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Patent GB-190423566-A (GB)
Title: Brake Shoes
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1904-11-01
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,566. Fairweather, W., [American Brake Shoe and Foundry Co.]. Nov. 1. Brakes.-Relates to the attachment of malleablemetal key lugs to the steel backing of the castmetal shoes of railway brakes. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the key lug consists of a strap 19, the ends of which are bent under the backing 18 at the centre of the shoe, the body of the shoe being cast upon the parts thus fitted together. The edges of the backing may be notched to receive the ends of the lug strap, or slots may be formed in the backing through which the ends of the lug strap are passed before they are bent under the backing. Fig. 14 shows a modification in which the ends of the lug strap engage with pins embedded in lugs on the casting forming the body of the shoe. Fig. 17 shows a modification in which the backing consists of two straps 33, which, at their central parts, are raised to pass over the outwardly-bent ends of the lug strap.
Patent GB-190423628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for use with Perambulators and other purposes.
Inventor: BUTRULLE JULES
Filed: 1904-11-01
Granted: 1904-12-01
Abstract: 23,628. Butrulle, J., and Masquelier, P. Nov. 1. Suspension wheels; spokes.-Spokes for the wheels of perambulators &c. are formed from one half A of a rod of steel, of which the other half A<1> forms another spoke, the central bent part passing through a hole cut in the plate D attached to the hub C. On the opposits side of the hub is a similar plate and set of spokes.
Patent GB-190428063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Scouring or Cleaning Metals and other Surfaces.
Filed: 1904-12-21
Granted: 1905-10-26
Abstract: 28,063. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 21. Surfacing o r polishing. - In a machine for scouring metal and other surfaces, the wire or strip to be scoured is passed through abrasive material contained in a flexible tube 3 which is enclosed within a rigid tube 1, fluid under pressure being admitted by a pipe 6 to the space between the tubes. The ends of the flexible tube are connected to sleeves 4 which are soldered or similarly connected to caps 2 which close the ends of the tube 1. The outer ends of the sleeves are also closed by caps 5 which have apertures to allow the strip to pass. A leakage of pressure-fluid into the space between the tubes is allowed, so as to counteract leakage out of the space, an automatic valve 15 keeping the pressure in the space constant. The machine may be fixed in brackets 14, or may be mounted so as to slide in the brackets and be reciprocated by a crank and connecting-rod. In the latter case, a brake is provided on the spool from which the wire &c. is being drawn, to put a tension on the wire as the machine moves away from the spool. Wire for electric conductors may be cleaned by this machine before insulation.
Patent GB-190429269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburetters for Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: GAUTREAU LEOPOLD JACQUES
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 29,269. Gautreau, L. J., and Gautreau, T. G. April 27, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. An air-admission valve is provided to maintain the mixture constant at all speeds. Figs. 1 and 2 show one form which is secured on the end of the pipe 2 leading to the carburetter. The casing 1 has a perforated, reduced part in which moves a piston valve 7 having V-shaped portions 14 cut away. The valve is closed by a spring, the tension of which is varied by moving the abutment 12 by means of an arm 13 passing through a helical slot 18 in the casing. As the suction increases, the valve moves towards the right, and the triangular air openings in the valve are enlarged. The movements of the valve are controlled by a dash-pot. In one modification, a spring in the small part of the casing opposes the main spring, and takes the place of the dash-pot. In a second modification, the main spring is placed outside the casing 1, has its tension adjusted in the manner shown in Fig. 1, and is opposed by a spring as in the first modification.
Patent GB-190504296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Inverts or Blocks for Sewers, Pipes, and the like.
Inventor: HALL WATKIN
Filed: 1905-03-01
Granted: 1905-10-19
Abstract: 4296. Hall, W. March 1. Sewers; drain and sewer pipes; conduits and culverts.-Invert blocks are formed with tunnellike passages b, b<1>, b<2> by which the blocks are strengthened and means is afforded for draining subsoil water. For the ingress of the latter, perforations c are provided and the tunnels are connected by passages e,f. To cause the rows of bricks g to break joint, the sides of the invert are stepped. The blocks are connected by cradle joints, Fig. 3, and with a lip m, having projections n, to prevent lateral displacement. In laying in bad ground, boards p are laid in the trench and secured by cross-pieces q ; dry cement r is put in position and then brickbats or rubble. The inverts may also be employed to support pipes, conduits, &c. or these may be formed integral with the invert, Fig. 5. Air shafts k are provided at each man-hole.
Patent GB-190504766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture and Recovery of Pyridine and similar Organic Bases.
Inventor: LESSING RUDOLF
Filed: 1905-03-07
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 4766. Lessing, R., and Wilton, T. March 7. Pyridine and its derivatives.-Pyridine and similar organic bases are obtained as by-products in the manufacture of ammonia from any source. The waste gases from the ammonium sulphate saturators, of coal-gas or similar plant, or the aqueous condensate thereof, are treated with tar oils or other oils which will extract pyridine and similar bases, and the bases are afterwards obtained suitably from the extract. The ammoniacal liquor itself may be extracted with oils which absorb pyridine &c. The waste gases may be washed with sulphuric or other acids in a scrubber. The bases obtained are separated by neutralizing the acid. If ammonia is used to neutralize the sulphuric-acid extract, ammonium sulphate is obtained as a byproduct. The condensate may be distilled, the distillate being passed into acid.
Patent GB-190506071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks.
Inventor: AAE HJALMAR
Filed: 1905-03-22
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 6071. Aae, H. May 24, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Locks, key; padlocks.-The locking-mechanism consists of a number of rings 5, well fitted in the cylindrical part 4 of the casing so as to be revoluble therein, and spaced apart by spacing- rings 6 which are fixed in the casing by lugs 7. Each ring is provided with an opening 8, and each ring 5, in addition, with two internal projections 11, 12 which together form a fork. In the locked position, the forks are in such a position as to form a continuation of the keyway 22 in the revoluble barrel 10, which is journalled in the casing, slightly eccentrically to the rings. On the key, Fig. 5, being inserted and turned, the rings 5 are turned, and, owing to the eccentricity of the barrel and the various lengths of the bitts of the key, are one by one left behind. The relative position of the slot 8 and fork of each ring is so arranged in connexion with the corresponding bitt of the key, that the slot 8 comes opposite the tail 9 of the bolt 2 when the ring is left by the key. On the key being turned farther, the lug 13 on the barrel 10 is brought into engagement with a recess 14 in the piece 16 fixed to the bolt, and withdraws the bolt. The slots 8 are made with one side inclined to the radius so that the bolt in being withdrawn slightly revolves the rings farther, so that, when the key is turned to shoot the bolt, the bitt passes the short arm 11 of the fork and engages with the long arm 12, and returns the rings to their former position. A projection on the lug 12 of each ring engages a notch in the barrel 10 when in the locked position, so that no ring can be moved alone from this position. Springs are arranged to steady the motion and to produce sufficient friction to ensure the rings stopping when left by the key.
Patent GB-190507761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Brick Moulding Machines.
Inventor: KUECHENMEISTER CARL WILHELM
Filed: 1905-04-12
Granted: 1905-06-29
Abstract: 7761. K³chenmeister, C. W., and Thomann, P. April 12. Moulding bricks. - A base-plate d is placed between two of the transverse partitions f, carried by the endless chain h, as they arrive beneath the charging - funnel. The fixed partitions c then register with the grooves g to form moulds till the material has been rammed, when the brick forms can be removed on the plates d.
Patent GB-190509588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Coke and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: SHEDLOCK JAMES JOHN
Filed: 1905-05-06
Granted: 1906-05-05
Abstract: 9588. Shedlock, J. J. May 6. Drawings to Specification. Materials for making coke.-Small coal or slack of a non-coking character is intimately mixed in a subdivided condition with a liquid hydro-carbon, say, 10 per cent of gas tar, and coked.
Patent GB-190514995-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Connecting the Cuffs with the Shirt Sleeves.
Inventor: SCHUETZLER RUDOLF
Filed: 1905-07-21
Granted: 1905-11-02
Abstract: 14,995. Sch³tzler, R., and Grõpel, J. July 21. Cuff suspenders. - The suspender is formed of a clip consisting of two plates a, b, preferably connected by a spring c, and of two spring arms d, preferably of wire, which are bent at m, n and attached by ears f, h to the plate b. These arms enter a button-hole in the shirt sleeve, or preferably engage loops i, k on a strip o sewn to the sleeve.
Patent GB-190518259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boot Protectors.
Inventor: MORA FRANCOIS ALFRED
Filed: 1905-09-09
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 18,259. Mora, F. A. Sept. 9. Sole and heel protectors; mudguards. - The protector is made of metal and is of horseshoe shape. It is provided with projecting lugs c, and with flanges d against which the heel or the edges of the sole fits. Holes b are provided for fixing-screws. For lighter shoes, the lugs c are replaced by tapering cross-ribs. In another modification, the protector is provided with straight cross-ribs arranged so that there are a greater number on the outer or wearing edge than on the inner. The protector is stated to serve as a mudguard.
Patent GB-190602245-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Gasifying Raw Combustible Materials.
Inventor: HOERING PAUL
Filed: 1906-01-29
Granted: 1906-09-06
Abstract: 2245. Hoering, P., and Wielandt, W. Jan. 29. Steam generators combined with gas retorts.- Peat and like substances are gasified in a retort placed over a generator and separated therefrom by a valve, which is protected by cooling the coke in the retort before the coke is discharged into the generator. Fig. 5 shows a form of apparatus in which the coke is cooled by steam generated in an evaporator l and passed into the retort and the generator through pipes n, m. In another apparatus, the evaporator is in direct communication with the retort through spaces arranged like a Venetian blind.
Patent GB-190609624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose Pipes
Inventor: BRAGG HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1906-04-24
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 9624. Bragg, H. T. April 24. Hose is wrapped round with a strip of fabric having a thicker intermediate part 5 and thinner side.parts 3 and 4 such that the side parts when overlapped equal the intermediate portion in thickness. In the form shown, the fabric consists, of a knitted strip in which the middle part 5 is closely and the side parts loosely, knitted. Several layers of such strips may be wound on the hose, the winding of one layer being the reverse of the next or in the same direction but arranged to break joint. The hose is suitable for use as brake piping.
Patent GB-190613129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding Tobacco to Cigarette Making Machines.
Inventor: BARON BERNHARD
Filed: 1906-06-06
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 13,129. Baron, B. June 6. Cigarette - making machines. -- Relates to apparatus of the type in which picking or carding cylinders are used to break up and feed the tobacco to a travelling carrier belt from a feep-hopper, the bottom of which consists of a travelling belt, any fine particles not taken up by the carding-cylinder falling on and passing forwards on the carrier belt to meet the carded tobacco, together with which it passes to the ordinary feed-hopper of a cigarettemaking machine. The tobacco fed into the hopper 1 is carried by the belt 2 to the continuously rotating cylinder 4, where the fine particles of tobacco pass down the plate 3, which fits close to the cylinder, to the travelling band 6 to be interwith the tobacco carded by the cylinder 4. The tobacco passing around the cylinder 4 is in part held back by the intermittently rotated cylinder 7, which is cleared by an annular roller 47. The tobacco is lightly held to the cylinder 4 by presser fingers 10 and afterwards doffed by the cylinder 12, which delivers it to a rotating thrower 13. This thrower casts it forwards on to the belt 6, whence it passes to the cigarette-making machine. The various parts are operated through gearing from the main shaft 16. The shaft 25 is driven through gearing 23, 24 and the power is transmitted through a wheel 26 to a set of gear-wheels 27 which are mounted on a pivoted frame 29 so that any one wheel of the set may be put into gear with a gear-wheel 30 slidably mounted on the shaft 31. This shaft drives the cylinder 7 through toothed gearing, an eccentric, and a ratchet and pawl, and also drives the cylinder 4 and belt 2 through bevel-gearing.
Patent GB-190624532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Switches for Railway Signalling and like purposes
Inventor: BEVAN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 24,532. Bevan, A. Nov. 2. Electric contact arrangements, operation of by interaction, with passing collectors.-Relates to electric switches for railway signalling and like purposes operated by a travelling vehicle, and described as arranged for operation by the trolly of an electric car. The base 1 is supported in the usual manner by the trolly wire 5, and the actuating lever 3 is pivoted at 4 and forked to embrace the wire. The opposite end of the lever 3 carries a roller 7, and a projection 7<a> to engage the hooked end of a pivoted lever 27, so that the lever 3 cannot return beyond the vertical position after operation by a passing car. The mechanism within the casing is in duplicate, the lever 3 being arranged to be operated by a car passing in either direction. In operation, the parts normally occupy the positions shown on the right of Fig. 1, and the lever 3 is vertical. A car passing in the direction of the arrow moves the lever 3 to the position shown in fit]( lines and the roller 7 engages the arm 8 and raises the cylinder 16; the hook 25 operates the lever 23 to bridge the contacts 24, and the roller 31 depresses the lever 27. The lever 3 returns rapidly to the vertical position and is stopped by the hooked lever 27. The cylinder 16 first drops rapidly until the hole 18 meets the piston 9; it then falls slowly, taking with it the lever 24<a> and arm 23, until the hole 18 coincides with the passage 15; finally, it falls rapidly, thus making a rapid break at the contacts 24.
Patent GB-190624981-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mercury Air Pump.
Inventor: REDEN ULRICH VON
Filed: 1906-11-06
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 24,981. Reden, U. von. Nov. 6. Exhausting.-In a mercury air-pump, the mercury is contained in a tube r bent to form a segment of a circle and connected at or near the middle by a tube e with the vessel d to be exhausted. The exhaustion is effected by oscillating the pump about an axis a at the centre of the circle to and from the positions shown in Figs. 1 aad 2, whereby the air is delivered alternately to chambers f subject to the suction of a water-jet pump w. Portions b of the tube are made in the form of S-shaped capillary tubes to retain a portion of the mercury for necessary use as a liquid seal. The jet pump is arranged to effect a preliminary exhaustion directly, the apparatus then occupying the position shown in Fig. 1. The size and position of the tube r are preferably such that the centre of gravity of the mercury remains approximately in a vertical line with the axis a.
Patent GB-190710324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bottle-washers or Bottle-washing Machines
Inventor: LICHT HERMANN
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 10,324. Licht, H. Oct. 26, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bottles, washing &c.-In bottle-washing machines of the intermittently-rotated carrying-disk type, the bottles are supported in such a manner that their entire surfaces are exposed to the action of the brushes, clamps or similar holding-devices being dispensed with. The disk 12, loosely mounted upon the shaft 4, is given a step-by-step motion in any suitable manner and receives the inverted bottles 15. The latter are supported between a friction wheel 16 and a series of resiliently-mounted rails 18 secured to the frame of the machine, while lateral support is afforded by pivoted forked levers 25. The friction wheel 16 is fixed to the continuously-driven shaft 4 so that the bottles are rotated on their own axes. At the places where the brushing occurs, the rails 18 are omitted, the bottles being then pressed against the friction wheel by the external brushes 21. The internal and stoppercleaning rotary brushes 31, 32 are mounted on a sliding frame 33 raised at each stoppage of the disk 12 by means of a lever 35, roller 36, and cam 37, while the bottom cleaning brush 42 is similarly operated by a lever 43, roller 44, and cam 45. When the bottles have completed their journeys, they are automatically ejected from the carrier by the engagement of the lower ends of levers 25 with a fixed guide-surface 28.
Patent GB-190716127-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Safety Attachment for Razors
Inventor: ARBENZ ADOLPHE
Filed: 1907-07-13
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 16,127. Arbenz, A. July 13. Razors. - A reversible safety attachment applicable to any kind of razor, comprises a plate d, Figs. 1 and 2, of celluloid, galalith, bone, horn, ivory, &c., held in position on the razor blade a by suitable means, such as a spring clip g, and having teeth f which are thinner than the back or ends of the plate, so as to be held clear of the blade. The plate is grooved, as shown at e, on one or both surfaces, for clearance.
Patent GB-190717895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Fans, Pumps and the like.
Inventor: KIRBY JOHN
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 17,895. Kirby, J. Aug. 6. Centrifugal pumps.-The discharge chambers of centrifugal fans and pumps are provided with ribs in the direction of the outlet. Figs. 4 and 7 show a multi-stage centrifugal fan in which ribs z are arranged in the discharge chamber x. The channels conducting the fluid from the periphery of one impeller a to the eye of the next are fitted with guiding-ribs u<1>, u. The casing sections 1, 2 may be arranged so that the ribs u<1>, u are formed in one piece.
Patent GB-190718281-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method or Process of and Combination of Materials to be used in Regenerating Waste or Scrap Leather.
Inventor: LEWIS HYMAN
Filed: 1907-08-13
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 18,281. Lewis, H. Aug. 13. Compound fabrics.-A sheet of asbestos, cotton, or metal gauze is inserted between two layers of a composition consisting of powdered leather waste, rubber, petrolatum, zinc oxide, pitch, sulphur, cotton fibre, antimony, and colouring-matter. The material is suitable for use for belting or tyres or as a floor covering.
Patent GB-190724615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Feed Devices of Machine Tools and the like.
Inventor: HIRTH CARL ALBERT
Filed: 1907-11-06
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 24,615. Hirth, C. A. Nov. 6. Feed-motions.-The tool-holding or like slide in a precision machine tool is reciprocated by a rotating cam one side of which is in contact with a projection on the slide and the other side of which bears against a fixed abutment or part of the frame situated immediately behind the acting point of the cam. The slide b, Fig. 1, which is controlled by a weight g, carries a projection h which bears against the inclined surface of a cam The back of the cam rests against an abutment m on the frame, and it is rotated by the hand-wheel o through spur gearing n, p. The cam may comprise an inclined plate s, Fig. 2, the face of which carries a central stud u, on which is mounted a disk t with an inclined face. This disk t, which bears against the abutment h on the slide, can be clamped in any position relative to the disk s by a nut v in order to vary the length of the reciprocation of the slide. The cam surface may be formed to give more than one reciprocation of the slide for each revolution.
Patent GB-190803180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Corsets.
Inventor: LINDAUER JULES
Filed: 1908-02-12
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 3180. Lindauer, J. June 27, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Stocking - suspenders; corsets.-The two coacting parts of the clip of each stocking suspender are supported separately from the corset by members d, d<1>, the member d' being attached to the edge of the corset, or to a flap r, as shown, while the member d is attached to an inclined flexible flap p below the busk b on the opposite side of the corset. The members f, f<1> of the other suspender are similarly attached to the flaps q, s, &c. The members d<1>, f<1> exert a vertical pull on the stockings, and prevent them from twisting, while the members d, f, being crossed, prevent the flaps p, q, which support the abdomen, from moving.
Patent GB-190805037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Stoppers for Bottles.
Inventor: LAWSON GRIFFITH THOMAS
Filed: 1908-03-05
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 5037. Lawson, G. T. March 5. Stoppers. - To allow the bottle to be filled without removing the stopper a, the stopper is formed with a central aperture d fitted with a conical valve f, which is held against its seating by internal pressure, as shown by dotted lines. The liquid enters through the chamber d, holes i, and lateral grooves h in the stopper. The valve f is kept from falling by a ring g.