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Patent GB-190605461-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means applicable for use in Regulating the Pressure of the Air employed in the Conduct of Subaqueous Tunnelling Operations.
Inventor: PRICE JOHN
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1906-11-22
Abstract: 5461. Price, J., and Reeves, T. J. March 6. Tunnels and tunnelling.-A liquid-level differential pressure gauge is employed to give warning of excessive variations of air pressure in subaqueous tunnelling. One limb a of the mercury U-tube is in communication at its upper end with the air in the tunnel, and the other limb b with the air in an air-bell submerged at a convenient depth below low-water mark. The electric contact-wires shown project downwards into the tubes for such distances that, while the pressure of the tunnel air'is approximately greater than that of the air in the bell by a certain amount, the alarm circuit is open ; excess of pressure, however, in either displaces the mercury and sounds an alarm. Either limb may be opened to the air for the purpose of reading the pressure in the other.
Patent GB-190605467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for Newspapers and other Reading Matter or the like.
Inventor: KETZSCHER ALWIN
Filed: 1906-03-06
Granted: 1906-05-24
Abstract: 5467. Ketzscher, A. March 6. Newspaper holders. - The newspaper is held in such a manner as to be rendered stiff by two curved bars a, c, the outer one c of which may be flexible or elastic, and is held to the bar a at the top by a hinge or otherwise, and at the bottom by a locking device in the handle b. Further clamping- devices may be used, and also means for employing the bars straight or curved.
Patent GB-190614724-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Making Moulds for Casting Metals.
Inventor: BROCK ALFRED CLIFFORD
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 14,724. Brock, A. C. June 28. Steam &c. hammers.-A steam or air hammer is described in connexion with sandrammingapparatus. The piston-rod carries a frame h, Fig. 2, to which is pivoted a floating telescopic lever q linked to the valve-rod 15. Its fulcrum is carried by a lever p linked at 5 to a hand-lever n, Fig. 7, working between stops t, u in a quadrant 16. To give a fine-stroke adjustment, the spindle 3 of the lever n is geared to a spindle having a hand-wheel o and a notched disk 17. According to the Provisional Specification, the valve-rod is connected directly to a weighted lever having a small roller adapted to run on a series of cams, in the form of toothed wheels, driven by a belt pulley.
Patent GB-190617293-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Electric Fire Alarm.
Inventor: MOULE CHARLES WALTER
Filed: 1906-08-01
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 17,293. Moule, C. W., and Hasell, W. M. Aug. 1. Switches. - A firealarm, in combination with an electric bell-push which can be used independently consists of a thermometer tube e containing mercury, which, on a given rise in temperature, is discharged to bridge the terminals a<1>, b<1> of an electric alarm circuit.
Patent GB-190620952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerial Machines.
Inventor: GARSED JOHN LAW
Filed: 1906-09-21
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 20,952. Garsed, J. L. Sept. 21. Aerial machines without aerostats; propelling; steering; cars.-An aerial machine is propelled by feathering wings 4<a> placed on each side of the machine, and the inclination of the wing about its longitudinal and transverse axes may be adjusted while the wing is working. The wing 4<a>, Fig. 2, is formed with a sleeve 16<a> rotatably fixed on a lever 5 secured to a longitudinal shaft 6, which is rocked by. a lever 5<a> connected to a crank 7 on the main shaft 8. In order that the inclination of the wing about its transverse axis may be varied, the rod connecting the lever 5<a> and the crank 7 is formed of parts 9 connected by square rods 10, guided in sockets 11, to rods 12 having right and left handed screw threads, which are adapted to be screwed into a toothed pillar 13 to alter the effective length of the rods. The pillar 13 gears with a wheel 14 fixed on a shaft 15 carrying a hand-wheel 16. In order to vary the inclination of the wing about its longitudinal axis, a crank 18 is fixed to the sleeve 16<a> and connected by rods 21, Fig. 3, to a sleeve 20, which is able to slide on a feather 22 on the shaft 6. The sleeve is connected by a collar 24 to rods 25 having right and left handed screw threads and sliding in brackets 26. The rods are connected by a toothed pillar 27, so that their effective length may be altered by turning the pillar 27, through a gear-wheel 28 and operating-wheel 30. The rod 25 is reciprocated to feather the wing by means of an eccentric 34 on the shaft 8, which is connected with the rod 25 by a bell-crank 32 and connecting- rods.
Patent GB-190626388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rock Drills and other Percussive Tools.
Inventor: RAYNER GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1906-11-21
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 26,388. Rayner, G. H., and Walton, C. Nov. 21. Rock drills.-A valve for rock drills and other percussive tools whether simple high-pressure or compound working, of the type which is held in position by the difference in areas exposed to fluid of two connected parts of the valve, is formed with a middle collar which has a larger area exposed to fluid than the end pistons. In the first case, Fig. 1, air or steam enters by the central port, locks the valve in its forward position on account of the difference of areas g, i, and passes down the port b to drive out the piston, exhaust passing through port c, spaces o, m, and port x, and also through passage e, groove k, and space m. When the auxiliary passage d is uncovered, fluid passes to the front of the piston h, drives back the valve and leaks through a groove l of smaller area than passage d to the exhaust port x. The valve is held in this position by the difference of areas i, h.- When the passage e is uncovered in the back stroke of the piston, the valve is driven forward, fluid leaking through groove k. In the latter case, Fig. 2, an extra collar r is used, and the exhaust port is moved. When the piston in its back stroke uncovers the passage d, the valve is driven to the left, closes the exhaust port, and opens the space u to the inlet port a. The valve is held in this position by pressure acting on the difference of the two centre areas. The two ends of the cylinder are.thus in communication through passages b, m, o, c, and the piston having a larger rear end is driven forward. A groove s connects the inlet a with the space o, to compensate for leakage through wear of parts. The piston-rod may be arranged at the other end of the piston, the area exposed to high pressure being made smaller than that exposed to expansive pressure, so as to effect the blow by high pressure.
Patent GB-190626533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rubber Heel Pads for Boots or Shoes.
Inventor: ROSENTHAL SIGMUND
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 26,533. Rosenthal, S. Nov. 22. Heel protectors. -The wear of rubber protectors is diminished by the insertion of a lift b of wood fibre, made waterproof and hard by soaking in oil and impregnating w i t h silicate of soda.
Patent GB-190629059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Intaglio Printing.
Inventor: SMITH MARK
Filed: 1906-12-20
Granted: 1907-12-20
Abstract: 29,059. Smith, M. Dec. 20. Printing from engraved plates.-A rotary machine for printing from engraved plates comprises a roller A bearing the design in intaglio on its surface and mounted in horizontally-adjustable bearings J, and an impression roller E provided with grippers for taking the sheet from a feed-board F. The roller A is inked by a roller C which rotates in a trough B, surplus colour being removed by a blade D. The cylinder E rotates once to impress the sheet against the roller A, and then a second time to convey it over stripping-fingers V to tapes G<1>, the roller A being moved clear of the cylinder E during the second revolution of the latter by a rod M, and a cam M' on the shaft N. The printed sheet is conveyed by the tapes G<1> to grippers O on a delivery carriage R, which is reciprocated along rails S by a link P, arm Q, rod T, and a crank on the shaft N. In a modified machine, the axes of the printing roller and cylinder are in an horizontal plane ; the cylinder makes one revolution to each impression ; and the sheet after printing is stripped from the cylinder by a roller and conveyed by tapes to a flyer. The roller A may have on its surface a number of small designs, any of which may be printed by suitably arranging the packing on the impression cylinder ; or each design as it is done with may be filled up with any suitable composition. For the purpose of bringing any design into correct printing relation to the impression cylinder, the design and impression cylinders may be separated by screws K and angularly adjusted.
Patent GB-190700379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Coaches and Wagons, Tramcars, and the like, and in the Manufacture of the same.
Filed: 1907-01-07
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 379. Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Co., and Greg,. J. R. Jan. 7. Bodies.-The corrugated metal plates P forming the roof of a railway coach or wagon, or a tramcar, are connected by trough members T, as described in Specification No. 22,095, A D. 1906, the ends of the plates being flanged and secured by rivets R. The trough members are riveted to steel purlins or to angles t<1> bolted to the wooden purlins U. The plates P are secured to the sides of a steel wagon by a gusset p<2>, Fig. 3, riveted to the plate P and the side of the trough, and to the flange w<1> of the wall W by a rivet R<1>. The spouting S is riveted to the ends of the troughs T, and is secured between the plate p<2> and the flange w<1> by the rivet R'. The roof is secured to the walls of a wooden coach by a plate G, Fig. 4, which embraces the plate P and the side of the trough. Fig. 5 shows the connexion at the end of the wagon, in which the plate P is secured to a plate V provided with a drip portion v<1>.
Patent GB-190702610-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Printing and Issuing Tickets.
Inventor: PARKER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-02-01
Granted: 1908-02-01
Abstract: 2610. Parker, A. Feb. 1. Cutting and perforating apparatus; rotary machines.-Tickets are printed and issued from an apparatus in which the operating spindle 6 carries a partial cylinder 10 with the type working against the resilient roller 11, both feeding forward the ticket strip from the supply roll 24 to the cutter 17, normally held raised by a spring 18 but operated by a hanger 23 from the cross-head 22 of a vertical sliding bar 21 operated from the spindle 6 by a crank and connecting-rod. The roller 11 is supported in adjustable bearings as shown, and an inking-roller 14 is mounted above the printing- cylinder. A ratchet on the spindle 6 prevents backward motion. An ordinary numbering-machine 29 may be fitted so as to be simultaneously operated by the extended cross-head 22.
Patent GB-190703045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Torsiometers.
Inventor: DENNY ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1907-02-07
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 3045. Denny, A., and Edgecombe, F. T. Feb. 7. Supporting or mounting bearings.-In a recording torsiometer (dynamometer) applicable to any shaft, of the kind in which the torsion between two points in the latter causes, by means of toothed gearing, relative motion between the two portions of a countershaft, thus operating through a train of gearing a recording-device, backlash between the gearing is prevented by mounting the bearings C<1>, D of the countershaft in guides providedwith springs C<2>, D', as shown.
Patent GB-190707802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valves for Controlling the Flow of Gases and particularly applicable to Air Compressors
Inventor: ROBSON GEORGE
Filed: 1907-04-03
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 7802. Robson, G. April 3. Check valves; noise, preventing; shocks in, preventing.-Relates to non-return valves for air-compressors &c. The valve E is provided with an extension or projection E<4> on that face opposed to the flow of the fluid, and the projection may terminate in an enlargement E<5>. In a modified form, Fig. 2, the valve is provided wit h a conical enlargement, E<6>, only. In both cases the extension is situated in a conduit or chamber B<1>. The extension ensures the valve lifting at the proper time.
Patent GB-190708060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Files for Loose Sheets.
Inventor: SKREBBA OTTO
Filed: 1907-04-06
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 8060. Skrebba, O. April 6. Filing papers &c.-A file for loose leaves comprises two segmental plates A, B, the cheeks a, b of which carry pins C, D curved parallel with the plates. Racks e on the plate A are engaged by pinions g carried by a spindle f on the plate A, the squared end of which is revoluble by means of a key. Each plate has two slots m through which pass headed studs on the other plate. By this means, the plates are enabled to slide over one another to a limited extent. A pawl t, held in engagement with a ratchet u on the spindle by friction or otherwise, may be carried by a segment pin which is capable of rotation by a key. The pins C, U may telescope into one another or may be entirely independent. They may also lie side by side, in which case they are made semicircular in cross-section ; or they may be arranged so that their ends abut against each other. Fig. 9 shows a modification in which spring clamping-bars p, q are provided. Different keys may be employed for operating the pawl and spindle, so that the opening of the file can be made to depend upon the co-operation of two persons.
Patent GB-190709375-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Substitute for Natural Rock Asphalt.
Inventor: FLYNT HERBERT SPENCER
Filed: 1907-04-23
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 9375. Flynt, H. S. April 23. Asphalts.-A substitute for asphalt for covering floors, walls, roadways, &c. is made by mixing limestone, sand, or other earthy matter with resin and petroleum residuum. To 80-90 parts by weight of earthy matter, heated to 350-550‹ F. are added 10-5 parts of oil and then 5-10 parts of resin, the mixture being thoroughly stirred. Colouring-matter and non-slipping material such as sawdust, cork, &c. may be added.
Patent GB-190715431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inhalers.
Inventor: HORNER JACOB WALTER
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 15,431. Horner, J. W. July 4. Inhalers.-An inhaler for administering nitrous oxide or other gas supplied directly from the cylinder, is constructed with means for automatically cutting-off the supply of gas during exhalation. The apparatus comprises a nose-piece A separated by a check valve b from the tube B which is connected through a feed-valve with the supply tube G. On exhalation, the valve b is closed, and the respired gases escape by lifting an exhaust valve D carried by the arm C' of a pivoted lever C ; as a consequence, the short arm C<3> of the lever is depressed and the diaphragm E is pressed down and closes the valve F through which compressed gas is admitted. On inhalation, the valve b is opened and the valve D is closed, opening the valve F and admitting gas to the tube B and the nosepiece A. For supplying gas to the mouth, the tube B is tapped by a pipe I (shown in dotted lines) leading to a pivoted drum K, in which a port K' is moved in or out of register with the supply pipe as the mouth tube K<2> is inserted into or removed from the patient's mouth. Straps are provided for securing the inhaler in position.
Patent GB-190718861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ordnance having Differential Recoil
Inventor: DEPORT JOSEPH ALBERT
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 18,861. Deport, J. A. Aug. 21. Field carriages; mountings.-A forward velocity is given to the gun before firing, so that the recoil is partly absorbed by reversing the motion of the gun barrel, and partly by spiral springs G, H, arranged concentrically around the barrel a. At the end of the recoil the gun is held, as shown, by spring catches F in the non -recoiling cradle N. When the catches are released from the teeth of the rack E, the gun is pushed forwards with an increasing velocity by the springs G, H, and is automatically fired shortly before reaching the end of its forward stroke. The trail may be jointed so as to be folded for transport.
Patent GB-190718903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Social Games.
Inventor: DOERWALD RICHARD
Filed: 1907-08-22
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 18,903. D÷rwald, R. Aug. 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Games played with spinning-apparatus.-A frame 1 carries a number of receptacles 2 each of which turns on an horizontal axis 12. The frame rotates on a vertical rod 3 mounted on a receptacle 4. Connected with a rod 3 is a receptacle 5, and a conical tube 6 which carries a guide for a bar 7 adapted to be raised by means of a pushbar 8 and a lever 9. In playing, objects are placed in the receptacles 2, the frame is rotated and the bar 8 depressed, thus causing the rod 7 to strike one or more of the receptacles 2 so that the objects fall through the slot 11 into the receptacles 5 or 4.
Patent GB-190719047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of and in Machines for Tea Leaf Drying and Withering.
Inventor: DOUGLAS GEORGE CAMERON
Filed: 1907-08-24
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 19,047. Douglas, G. C., [Greig, J. N. F., and Greig, A. F.]. Aug. 24. Drying tea.-Tea leaf is dried while wet from dew or rain, or is dried after fermentation, without the use of fans, by air at a temperature lower than 200‹ F., and particularly by air of ordinary temperature and dryness, in a machine constructed substantially as described in Specification No. 3873, A.D. 1907.
Patent GB-190719992-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Closet Basins and Seats
Filed: 1907-09-07
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 19,992. Bourtreehill Coal Co., and Woods, R. Sept. 7. Closet basins; closet seats.-To prevent escape of urine, a ridge a is formed on the front of the closet basin to fit into a rubber-lined groove b in the seat.
Patent GB-190721153-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Door Check.
Inventor: SMITH THOMAS
Filed: 1907-09-24
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 21,153. Smith, T. Sept. 24. Door holders; door checks; door stops.-An arrangement for holding open and checking the movement of a door, french window, skylight, &c. comprises a metal rod A, Figs. 3 and 7, which is attached to the framework and passes through a gripping-device contained within the box B attached to the door &c. The gripping-device comprises a leather lining E surrounded by a metal ring D and adapted to be adjustably pressed on to the rod A by means of a screwed pin G. The gripping-device may also consist of a hollow plug E, Fig. 8, of conical shape which is adapted to be compressed round the rod A by means of a boss D screwed into the box B. In a further modification, a loose ring is forced over the conical plug, bosses screwing into both ends of the box for that purpose. Additional loose washers J, Fig. 7, may also be provided to encircle and grip the stay-arm A. A straight bar A pivoted at one end may be employed, the box B being pivoted to the attachment plate.. An adjustable stop, as shown in Fig. 3, is provided to limit the opening of the door &c.
Patent GB-190723641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric-light Pendants.
Inventor: HANWELL HERBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-10-25
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 23,641. Hanwell, H. W. Oct. 25. Spring-drum apparatus for adjustable suspension. -A pendant, in which a spring-controlled drum is employed to receive the slack of the flexible wire, is arranged so that the springs are used as conductors between the movable, and stationary parts. A stationary axle C is held in a yoke B fixed to a stem A, and has a rotatable drum hollowed on each side to receive controlling-springs E, E', and also a fixed insulating - collar F and disk F<1>, the disk having a shoulder which projects into the recess occupied by the spring E<1>. The axle is hollowed at one end and receives conductors G, G<1> which are connected through the axle to the inner ends of the springs, the outer ends of which are connected to the supporting conductors H, H'. At the side of the disk F<1> is a loose ratchet and brake wheel K, the teeth engaging with a spring-controlled pawl L pivoted to the drum. When the lamp is lowered, the pawl engages with the ratchet-wheel, and the friction between the brake face and the disk controls the motion of the drum. The axle is slotted at C<1> and receives a cross-pin C<2>, against which bears a setscrew C<3>. In this way the friction between the wheel K and the disk can be adjusted. One'of the springs may be replaced by a coil of wire to serve only as a conductor. Specification No.. 7798, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190725302-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: SILVER HUGH ADAMS
Filed: 1907-11-14
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 25,302. Silver, H. A., and Silver, H. C. C. C. Nov. 14. Insoles; soles ; uppers ; waterproof ing; welts and welting.-A piece C of rubber is inserted between the lining and upper, and is sewn in with the welt in such a manner that its edge slightly overlaps the insole, to which it is cemented. The whole surface of the insole and welt, and the outsole G, are then coated with three coatings of a special cement, and the sole is then hammered on.
Patent GB-190807534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Manhole, Gully Grating and other Road or Path Surface Boxes or Cover Frames
Inventor: ADAMS SAMUEL HENRY
Filed: 1908-04-06
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 7534. Adams, S. H. April 6. [Patent of Addition to No. 1130, A.D. 1907.] Gratings; man-hole covers.-Frames for gully gratings, man-hole covers, &c. of the kind described in Specification No. 1130, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Roads &c.], are made with the external flanges curved or sloped from the rim downwards as shown at C or E.
Patent GB-190808399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Delivering or Distributing a Definite Quantity of Powdered Material into a Given Quantity of Liquid.
Inventor: BOBY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-15
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 8399. Boby, W., and Legg, A. S. April 15. Measured quantities, delivering.-Relates to apparatus for delivering a definite quantity of powdered material into a given quantity of liquid, particularly in apparatus for softening water by the addition of lime &c. A tipping, rocking, or tumbling vessel actuated by a water supply is coupled to the powder-delivery mechanism so that the tumbling-vessel is free to move during the initial part of its stroke until it acquires sufficient power to operate the powder-delivery mechanism. The latter may consist of a disk e with radial projections, the outer edges of which are twisted to discharge the material through openings k<1> in the side of the powder canister. The base of the canister has conical sides, and an agitator k<3> may be provided. In one form of apparatus, Fig. 8, the tumbling-vessel a may actuate the powder-delivery mechanism through a pawl b<1> and ratchet-wheel b. The pawl, which may be carried by the vessel a, has a travel greater than the pitch of the ratchet-wheel and less than any multiple of the pitch. The shaft of the wheel b operates the powder-delivery mechanism through bevel-wheels e<1>. In a form of apparatus in which the powderdelivery mechanism is given a to-and-fro motion, a divided tumbling-vessel a, Fig. 10, is provided with an arm g fixed to its gudgeon, another arm h being mounted on the spindle d. The arm g has a projection at each end which can move a certain distance before coming in contact with either of the double projections on the arm h. In another arrangement, the delivery mechanism is given a to-and-fro motion, by means of double pawls which engage alternately projections on opposite sides of a disk mounted in a manner similar to the wheel b, Fig. 8. In another modification, the tumbling- vessel is provided with two pawls which alternately engage corresponding ratchet-wheels. The ratchetwheels are coupled together so as to operate the delivery-mechanism continuously in one direction. The pawl attached to the tumbling-vessel may engage a crown wheel mounted on the shaft e<2>, Fig. 2.