-15
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 26,139. Greaves, W. J. Dec. 15. Flues, internal.-Flues fitted with water-tubes are built up partly of flat-sided sections A, Fig. 1, containing the tubes and partly of cylindrical sections C without tubes. Access is had to the sections C, for the purpose of cleaning the tubes, through a man-hole G and tube L. Fig. 2 shows a furnace with one cylindrical section fitted between four flat-sided sections.
Patent GB-190605612-A (GB)
Title: New Fastening of the Artificial Teeth on the Basis of the Set for to Save a Part of Platina.
Inventor: HAGELBERG MOSES
Filed: 1906-03-08
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 5612. Hagelberg, M. March 8. Teeth, artificial.-Artificial teeth are constructed with a projection d on the back, through which a pin e of platinum or other metal is baked or cemented so as to project on each side. The back a of the tooth is of the same shape as a natural tooth, and projects, both at the sides and at the back, beyond the part d. In a modification, the pin e is replaced by a tube of platinum, and a tooth so constructed may be used to replace a broken tooth in a set by removing the broken tooth from its pin, which remains embedded in the denture, cutting the pin at the centre of the exposed portion, and threading the ends into the tube of the new tooth, which is then fastened in place with cement. Specifications No. 3964, A.D. 1873, No. 10,310, A.D. 1890, No. 14,871, A.D. 1900, and No. 7065, A.D. 1902, are referred to.
Patent GB-190608430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Cooling and Ventilating of Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: CHITTY HENRY
Filed: 1906-04-07
Granted: 1907-04-06
Abstract: 8430. Chitty, H. April 7. Cooling and ventilating; field magnets.-Ventilating-dncts opening into spaces between the exciting-coils and the pole-pieces are formed in the pole-pieces, and may also open into spaces in the pole-pieces. In the form shown in Fig. 1, divided pole-pieces are employed, the exciting-coil c being placed some distance off the pole-piece upon insulators d, thus forming a ventilating.space all round the coil. The ducts in the pole-piece, registering with ducts in the armature, lead into this space and also into the divisional space h in the pole-piece. If the armature only rotates in the direction of the arrow, the ducts may be formed as shown at 1, 2, 3, 4, while if the direction of motion is to be reversible they may be formed as at 1, 5, 7, 3, 6, 8. The exciting-coils may be similarly arranged around pole-pieces of ordinary construction with tapered or sloping slots in the pole-pieces opening into the coil space and into openings in the yoke.
Patent GB-190612240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ink Wells or Ink Bottles.
Inventor: MARSHALL JAMES
Filed: 1906-05-25
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 12,240. Marshall, J. May 25. Inkstands; pen stands. -Consists in the provision of an internally screwed ink reservoir 5 and an externallyscrewed plunger 4 fitting the reservoir in such a manner that no packing is required, and further in the provision of a dipping-cup 2 at a lower level than the top of the reservoir 5 and communicating with the latter by means of a straight passage 6. The screws are preferably of a slow pitch. Several dipping-cups may be supplied from one reservoir. On the plunger being screwed down, the ink is supplied to the cup, and when it is unscrewed, the ink flows back to the reservoir. Recesses 7 may be formed to support a pen.
Patent GB-190613029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Variable Speed Gearing.
Inventor: WINTON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1906-06-05
Granted: 1907-06-05
Abstract: 1 3 , 0 2 9. Winton, A., and Anderson, H. B. June 5. Variable-speed and revers. ing gearing. - A toothed variable-speed and reverse gearing applicable to automobiles is characterized by some of the gears being loosely mounted and adapted to be brought into mesh with other gears before being clutched to their shafts, to avoid damage to the teeth. The driving-shaft 1 carries two fixed gears 14, 15 and a loose gear 6, the latter transmitting a direct drive to the driven shaft 2 when moved into engagement with the internal gear 5 carried on the enlarged end thereof. A countershaft 7<a> carries a fixed gear 8' and loose gears 9, 10, 11, and 12. All the gears are controlled by three arms 18, 21, and 27, which are fixed, respectively, upon the slidable rods 34, 33, and 32. The movement of these rods is regulated by the guide-plate 30, Fig. 4, and is effected by a control lever 36 which both slides and rotates upon the transverse shaft 37 and always brings the gear trains to the neutral position shown before effecting a change or reverse. The rods are retained in their various positions by spring-pressed plungers 39, Fig. 3, which enter spherical recesses 38. As the plate 30 indicates, there are five changes, four gear ratios and a reverse. The arm 18 controls the loose pinion 6 on the driving-shaft 1 and the broad pinion 9 meshing with an external gear 4 on the drivenshaft end 3. When this arm is moved to the left, the pinion 6 first engages the gear 5 and subsequently the lugs 8, which clutch it to the driving-shaft 1, a direct drive being then effected with all the other gears disengaged. When the arm 18 is moved to the right, the loose gear 9 re-engages the gear 4 and is subsequently clutched to the countershaft by the engaging parts 16, 17 ; the gear 6, at the same time, engages first the fixed gear 8<1> and then the clutch key 20. The gear train 6, 8<1>, 9, 4 gives the third speed. The first and second speeds are obtained by moving the arm 21 to left or right, the gear trains then being respectively 14, 12, 9, 4 and 15, 11, 9, 4. The single movement of the arm 27 to the right brings the intermediate pinion 26 into mesh with the gear 14 to effect a reverse, the train being 14, 26, 10, 9, 4. In each of these cases, by the arrangement of the keys 22, 24, &c. the gears are clutched to their shafts after the meshing engagement is effected. To obtain the direct drive at the third instead of the highest speed, the gear 4 is placed behind the gear 5 and is of reduced diameter so that the train 6, 8<1>, 9, 4 becomes an increasing instead of a reducing gear.
Patent GB-190618761-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Cooling the Grips of Charging Machines used in connection with Heating-furnaces for Iron and Steel
Inventor: COWAN JOHN
Filed: 1906-08-22
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 18,761. Cowan, J. Aug. 22. Charging and discharging. - For cooling the grips of charging-machines used for placing steel slabs in and removing them from heating-furnaces, water under pressure is sprayed over them from perforated pipes arranged as shown in elevation in Fig. 3. The pipes are arranged in a recess C<1> in the floor, the base of the recess being perforated to drain off the water. Water which enters the pipe A passes to a central pipe or pipes D, which are perforated on the upper surface to spray water upwards, and to branches D', D' connected to U-shaped swivelling pipes E, E<1> which may be swung so as to lie in the recess C<1>, or vertically so as to envelop or extend over or around the grips to be cooled. A cock (not shown) is provided on the pipe A to regulate the supply of water.
Patent GB-190626414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Creating an Artificial Current of Air.
Inventor: TAAFFE RICHARD
Filed: 1906-11-21
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 26,414. Taaffe, R. Nov. 21. Compressing.- Relates to apparatus for creating a current of air, which is applicable for propelling flying - machines, and for ventilating purposes, of the type comprising a chamber fitted with an oscillating vane acting as a piston. The vanes H, H<1> are supported on sliding pins or shafts J carrying rollers working in covered slots S' in the chambers P. By means of shafts A, B, carrying cranks E arranged at right-angles to each other, the vanes are brought from their diagonal position to a position parallel and close to one of the walls, then into the opposite diagonal position, and afterwards into a position parallel and close to the opposite wall, thereby propelling fluid in an upward or downward direction, according to the direction of rotation of the shafts. To diminish leakage, the working faces of the vanes and walls may present inclines, as shown. The chamber may be formed with funnel-shaped ends t, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190626718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mine Shafts.
Inventor: HIEGEMANN ADAM
Filed: 1906-11-24
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 26,718. Hiegemann, A. Nov. 24. Shocks, preventing.-To compensate the shocks to which mine cages are exposed when abutting against the bottom of the shaft, a piston or float is provided, having one or more spring buffers 4 at the top and moving in one of the tubes 2 of a water- 1 e v e 1 apparatus. Taps 7, 6 are provided for emptying and filling the communicating tubes. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 3335, A.D. 1880, and No 8814, A.D. 1892.]
Patent GB-190626748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Dusting Appliances.
Inventor: COLSON JOHN ST CLAIR
Filed: 1906-11-24
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 26,748. Colson, J. St. C. Nov. 24. Vacuum cleaning- apparatus.-In the device shown, a brushb issecured to a nozzle, the upper part of which is screw - threaded to receive a conical shield d locked in position by a nut e. Dust is drawn from between the brush and the shield through holes f in the upper part of the nozzle ; dust is also drawn through the brush stock.
Patent GB-190629587-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Machine for the Manufacture of Buttons.
Inventor: PRYM AUGUST
Filed: 1906-12-28
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 29,587. Prym, A. Jan. 22, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stud-and-socket fastenings. - In a machine for making spring buttons, a strip 38, Fig. 1, provided with a number of cupped projections is fed in, and these cups are slit by circular saws 21 or by punches. Disks concentric with the cups are then punched out and dished and carried on a turret a to a point B, where the springs, which have been bent up from wire, are inserted. The blanks are then conveyed to the point C, the ends are turned over, and the finished articles are ejected. The springs are bent from wire by mechanism described in Specification No. 29,588, A.D. 1906, and are carried by slides 4, 6 and dropped into a guide 9, Fig. 5<c>, provided with a spreading peg t. A lever-operated plunger 10 then drives the spring over the peg t on to the bottom blank, the spring engaging the slits in the cup projections. The pawl-actuated turret, which is provided with spring jaws 39, Fig. 1, then moves to the point C, where the plunger e' drives the blank into the die c, Fig. 6 ; this die is then moved under an upper die 13 which closes over the edge of the blank ; the die 13 on rising carries with it the finished article, which is then removed by an ejector f.
Patent GB-190700932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lasts for Making Boots and Shoes
Inventor: SMITH JOSEPH JAMES
Filed: 1907-01-14
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 932. Smith, J. J. Jan. 14. Lasts.-Relates to a last which can be expanded and contracted at its ball portion. The last is turned to an excess size, and is then divided by two longitudinal and slightly tapering saw cuts 10, 11, Fig. 1, to form two side pieces and a middle' piece. The inner side piece 12 is continuous from heel to toe, but the outer side piece is divided by a V-cleft 13 to form a section 14, which is laterally adjustable. The middle piece is divided into two parts 18, 19, Figs. 1, 7, and 8, one of which is shortened so that when the parts are re-fitted a recess 20, Fig. 8, will be formed. The part 18 of the middle piece is replaced in the heel part of the last, and is secured by glue and the pins 16, 17 which unite the part 15 of the outer side piece to the inner side piece 12. The section 14 is tied to the last by a slide-plate 21, Fig. 8, one end of which is secured by screws 22 in a recess 23 in the inner face of the outer side piece, while the other end is bored to receive a tapered pin 24, which is surrounded by a spring 25. This spring tends to expand the last, while the pin serves both to draw the section 14 tightly back against the heel part 15 when the last is expanded, and to relieve the friction of the slide plate on the pin when the section 14 is pressed inwards. The part 19 of the middle piece constitutes a removable filler or key for making the last solid when in use. It is maintained in place by a spring bolt 26, Fig. 8, which snaps into a bevelled hole 27, Fig. 7, in the key, and a leaf spring which engages a projection 31 on the rear upper end of the key. The latter is recessed at 29 to enable it readily to pass the bolt 26. Both catches yield automatically in locking and unlocking. The key is removed by inserting a last hook in a hole 32 near its upper end. Before the pin 24 is driven into place, the various parts are temporarily secured together by wood screws, and the last is re-turned.
Patent GB-190701949-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to Motor Car Bodies
Inventor: DIESEL RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-01-25
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 1949. Diesel, R. Jan, 25. Undercarriages. - The bodies of motor r o a d vehicles are displaced for inspection of the driving- mechanism, by moving them rearwardly on rollers mounted in a vertical plane passing through the centre of gravity, and afterwards tilting them about the roller axes. Fig. 1 shows a car body provided with rollers b mounted on short axles situated approximately beneath the centre of gravity of the body. The body is moved rearwardly until the rollers abut against curved stops k, and is then tilted into the position shown in dotted lines. The rollers may be mounted in eccentric bearings, so that the car body may be lowered on to the car frame instead of resting on the rollers. Any other suitable device, such as that shown in Fig. 2, may be employed to perform this action. Or they may be mounted at the ends of a single axle extending the whole width of the vehicle, and the axle may be arrested to tilt the car body.
Patent GB-190704922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Speed Transmission Gears.
Inventor: TEICH OTTO ALFRED
Filed: 1907-02-28
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 4922. Teich, O. A. March 10, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Toothed gearing.-Relates to a construction of epicyclic speed-reducing gearing of the type in which a backward variable or other motion is given to an intermediate planet element. The driving - shaft 2 carries a sunpinion 1 meshing with a planet-pinion 5 fast upon a spindle 6 supported by a rotatable arm or plate 7. The pinion 5 meshes with an annulus 4 secured to the driven shaft 3. The retrograde motion is imparted to the pinion 5 by means of back gearing consisting of a pinion 10 fast on the spindle 6 gearing with a fixed sun-pinion 12 through a planetary idler 11. The wheels 11, 12 may be replaced by wheels of different sizes to vary the velocity-ratio, and to this end the spindle of the wheel 11 is mounted in a slot 20 in the plate 7. A casing 19 surrounds the gear. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 comprises also certain modified arrangements of back gearing. In one of these, the element corresponding to the pinion 10 gears directly with a fixed toothed annulus. In another a countershaft is employed. In a third arrangement, the element corresponding to the wheel 12 may be independently driven. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190705329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Pneumatic Tyres for the Purpose of Rendering them Puncture Proof.
Inventor: HENRY JAMES EDWARD
Filed: 1907-03-05
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 5329. Henry, J. E. March 5. Tyres, pneumatic. - Puncture-preventing bands for pneumatic tyres are formed of overlapping plates 7, a protective strip 6 being placed between these plates and the air-tube. The plates 7 extend below the rim, and are secured to floating side rings 8 and to the protective strip and outer cover 9 by cementing for a short distance only from the side rings.
Patent GB-190705495-A (GB)
Title: A Fuel-economizing Block for Fire-places
Inventor: DUERR FRIEDRICH GOTTHOLD
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 5495. D³rr, F. G. March 7. Fuel-economizers.- Fire-clay &c. blocks a. with. vertical front faces and inclined upper surfaces, are grouped together to form a fuel-economizer.
Patent GB-190707729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear.
Inventor: PLATZ WILHELM
Filed: 1907-04-02
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 7729. Platz, W. April 2. Valves and valve-gear.-The separate inlet and exhaust lift valves 1, 2, 3, 4 are loose upon the rods 6, 5 which move them, and are operated by the collars 7, 8 attached. to the rods. Springs 9 are interposed between the collars 7 and the valves. The collar 8 on the rod 5 may be lengthened and made to fit the sleeve 16.
Patent GB-190710389-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for Soaping or similarly Lubricating Wire in the Process of Wire Drawing.
Filed: 1907-05-04
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 10,389. Slinger Wire Block Co., and Slinger, R. P. May 4. Drawing.-For supplying soap or like lubricant to wire in drawing operations, a box b is secured to the frame of the machine and is provided with a tube d rotated by a pulley e. The wire c passes through the tube, which is provided with a partition d<2> and has perforations d<1> through which the soap can pass back into the box and so prevent clogging in the tube. A spiral groove or rib f on the tube serves to force the soap back to the inlet end of the box as the tube rotates. The inlet guide b<1> is placed in relation to the tube d so that the wire passes through the latter at an angle.
Patent GB-190713899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stone Breaking or Crushind Machines.
Inventor: DAVID DANIEL
Filed: 1907-06-15
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 13,899. David, D. June 15. Crushers with vibrating jaws.-The jaws b, c of a stone-crusher are serrated horizontally, the pitch of the serrations increasing from the lower or pivot end upwards. The teeth on one jaw may come opposite the recesses in the other jaw. The swing jaw c is pivoted near its lower end on an adjustable spindle d and is actuated by a rocking lever e. According to the Provisional Specification, a vertical reciprocating movement may be superposed on the angular vibration of the swing jaw by adapting the pivot to yield downwards against the action of a spring on the jaws closing, and a spring is inserted between the jaw or the connecting-rod and the toggles to allow the jaws to yield when any unduly hard substance passes between them.