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Patent GB-190506534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Separation of Liquids from Solids.
Inventor: HUNT BERTRAM
Filed: 1905-03-28
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 6534. Hunt, B. March 28. Drying minerals &c.-In an apparatus for separating liquids from solids and partially drying the solids, e.g. separating extracting-solutions from crushed ores, a pile of material is maintained in a pyramidal chamber provided at the sides with filtering- chambers. A chamber 1 is provided with a series o f frames 10 having inwardly - directed vanes 12. Material is fed in at the top 5 and is removed at the same rate by means of a helical screw 7 and a belt 9, the rate of discharge being regulated by means of cone pulleys 8. The wedgeshaped chamber 3 confines the material to be filtered, the fluid part being forced through the vanes 12 into chambers 13 containing coarse sand and the like, and finally through a pipe 14 at the bottom. When ores carrying such compounds as potassium cyanide are under treatment, the ore near the bottom is saturated by means of water, which is driven through perfora' ions in a chamber 19. In the latter case, the discharged material may be dried further by being repassed through the apparatus.
Patent GB-190506640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electricity Meters
Inventor: BUSCH CARL WILHELM JOHN
Filed: 1905-03-29
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 6640. Busch, C. W. J., and Roosen, H. March 29. Current and energy meters.-The field-magnet system for electric meters, described in Specification No. 5827, A.D. 1905, is modified by the addition of a coil a' in series or parallel with the main coil a, and wound on the portions f of the shunt magnetic circuit.
Patent GB-190511336-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Supporting and Enclosing Telephone and other Electrical Apparatus
Inventor: KINGSBURY JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1905-05-30
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 11,336. Kingsbury, J. E., [Western Electric Co.]. May 30. Switches; cut-outs; distributing.-Relates to boxes for enclosing 0 telephone sets or other electric appliances, more particularly those employed in connexion with lines associated with power transmission circuits and consequently liable to high-potential crosses. The telephone apparatus is so arranged that when the door of the case is shut it is disconnected from the lines, and while the door is being opened it is connected to the lines through fuses, a lightning-arrester being also provided. The telephone apparatus, moreover, is separated from the chamber containing the fuses by an earthed metal plate by way of further protection. Fig. 6 shows the case with the door open. The telephone apparatus and the protective devices are mounted on a shelf b which slides in guideways b<1>, and when drawn forward can either be lifted out and detached, or dropped into an inclined position for examination of the apparatus. The line-wires are brought in at the back of the case and are connected to pairs of switch springs with which lugs forming one pair of terminals of the fuses engage when the shelf b is pushed back into its normal position in the case. The fuses h, h' are carried by spring holders i<1>, i<3> and a pair of lightning-arresters with a central earthed plate is arranged between them. These protective devices are separated by the metal plate b<3>, which supports them, from the right-hand compartment which contains the magneto, while the shelf b separates them from the telephone instruments, the shelf being earthed as stated. above. The door a<1> carries two bosses r<3>, g, which, when the door is closed, depress spring-controlled switch plungers f, r. The plunger f serves to open the switch e, e<1>, d, d', Fig. 9, thus disconnecting from the line L, and fuses h, h<1> the telephone apparatus and the lightning-arrester o, o'. The plunger r opens the switch q, ql in the microphone circuit to prevent waste of current. If abnormal pressures are present in the line, the fuses are blown when the door is being opened, thus protecting the operator from injury and notifying him of the condition of the apparatus. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the apparatus showing the fuses h, lightning-arrester o, o switch terminals n, n<1> of the line, and switch plunger f with the switch d, d', e, e' operated thereby.
Patent GB-190513660-A (GB)
Title: Coin Feed Apparatus for Stamping or Franking Letters, Telegrams, and the like.
Inventor: MOSS ERNEST
Filed: 1905-07-03
Granted: 1906-01-25
Abstract: 13,660. Moss, E. July 3. Receipts, checking and recording.-In coin-freed franking - apparatus, a quadrant 16 upon an horizontal shaft 6 bears a number of stamps 19 of different values, and is turned to put the required one at the bottom by a handle pointing to a graduated arc 10. A camflange 17, acting through a lever 21 and connecting- rod 23, sets a sliding block 24. When an horizontal bar 5 bearing a spring 44 and a leg 31 is pulled by a hand-lever 2, a bell-crank lever 40 on an upright 41 strikes down the stamp 19, and a ratchet lever connected to the leg by the spring turns an adding ratchet-wheel 26. The stamps are iuked by an endless ribbon 79, Fig. 6, the feedrolls 80 of which are operated by a ratchet lever 81 when a bevel 82 on the draw-bar 5 passes a driving- lever 83. One of the feed-rolls is mounted eccentrically on an adjusting-disk 89, and a similar pair of rolls receives ink from a dropping well. Complete strokes of the draw-bar 5 are ensured by a pair of racks 51, 52 thereon and an overlying pair of rocking pawls 48, 49.
Patent GB-190514195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust Pans.
Inventor: WYNKOOP JEHIEL FRANKLIN
Filed: 1905-07-10
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 14,195. Wynkoop, J. F. July 10. Crumb trays.-A dust pan, Fig. 1, made in small sizes as a crumb tray, is of conical shape for convenience in holding and in packing, and is made from a single rectangular metal blank the outer edges of which are turned over and seamed together as at 10', Figs. 1 and 2, avoiding the use of solder. The crumb tray has a turned-over edge 9<1>, a turned-down lip 10, a foot 6, Fig. 2, at the narrow end, and eyeleted holes 7 to afford a hold for the fingers,
Patent GB-190514411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: KINGS THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-07-12
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 14,411. Kings, T. W. July 12. Exhaust-silencers: -The exhaust of an explosion engine escapes through numerous ports 0 which are uncovered by the piston and connected by short pipes 0<1> traversing the water jacket to a chamber O<2>. By this arrangement, the exhaust is cooled and silenced.
Patent GB-190514963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blast Apparatus for Locomotive and other Furnaces.
Inventor: MAZERAUD ALEXANDRE HONORE
Filed: 1905-07-20
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 14,963. Mazeraud, A. H. July 25, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Blast apparatus.- Exhaust steam from a locomotive or other engine is utilized both for injecting air into the ash-pit of the boiler furnace and also for inducing a draught by the ordinary blast pipe. Means are also provided whereby live steam from the boiler may be used to assist the draught, either in conjunction with, or independently of, the exhaust steam. Fig. 1 illustrates the application of the method to a locomotive. Exhaust steam enters the blast pipe b<1>, which is fitted with a valve c operated by an arm c<1> and lever c<2>, and passes by a pipe d to a horizontal chamber e, the amount of steam being regulated by the valve c and by a valve d<1> operated by a lever d<4>. From the chamber e the exhaust steam is led by pipes e<1> to low-pressure injectors f<1>, one on each side of the ash-pit a<4>, the trap-door at the front of which is closed. Air is thus injected into nozzles g below the fire-bars, the motion of the locomotive tending to incease the draught. By operating the levers c<2>, d<4>, which may be combined so as to connect the movement of the regulators c, d' with the admission of steam, the proportion of exhaust steam used in the blast pipe and in the injectors f<1> may be varied. In case of damage to the exhaust, or for any other reason, live steam may be used with the injectors and with the blast pipe, a three-way distributor i being provided for the purpose. Steam from the boiler enters the distributor by a pipe h<1>, Figs. 1 and 5, and is directed by a disk n, provided with slots n<1>, n<2>, Fig. 12, and operated by a roi p and handle p<1>, to bell-mouthed openings o', o<2>, leading by pipes j, k to the blast pipe and to injectors m<1> respectively. An automatic by-pass q, Figs. 14 and 15, may be used in conjunction with the distributor i. This consists of a piston q<1> operated either by live steam entering at r<1> from a pipe m connected to the pipe k, or by exhaust steam entering from the pipe e' at r, so that either live or exhaust steam may be used with the injectors m<1>. By the use of the automatic by-pass and the distributor, any desired amount of live or exhaust steam may be used in the injectors m' independently of or in conjunction with that used in the injectors f<1> and in the blast pipe. In the case of grates with movable fire-bars, and in any other case where necessary, the nozzles g' may be bent and led in at the back of the ash-pit, as shown in Fig. 14.
Patent GB-190518197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Burners
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1905-09-08
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 18,197. Clark, W. E. Sept. 8. Incandescent gas lamps.-The mixing-tube b, shaped 'as shown in Fig. 1, is adjustably mounted by a clamp f upon one of the arms c which support the chimney holder. The usual gauze or gauzes in the mixing-tube are replaced by a deflecting - cone h having radial slots s in its edge. The cone, which deflects and facilitates the mixture of air and gas, receives the lower end i of the mantle rod j, and may be supported by bending the slotted edge over the upper end of the mixing-tube.
Patent GB-190521826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Cash Slips and Refunding Vouchers.
Inventor: SEYMOUR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Filed: 1905-10-26
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 21,826. Seymour, B. F. Oct. 29, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Mercantile forms; cheques; sales or counter-check books.-Cash-slips and refunding vouchers of various forms are arranged with spaces which may be perforated to indicate particulars of the business transacted. Fig. 5 shows a book of forms for duplicating the invoice by carbon paper, and Fig. 5 shows a single form with a space for the invoice, the duplicate voucher portion being folded at the line 19 before perforating as described below. Other forms adapted for particular systems of business are described, all embracing the feature of perforating sections of the margin for indicating particulars as date of the month, department, and value of the purchase, two or more duplicates being perforated at the same time. Another form consists of a roll of coupons of a fixed value, one of which is torn off and punched, the punched-out. portion being retained as shop-record ; or a portion may be detached for this purpose. The voucher may be printed on the back with figures representing its value.
Patent GB-190526294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Chairs and Sleepers
Inventor: NOBLE THOMAS
Filed: 1905-12-16
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 26,294. Noble, T. Dec. 16.. Chairs; sleepers.-Relates to chairs fitting over half-round sleepers or ties as described -in Specification No. 1614, A.D. 1863, and consists of a wroughtmetal chair formed with a concave base for securing to the upper rounded surface of an hemispherical wooden sleeper. Fig. 3 shows a chair with jaws C of ordinary construction, and a concave base B' secured to the sleeper by spikes F, driven radially into the wood. The chair may be made of wrought metal or steel, and may have its jaws formed by bending up portions of the base;. also bent-up portions of the base may be made to clip the base flange of a flat-footed rail.
Patent GB-190602849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in appertaining to Chemical Fire Extinguishers or Extincteurs.
Inventor: LIGHTFOOT JOHN
Filed: 1906-02-06
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 2849. Lightfoot, J. Feb. 6. Indicating invers i o n o f bodies.- Consists of a device for indicating the inversion of an extincteur o r other apparatus. A ball f is placed at the bottom of a transparent tube b, and, on inversion of the apparatus, falls into a chamber g, where it is retained. The cover m of the chamber g can only be removed to readjust the indicator by breaking a seal h or unlocking a padlock and then withdrawing a pink. The tube b may be prevented from leaving its lower support d by means of pins or a suitable holder engaging the top of the tube.
Patent GB-190619304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheels for Motor Road and other Vehicles.
Inventor: CUMING ARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1906-08-29
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 19,304. Cuming, A. J. Aug. 29. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Spring wheels.- A wheel for motor and other road or railway vehiflea has feet, in the form of plungers, supported in sleeves pivoted between two disks attached to the h u b, the plungers being kept extended by a resilient body. The disks a, b are attached to the hub c, and carry sleeves f by means of pivots e. Fixed to the pistons or plungers g, which have tread surfaces h and slide in the sleeves f, are heads i, which rest on a pneumatic or other tube or tubes l, a band m of leather being interposed. To obviate nipping the resilient body, the heads i are formed with projections j and indents k, Fig. 3. The plungers g are made hollow to hold lubricant. Projections on the disks a, b form stops to the sleeves f. By means ot the nuts q on the pivots e, the disks a, b are held together, but further connexion may be made through the cross-pieces p, placed so as to close the aperture between adjacent sleeves, Figs. 1 and 2. The flange a may be in two parts a, a<*>. Frictional contact between the surfaces of the sleeves, or coupling together by means of bands or wires, may be used to provide for con- - certed movement of the sleeves. When used for railway vehicles, the tread is flanged and lateral strength is provided by extension of the disk or by carrying a projection from the tread up to the disks. In a modification, the plungers compress air in cylinders, the separate air tube being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190619806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapourisers, for use with Explosive Vapour Engines, and the like.
Inventor: ISAACSON RUPERT JOHN
Filed: 1906-09-05
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 19,806. Isaacson, R. J. Sept.5. Gas or explosivevapour engines. - Heavy oil, such as paraffin, is vaporized by being sprayed into a U- shaped tube passing through the exhaust box. A hand-operated rod is employed to clear the oil nozzle of any deposit. Fig. 2 - is a section of the apparatus showing the tube 3 with air inlet 16, oil nozzle 20, and drain passage 12. The exhaust gases enter at an opening 14 and leave by an opening 15, Fig. 4. The fuel is supplied to the nozzle 20 from a float-chamber through a passage (not shown) ; a rod 25, ordinarily held back by a spring, may be pressed inwards to clean the nozzle. At starting, light oil is used and an extra air inlet 8 isopened. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 27,969, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190623017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Separating the Ends of Warp-threads in Warp-twisting Machines.
Inventor: HILLER GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1907-01-17
Abstract: 23,017. Hiller, G. Oct. 17. Warp threads, uniting. -Relates to means for separating the ends of warps about to be twisted together in warp-twisting machines from the remaining untwisted warps or lease. Pairs of pushers 2, 3, Figs. 1 and 12, are used, and are normally in a raised position parallel to the warps, as shown in Fig. 1, but are projected into operative position in the lease, lowered alternately so as to act alternately above and below the lease, and are then turned at right-angles to separate completely the untwisted threads from those abcut to be twisted in readiness for the gripping and twisting devices. The pushers 2, 3 slide in slots in spindles 6, 7 attached to a slide 8, which is normally raised by a spring 10. The spindles are provided with locking- rings 31 and with arms 4, 5 having preferably closed hemispherical ends-; the arms also guide the pushers, which are provided with locking-rings 32 sliding on the spindles 6, 7 and are normally pressed upwards under spring action to an extent governed by pins 29 and slots 28. The slide 8 is depressed by a cam 9, so as to project the pushers into the lease, then either the pusher 2 or 3 is further depressed, to act below the lease, by the arm 41 or 42, Fig. 12, of a three-armed lever 41, 42, 43, which is pivoted on the slide 8 and is turned by a switch 37 rigidly connected to a ratchet 38 turned by a pawl 39 at each movement of the slide. The switch normally has one side vertical, and the third arm 43 of the three-armed lever slides down the upper inclined edge, moving to the left or right according to the position of the switch, and bringing into action either the arm 42 or 41 to act in the corresponding locking-ring 32 and depress the corresponding pusher 2 or 3. At this time, the switch is turned round so that its upper surface acts as a cam, to move the arm 43 positively. The pushers and spindles are then turned at right-angles in opposite directions by a tappet 48 acting on a cam 47 in a wheel 45 gearing with a wheel 46, thus completing the separation of the threads to be twisted. The pushers are normally held parallel to the warps by a spring. The threads to be immediately twisted together are given extra tension by means of pressing-rolls 13, 14, Fig. 1, carried on levers 18, 19 connected by a spring and pivoted on pins 20, 21 of a carrier 22, which -is depressed against spring action by an eccentric 26 during the working of the pushers. The rolls 13,14 move upon the sides of supports 16, 17, and the latter may be made in the form of shafts, which are turned to exert a pulling action from the lease upon the warp threads.
Patent GB-190700590-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Extracting Copper from its Ores.
Inventor: JUMAU LUCIEN
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 590. Jumau, L. July 11, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Copper, depositing; electrolytes, agitating.-Relates to improvements in the process of extracting copper described in Specification No. 27,120, A.D. 1906. The sulphide ore is roasted to oxide and lixiviated with an ammoniacal solution of ammonium sulphite or sulphate or a mixture of them. The solution, after or without evaporation of its free ammonia, is treated with sulphurous acid, which may be that evolved during roasting of the ore. The copper is precipitated as cuprosocupric sulphite, which is removed and dissolved in ammonia or ammoniacal solution of ammonium sulphite or sulphate. The solution is electrolyzed to obtain the copper, a covering layer of oil being used to prevent oxidation and escape of ammonia. The spent electrolyte serves for dissolving a fresh portion of cuproso-cupric sulphite, part of the ammonium sulphate which accumulates being periodically removed. This removed sulphate is treated with lime or spent ore to obtain ammonia, with which the filtrate obtained after precipitation of the cuproso-cupric sulphite is regenerated so as to be available for a further lixiviation of ore ; or the said filtrate may be first heated with the spent electrolyte to regenerate any dissolved sulphurous acid before the mixture is treated with lime. When the electrolysis of the ammoniacal solution of the sulphite is to be conducted without a diaphragm, better results are obtained by dissolving the sulphite in ammonium carbonate instead of ammonia ; or the solution in ammonia may be saturated with carbonic acid, the passage of the gas during electrolysis causing a circulation of the electrolyte.
Patent GB-190700700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Churn-dashers.
Inventor: RATHBUN STEPHEN B
Filed: 1907-01-10
Granted: 1907-05-16
Abstract: 700. Rathbun, S. B., and Ringe, E. Jan. 10. Churns.-Relates to modifications in churn dashers which may be applied to ice-cream freezers. A wire 8 is threaded to and fro through holes in horizontal bars 2, 3, of which 2 is fixed to the spindle 1, while 3 can be adjusted and fixed in position by two nuts on the spindle 1. Over the spindle 1 is placed a slotted tube 9 carrying at its lower end a disk 11, shaped so as to raise the cream from the bottom of the churn, the edges of the bar 2 being bevelled for the same purpose. The tube 9 also carries arms 14, to which are pivoted flaps 10 When the churn is working, the flaps 10 take up the position shown, leaving spaces.behind them into which air is drawn down the tube 9. The butter is collected by means of the flaps 10 on reversing the motion of the churn. Flaps to scrape the sides of the churn may be secured to the outermost wires 8.
Patent GB-190701393-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus or Appliance for Mixing a Combustible with Air.
Inventor: CARY HENRY BOUNDS
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 1393. Cary, H. B. Jan. 18. Atmospheric gas, spray, and vapour burners. -An apparatus for mixing a hydrocarbon combustible (gaseous or liquid) with air consists of a conical tube A opening at its smaller end into an expanding mixing-chamber B, and a fuelsupply nozzle or nipple D adjacent to air-supply inlets F. Fig. 1 shows the improvement embodied in a burner for heating a crucible or furnace, but the contracted outlet E may be attached to a slotted head forming a gas burner for cooking &c. In a blow-lamp burner, a drip tube leads from the chamber B to a starting- cup beneath it.
Patent GB-190706876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reeling Warping and Beaming Machines.
Inventor: BROWN NORMAN SEDDON
Filed: 1907-03-22
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 6876. Brown, N. S. March 22. Brakes. - In a reeling, warping, or beaming machine having a brake which is applied when the belt-shifting gear is operated to stop the machine, the brake is automatically taken off when the machine is stopped. When the belt-shifting lever D, Fig. 4, is moved to carry the belt from the fast pulley e to the loose pulley, the weight W turns the lever C pivoted at C' and thus applies the band brake B. The inertia of the conical piece H mounted on the shaft G causes it to travel along the groove g after the machine has stopped and to lift the weighted end of the lever C, thus taking off the brake B. The brake is retained in its inoperative position by a pivoted piece K having a tooth k<3> which engages above a slot in a fixed plate. A bent wire k<2> secured to the lever D is arranged to disengage the piece K when the machine is started again. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the band brake B normally is kept out of action by a pin M carried by a bracket M<1>, which is pivoted to the framing m<1> and to the lever T' at m. When the treadle lever T rises, owing to the belt being moved to the loose pulley, the lever T' falls and the pin M allows the brake lever C to apply the brake. At the same time, the link n' turns a bellcrank lever N' arranged to tilt a pivoted frame N carrying a rolling weight W<1>, which causes the frame N to tilt further and to raise the rod n sufficiently to lift the brake-lever C.
Patent GB-190714522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene and like Gas Burner Tips.
Inventor: DOLAN EDWARD JAMES
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 14,522. Dolan, E. J., and Tracy, M. J. June 24. Acetylene and like burners. - A flatflame burner is formed with a single exit D, Figs. 1 and 5, of elongated form, preferably parallelogrammic, communicating with the gas supply by a passage C, Fig. 5, similarly elongated; the .width of this passage is greater than that of the exit D, and its breadth is preferably equal to that of the exit. A slot E for receiving the flame may be cut at right-angles to the passage C, and is freely open at both ends and preferably extends below the exit D on both sides, so that the flame rests on the top of the slot E.