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Patent GB-190605058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Motors for Utilising the Ebb and Flow of Tides.
Inventor: GEYER GEORG
Filed: 1906-03-01
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 5058. Geyer, G. March 1. Turbines.-Tidal motors of the type in which the tidal water is fed from one reservoir at a high level through a turbine or other water motor to a lower level are provided with means whereby the turbine &c. may be raised or lowered gradually according to the level in the higher reservoir. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation of the apparatus. The turbine g, arranged between the high water level reservoir b and the low water level reservoir a, is mounted on a piston f working in an hydraulic cylinder, to which water under pressure is fed from a pipe o through a cock n. This cock is operated by a telescoping rod t provided with a screw-thread s engaging in a nut v connected to the float a by a rigid non-rotatable arm. The frame w connecting the piston-rod and the turbine carries an arm l to which the spindle t is rotatably secured. As the water level in the reservoir b rises, the nut v causes the cock n to turn and allow pressure water to flow from the pipe o to the hydraulic cylinder, to raise the frame wand the turbine. As the frame wand the rod l rise, the rod s is rotated in the opposite direction to its former movement, and the cock n is closed again. By a similar action, when the level of the water in the reservoir b falls, the hydraulic cylinder is opened to the exhaust pipe p.
Patent GB-190608338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Bearings.
Inventor: WITTE FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-04-06
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 8338. Witte, F. W. April 6. Ball bearings.-To provide for the insertion of balls in a ball bearing, one of the rings is pro-. vided with a number of gaps c<3>, c<4>, one for each ball, which do not extend to the centre of the ball track but end in abutments d over which the balls are forced in assembling the bearing. If a cage or spacing-device is used, the balls or the gaps or both the balls and gaps may be unequallyspaced to minimize the risk of displacement under lateral pressure.
Patent GB-190610252-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Glass Tiles
Inventor: BROCK ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-02
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 10,252. Brock, E. W. May 2. Facing-tiles.-Glass tiles are provided with a flexible fibrous backing which is inserted between the glass and the substance forming key t) fasten the tile to other materials. Paper is passed slowly through a melted bituminous composition so as to become inpregnated therewith, and is then cut into pieces of the same size as the tiles. The backing is applied by laying the tiles upon a tray, covering each tile with a strip of the prepared paper, scattering over the whole some suitable substance to form a key, and then heating in a chamber or kiln to cause the prepared paper, tile, and keying- material to combine together ; or the prepared paper is laid in a tray which has been previously sprinkled with the keying-material and the tiles heated and placed thereon. According to the Provisional Specification, the invention may be applied to mosaics. Specification No. 13,302, A.D. 1892, is referred to.
Patent GB-190610902-A (GB)
Title: Syphon for Instantaneous Preparation of Aerated Waters by Means of Liquid Carbonic Acid.
Inventor: THEODORE STERNE
Filed: 1906-05-09
Abstract: 10,902. SternÚ, T. May 10, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Puhlished under Patents Act, 1901.] Siphon bottles; aerating liquids.-Relates to a siphon head provided with a device for aerating the contents of the bottle by means of compressed gas. A screw nozzle d on the siphon head is fitted with an india-rubber washer k and a perforated piercer i. A non-return valve h<1> may be provided in the gas passage. A collar e, provided with two vertical guides f which support the gas capsule, is screwed on to the nozzle d. The capsule is depressed on to the piercer by a cap p<2>, Fig. 3, attached to arms p which are pivoted at o to a doubled-armed lever n pivoted at m to the collar e. When a valved capsule is used, a perforated peg is used in place of the perforated piercer. A screw cap may be provided for the screw nozzle d. The discharge valve c' is held in place by a spring c<2> aud is operated by means of a lever c<3>.
Patent GB-190617504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplings.
Inventor: SHAILER PERCY HENRY
Filed: 1906-08-03
Granted: 1907-11-02
Abstract: 17,504. Shailer, P. H., and Hogan, T. F. Aug. 3. Couplings, automatic.-In a double coupling of the arrow - head type, hooks C, c having arrow-shaped heads are pivoted at A<2>, a' and adapted to engage over inclined ledges a<3>, A<3> formed on the coupler heads, and under looped jaws b, B, also pivoted at a<2>, A', respectively. Uncoupling may be effected by operating the uncoupling mechanism of the two vehicles simultaneously, the arrangement being such that the loops are raised clear of the upper edges of the hooks before the lifting of the hooks commences, or, in order to avoid the simultaneous operation of the two mechanisms, the ledges a<3>, A<3> may be provided with movable portions d, D, pivoted at d<1>, D<1> and arranged to be moved into an inclined position, as shown at the right-hand side of Fig. 3, as the loops are lifted, thereby allowing the hooks to ride over them as the vehicles are pulled apart. The portions d, D are connected by links d', e and D<2>, E to levers f, F, pivoted at f<1>, F' and having camsurfaces f<2>, F<2> engaging with pins b<2>, B<2> fixed to the loops b, B. The free ends of the levers f, F are connected by chains to arms g, G provided on handled cross-shafts g<1>, G<1>, the parts being held in position by springs h, H engaging flat surfaces on the arms g, G. For shunting purposes, means may be provided whereby the uncoupling-gear of the engine may be operated by the driver without leaving his platform. According to the Provisional Specification, the uncoupling-gear may consist of two lengths of chain attached to the loop and hook respectively, and connected to a rotary cross-shaft having spring handles at each end arranged to engage with notched quadrants, and a signalling- device, such as a disk or finger, may be made to project laterally from the vehicle when the couplings are disengaged.
Patent GB-190617512-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Discharging Apparatus for Superphosphate Pits.
Inventor: NEECH HERBERT RICHARD
Filed: 1906-08-03
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 17,512. Neech, H. R. Aug. 3. Conveyers.-Apparatus for discharging superphosphate from manure pits consists of a trolly 1 having brackets 4 carrying a transverse shaft 5, to which is pivoted a frame 7 carrying sprockets 6, 9, over which passes an endless chain of prongs or forks 11. The pits have side and back walls supporting a permanent roof, the front end being closed by boards. In operation, the boards are removed and the frame 7 is adjusted in inclination so as to run into the pit by means of a hand-wheel 15 acting through worm gear on a toothed segment. When the handle 16 is rotated to, or power is otherwise applied, the conveyer operates to remove the superphosphates down a trough 20. The front wheels 2 of the trolly are arranged to be steered by a lever 22, which is locked by resting in a notched plate upstanding from the rear end of the trolly 1.
Patent GB-190618420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flat Irons, Box Irons, or the like Implements for Ironing.
Inventor: EDWARDS ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1906-08-16
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 18,420. Edwards, A. H. Aug. 16. Ironing.-Flat-irons and metal heating blocks or bodies intended for insertion in box-irons are made in two or more parts, of which each is heated, the two being afterwards placed together. Fig. 1 shows a flat-iron divided parallel with its face into two parts, hinged together at one end at a and held together when in use by a catch B engaging a part b. The two parts are grooved so as to engage when placed together. They are spread out in a straight line and are beated over a fire or a Bunsen or oil burner &c., being placed on the device shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 8 shows a metal heating-block for a box-iron made in two parts E, E<1>, the lower part E having a pair of studs e passing through holes in the upper part, so that when the upper part is supported by ledges g in a heating casing the lower part is suspended by these studs resting on edges e<x> at the bottom of these holes. In the iron shown in Fig. 9, the upper part H' slides over posts h on the lower part, to which posts the handle mount I is attached. The two parts of the ironbody are separated and slid vertically down over posts m of a heating-device M, Fig. 13; the inner faces of the parts of the iron are corrugated to fit together. Fig. 14 shows a device iu which the iron is heated while held horizontally, the two parts sliding in the groove n and over the surface n<1>, respectively, and being heated, e.g. by flames from the Bunsen-burner holes N<1>. In another construction of iron the inner faces are grooved transversely. In cases where the two parts of an iron or heating-block are hinged together at one end and secured by a catch at the other, their movement apart may be limited by links.
Patent GB-190621098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firing Mechanism for Automatic Guns
Filed: 1906-09-22
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 21,098. Hotchkiss Ordnance Co., [Soc. Anon. des. Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss & Co.]. Sept. 22. Machine guns.- Relates to firing- mechanism for gasoperated guns of the kind described in Specifications No. 29,118, AD. 1896, and No. 12,093, A.D. 1899. Figs. 1 and 3, respectively, show the mechanism in position for automatic and for single-shot firing. The breechoperating piston A is held in Its rearward position by a detent H, which is acted upon by a spring I and engaged at its upper end with a notch a in the piston and at its lower end with a shoulder e on the trigger block E; the forward motion of the detent is limited by rounded shoulders b in the breech casing B. The trigger block E is formed with an arm E' extended rearwardly below a transversely-mounted bolt K eat away at its centre to form a sector k<6>. If the sector is rotated by an external handle into the first position, Fig. 1, and the trigger is polled and held, the detent H is rooked and held out of engagement with the notch a, thereby permitting the gun to fire continuously until the trigger is released; the detent is then pushed forwards by the spring I and is raised into re-engagement with the notch by the shoulders. b. When the sector is in the second position, Fig: 3, it bears upon the arm E<2>, so that when the trigger is pulled it rocks the detent to release the piston A and is at the same time depressed by the sector, against the action of the spring F, to release the detent from the shoulder e. The detent is then free to reengage with the notch a of the piston, so that only single shots can be fired.
Patent GB-190627710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buckles or Fastenings for Straps.
Inventor: BUXTON ALFRED ST CLAIR
Filed: 1906-12-05
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 27,710. Buxton, A. St. C. Dec. 5. Buckles.-A belt or like buckle has a single frame a with a central or approximately central cross-bar b having two or more studs c to engage holes in the strap &c. An attaching-loop e may be added. The studs may be plain or provided with heads. and may be sloping or curved. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 5464, A.D. 1891.]
Patent GB-190627755-A (GB)
Title: A Flower Clip or Clasp for Attaching to Wearing Apparel
Inventor: TIMMINS EBENEZER
Filed: 1906-12-06
Granted: 1907-10-24
Abstract: 27,755. Timmins, E. Dec. 6. Flower-holders, buttonhole.-A device for holding flowers in a buttonhole is made of wire in the form of two bars B, C, Fig. 3, having eyelets A at each end for attaching to the coat beneath the button - hole. The flower stems F are passed through the button-hole G, then under the curved top bar B, and over the bottom bar C.
Patent GB-190700091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Concentrating Sulphuric Acid
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-01-01
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 91. Boult, A. J., [Stange, L.]. Jan. 1. Concentrating sulphuric acid.-Relates to the type of apparatus in which the acid, contained in suitably-heated cast-iron pans, is concentrated by blowing hot air over the surface of the liquid. The pan B is heated by means of flues F surrounding the upper part of the pan only, while the lower part is provided with an outlet leading to a chamber C immersed in a cooling-tank. The concentrated acid flows away through a pipe D, and the ferric sulphate sludge is discharged into a receptacle R. A stoneware vessel, open at its base and suspended from the hot-air pipes J, prevents the dilute acid, which enters by the pipe N, from coming into contact with the pan. The vapours pass away by a pipe K to a Glover tower, through which the dilute acid passes on its way to the pan.
Patent GB-190705089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expanding Pulleys
Inventor: WEBER KURT
Filed: 1907-03-02
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 5089. Weber, K. March 2. Swivels.-In an adjusting-device for an expanding pulley, a swivel connexion to allow an independently rotatable disk g to be longitudinally adjusted by rotation of a screwed spindle p within a stationary nut s, comprises a yoke n attached to the spindle p and carrying an annular ring m arranged with ball bearings l between disks k connected to the disk g by rods.
Patent GB-190706103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps for Supplying Lubricants.
Inventor: KNOLLER RICHARD
Filed: 1907-03-13
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 6103. Knoller, R. March 13. Actuating pumps. -Consists in the actuation of valveless lubricating - pumps, in which a feeding- piston a, Fig. 1, and distributing- piston b work in separate cylinders a<1>, b<1>, by means of a single eccentric c' the strap f of which is formed as a cross-head and carries two pins g sliding in slots h in the pump casing p. In a modification, the pins g are connected by a link o to a pivot l, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190711807-A (GB)
Title: Loose Leaf Binder.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1907-05-21
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 11,807. Howorth, F. W., [Harcourt, F., and Dunbar, L. J.]. May 21. Filing papers &c.-Relates to a bearing-block for the operating-shaft of a loose-leaf binder of the type in which the two sections of the binder are reciprocated by rack-andpinion gear operated by a rotatable shaft. Beneath the racks E, Fig. 1, is a bearing-block composed of two sections 1, 4 having longitudinal recesses 3, 5 to contain the shaft F which has a worm cut thereon, and recesses 6 in which is disposed a pinion 8 having a hollow neck 9 projecting through the upper section 4. Mounted on the neck 9 is a gear 10 in mesh with the racks E. The sides of the racks E bear against shoulders 13 on the section 4, and these shoulders also abut against lugs 15 on the racks to limit the movement in either direction. A collar 16 pinned on the shaft F prevents longitudinal movement of the same.
Patent GB-190712264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Grinding, Buffing and Polishing Steel, Iron, Metal or Wood.
Inventor: FRISTON SAMUEL CHARLES
Filed: 1907-05-28
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 12,264. Friston, S. C. May 28. Surfacing and polishing.-Iron, steel, and other metal or wooden articles, such as hand-wheels used in the machinery connected with gun-carriages, are ground, buffed, and polished by an endless tape or band, which is passed through the apertures in the article being treated, thus enabling every part of it to be operated upon. The tape &c. is coated with emery, glass, sand, &c., of varying degrees of fineness according to the operation it is to perform, and runs over pulleys F, mounted on the frame A, which may be attached to any machine, and also over a pulley E carried at the end of an adjustable arm C. If the arm C cannot pass through the hole in the article, the tape may be first threaded through the article and then passed round a removable pulley K carried by an arm I mounted in a socket H in a bent arm G attached to the base of the frame.
Patent GB-190716638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings of the Cupboard Turn Type.
Inventor: BLANKSTONE DAVID
Filed: 1907-07-20
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 16,638. Blankstone, D., and Thew, G. F. July 20. Cupboard-turns; locks, key.-The turn-button 4 is pivotally mounted in the casing 5 secured to the inside of the door, and is adapted for turning by the handle 6, the spindle 8 of which passes through the door and enters a rectangular slot in the arm 7a of the button. The catch-plate 2 is screwed:to the side of the frame, as shown, so as to act as a stop for the door and prevent it from being pushed in too far. In a modification, the tongue 4 is adapted for operation by an ordinary key, the-bitt of which is caused to engage one or other of two lugs formed at the pivoted end of the tongue.
Patent GB-190716859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Washing Machines.
Inventor: MORISONS JULES LOUIS
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 16,859. Morisons, J. L. July 23. Washing-machines.-In a machine in which the clothes are placed between two rubbers, one of which oscillates to produce the rubbing action and one of which moves towards and from the other to squeeze and release the clothes alternately, the movable member is suspended by means of S-shaped swinging yokes, which are provided with guards to limit the vertical and oscillatory movements of the member. A tub containing the clothes is carried by a shaft 2 supported from standards 4 by S-shaped suspending-yokes 12, which are fitted with balls 11, 15 resting in hemispherical sockets 10, 14 in spiders 9, 13 attached to the standards 4 and shaft 2, respectively. Fingers 17 are formed at either side of the yokes 12 on arched guard bars 16 which extend over the sockets 10, and the upper part of each yoke is provided with a flange 19 fitting loosely in a groove in the hub of the spider 9, thus preventing excessive oscillatory motion. Curved guard flanges 21 are also provided on the lower spider 13 and fit under shoulders 22 projecting from the inner sides of the yoke in order to check any relative vertical motion of the spider and the yokes. The tub is oscillated by suitable means, and the clothes within are rubbed and pressed upwards at each oscillation against a fixed disk 6 rigidly connected to the standard 4. A modification with only one yoke is also described.
Patent GB-190719257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spittoons.
Inventor: OTTOSSON OTTO ALBERT
Filed: 1907-08-27
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 19,257. Ottosson, O. A. Aug. 27. Spittoons.-The cup 1 is surrounded by a housing 2 which is closed at the top by a basin-shaped cover 3 made in two parts pivoted to the housing at 4. Each part of the cover is provided with a pin 5 which engages in an inclined slot on the verticallymoving slide 7 operated by a treadle 8. The treadle is fork-shaped and is secured by springs 10 to pins 9 projecting from the housing, the springs tending to keep the cover closed. The slide 7 may be replaced by a downwardly tapering projection which presses the parts of the cover apart when the treadle'is depressed, the halves of the cover in this case being closed by springs &c.
Patent GB-190728118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbines.
Inventor: GIUSEPPE GADDA
Filed: 1907-12-20
Abstract: 28,118. Gadda, G., and Conti, E., [trading as Gadda & Co.]. Dec. 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Elastic-fluid turbines.-Relates to turbines of the type described in Specifications Nos. 11,176 and 14,336, A.D. 1906, in which there are provided as many bladed wheels as there are different speeds to be obtained, and in which the number of the wheels upon which the steam acts varies inversely with the speed. The present invention consists in the provision of the following items: (a) the chambers B, C, D, E, F between the stages in the forward running turbine, and the chambers L, M between the stages of the reversing turbine ; (b) a valve O in the exhaust of the reversing turbine, which is connected to the steam valve of the same so that it is opened only when the reversing turbine is being used ; (c) means whereby one or more of the parts of the periphery which are used for different speeds may be used together ; (d) an improved form of the blading common to both the lower stages of the forward and the reverse turbine. The blading, Fig. 4, is formed from a plain rolled section, and the two curvatures are impressed by stamping. The parts are then separated so ae to prevent eddy losses by the rings T, which are slotted to receive the blades and abut upon each other along the line of centres of the blades.
Patent GB-190802054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: BELL WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1908-01-29
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 2054. Bell, W. R. Jan. 30, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Bottles, non-refillable. - The bottle is closed by a screwed stopper 5, Figs. 2 and 4, grooved at 6 and provided with a spring 8, which is embedded in it and locks in a notch 4 in the bottle neck when an attempt is made to unscrew the stopper. The stopper can be removed only by breakage.
Patent GB-190810031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: CALEF JOSEPH WARREN
Filed: 1908-05-08
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 10,031. Calef, J W., and Osgood, C. May 8. Bottles, non-refillable.-A weight D, Fig. 1, slides between stops f, g on a rod e attached to a valve C, so that when the bottle is inverted the valve receives a jerk and sticking is prevented. The weight is so shaped that, when the bottle is horizontal, the parts i slide against the edge of a tube B so as to close the valve, as described in Specification No. 10,462, A.D. 1904. A baffle E, Fig. 3, having inclined passages j connected by an horizontal passage k, as shown, is inserted above the valve and is locked in place by pins c shaped as shown in Fig. 8. The pins are slipped into grooves p, and, after the baffle is inserted, lock in grooves q, Fig. 1, in the bottle neck. A funnel F is provided above the baffle.
Patent GB-190812547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dental Rasps for Veterinary Purposes.
Inventor: NOLANS JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 12,547. Nolans, J. W., and Arnold, J. E. June 11. Filing - machines. - A dental veterinary rasp 4 is reciprocated in a frame 1 by crank mechanism. The frame 1 is carried by a tube 6, through which is passed a rod 9 connected to the rasp and to a connecting-rod 13 pivoted to a disk or eccentric 15 upon a shaft 16 rotated either by a flexible shaft or by hand. In the latter case, gearing may be used. The rod 13 may be adjustably connected to the crank disk 15. The box 7 has a removable cover 21, and the rod 9 may be disconnected from the rasp 4 through an opening in the frame 1 normally closed by a screw plug.