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Patent GB-190422815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Purifiers
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1904-10-22
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 22,815. Boult, A. J., [Compagnie pour la Fabrication des Compteurs et Material d'Usines Ó Gaz]. Oct. 22. Purifiers.-Gas purifiers are constructed with the surfaces for carrying the purifying-material inclined at the natural angle of inclination of a heap of the material, thus obviating any tendency of the material to slide or to pack together at the bottom. This angle in the case of the wet material commonly used is abort thirty-eight degrees, and, in the case of a number of parallel supporting-surfaces, an angle of forty degrees may be adopted: Fig. 3 shows a purifier with inclined chambers similar in construction to a Goze furnace. At the bottom of inclined slabs or boards i, louvre plates d are arranged to retain the material in place at some distance from the lower wall of the purifier. The gas passes from the inlet pipe f into a chamber common to two adjacent purifiers, and thence through the purifying-material in a direction at right-angles to the chamber, finally escaping by the pipes g. In another arrangement, shown in sectional elevation and plan in Figs. 5 and 6, the purifying-material is arranged on sets of parallel inclined slabs or boards i, the sets being arranged in pairs in which the two sets of boards are oppositely inclined. Gas from the inlet f passes into a chamber j and thence along passages l between the pairs of purifier sets. The material is prevented from falling into the passages by louvre boards d between which the gas passes, as indicated by the arrows, into a chamber m, emerging by the pipe g. A layer o of material is placed at the top of the purifier to prevent the gas from passing through without sufficient contact. The slabs i may be of wood or armed concrete and rest at the bottom against flanges or angle-irons, and at the top on cross-bars. The outer boards are provided with openings p through which the lower end compartments can be filled. The construction illustrated in Fig. 3 enables a number to be superposed and arranged in sets, so as to economize space, the bottom of one forming the top of the one below. A number of these sets may be combined with suitable charging-apparatus to form a general installation.
Patent GB-190500702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Holding Closed the Ribs of Umbrellas, Parasols and the like.
Inventor: DAVIS SEYMOUR STUART
Filed: 1905-01-13
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 702. Davis, S. S. Jan. 13. Holding closed.- The ends of the ribs E are placed in the grooves in a sliding collar D on the stick, and are secured, when the collar is depressed, by the cap or ring B attached to it. The device may be mounted on an inner sleeve or ring A fixed to the stick.
Patent GB-190512783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Dials for Watches and like Portable Time-pieces
Inventor: LAINE EMILE
Filed: 1905-06-20
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 12,783. LainÚ, E. June 20. Dials with twenty-four hour divisions are rendered available as solar-compass dials by printing on them at the quarters the names of the cardinal points, "south" being printed at the noon figure. The invention is applicable to watches and like portable timepieces.
Patent GB-190514757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Detachable Treads for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: FITZGERALD JOHN HERBERT WILSON
Filed: 1905-07-18
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 14,757. Fitzgerald, J. H. W. July 18. Tyres, pneumatic.-Relates to detachable tread bands of the type described in Specification No. 4479. A.D. 1903, in which the tread is formed with round beaded edges, adapted to fit in corresponding grooves in the tyre cover, the present invention consisting in forming such beads and grooves of square or other angular section to prevent displacement of the tread through rolling &c. of the tyre. The tread d of rubber, rubber and canvas, or the like, has embedded inextensible cores h of wire, chain, cable, &c., and fabric insertions i, j, k, preferably arranged as shown in Fig. 16 to withstand lateral strains. In a modification, the tyre grooves are undersized so that, on fitting the tread, the walls of the grooves are compressed.
Patent GB-190516371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Process of, and Apparatus for, Extracting Oils.
Inventor: GESNER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1905-08-11
Granted: 1906-08-11
Abstract: 16,371. Gesner, W. H., and Brandly, A. R. Aug. 11. Fatty oils, extracting. Oils, particularly vegetable oils, such as coconut, cottonseed, sesame, pea-nut, sunflower seed, and olive oils, are separated from the oil-bearing material by treatment with a solution of a soluble silicate. The material is fed through the disintegrator A to the dryer B, which is heated by steam supplied through the pipe 7, and is provided with a conveyer 6 and a pipe 9 for the escape of volatile products. The dried matter passes between grinding- rolls C to the steamjacketed cooker E, where it is digested with a solution of, preferably, sodium silicate supplied from the tank D. The mixture discharged from the upper end of the cooker E is broken up by rotating paddles 23 as it falls between the partitions n into the separating-tank F, which is made with inclined parts a, b, c alternating with vertical parts g, h, i to facilitate the separation of the oil. The oil drawn off through the pipe 24 passes over the dryer 26 to the receiver 28. The wet residue is run through cocks 25 on to the endless belt 29. The liquid is expressed by the belt 30 and rolls 31, 32 and falls into the receiver 33, whence it may be pumped back into the tank D. The solid matter is transferred by the brush 37 to the receptacle 38.
Patent GB-190516889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Educational Apparatus
Inventor: MEILI RUDOLPH MAX
Filed: 1905-08-21
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 16,889. Meili, R. M. Aug. 24, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Astronomy, teaching. - To indicate the positions on the earth's surface from which the sun and moon respectively may be seen, a model is constructed of a cardboard base 1, a coloured half disk 2, a white half disk 3, and a transparent disk 4 on which is a chart of a hemisphere of the earth. Pieces 5, 6 attached to the half disks 2, 3 represent the moon and sun respectively. The disks and half disks are pivotably mounted on the base card.
Patent GB-190601374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blowpipe Burners.
Inventor: EVANS FREDERICK ALEXANDER ALLE
Filed: 1906-01-18
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 1374. Evans, F. A. A. Jan. 18. Blowpipe burners; atmospheric gas burners. -A " blowpipe " burner is operated by a steam jet, the steam being produced from water flowing through a passage or passages heated by the combustion of a portion of the gas apart from that which burns in the blowpipe flame. The steam supplied may be controlled by a suitable valve. A particular form of the burner is described in which a pipe d, coiled either inside or outside the cut-away portion b of the gas tube a, is connected at one end e with a pressure water supply and at the other end f through a union piece h to a jet g, which is arranged coaxially with the blowpipe tube and is controlled by a needle valve i. The gas entering the tube a by way of the pipe l burns at m and also round the coil, the air for the latter combustion entering through the perforated metal sleeve c, which may be of gauze. Steam produced by the heating of the water in the coil blows out at the jet and converts the flame at m into a blowpipe flame. The burner may be used in smelting- furnaces and the like and also for ordinary purposes.
Patent GB-190603620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Contacts for use in connection with Electric Warning Signals for Railways and the like
Inventor: HOLLYER JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1906-02-14
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 3620. Hollyer, J. H. Feb. 14. Contacts, electric; signalling approach of trains; signalling to cabins and stations; indicating movements of trains.-Relates to contacts for use with automatic electric warning signals for railways and the like as described in Specification No 4127, A.D. 1905. The flange of a wheel presses a contact A, shaped like a flattened letter C, sideways against another contact B, made somewhat of the shape of the letter U or S. A regulating screw and attachment C, D are provided for adjusting the distance between the two contacts.
Patent GB-190606089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrical Resistance Material.
Filed: 1906-03-13
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 6089. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 13. Resistances are made by mixing a conducting- material, such as graphite, magnetite, or carborundum, in a finely-divided state, with substances which may be treated so as to produce a silicate. A quantity of the conducting-material, varying with the resistance required, is mixed with calcium or magnesium hydrate, and silica, and the mixture compressed. The mixture is then subjected to steam under pressure for some hours, to convert the hydrate and silica into an hydrated silicate, acting as a binder for the conducting-material.
Patent GB-190606781-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Timing and Recording Clock for use with Billiards or for other purposes.
Inventor: HOPKINS THOMAS
Filed: 1906-03-21
Granted: 1906-07-26
Abstract: 6781. Hopkins, T. March 21. Time checks for games.-Relates to a clock for timing and recording games of billiards, or for any purpose where a signal is required to be given at the end of a definite time. As used for timing billiards, a clock mechanism E, Fig. 3, is arranged behind a panel D, Fig. 1, which is locked by the proprietor in a case A provided with a lid B accessible to the attendant only, who starts the clock at the commencement of a game by moving a handle K, which releases the pendulum from a catch L. On the dial are arranged two or more hooks M, N, which can be turned so as to engage the minutehand of the clock, and thus to stop it after it has been going for half an hour or for an hour. When the band is stopped, an electric circuit is completed to a bell, which rings until the switch M or N is moved. The dial is preferably of metal, and contacts with a spring plate Q in the circuit. The minute-hand is also in the circuit, and is insulated. The total time the clock has been used is registered by a disk H on the hour spindle of the clock, the disk being marked with numbers which are visible through a slot in the dial. The disk H may be geared with a train of wheels, so as to register the total time the apparatus has been in use. To prevent the hand F from being put back, the hand and the gear-wheel which drives it are both fixed to the spindle ; or, the hand is connected to the spindle by a non-return ratchet and pawl. The -hooks M, N may be mounted on the ends of a diametrical arm which can be set in any position. The hooks M, N can be set at intervals of twenty minutes, in which case the disk H is marked with numbers up to thirty-six, instead of up to twenty-four as usual: The apparatus may be made to ring a bell in another part of the building. The electric connexions may be dispensed with, and the arrival of the hand at a certain position be announced by a clock striking-mechanism provided with a snail cam.
Patent GB-190615862-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Inspecting Sewers Drains and such like.
Inventor: RIDOUT ALFRED RICHARD
Filed: 1906-07-13
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 15,862. Ridout, A. R. July 13. Testing.-For inspecting sewers, drains, &c. from the ground surface, the drain is illuminated by the light of a lantern suspended down a shaft c, the light from the sides being reflected to the eve of the observer by a mirror g. The mirror is hinged at g<2> to a forked rod h, Fig. 2. The side g<3> is weighted in order that the inclination may be adjusted by means of a cord i. The rod h is made up of a number of short detachable lengths.
Patent GB-190620463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Arc Lamps
Filed: 1906-09-14
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 20,463. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges.]. Sept. 14. Arc lamps.-An electrode a for a flame-arc lamp has the form of an inverted cup with a number of circularly-arranged holes b through which passes a part of the upward draught round the arc, so as to steady the latter. A coimney c is provided. The electric presture on the arc is preferably from 140 to 150 volts. According to the Provisional Specification, the electrode may have one hole only.
Patent GB-190620843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres.
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1906-09-19
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 20,843. Kempshall, E. Sept. 19. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Elastic tyres are built up of alternate layers of rubber a, rubber and canvas b, and gutta-percha c. As applied to tyres of the type described in Specification No. 16,656, A.D. 1899, gutta-percha replaces the sponge rubber used therein.
Patent GB-190624714-A (GB)
Title: Improved Trap for Animals.
Inventor: KLING GEORG
Filed: 1906-11-05
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 24,714. Kling, G. Nov.5. Traps for animals. In self-setting traps of the type in which tilting platforms precipitate the animal into a receptacle, a pendulum catch i has two noses i<1>, i<2> which support the outer and inner platforms h, g, respectively, by means of pins h<2>, g<2>. The entrance is over the platform h, and the bait is suspended over the platform g. The animal sets foot on the platform g and depresses it, causing the catch i to swing owing to the shape of the nose i', and the platform h to be released. The casing of the receptacle, which may contain water, is inclined, and provided with projections to enable the animal to reach the trap ; a cover is arranged over the platforms to prevent access to, or escape at the rear or sides. An adjustable spring beneath the balance weight l regulates the set position of the platform g.
Patent GB-190701692-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Drying Liquids
Inventor: KUNICK JOHANNES
Filed: 1907-01-22
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 1692. Kunick, J. Jan. 22. Liquids, spreading in thin layers; vaporizing by ai r currents.-Relates to apparatus for evaporating liquids to dryness while spread in a thin film on the surface of internally-heated cylinders, the evaporation being aided by means of air currents, as described in Specification No. 27,579, A.D. 1904. The cylinder or cylinders A are enclosed in a jacket F closed at the ends and closely surrounding the cylinders the jacket terminates in flat channels F extending the whole width of the cylinders and communicating with exhausting-devices G sufficiently powerful to create a uniform rarefaction of the air thus drawn through the casing. The dried liquid is removed by means of scrapers C and a conveyer E. The air entering at J may be heated or cooled by means of tubes B. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the liquid is not heated above 100‹ C., and reference is made to the treatment of sugar, albumen, and milk.
Patent GB-190714188-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Paint.
Inventor: MARCHAND OMER
Filed: 1907-06-19
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 14,188. Marchand, O., Lafontaine, J. L., Archambault, T. A., St. Mars, H., and Cherrier, A. A. June 19. Paints, materials for.-In making a paint, particularly for application to metal surfaces, zinc, alone or with aluminium, is dissolved in hydrochloric or other acid and mixed with solutions of zinc sulphate, caustic potash, and potassium carbonate. The composition is mixed either with linseed oil, water, resin dissolved in benzine, pigments such as red ochre, oxide of iron, &c., and nitric acid, or with linseed oil, turpentine, and white lead.
Patent GB-190716779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Boilers for Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: KITCHEN JONATHAN
Filed: 1907-07-22
Granted: 1908-07-22
Abstract: 16,779. Kitchen, J. July 22. Heating water.-Sectional boilers for heating- apparatus are formed of wrought iron or steel, each section being fitted with smoke-tubes f connecting a furnace space b with a flue c. The sections are placed together with nipples n connecting their water or water and steam spaces. Cleaning-doors o are fitted at one end of the flue c and the connexion m to the chimney at the other end. In one modification, the space b of the last section is utilized as a smoke-box, the gases being led into it from the flue c through the corresponding tubes f and thence escaping to the outlet. In another modification, additional flues, connected by tubes with the flue c, are arranged on each side of the grate.
Patent GB-190719681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Wheels.
Inventor: FILLIOL LEON PAUL
Filed: 1907-09-03
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 19,681. Filliol, L. P. Sept. 3. Spring wheels.-Relates to wheels of the kind in which spring-pressed rods k, guided in tubular spokes h and passing through a rigid rim e, are fitted with tread members n surrounded by a flexible tyre o' q, the latter being secured at one point to the rim or a member, as described in Specification No. 20,281, A.D. 1907. According to the present invention, the members n are formed with smooth outer faces, so that the tyre slips over them and its inward motion at the ground is taken up by all the members. Preferably antifriction rollers n<1> are fitted to the shoes.
Patent GB-190720789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carpet Sweepers
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1907-09-18
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 20,789. Haddan, H. J., [Mason, F. C., and Shanahan, J. W.]. Sept. 18. Carpet-sweepers.-The rollers of a carpet-sweeper are formed with tubular hubs 5, which fit frictiontight on the axles 15 of the rollers and are provided with grooved collars 6. Balls 16 traverse this groove and are held in position by the metal casing 7, which is made of two metal stampings, the end of one being folded over the other. The casings 7 are provided with arms 8 inclined at about 45 degrees to the horizontal, and through the ends of the arms are pivoted spring supports 9. The springs are attached to the case at the middle by means of a clip 11 on the bail-support 13 of the frame, which engages the middle of the wire. Specification No. 3788, A.D. 1908, is referred to.
Patent GB-190722171-A (GB)
Title: Process for Dyeing Thoroughly Closely Woven Webs or Felts.
Inventor: KAPFF SIGMUND VON
Filed: 1907-10-08
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 22,171. Kapff, S. von. Oct. 8. Dyeing.-Closely-woven webs and felt are dyed with alizarine, indigo, &c. by passing the material through the solution and then at full width over a suck off machine, which causes the solution to impregnate the material thoroughly. After this, the goods are boiled in the dyeing - vat, fixed, steamed, dried, &c. ; or the fixing-means may be drawn through the goods. In the case of indigo dyeing, sufficient air is stated to be sucked through the goods for them to be dyed and fixed simultaneously. After being acidified and washed, the goods may again undergo the sucking process. In another example the material, such as felt, " esquimau," and cloth for uniforms or overcoats, is impregnated as usual with a solution of potassium chromate and formic acid or cream of tartar &c., and then passed over a suck-off machine. The material is next boiled or steamed, and afterwards dyed with a solution of alizarine or dyewood and sucked off. Goods may be treated with the sucking-apparatus in the bath as well as after removal therefrom.
Patent GB-190800290-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to Multiple Switches particularly applicable to Automatic Telephone Exchange Selectors.
Filed: 1908-01-04
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 290. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Jan. 4. Switches.-In multiple switches for automatic telephone exchanges where groups of contacts are used, each of which is reduplicated several times, as described in Specification No. 15,077, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Electric Telegraphs &c.], the contacts are made in one piece with the connecting-wire, to obviate soldering of separate wires between the various contacts. The contacts c and connecting-leads b are stamped from a single long narrow sheet-metal strip, as shown in Fig. 3. In order to bring the contacts into the position suitable for the selector arms, they are bent in one of the ways shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190801102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Transmission Gear.
Inventor: CHARLES EDOUARD HENRIOD
Filed: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 1102. Henriod, C. E. Aug. 29, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. [Application for Patent of Addition to No. 824.] Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Variable-speed and reversing gearing.-The invention is stated to be an improvement upon that described in Specification No. 824, A.D. 1908, which comprises epicyclic variable-speed and reversing gearing inside an engine fly-wheel. Reversed driving is obtained without employing an " idler." A group of planet-gears T, U, X, S, carried by the fly-wheel A, is rotated when any of the gears U, X, S is caused to roll round one of a set of loose slidable gears O, P, R held against rotation by a brake-drum G. The driven shaft F is secured to a gear N constantly meshing with the gear T. If the gear N is smaller than the gear R &c. that is held, it will be driven reversely with respect to the fly-wheel A.
Patent GB-190802003-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Closing or Sealing Jars and Pots containing Jam, Jelly and the like.
Inventor: GRAY JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-29
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 2003. Gray, J. Jan. 29. Capsule closures. -Jam and like jars are closed hermetically by a disk c of card &c., gummed at its edge and pressed into a groove d and against an internal shoulder b.
Patent GB-190808441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Bodies and Seating of Motor Cars.
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1909-04-16
Abstract: 8441. Austin Motor Co., and Austin, H. April 16. Motor road vehicles.-In cars in which access is gained to the rear seats through doors at the sides, the driver's seat and the companion seat are arranged with a space between them, so that access is gained thereto by entering one of the side doors and then passing between the two front seats. The entire body of the car is formed as a single compartment within which all the seats are arranged, but the front and rear seats may be separated by a partition provided with sliding doors h giving elbow room above the seat-backs. The front seats are preferably formed, as shown, with rounded backs or rounded outer corners, so as to allow the front edges of the side doors C to be brought forward of the backs of the front seats. The front seats may be adapted to turn backwards.
Patent GB-190812239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Carriage Door and like Locks.
Filed: 1908-06-05
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 12,239. Peberdy, T. W., and Hobbs, Hart & Co. June 5. Fastenings, railway-carriage door. -In a lock of the type in which a pivoted bolt a is normally held with its nose a<1> projecting beyond the casing, improved means are provided for retaining and releasing the bolt. The retaining-catch d, which engages the tooth a<2> on the bolt, consists of a belt-crank lever which is situated wholly within the casing and is actuated by a projecting stud e pivoted to it.
Patent GB-190812960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Wooden Wedges:
Inventor: SMITH ALBERT BYRON
Filed: 1908-06-17
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 12,960. Smith, A. B. June 17, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Cutting up, splitting, and slicing.-In a machine for cutting wooden wedges a blade 11 is mounted in guides in the base-plate 1 and is operated by a hand-lever 16 and link 17. The base-plate has a recess 15 inclined downwards towards the cutter, and has bolted to it a stop-block 6, preferably of wood.