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Patent GB-190620279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pressure-eliminating Closing Devices.
Inventor: GAUSE CARL
Filed: 1906-09-12
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 20,279. Cause, C., and Conrady, P. Sept. 12. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-A rotating shaft - carries a disk which is pressed against a stationary seating by fluid or spring pressure. The piston d, Fig. 3, carries a disk e which is pressed against the seating f by springs k acting on a ring g running on ball bearings. The springs may abut against a strap, or the whole may be enclosed in an outer casing l. In the latter case, leakage in the space m acting on the greater exposed surface of the disk will hold the disk on its seating. In some cases, oil or other liquid or steam reduced in pressure by a reducing-valve, is admitted to the space m. Where two pistons d are on the same shaft, common springs k may act between the two packing-disks e. In the engine shown in Fig. 11, the cylinders a, d' act also as pistons to the cylinders enclosing them. The cylinder d<1> forms the packing-disk for all the cylinders. A rotary valve is packed in the same way by its pressure on its seating. Fig. 15 shows a method of taking thrust on a shaft c by the pressure of steam admitted by a passage o on a disk e mounted on the shaft; there may be two disks in order to take thrust in either direction.
Patent GB-190623141-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Underframings of Cycle Saddles
Inventor: BROOKS JOHN BOULTBEE
Filed: 1906-10-19
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 23,141. Brooks, J. B., and Holt, J. Oct. 19. Saddles.-A cycle-saddle underframing is constructed from a number of wires or members, which are adapted to be tied or braced together by the attachment clip b and are so arranged that the parts a<1> extending to the rear of the clip serve as girder-like or cantilever supports for the back springs a<4> of the saddle, whereas the forwardlyextending parts a<2> are evolved into loop coils c<1>, c<2>, arranged side by side and adapted to serve as spring supports for the peak. As shown, the base bracket is made from four wires arranged in pairs one above the other on the two sides of the structure, the rear ends of each pair being secured together. The lower members are arranged parallel with one another in advance of the attachment clip, while the upper members are cranked slightly inwards to allow the coils c<2> to be disposed between the coils c<1>, the arms or stays c<3>, c<4> from the fronts of the springs terminating in a fitting d which is connected to the peak plate e by the tension pin e<1>. The stretcher-members are hinged or jointed to the fitting d by means of a cross-piece or loop f<1> passing through a sleeve or loop d<2>. According to the Provisional Specification, the fitting or the pin may carry the loop d<2> and, when the loops are disposed other than side by side, those springs less influenced by stresses may be made from lighter-gauge wire.
Patent GB-190623399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Spring Buffers
Inventor: MCKAY PETER
Filed: 1906-10-22
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 23,399. McKay, P. Oct. 22. Springs; axles, attaching to springs.-Semi-elliptic vehicle bearing-springs are relieved from shock by fitting them with rubber cushions with which the body comes into contact when heavily loaded. A tube 6, connected to a plate 7 on the spring 5, telescopes between tubes 8, 9, which are separated by a distance-piece 11 and connected to a plate 10; the parts being guided by the engagement of screws 13 with slots 12 in the tube 6. The tube 8 is fitted with a disk 14 adapted to bear upon a rubber cushion 15, while the plate 10 is provided with rubber cushions 16, 17 detachably secured by screws 18, the upper portion 17 being softer than the remaining portion 16. The device is secured to the spring 5 and axle 23 by clips 20, passing round plates 7,22 and connected at their lower ends, by nuts 26 and spring locking-plates 27, to a plate 25 under the axle. In a modification, the cushion 16 has a central depending portion which enters a recess in the plate 10, being secured therein by a screw, while the plate 10 extends downwards within the tube 9 and replaces the tube 8 and disk 14.
Patent GB-190624057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to the Production of Sacramental Wafers and Altar Bread, and in Appliances to be used in connection therewith.
Inventor: BAXTER MAUD
Filed: 1906-10-29
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 24,057. Baxter, M. Oct. 29. Moulding biscuits. -Sacramental wafers and altar bread are divided into sections b by pressing the sheet of dough into a mould plate d, which is crossed by two series of ridges e at right-angles to each other, the dough being thus divided into sections by grooves a so that the wafer sheet may be broken into a number of equal parts when required. Other moulds for the same purpose are described, in which the dough is moulded into diamond and circular sections.
Patent GB-190624209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Maximum Demand Indicators for Electrical Measuring Instruments.
Filed: 1906-10-30
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 24,209. Garrard, C. C., and Ferranti, Ltd. Oct. 30. Current meters.-In a maximum - demand indicator, air in a closed vessel b is heated by the current and moves a column of mercury, by which a series of indicating-devices, such as fuses, are put in circuit one after another. The whole or part of the current passes through a heating- coil a in the vessel b, which is joined to an equal vessel by a U-tube c containing the mercury. The fuses hare connected between a terminal of the coil a and contacts f sealed through the tube c. The mercury in the tube c is connected by a wire to the other terminal of the coil a, so that as soon as it reaches a contact f the corresponding fuse is put in circuit and blown. Instead of this arrangement, pairs of contacts may be sealed through the tube, or wires of different lengths may pass down inside the tube. The fuses may be mounted on a removable insulating-block, provided with a scale indicating amperes and with sliding contacts for making the connexions. The U-tube c is made with an enlargement e at the bend, and may have a by-pass and cock between the two limbs for equalizing the pressure, or the bulbs may be stoppered for that purpose.
Patent GB-190625033-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical Pneumatic Spring for Vehicles.
Inventor: BRADLEY JOHN
Filed: 1906-11-07
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 25,033. Bradley, J. Nov. 7. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Springs.-A pneumatic spring for vehicles comprises a closed cylinder A containing compressed air, in which works a piston B fitted with a cup - leather C. The piston-rod E passes through a spiral spring D and cover H, and is pivoted at F to the vehicle body. A number of such springs may be fitted to the vehicle, and may be in connexion with each other and with a pneumatic pump by a pipe K attached to non-return valves I on the cylinders.
Patent GB-190703072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knock-down Tables.
Inventor: GIUNINI GIULIANO
Filed: 1907-02-07
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 3072. Giunini, G., and Escoffier, A. Feb. 7. Tables.-Relates to a knock-down table applicable for picnics &c. and having self-locking parts, in order to dispense with separate fastening means and enable the table to be readily taken to pieces or extended. The upper block of each leg is provided with two dovetailed vertical grooves a, Fig. 1, on opposite faces, a similar groove b on the inner face, and a transverse undercut groove c. The grooves a receive the dovetailed ends of the longitudinal or side bars of the frame, while the grooves b receive the ends of the transverse bars, the upper surfaces of which are flush with the bottoms of the grooves c. The leaves are provided with undercut ledges g, Fig. 10, adapted to slide into the grooves c and thus lock the parts together. The invention is applicable to oval and other forms of tables, and, in the case of long tables having a number of leaves, a locking-leaf h, Fig. 7, may be provided, a dovetailed key i on its underside engaging dovetailed cuts j in the side bars e of the frame ; or a dovetailed longitudinal key k, Fig. 10, may be introduced into central grooves in the ends of the table and on the underside of the leaves.
Patent GB-190708022-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Production of a Compressed Carburetted Air, suitable for Transport.
Inventor: DINGLER HEINRICH
Filed: 1907-04-05
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 8022. Dingler, H. April 5. Carburetting. - In filling receivers with carburetted air for transport, a carburettor is inserted in the compressed-air conduit leading to the transport receivers, the carburettor being filled with that quantity of the carburetting-agent required for the charge of each receiver, and preferably so arranged that any liquid not carried along by the compressed air flows to the receiver. To assist the carburetting process, the carburettor may be heated.
Patent GB-190710615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Indicating Routes and Times of Departure and the like at Railway Stations and the like
Inventor: HAYN AUGUST FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1907-05-07
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 10,615. Hayn, A. F., and Leilich, J. A. W. May 7. Indicators, station, stopping-place, and like; indicators, departure and arrival. -Relates to apparatus for simultaneously indicating routes and times of departure of trains in railway stations &c. A series of plates 49 bearing the routes are pivoted to the arms 46 of doublearmed levers. Rods 52 are pivoted to the arms 47 of the levers and to handles 55, the plates bearing the routes being exhibited when the handles are lowered. A nose 53 on each rod engages with a spring-actuated detent 61 keeping the plate in a lowered position. The times are indicated on plates 9, 10 pivoted in disks 5, 6 and 7, 8 respectively, the plates 9 bearing the hours, and the plates 10 the minutes. The plates are held by catches 11, 12, and are released by raising the rods 13, 14 carrying pawls which coact with ratchet teeth on the disks 5, 7. The rods are raised by inclines 41, 42 on the bars 21, 22, moved horizontally through bell-cranks by pulling cords 27, 28. The apparatus may be duplicated and may be provided on both sides of the casing. The plates may bear notices or advertisements.
Patent GB-190711184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Holders suitable for the Transport and Storage of Incandescent Gas Mantles and the like.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1907-05-13
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 11,184. Howorth, F. W., [Deutsche Gasgl³hlicht Akt.-Ges.]. May 13. Fittings, internal. -A holder for the transport and storage of fragile articles, such as incandescent gas mantles, has a plate c with slots a, b in which the hooks d, e of the mantle ring are inserted. The mantle is secured by pushing a boltpiece i between the plate c and a second plate g secured to it at h.
Patent GB-190716461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Devices for Making and Breaking Electric Contacts.
Inventor: VARLEY FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 16,461. Varley, F. H. July 18. Switches.-Relates to interrupters for Ruhmkorff coils used for wireless telegraphy, radiography, and like purposes. The contact is made and broken by the rise and fall of mercury in a tube, or by the rise and fall of a perforated partition separating two bodies of mercury. The moving part is fastened to the armature of an electro-magnet placed in the circuit to be interrupted, and the time of vibration of the armature can be varied either by altering its weight or by connecting it to an adjustable vibrating reed. Instead of mercury, gallium or any metal liquid at a moderate temperature may be used. In the apparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the armature 10 of the electro-magnet 11 raises and depresses a diaphragm 3 covering a shallow vessel of mercury in communication with a tube 4. The diaphragm is of metal, as shown, or of stretched parchment or leather fastened with a metal ring and groove. The surface of the mercury in the tube is brought alternately into and out of contact with a terminal 7, the height of which can be altered by a screw and milled head 9. The mercury may be kept clean by the constant flow upon it of a weak electrolytic solution. The contacts may be enclosed by a glass or celluloid casing 19, and the space may be filled by an inert gas or vapour. A screw 5 serves to adjust the height of the mercury and to correct for temperature variations. The solid portions 1, 17 are of metal and form part of the electric circuit. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, mercury in the tube 4 is acted upon by a plunger 21 attached to the electro-magnet armature 10 carried by a reed 22 of adjustable periodicity. Screws 26, 27, Fig. 5, pass through holes in the fixed end of the reed, and slotted clamping-plates 23, 24 longitudinally movable by nuts 35, 36 are tightened by nuts 28, 29. In another modification shown in Fig. 6, the vibratory armature 10 imparts an up and-down movement to two diaphragms 3, 3<a> covering two shallow mercury vessels communicating with tubes 4, 4<a> having a common wall 37 of insulating-material, such as glass, mica, or agate, with a perforation 38 which allows the mercury columns to come in contact with each other on the upward movement. The apparatus of Fig. 6 may be further modified by making the partition wall 37 movable and attaching it to the vibratory armature, while the mercury columns remain stationary. It may also be modified by substituting chambers with plungers, as shown in Fig. 3, for the vessels and diaphragms in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 shows a modification in which a reed vibrating at right-angles to the surface of the mercury is employed. A curved linking-bar 41 connects the armature 10 and the diaphragm 3, and is hinged to an adjustable support 42. In all the modifications, condensers or magnetic blow-outs may be employed to arrest sparking.
Patent GB-190717548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Inductor Generators for Ignition and like purposes.
Inventor: MILTON JOHN LEWIS
Filed: 1907-07-31
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 17,548. Milton, J. L. July 31. Gas engines, igniting in. In an inductor generator for ignition purposes of the kind described in Specification No. 8173, A.D. 1907, the pole-pieces 4, 5 joining the ends of like polarity of straight permanent magnets 3, have opposite projections 9, 9<1> wound, and unwound projections 8, 8', 10, 10<1> arranged on each side of the wound projections, and the rotating inductor 12 is shaped as shown in Fig. 1. The width of each inductor projector is less than the distance between the wound projections and the unwound projections on the polepieces, so that the flux may be changed rapidly from a maximum to a minimum. In a modified machine the radial extensions of the inductor are of sufficient width to bridge over the air spaces between the wound and unwound projections on the pole-pieces.
Patent GB-190719920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Pumping Engines.
Inventor: INGLIS JAMES HAMILTON
Filed: 1907-09-06
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 19,920. Inglis, J. H. Sept. 6. Grant of Patent refused. Steam pumps; actuating pumps; pump stroke, varying.-In the direct-acting plunger feed-pump shown in Fig. 1, the steam cylinder a is provided with separate inlet and exhaust cam-operated lift valves s<5> ... s<8>, Fig. 4, which control the supply of steam to and the exhaust from the opposite sides of the differential piston b. The pump suction valve u<2> may be operated by the oscillated cam u or automatically. A lever r receives motion from the pin r' and engages tappets q on the rod p, which oscillates the cam shafts n, n<1> through cranks o, o<1>. A liquid-fuel pump v is attached to the same casting and is operated by the lever r. The stroke may be varied by adjusting the slide v<5> in the slot v<4>. The cranks o, o' may be placed at one end of the shafts n, n<1> and connected directly to a pin on the piston extension c. In this case, the pump v is operated by an arm rigidly secured to the extension c.
Patent GB-190722093-A (GB)
Title: A Means or Device for Planing and Trueing Mitres or Bevels of Mouldings, Fillets, Battens and the like with an Ordinary Plane.
Inventor: GREEN HENRY ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-10-07
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 22,093. Green, H. A. Oct. 7. Mitering.-An apparatus for planing and trueing mitres or bevels of mouldings, fillets, battens, &c. by a band plane comprises a base carrying a rearwardly-inclined shooting-bar with a central guide rib to provide a double rabbet and having a rear extension which is mounted on supports. The front edge a<1> of the wooden base is inclined and projects over the bench, to which it is secured by a screw b. A narrow shooting-bar c, with a central ridge e for guiding the plane at either side of the bar to suit the opposite ends of mouldings, and carrying inclined lateral extensions d<1> at its rear end, is fixed to a metal frame g. The frame g has a slotted part f which receives an adjustable slide k forsupporting the work at an angle, and also acts as slots for the side of the moulding. Hand grips i may be used for holding short lengths of work firmly against the frame. To obtain a greater variation in the angle, a wedge block may be held by a projection in the groove o. According to the Provisional Specification, a support may be given to both sides of the plane.
Patent GB-190724119-A (GB)
Inventor: LIVINGSTONE THOMAS LAWSON
Filed: 1907-10-31
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 24,119. Livingstone, T. L., [Halford, S. J.]. Oct. 31 Ground augers etc.; deep boring.-A tool. for prospecting, boring holes for posts, and like purposes comprises a boring-head formed from a steel tube integral or not with the core cylinder, and cut to form teeth which are twisted so as to project partly beyond the diameter of the tube and partly inwardly over the bore. The bit shown in Figs. 1<a> and 2a is formed by cutting two opposite notches in the tube b to form two main teeth c and two small teeth c<1>. The teeth are then twisted to the position shown, the outer edges c, which include the small teeth c<1>, being afterwards formed into cutting - edges. In the modification. shown in Fig. 3<a>, there are two main teeth d separated by a number of smaller teeth e, the cutting-edges d<1>, e<1> projecting beyond the tube, and the rear edges projecting over the bore. The core cylinder f is formed with lateral holes through which the core may be extracted, and a reducing socket may be attached to its upper end to which extension rods may be screwed.
Patent GB-190726981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Recovery of Oxides of Nitrogen from Air or other Gases with which they are Mixed.
Inventor: RAMSAY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 26,981. Ramsay, Sir W. July 3, 1908. Distilling liquid gases. -Oxides of nitrogen are recovered from air and other gases by preliminarily cooling the mixed gases by the gaseous products from a liquefying apparatus, liquefying the mixed gases, subjecting the products of liquefaction to a process of separation and rectification to concentrate the oxides of nitrogen, evaporating the concentrated liquid, and absorbing the oxides of nitrogen in water or an alkaline liquid. The gases treated may be such as are obtained by treating air in an electric furnace. The air &c., after being cooled in interchangers A, B, enters a system of tubes D under a pressure which need not greatly exceed that of the atmosphere. The tubes are surrounded by a liquid of low temperature contained in an evaporating- vessel E, which liquid may already contain some of the oxides of nitrogen obtained in a. previous operation. The air is wholly or partly condensed in the pipes D, the uncondensed portion being separated in a second set D'. The condensed products are conducted by pipes d, d<1> to the upper parts of a rectifying column F, in which they meet the ascending products of evaporation from the vessel E, and a process of rectification takes place, the liquid falling into the vessel E consisting of almost pure oxygen with the oxides of the nitrogen, while the gases escaping at the top of the column are practically pure nitrogen. These gases are passed to the interchanger A, and the other interchanger B is fed by gases derived from evaporation in the vessel E. When a sufficient concentration of oxides of nitrogen is obtained in the liquid in the vessel E, it is run off, evaporated, and treated as above described. In a modification, the preliminary cooling is effected in such a manner that the aqueous vapour and carbon dioxide are first separated, then oxides of nitrogen, after which the air &c. is passed to a liquefying and rectifying apparatus of the type above referred to. For example, the gaseous products from the rectifying- apparatus are led by the pipes O, N to interchangers G, H in order. The gases containing oxides of nitrogen enter the interchanger H by a pipe a<x>, and their temperature is so reduced as to cause the separation of water, carbon dioxide, &c. The oxides of nitrogen together with the air pass into the interchanger G, where they are separated by contact with the colder gases. An alternative form of interchanger is shown in Fig. 3, comprising a series of compartments K communicating with one another by open-ended pipes L, the gases from the rectifying-apparatus entering by the pipes O, N, and the air &c. by the pipe ax. Carbon dioxide &c. separate in the lower compartments, and the oxides of nitrogen in the upper.
Patent GB-190804078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sack-holding Appliances.
Inventor: PIERCEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-02-24
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 4078. Piercey, W. Feb. 24. Sack-holders. - An upright 2 is bolted to a base 1, a slot being formed at 5 for the bolt so that it need only be slackened to remove the upright. A bracket 8 is bolted to the upright, the bolt being adjustable in a vertical slot in the upright, and supports an open spring ring 9 which is preferably conical in form, as shown, but may be circumferentially corrugated. The ring may be attached to the bracket by means of the clamping-nut, and the upright may be attached by any suitable clamp to a scale-pan. Clips may be used to attach the sack to the ring.
Patent GB-190806290-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Bottle Washing Machine.
Inventor: GOULD HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1908-03-21
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 6290. Gould, H. T. March 21. Bottles, washing.-Relates to bottle-washing machines in which a flat circular brush B arranged in a tank is rotated by a central shaft, as in the machine described in Specification No. 16,579, A.D. 1906, the brush revolving in contact with bottles disposed radially to the centre shaft. As shown in Fig. 1, the bottles are mounted on brushes L fixed to holders J, which are pivoted to a capstan G. The capstan is suspended from a sleeve F carried by the shaft D, and receives a continuous or constant slow rotary movement, preferably in a direction opposite to that in which the circular brush travels. The brushes L, which are provided with bristles at the end and one side only, are raised at one point by means of a cam-piece K, so that the bottles may be withdrawn or placed on the brushes. The shouldered and recessed portions of the bottles are also brushed externally by brushes M mounted on the radial divisions and on the walls of the tank. In a modification, siphons &c. are placed in tangential divisions R carried by the turret G, as shown in Fig. 3, and the brushes L are dispensed with. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the brushes L may be arranged tangentially.