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Patent GB-190609252-A (GB)
Title: Centering Tool
Inventor: SANER STEFAN
Filed: 1906-04-19
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 9252. Saner, S. April 19. Tools for setting-out work.-A tool for determining the centres of openings has two jaw spindles 1, 2, furnished with right and left handed threads respectively, which are prevented from rotating relatively to one another by an extension 5 on one taking into a square hole in the other. Both spindles screw into a sleeve 7, having handles 6, by which the jaws can be adjusted so as to fix the apparatus in any opening, the centre of which is to be set off. On the sleeve are screwed two adjusting rings 8, 9, one of which carries a swivelling support 10, held in any position by a set-screw 12, and carrying a guideplate 13 for a slide 14. The slide 14 is adjusted by a screw, and the plate and the slide are both furnished with scales. The sleeve 7 also has a scale which is visible through a hole in the ring 8. In a modification, a modified scale plate is mounted on the slide 14. The method of using the tool for determining the centre of a locomotive axle-box is described by way of example.
Patent GB-190610758-A (GB)
Title: A Device for the Safe Landing of Instruments or the like sent up into the Air.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1906-05-08
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 10,758. Boult, A. J., [Maul, A.]. May 8. Parachutes; shock of landing, deadening.-Instruments which are projected into the air by rockets or otherwise are held up during the descent by a parachute which is automatically released when the instruments reach their highest point. The instruments are placed in a casing 2 connected to a lower weighted casing 1 by hooks 5, which engage with projections 6 on the part 2. The hooks are mounted on a spindle 3, which is connected to one end of a lever 4. The parachute, during the ascent, is located in the casing 1 and is pressed by a spring 15 against the wall of the casing, which is held in position by an eye 13 and a member 14 which is burned by means of a time fuse. The parachute is connected to the two parts 1, 2 by cords 8, 9 of unequal length, and the cord 8 passes through the lever 4 and is wound on a brakecontrolled drum 10. When the member 14 is severed at the highest point of the ascent, the parachute is released, and the lever 4 is rocked and releases the pins 6 from the hooks. The lever 4 also moves a bell-crank lever 12, which pushes the projection 11 out of the casing 1 and so separates the two parts. On the descent, as shown in Fig. 5, the member 1 reaches the ground first, thereby relieving the parachute so that the member 2 reaches the ground without shock.
Patent GB-190610866-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of New Derivatives of the Anthracene Series.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-05-09
Granted: 1906-12-13
Abstract: 10,866. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. May 9. Nitro-alpha #-dianthraquinonylamine.-On nitrating a #-dianthraquinonylamine, [Specification 19,199, A.D. 1905], golden yellow leaflets separate out, which are insoluble in most of the indifferent organic solvents, and in concentrated sulphuric acid, but are soluble in fuming sulphuric acid containing forty per cent of SO3. Dyes, artificial.- When treated with reducing- agents, such as sodium hydrosulpbite, phenylhydrazine, stannous chloride in acid or alkaline solution, &c., the above nitro body yields a greenish-black powder, scarcely soluble in organic solvents, but soluble in concentrated or fuming sulphuric acid. With alkaline reducing agents, the dye-stuff forms a " vat " from which unmordanted cotton can be dyed fast bluish-green shades. The reduction of the nitro body and its conversion into the "vat" may be effected in one operation. Cotton may also be dyed from a hot bath containing the nitro-compound, glucose and caustic soda.
Patent GB-190612902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Ramps.
Inventor: DEFRIES WOLF
Filed: 1906-06-02
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 12,902. Defries, W. June 2. Ramps.-The entrance to the foot b is horizontal so that the entry of the wheel is facilitated and the risk of the ramp being tilted and subsequently brought violently on to the rail is obviated. The underside is ribbed at c to give a better grip on the ballast &c., and a rib a<1>, Fig. 3, is formed at the junction of the ramp surface a and the side flanges d in order to strengthen the latter and prevent the wheel or flange from fouling them. The flanges d extend, as usual, to the entrance of the ramp, and their depth at the foot portion is greater than at the crown.
Patent GB-190623775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Laundry Tags.
Inventor: AKERLY FRANK FREEMAN
Filed: 1906-10-25
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 23,775. Akerly, F. F., and Borchert, W. Oct. 25. Labels, tickets, &c.- Laundry tags are formed from metal blanks A having upstanding spurs 12 and a central opening 10 with flanges 11. The blank is covered by a fabric 13 secured by clinching over the flanges 11 ; the blank is then bent about its centre, and the spurs 12 engage with the article to which it is to be attached, as shown in Fig. 7. When a machine is employed for clamping the tags,. a number of the latter may be attached to a strip of paper.
Patent GB-190624684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Superheaters for Locomotives and the like
Inventor: SCHWABACH GEORGE
Filed: 1906-11-03
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 24,684. Schwabach, G. Nov. 3. Superheaters, steam.-The arrangement is such as to permit the insertion of a superheater in the smoke-box of a locomotive without considerable modification of the boiler. The use.of the arrangement with automobiles is also mentioned. For this purpose, a distributing piece or union is devised to connect the boiler steam-pipe with the superheater, and the superheater with the supply pipes to the cylinder. The superheater a, shown in position in Figs. 1 and 2, consists, as usual, of a cylindrical drum traversed by tubes which aline with those of the boiler. The tubes are divided into sets by baffles p so as to give a circuitous path to the steam. The drum is supported on feet g. The depending baffle d divides the steam space of the drum into two chambers, the inlet and outlets from which are adjacent, so that the single crosspiece h may cover both apertures. Fig. 5 shows in vertical section the cross-piece and Fig. 6 the horizontal section on the line C, D, Fig. 5. Steam entering by the inlets i, e traverses the superheater, escapes by the outlet f and passes to the cylinders by the usual pipes o, o, which are secured to the outlets m, n of the cross-piece. An intermediate packing-piece q permits of the use of the same sized cross-piece for different sizes of boilers. To control the superheating, the cross-piece may take the form of the valve shown in Fig. 8. The plug t, through a travel of 180 degrees, leaves open the central passage s through which the steam enters the superheater. When the valve is in the required position, the apertures u communicate with the lateral passage m, n, which open to the cylinder pipes. By varying the position of the valve by means of the lever v, the steam may pass wholly or partly through the superheater, or the superheater may be avoided. To increase the effect of the superheater when acting as a spark-arrester, the drum and its tubes may be inclined downwards towards the door of the smoke-box.
Patent GB-190628049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Comparison of Standardization of Electrical Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: KALLMANN MARTIN
Filed: 1906-12-08
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 28,049. Kallmann, M. May 17, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Current, energy, and quantity meters, calibrating. The arrangement of constant and variable resistances, described in Specification No. 22,544, A.D. 1905, for obtaining a standard of current, pressure, and power, is modified so as to give greater accuracy, adjustability, and rapidity. The varying resistances, of fine iron wire in glass bulbs, preferably containing hydrogen, are made of very small heat capacity, and consist of a number of small elements connected in series or parallel. For use in connexion with three-wire circuits, the resistances are arranged in two similar groups V<1>, C<1>, V<2>, C<2> with switches S1, S2 for use in series or parallel, or singly. The individual resistance elements are placed in such positions as not to affect each other by radiation of heat. The time required to attain a steady condition is reduced by passing a preliminary current, somewhat higher than the testing current, for a short time ; this may be effected by temporarily disconnecting or short circuiting part of the constant resistance by means of a key K, or of a switch arranged to perform this operation as a preliminary step. the condition of the combined varying and constant resistances may be tested by means of a control set, consisting of a variable and an accurately regulated constant resistance connected in parallel with the load resistance ; the ends of the varying resistance in the control set are then connected across to the ends of the varying section of the load resistance, and any defect in the latter is indicated by an alteration in the incandescence of the former.
Patent GB-190629500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Potato Diggers, Cleaners, Graders and Baggers, usable also for Analogous Purposes.
Inventor: LEES HARRY ROBERT
Filed: 1906-12-27
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 29,500. Lees, H. R. Dec. 27. Sifting potatoes, onions, &c.-In a machine for digging, cleaning, grading, and bagging potatoes and onions, and for analogous purposes, the sifting- surface of the cylindrical screen r' consists of bars t and replaceable gratings or wire netting u, of wider mesh, and is cleared by an external roller or rollers B carried by spring-controlled arms or the like and pressing against it. The screen is driven from the axle d by a rope G, and is fitted with an internal conveyer s, elevating-cups v<1>, and a delivery shoot w, which may be provided with means for gradipg the potatoes &c. The soil &c. falling from the screen may be returned to the trench formed by the diggers by means of a curved plate, and the small potatoes passing through the part u may fall into a receptacle.
Patent GB-190629677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Blind Stitch Machines
Inventor: ARBETTER WOLF
Filed: 1906-12-31
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 29,677. Arbetter, W. Dec. 31. Blind stitching machines; w o r ksupports ; guiding materials presserfeet.-The machine described in Specifications No. 427, A.D. 1902, and No. 19,080, A.D. 1906, is modified for felling work to which buttons are attached. For this purpose, the worksupport is made up of two parts a, b, 'which are separated so as to leave a slot along which the buttons pass. The edge of the main fabric is guided by a gauge d which is pushed up above the surface of the work-support, when required, by a cam-lever i. The presser-foot is provided with a lip G<8> at its fore end which separates the materials, and a lip G<9> at its rear which overlaps the end of the lip G<8> and presses the materials together. The upper material is guided by the long edge of the part G' and the lip G<2>. The latter is integral with a rearwardly - extending finger G<3>.
Patent GB-190705449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Adjustable Seats for Vehicles.
Inventor: MARREL JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-03-06
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 5449. Marrel, J. Nov. 7, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Seats.-A collapsible seat for vehicles, especially applicable to motor-cars, is arranged so that the occupant can face either the front or the back of the vehicle. It comprises a seat a preferably upholstered on both sides, having a hinged back r and slidably and rotatably mounted in a socket i carried by a metal plate j hinged to the floor. The seat is held in the closed position by pivoted pieces n, which carry hooks u to engage with sockets t when the seat is in use. When it is used in the reversed position, a piece o engages with a book p fixed to the car.
Patent GB-190706884-A (GB)
Title: New Automatic Shuttle Guard for Looms
Inventor: JOHNSON ERNEST WARDLE
Filed: 1907-03-22
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 6884. Johnson, E. W., and Prestwich, R. J. March 22. Loom shuttle guards, of the type in which the guard rises automatically to clear the temples on the beat-up, comprise a rock-shaft c mounted in bearings b on the reed cap a. To the rock-shaft are fixed slotted fingers d, carrying a fixed guardrod e and a rod f, which is movable in the slot g and is held in its upper or inoperative position or in its lower position by notches. In some cases, the rod f may be lightly held in its lower position by a spring lever pivoted to the finger or fingers. When the loom is stopped, the rod f may be raised to its upper position ; when the loom is started, the shock of the first beat-up causes it to fall to its lower position. A lever j is fixed to the shaft c and carries an adjustable bowl k, sliding with the motion of the lay in a slot m in an adjustable bracket fixed to the frame. On the beat-up, the guard is raised clear of the temples, and on the return stroke it is lowered, so that the shuttle cannot escape between the rods, or between the rod e and the reed cap. When a greater lift is required, as in over-pick looms, the guard may be actuated by the rods t, q, Fig. 4, of which the former is connected to the shaft c by a lever s, and the latter to the lay-sword r<2>, while both are adjustably connected to a slotted lever o pivoted to the frame.
Patent GB-190711879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chairs, Mattresses, Sofas and the like.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER GEORG
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 11,879. Schneider, G. May 22. Mattresses ; sofas ; chairs. - Across a frame are fixed boards B for supporting spiral springs E, which are connected at the top by supports D to laths C, which run parallel to the length of the frame and slide in the end frames. Backs of chairs and the like may be constructed in a similar way. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications Nos. 624, and 3201, A.D. 1879, No. 3315, A.D. 1880, No. 16,864, A.D. 1889, Nos. 2246 and 8361, A.D. 1894, No. 10,291, A.D. 1900, and No. 22,782, A.D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190714924-A (GB)
Title: Crucible Furnace for Melting Weldable Iron, Ingot Iron, Steel or the like
Inventor: LINDEMANN ALFRED
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 14,924.. Lindemann, A. June 29. Crucible furnaces. -The air blast for crucible furnaces is heated in passing through a conduit, formed by channel irons i between the casings a, b, and passes to the fuel through openings in the grate d, and also through, openings e delivering along the face of the furnace walls, and through perforations g in hollow crucible supports f. The openings e, g are formed at such a level that air will still be supplied to the fuel though the grate may be choked by slag. The crucible supports f may be made wholly of fire-brick, or of iron with a fire-resisting casing, as shown.
Patent GB-190716074-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Eraser-cleaner.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1907-07-12
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 16,074. Willis, P. R. J., [Larson, A.]. July 12. Blackboard wipers or dusters, beating &c.-An eraser-cleaner, particularly applicable for cleaning blackboard erasers, consists of a number of spaced arms H pivoted about a shaft G<1> and carrying wire loops I which clip over the eraser tacks. Lugs L', spirally arranged on a shaft L, successively force down the bevelled ends H<2> of the arms H, and compress the springs J, which on release bring the erasers in the loops I sharply against upturned erasers held in loops E fixed on the frame A.
Patent GB-190727272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels with Portable Tracks for Artillery Vehicles and the like.
Filed: 1907-12-10
Abstract: 27,272. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. March 2, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Wheels with portable tracks.-Portable tracks for the wheels of artillery vehicles having a ring of links and track shoes pivoted thereto, as shown in Fig. 1, are characterized chiefly by the construction of the pivot joints. The channel-shaped links A, Figs. 2 and 3, of the ring are fitted at each end with bearing-eyes a' held at each side on a pivot bolt B entering a recess, closed on the top by a plate d<3>, in a block d'. The recess is finally closed in by a collar b<1> on the bolt. The bolt d<2> is integral with plates d<8> holding the sides of a wooden block d<1> fitted with a tread plate d<7>. The track shoes may be of hollow metal.
Patent GB-190727607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Propellers
Inventor: SCHLOTTER GEORG ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-12-14
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 27,607. Schlotter, G. A. Dec. 14. Screw propellers.-In screw propellers, the blade surfaces of which are produced by the helicoidal movement of a generatrix around the axis, the generatrix makes, in plan, with the radius of the propeller outline, an angle having its apex lying within the periphery, which is to the rear of the radius in the direction of rotation, and is approximately equal to the angle of the pitch at the periphery. Figs. 1 and 2 show a plan and elevation, respectively, of the propeller. The plan is constructed as follows :-A circle is described with centre a and radius ab, and on the radius is described a semicircle. From the point b, a chord be is drawn at an angle a, i.e., the angle of pitch, to the radius ba. The breadth of the blade is determined from the length of the perpendicular cd, from c to the radius ab, the blade being of such length at its periphery that the pitch is the length of this perpendicular, and, therefore, the true breadth of the blade is equal to the generatrix bc. The position of the generatrix ef is determined similarly. The plan y of the imaginary cylinder on which the inner end of the generatrix moves, forms the inner boundary of the effective screw surface, and in high-pressure screws may represent the boss. In ordinary propellers, the boss z is of smaller diameter, and the root of the blade lying within the circle y is suitably formed to effect the proper connexion of the blade and boss. In Fig. 1, the root is shown formed from the prolongation of the generatrix curved towards the centre of the shaft, and forms a true helicoidal surface, and in this case the connexion of the effective helicoidal surface with the boss may be arranged axially at the pressure surface. The generatrix may be inclined, Fig. 2, so as to make an angle a with the horizontal plane xx, passing through its exterior end, the apex of the angle lying in the semicircle and allowing the inner end c to lie nearer the pressure side in the horizontal plane ww, which is at a distance g, equal to cd, below the plane xx. The end of the generatrix ef is also at a distance g below the plane ww. The line bd may in projection be in the form of a slight bow. The generatrix bc may deviate slightly from a straight line, as indicated by the full line in Fig. 1, this deviation being equal to the deviation of the actual pitch curve from the straight pitch line of the blade periphery.
Patent GB-190728444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for the Manufacture of Cement or Lime Concrete Blocks or Articles.
Inventor: BREBNER WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-12-27
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 28,444. Brebner, W. Dec. 27. Moulding cement blocks. - A shaking-apparatus comprises a frame composed of fixed bars 1, between which are disposed movable bars 4 supported by bearings 5 resting upon eccentric shafts 6. The filled moulds 10 are placed at the end 11 of the machine, and on the operation of the shafts 6, a vertical and longitudinal vibration is imparted to the bars 4, causing them to rise, strike, and lift the mould boxes, to carry them a short distance, and then drop them again on to the stationary bars 1, the moulds being ultimately discharged at the end 12.
Patent GB-190728626-A (GB)
Title: Improved Barometer.
Inventor: JUNQUERA BUENAVENTURA
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 28,626. Junquera, B. Feb. 19, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Barometers.-By balancing mercury and some light liquid, such as oil, against one another in tubes e, f, and by making the top of the tube e of very great relative crosssection, the very open readings on the tube f give approximately true barometric indications, the cistern d holding excess mercury being also of considerable crosssectional area. There is a vacuum above the mercury, and the other tube is open to the air.
Patent GB-190800612-A (GB)
Title: Improved Ice Pudding Mould.
Inventor: LONG JOHN MCAULIFFE
Filed: 1908-01-10
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 612. Long, J. M., [Mills, T.]. Jan. 10. Pudding - moulds. - A mould, for impressing a design through the centre of a body of frozen cream, consists of an inner vessel closed at one end A and fixed at the other end by the rim to the inside of the lid B of an outer vessel. A hole C is made in the centre of the lid. The vessels are placed one inside the e other, and the space between the two is filled with the mixture, which is then frozen hard. Warm water is introduced through the hole C into the inner vessel, which may then be removed. A mixture of different colour is next introduced into the cavity, and the whole is again frozen. The pudding is loosened in the outer vessel, to facilitate removal, by placing it in warm water.
Patent GB-190801066-A (GB)
Title: Improved Vice.
Inventor: HACKENBERG JUSTUS
Filed: 1908-01-16
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 1066. Hackenberg, J. Jan. 16. Vices.-A vice for gripping long objects of a parallel or wedge-shaped formation has jaws a, b arranged on a sloping piece to one side of a vertical line through the side of the screw c. There is a ball-and-socket connexion e, f between the jaws a, b, and a conical aperture in the jaw a allows the screw c to pass. A sleeve nut is mounted in the jaw b in engagement with the screw c, and prevents filings &c. from getting into the screw-thread. The lower part of the vice may be either perpendicular to the upper edge of the jaw, as shown in Fig. 1, or slanting, as shown in Fig. 3. The jaw a is pressed outwards by a spring d.
Patent GB-190802944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Gas and Air Compressors.
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 2944. Keith, J., and Keith, G. Feb. 10. [Cognate Application No. 8121, A.D. 1908, dated April 13.] Fixed-abutment type, with piston having outwardly sliding vanes. The outward pressure of the vanes on the cylinder casing is more or less balanced by the use of stiff rings bearing on pins &c. secured to the vanes. Vanes C slide in a slotted drum B and bear upon rings A, Fig. 1, or upon eccentric circular blocks M, Fig. 2, which may be secured to or made integral with the end covers of the cylinder D. Stiff balancing-rings A<1> bear on the outer sides of pins, rollers c', Fig. 1, or sliding blocks c<2>, Fig. 2, secured to the vanes C, which are thereby prevented from bearing on the inner face of cylinder D. Loose or spring-pressed packing- pieces I fill the distance between the ends of the vanes and the casing. The vanes are recessed to allow them to stride over a central circular web which binds the segments of the drum B. Specification No. 11,474, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190803350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Non-skid Bands, Covers and the like for Pneumatic and other Tyres.
Inventor: ROBERTS ALFRED
Filed: 1908-02-14
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 3350. Roberts, A., and Roberts, G. A. Feb. 14. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Treads or tread-bands of elastic tyres are formed with separate recesses which are in the form of grooves with transverse or oblique parts a<1> and circumferential parts a<2>. In some forms, the recesses are transverse or oblique with circumferential ends, as shown in Figs. 1 and 9, and in some cases, the ends may be curved as shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 10. In other forms, the grooves are cross-shaped, circular, or elliptical.