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Patent GB-190517507-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Instantaneously Releasing Cattle from their Stalls
Inventor: THOMSON JOHN
Filed: 1905-08-30
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 17,507. Thomson, J. Aug. 30. Fire-escapes.-In apparatus for releasing cattle from their stalls in cases of emergency, there is arranged above the stalls a length of shafting adapted to be partially rotated by the mechanism shown in Fig. 6, comprising a hand-lever A', links a<2>, a<3>, and a lever A' fixed to the shafting A. Above each stall the shafting is provided with a forked projection, on which rests a tube D, Fig. 3, adapted to slide on an upright b. When the shaft A is rotated, the tuba D is released, slides down the upright b, and rotates a pivoted catch c. A spring c<4> then forces a cup c' along a rod c', and a tapered split plug c<3> is released. A pivoted rod C<2>, to the end of which the lower half of the split plug c<3> is fixed, is thus free to fall and release the fastening-device C<5>.
Patent GB-190518195-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Photographic Printing Frame
Inventor: GALE WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-09-08
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 18,195. Gale, W. Sept. 8. Printing.-In printing-frames, for bromide and gas-light papers, the exposure is given by passing a slot across the negative. The slot b is formed in a slide a, which runs in side grooves on the frame, and each end A, B of which is wider than the exposing-aperture, in order to protect the paper both before and after exposure. An auxiliary slide D is used in combination with the main slide to vary the slot b. For time exposures, the slide a is formed in two separate parts A, B joined together ordinarily by side links J. The part B covering the paper is moved to expose the negative, which is recovered by the other part A after the exposure.
Patent GB-190521472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Padlock Lockets for Bracelet Attachments and the like
Inventor: WILCOX THOMAS
Filed: 1905-10-23
Granted: 1905-12-21
Abstract: 21,472. Wilcox, T., [trading as Wilcox & Son,M.]. Oct. 23. Padlocks. - Relates to a padlock fastening for bracelets and the like. The bow 6 of a padlock, made with hinged halves to serve as a locket, is secured by a peg 3 fixed to the interior of the lid 1, and taking into a hole 5 in the end of the bow when the lid is shut. In a modification, shown in Fig. 5, two pegs 13, 14 are fixed to the lid, and engage with an enlargement 16 or with slots formed in the end of the bow. The usual means adopted for lockets are provided for keeping the lid 1 closed.
Patent GB-190527062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Surface Condensers, of Steam Engines.
Inventor: FIDLER THOMAS CLAXTON
Filed: 1905-12-28
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 27,062. Fidler, T. C. Dec. 28. Condensers. -To obtain a more uniform distribution of water than usual, the tubes of condensers are provided at their inlet ends with covers or diaphragms, each of which is pierced with a comparatively small hole. The orifice J may be of circular or other section, and of cylindrical or tapered form, the preferred construction being conoidal, as shown in Fig. 3. The diaphragm may be made in one with the ferrule, as N, Fig. 3:; it may be adapted to screw into the ferrule,'as shown in Fig. 5 ; or it may be held in place between the ferrule and a hollow plug p, Fig. 7. In a further construction, the cover is secured in or upon the end of the tube. According to the Provisional Specification, the contracted orifice may be situated in the outlet end of the tubes.
Patent GB-190600504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reinforced Concrete or like Piles, Pillars and Columns.
Inventor: HUGHES EDMUND
Filed: 1906-01-08
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 504. Hughes, E. Jan. 8. Piles.-A pile consists of a solid or hollow metal column b having a number of flanged ribs or wings forming grooves for bonding with a concrete covering and filling. External grooves, holes, indents, or recesses f may be provided for the attachment of struts and braces.
Patent GB-190600929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filaments for Incandescent Electric Lamps
Filed: 1906-01-12
Granted: 1907-01-12
Abstract: 929. British Thomson - Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 12. Incandescent lamps.-Filaments and the like are made from metallic nitrides stable at high temperatures, for instance those of the rare metals cerium, yttrium, and lanthanum. Cerium nitride may be obtained by the exothermic combination of its elements at a red heat. The nitride is mixed with a binding-material such as paraffin, and fashioned into rods or filaments, which are heated to a sintering temperature by the passage of an electric current.
Patent GB-190605480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Spars applicable for Marine and other purposes.
Inventor: TATCHELL PERCY
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 5480. Tatchell, P. March 6. Spars for the booms of sails &c. are braced by means of stays which can be adjusted to obtain any required degree of curvature of the spars. Fig. 8 shows in plan a mainsail boom c of rectangular, cruciform, or other section, connected to a mast b and provided with struts d, the ends of which are forked or notched and may be furnished with runners d', over which pass stays e, adapted to be tightened by means of tackle g or screws, winches, or the like. By slackening one stay and tightening the other, any desired curvature of the boom may be obtained, the slack stay being afterwards tightened in this position of the boom, and the ropes g<1> of the tackle g fastened to cleats a' on the deck. In a modifiation, shown in elevation in Fig. 14, the stays e are led around guide pulleys h<2>, h<3> to a winch g on the deck and are provided with adjusting-screws g#. The winch g simultaneously tightens one stay and slackens the other. In the modification shown in Fig. 16, the stays e pass around pulleys h<3#> and are fastened at g<3> to a lever g, working over a segmental rack g<2>, adapted to fix the lever in any desired position.
Patent GB-190605992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipes or Conduits and in Tubular Fittings.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1906-06-28
Abstract: 5992. Imray, O., [Safety-Armorite Conduit Co.]. March 12. Drawings to Specification. Metal pipes and tubes for electric wires &c. are coated on their interior with an enamel, and on their exterior with zinc by electro-deposition. The enamel may be made up of 1 gallon of heavy black varnish, 1 pint of boiled linseed oil, and 3 pints of turpentine. This enamel is flowed over the inner surface and allowed to drain, and the pipe is then baked at a temperature of about 250‹ F. for about three and a half hours.
Patent GB-190606050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Breakwaters for the Prevention of Erosion of Land bordering on Sea Coasts and Rivers and for Accumulating Deposits
Inventor: WORTHINGTON JOHN
Filed: 1906-03-13
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 6050. Worthington, J., and Worthington, H. March 13. Groins and the like, beach.-Groins for preventing the erosion of seacoasts and river banks are constructed of intersecting lines of wire fencing or netting as shown in plan and elevation in Figs. 1 and 2, respectively. The posts are embedded in concrete, and the pockets, formed by the intersection of the wires, may be filled with brambles or the like.
Patent GB-190606389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to a Method of Bleaching or Conditioning Flour or other Ground Cereal.
Inventor: LITTLE LUCIUS FREEMAN
Filed: 1906-03-16
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 6389. Little, L. F. March 16. Bleaching flour and meal.-Flour or other ground cereal is bleached or conditioned by means of nitrogen peroxide gas supplied under pressure. One or more gas bottles B containing the compressed gas and provided with.valved outlets are connected by a pipe C to the reel A containing the flour &c. Or the pipe C may discharge into an intermediate chamber communicating with one or more reels A. Simultaneously with the admission of the gas, air may be blown into the reel, or into the intermediate chamber or the pipe C.
Patent GB-190608886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Combustion Turbines and the like.
Inventor: FERRANTI SEBASTIAN ZIANI DE
Filed: 1906-04-12
Granted: 1907-07-12
Abstract: 8886. Ferranti, S. Z. de. April 12. Elastic-fluid turbines. - Relates to means for securing a sufficient range of expansion with combustion turbines using a low initial pressure by providing them with a suction exhaust apparatus, and applicable among other turbines to those described in Specifications No. 2565, A.D. 1895, No. 13,199, A.D. 19U3, No. 1409, A.D. 1904, and No. 19,912, A.D. 1905. As applied to a turbine working with atmospheric pressure as the maximum pressure, a supply of combustible gas is obtained from a suction gas producer a, Fig. 1, a vaporizer, carburetter, or other source, and supplies combustion chambers c which are also supplied with air sucked in through regenerators d. The combustion products pass through nozzles h and drive the turbine i. The turbine casing k is connected through the regenerators to an isothermal exhaust pump o having intermediate stage coolers r, the exhaust pump sucking the gases out of the turbine casing and discharging them into the atmosphere. A starting-device consists of a turbocompressor w or other compressor which pumps air into a chamber t, from which it is taken to drive an auxiliary starting turbine u on the main shaft. When the invention is adapted to the turbine described in Specification No. 19,912, A.D. 1905, supplementary nozzles are provided for one wheel and driven by air from a chamber to start the turbine. The combustion products are cooled by the addition of an inert fluid such as air or products of combustion. When the invention is worked in conjunction with the turbines described in Specifications No. 2565, A.D. 1895, No. 13,199, A.D. 1903, No. 1409, A.D. 1904, and No. 19,912, A.D. 1905, a multistage isothermal turbo-compressor is provided on the turbine shaft and supplies the gas producer or combustion chamber or both. Or the compressing and exhausting systems may be separate from the main turbine. The turbo-compressor may be replaced by a liquid compressor pump such as is described in Specification No. 22,846, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.]. In another modification, the exhaust of an internal-combustion engine supplies the turbine which utilizes the energy in the exhaust. The turbine may be started by exhaust gases from a storage chamoer. The turbine may be supplied with gases from a blast furnace or from a coke oven, and when the coke oven gases are incompletely burnt they are fed into a combustion chamber.
Patent GB-190608979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bread Bashing and Stamping Machines.
Inventor: MCCONNELL SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-04-14
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 8979. McConnell, S., and Parkinson, F. W. April 14. Moulding bread.-In a beating and stamping machine for unbaked loaves of bread, a travelling web e, mounted on rollers d, d', passes along the table a, and is provided with eyelets to engage with sprocket points f on the roller d, which is driven by a pawl and ratchet, the pawl i being connected to a link j, which is loosely mounted on the shaft of the rollers d and receives an oscillatory motion from the connecting-rod m and cam l, the shaft k of the latter being driven from the main shaft n by suitable mechanism. Working in the race of the cam is a roller or other device r<2>, attached to a connecting-rod r<1>, which is joined at the top to an horizontal beating bar r, and imparts to it, and to the stamping-dies fixed to it, an up and down movement in the slot p<1> of the upright p. Fixed to the other end of the table is a timing and setting device, comprising an upright 8, provided with a slot s<1> in which an horizontal bar s<2> moves in synchronism with the bar r, being actuated by a cord t, passing over pulleys u and joined to the beating-bar r. The cam l is so shaped as to give a period of rest to the bar r at each end of its stroke. Similar sets of mechanism are provided at the other aide of the table.
Patent GB-190609564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Glass Bottles and like Articles.
Inventor: PHILIPPOTEAUX ALBERT
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 9564. Philippoteaux, A. April 24. Blowing and moulding bottles. -Relates to a modification of the machine described in Specification No. 23,552, A.D. 1904, for the purpose of adapting it to the manufacture of long-necked bottles. The ring mould 4 is capable of sliding vertically in the parison mould 5. The molten metal is placed in the parison mould while the parts are in the position shown. The ring mould 4 is then lowered so as to draw the neck out to the required length. The parison-mould halves are then drawn aside, and the blowing-mould 9 closed round the parison. The blowing is then completed in the usual way. The device may be applied to bottle-blowing machines of the turn-over type.
Patent GB-190610958-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Appliances and Brakes for the Prevention of Skidding or Side-slipping of Motor-omnibuses Motor Cars and other Road Vehicles
Inventor: MORANT ERNEST
Filed: 1906-05-10
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 10,958. Morant, E., and Groves, W. May 10. Brakes.-The brake is for preventing motoromnibuses, motor - cars, and other road vehicles from skidding or sideslipping. A block or cup 2 is mounted on an arm 3 at each end of a cross-bar 4, which can slide in guides 5 under the control of springs 6. The blocks 2 may be pressed on to the ground, through the medium of a link 9, by moving a pedal 7 into the position shown in dotted lines, or the brake may be hand-operated. The blocks 2 may each comprise a flanged rubber cup 11 secured in a metal cap 10 on the rod 3 by a nut 13 and washer ; or grooved or other blocks, made of or faced with rubber or other material, may be employed. The rods 3 may be adapted to act as plungers in vertical tubes on the bar 4; or the guides 5 may be hinged to the vehicle and forced downwards, to a limited extent by plate springs. According to the Provisional Specification, the brake blocks may be faced with leather and studs, and the brake may be operated by a wire rope with pulleys.
Patent GB-190620994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Devices of Explosion Engines.
Inventor: KUTZBACH KARL
Filed: 1906-09-21
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 20,994. Kutzbach, K. Sept. 30, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Gas and like engines, starting in. Two-strokecycle engines having a separate pump are started by admitting compressed air or gas to the pump through its suction valve, the air or gas after expansion being delivered to the working cylinder to flush it and form the new charge. The invention consists in providing a three-way cock h in the suction pipe g to put the pump into communication either with the atmospheric pipe i or the pressure pipe k. Fig. 1 shows a two or three cylinder engine, in which the crank of each pump d is at 180 or 120 degrees from the crank of the cylinder which it serves. As shown in Fig. 2, the motor piston a forms the distributing-valve of the pump, the crank of which is ninety degrees in advance of the motor crank. The pump is open to the pipe g at about a quarter out-stroke and again about three-quarters out-stroke, and it is open to the cylinder at the end of the out-stroke of the motor piston.
Patent GB-190625177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Taps.
Inventor: MINTER HENRY LAVENDER
Filed: 1906-11-08
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 25,177. Minter, H. L. Nov. 8. Rotary disk valves.-A valve for high pressure consists of a casing a and a part b having an outlet h and a seat d, on which is a rotary disk e having. ports corresponding to similar ones in the seat. The valve is actuated by a handle i attached to a hollow spindle j, which passes through a tube o in the casing and slides in and turns the disk but is not fixed to it, thus allowing for wear. A spring p, beneath a pin m attached to the disk, presses the valve on to its seat.
Patent GB-190625748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speedometers.
Inventor: STEWART JOHN KERWIN
Filed: 1906-11-14
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 25,748. Stewart, J. K. Nov. 14. Speed indicators of the centrifugal type are provided with a rectifying-cam to cause equal increments of speed to produce equal movements of the pointer, the cam being actuated by a flange on the governor sleeve. A fly-wheel 4 is carried in pivots 4<a> on a rotated shaft 2, and is forced into an inclined position by a spring 20 bearing against the extremity of a link 6, which connects the flywheel to a spring-controlled sleeve 5 splined to the shaft 3. The pointer 12 moving across the scale 13 is carried on an arbor 11, which is also provided with a crank 14 connected by a link 15 to an arm 16 pivoted at 17. The arm 15 carries the piece 19 formed with cam-surfaces 19<a>, 19<b>, adapted to engage with the edge 9<a> of a flanged extension of the sleeve 5, and shaped to equalize the divisions of the scale 13.
Patent GB-190626167-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cap for Closing Orifices in the Metallic Walls of Steam Heaters Boilers and the like.
Inventor: OLDENBORGER VLADIMIR
Filed: 1906-11-19
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 26,167. Oldenborger, V. Nov. 19. Hand-hole doors.-A cap or plug for closing the orifices through which a tube-expander or other tool has been inserted, in the metallic walls of heaters, superheaters, boilers, &c, consists of a coned metallic thimble b, which has a parallel portion near its open end and a length of more than twice, and preferably not less than three times its internal diameter. The plug is expanded into place.
Patent GB-190701227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: ROGERSON THOMAS BOND
Filed: 1907-01-17
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 1227. Rogerson, T. B. Jan. 17. Spring wheels.- Compound wheels of the kind in which a free rigid rim, forming a track, surrounds an inner wheel fitted with a pneumatic tyre, are fitted with spring- pressed bearings, which are arranged between the sides of the inner rim and the overlapping sides of the free rim, and may be adjustable. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the inner rim b is formed with transverse circular apertures, into each of which are fitted, alternately disposed towards opposite side?, anadjustable bolt k, a screwed and shouldered collar i, two disks f, f<1> enclosing a spring e, and a block g of antifriction metal sliding in a short flanged tube h. In one modification, the blocks g are square, and are supported on groups of non- adjustable springs. Similarly, in a second modification, an antifriction ring, integral or sectional, rests upon a corrugated spring band fitted between continuous flanges on a plate attached to the rim. The devices may be fitted to the outer side plates l, or to the plates and rim. The blocks may be formed of sections of rings, and the spaces between filled in with pieces of wood.
Patent GB-190701514-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Collar Stud.
Inventor: JOWETT HARRY
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1908-01-21
Abstract: 1514. Jowett, H. Jan. 21. Studs.-A stud for use at the back of shirt necks comprises an oval dished base A, from which projects centrally a rigid oval shank B bent lengthways to the base in the form of a hook C. Specifications No. 712, A.D. 1863, and No. 2566, A.D. 1887, are referred to.
Patent GB-190704223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Straw and other Hats.
Inventor: WRIGHT FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-02-20
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 4223. Wright, F., and Childs, A. D. Feb. 20. Felt hats; silk hats; straw hats; hats provided with appliances for securing to head.-Hats, of which the brim and the lower portion of the crown are not treated with the ordinary stiffening-solutions, are provided instead with stiffening-appliances, such as resilient wires or plates adapted to fit the angle formed by the crown portion and the brim so as to enable the hat to conform to the contour of the head. Angleshaped stiffening-plates c are secured to the unstiffened portion of the crown by an eyelet c<3> and to the brim by stitching, the thread being passed through the aperture c<2>. The hat is provided with an inner lining d, and the underneath portion of the brim is covered by a layer of lining b<1>. The resilient stiffening-pieces may consist of separate plates or wires inserted in the lower portion of the crown and in the brim respectively. The stiffening- blades may be formed in one piece by bending a band of metal into L-section and slitting it on one side of the bend ; the unslit part is secured to the inside of the crown, and the slit portion to the underside of the brim.
Patent GB-190705221-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Cleansing Composition or Wash for Linen and the like.
Inventor: MORGENSTIERNE CHRISTIAN FREDRI
Filed: 1907-03-04
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 5221. Morgenstierne, C. F. J. M. March 4. Cleansing-compositions or washes for linen. &c. comprise water, sodium hydrate, sodium carbonate, sodium sulphate, sodium chloride, sodium silicate, pearl ash, and sodium aluminate. An example of proportions is given in which sodium hydrate constitutes most of the solid part of the compound.
Patent GB-190711410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with, Scenery for Stage Interiors.
Inventor: POOLE GERALD WILLIAM SEALY
Filed: 1907-05-15
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 11,410. Poole, G. W. S. May 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Theatrical appliances.-Flats or sections a for constructing the insides of rooms &c. are provided with additional change scene cloths or curtains c which can be pulled down over rollers b to represent different interiors without the necessity of changing the flats. The curtains are secured to the floor by eyes d or other devices, and are stretched by weights or springs at the back. To enable performers to pass through doors or openings in the flats, the curtains not in use are held away from the frame by a hinged ledge f. The ends of the rollers are retained by pivoted plates or pawls a<3> in slots or bearings a' in detachable plates or extensions a' adapted to slide in guides at the upper ends of the flats. The flats are connected together by cleats and ropes in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190719214-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Summing and Indicating the Working Periods of Engines, Machinery and the like.
Inventor: MCKENZIE JOHN
Filed: 1907-08-27
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 19,214. McKenzie, J. Aug. 27. Stop-mechanism.-In a device for indicating the period of working of a machine, a plug C is, when the machine is at rest, adapted to press upon a lever M' pivoted to the clock casing so as to bring a strip of flexible metal M mounted on the lever M' into the path of a pin N on the balance-wheel 0 or on the pallet. The strip M allows the pin to pass in one direction, but resists its return. A disk T, disposed in front of the clock face, is mounted on a wire connected to the pallet, and serves by its movement to show whether the clock is in working order.
Patent GB-190719923-A (GB)
Title: Engraving Mills
Filed: 1907-09-06
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 19,923. Ker, C. A., and Calico Printers' Association. Sept. 6. Stamping.-A plain engraving-mill is fitted with a flat engraved plate, preferably of steel, which is detachably secured to the mill, and a series of plates which are easily stored can be used instead of employing a large number of engraved mills. Each plate can be rotated on the mill so that a "tossed" design can obtained. As shown, a circular plate d is secured to a mill a by means of a set-pin or The like c, which is passed through one of a series of holes e in the plate, and by means of a hook f which is made to engage the diametrical hole e. The plate d is made to conform to the shape of the mill by means of a wire &c. g, which is tensioned by a small drum h in a recess i in the mill. The drum h is wound up by a tommy inserted in one of a series of holes l, and a ratchet m and pawl n hold thedrum. Polygonal &c. plates may be used, and in the case of large plates a series of tightening-devices may be employed. According to the Provisional Specification, the wires may be stretched by revolving pins turned by a wrench in the same way as for piano wires.